Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2019
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Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2019 Conference Program Last updated: July 5, 2019 Prague, Czech Republic July 13-17, 2019 Page Welcome 3 Sponsors and Supporters 4 Organizers and Track Chairs 5 Program Committee 7 Proceedings 22 Schedule and Floor Plans 23 Schedule at a Glance 24 Workshop and Tutorial Sessions 27 Paper Sessions Overview 29 Track List and Abbreviations 30 Floor Plans 31 Keynotes 35 Tutorials 39 Workshops, Late Breaking Abstracts, and Women@GECCO 43 Humies, Competitions, Evolutionary Computation in Practice, Hot off the Press, and Job Market 59 Annual “Humies” Awards for Human-Competitive Results 60 Competitions 61 Evolutionary Computation in Practice 64 Hot off the Press 65 Job Market 66 Research funding opportunities in the EU: FET and ERC 66 Best Paper Nominations 67 Voting Instructions 68 Papers and Posters 71 Monday, July 15, 10:40-12:20 72 Monday, July 15, 14:00-15:40 75 Monday, July 15, 16:10-17:50 77 Tuesday, July 16, 10:40-12:20 80 Tuesday, July 16, 14:00-15:40 83 Tuesday, July 16, 16:10-17:50 86 Wednesday, July 17, 09:00-10:40 89 Poster Session 91 Abstracts by Track 101 ACO-SI 102 CS 103 DETA 106 ECOM 107 EML 111 EMO 116 ENUM 120 GA 122 GECH 126 GP 129 HOP 132 RWA 135 SBSE 144 Theory 146 Instructions for Session Chairs and Presenters 149 Author Index 153 GECCO is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (SIGEVO). SIG Services: 2 Penn Plaza, Suite 701, New York, NY, 10121, USA, 1-800-342-6626 (USA and Canada) or +212-626-0500 (global). Welcome 3 Welcome Dear GECCO attendees, Welcome to the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO). After the tremendously successful GECCO 2018 in Kyoto, Japan, GECCO returns this year to Europe, at the heart of one of its most beautiful capitals, Prague. GECCO is the largest selective conference in the field of Evolutionary Computation, and the main conference of the Special Interest Group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (SIGEVO) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). GECCO implements a rigorous and selective reviewing process to identify important and technically sound papers to publish. The technical program is divided into thirteen tracks reflecting all aspects of our field and chaired by experts who make the decisions on accepted papers. This year, we received 501 papers and accepted 173 of them, which results in a 35% acceptance rate. Those papers are presented by authors orally during the conference. We additionally accepted 168 posters that will be presented during the poster session on Monday evening. Besides the technical tracks, GECCO includes 33 tutorials selected among 63 proposals and 25 workshops reflecting important topics in our field. They take place during the first two days together with competitions. The Evolutionary Computation community can be proud that their research is strongly connected to practical problems. At GECCO, research or discussions on applications is present, in particular through the Real World Applications track, the Humies, and the Evolutionary Computation in Practice session. We are thrilled to welcome as keynote speakers Raia Hadsell from Google Deep Mind and Robert Babuska from TU Delft. We feel greatly honored that Ingo Rechenberg, one of the pioneers of the field of Evolutionary Computation, accepted to give the SIGEVO keynote this year. We would like to thank all authors for submitting their work to GECCO 2019 as well as tutorial speakers and workshop organizers. The organization of a conference like GECCO is a tremendous task relying on many people. We are humble and very thankful for their work. We would like to mention first the different chairs: track, tutorial, workshop, student affairs, publicity, competition, late breaking abstracts, student workshop, hot off the press chairs, and the program committee. We would like to specifically mention and thank deeply Manuel López-Ibáñez, Editor-in-Chief, and Petr Pošík, local chair, for their dedicated work and kindness. Personal thanks go also to Leslie Pérez Cáceres, proceedings chair, who did not hesitate to spend several nights working on the proceedings, program and schedule. We would also like to mention Roxane Rose and Brenda Ramirez, from Executive Events, who handled logistics and registrations, and Franz Rothlauf, Marc Schoenauer, Enrique Alba and Darrell Whitley from SIGEVO for their advice and guidance to organize GECCO. On behalf of GECCO, we would also like to thank our sponsors and supporters, whose support allowed us to fund additional student travel grants. Enjoy the conference ! Anne Auger Thomas Stützle GECCO 2019 General Chair GECCO 2019 General Chair Inria and Ecole Polytechnique, IRIDIA, Université libre de Bruxelles France Belgium 4 Sponsors and Supporters Sponsors and Supporters We gratefully acknowledge and thank our sponsors: Gold sponsors: Nature Machine Intelligence is an online-only journal publishing research covering a variety of topics in machine learning, robotics and a range of AI approaches. Visit https://nature.com/natmachintell to find out more. Sentient’s Evolutionary AI team is now part of Cognizant! We continue research at the frontiers of Evolutionary Computation and AI, but also take it to the real world with the resources and expertise that only Cognizant can provide. As part of Cognizant Digital Business, Cognizant Artificial Intelligence provides data collec- tion, data management, artificial intelligence, and analytics capabilities that help clients create highly-personalized digital products and services. Evolutionary AI is part of this offering, used to optimize product design, decision-making, operations, and costs. To learn more, visit us at ai.cognizant.com . NNAISENSE is a Swiss-American startup that leverages the 25-year proven track record of one of the leading research teams in machine learning and neuroevo- lution to bring true AI to industrial inspection, modeling, and process control. From manufacturing to autonomous vehicles, NNAISENSE is delivering innova- tive neural network solutions by combining cutting-edge research with real-world know-how. Evolve with us at nnaisense.com . Silver sponsor: Bronze sponsors: Other sponsors: We gratefully acknowledge and thank our supporter: Organizers and Track Chairs 5 Organizers General Chairs: Anne Auger, Inria and Ecole Polytechnique Thomas Stützle, Université libre de Bruxelles Editor-in-Chief: Manuel López-Ibáñez, University of Manchester Local Chair: Petr Pošík, Czech Technical University Proceedings Chair: Leslie Pérez Cáceres, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso Publicity Chairs: Nadarajen Veerapen, University of Lille Andrew M. Sutton, University of Minnesota Duluth Tutorials Chair: Sébastien Verel, Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale Workshops Chairs: Richard Allmendinger, University of Manchester Carlos Cotta, Universidad de Málaga Competitions Chair: Markus Wagner, University of Adelaide Evolutionary Computation Thomas Bartz-Beielstein, TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences in Practice: Bogdan Filipic, Jozef Stefan Institute Jörg Stork, TH Köln Erik Goodman, Michigan State University Hot off The Press: Julia Handl, University of Manchester Late-Breaking Abstracts: Carola Doerr, CNRS and Univ. Sorbonnes Paris 6 Student Affairs: Elizabeth Wanner, Aston University Lukáš Bajer, Charles University in Prague Annual “Humies” Awards for John Koza, Stanford University Human-Competitive Results: Erik D. Goodman, Michigan State University William B. Langdon, University College London Student Workshop: Youhei Akimoto, University of Tsukuba Christine Zarges, Aberystwyth University Summer School: Anna I Esparcia-Alcázar, Universitat Politècnica de València J. J. Merelo, Universidad de Granada Women @ GECCO: Elizabeth Wanner, Aston University Christine Zarges, Aberystwyth University Job Market: Tea Tušar, Jozef Stefan Institute Boris Naujoks, TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences Business Committee: Enrique Alba, University of Malaga Darrell Whitley, Colorado State University SIGEVO Officers: Marc Schoenauer (Chair), Inria Saclay Una-May O’Reilly (Vice Chair), MIT Franz Rothlauf (Treasurer), Universität Mainz Jürgen Branke (Secretary), University of Warwick 6 Organizers and Track Chairs Track Chairs ACO-SI — Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence Andries Engelbrecht, Stellenbosch University Christine Solnon, LIRIS, INSA de Lyon CS — Complex Systems (Artificial Life/Artificial Immune Systems/Generative and Developmental Systems/Evolutionary Robotics/Evolvable Hardware) Stéphane Doncieux, Sorbonne University, CNRS Sebastian Risi, IT University of Copenhagen DETA — Digital Entertainment Technologies and Arts Penousal Machado, University of Coimbra Vanessa Volz, Queen Mary University of London ECOM — Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics Christian Blum, IIIA-CSIC Francisco Chicano, University of Malaga EML — Evolutionary Machine Learning Jean-Baptiste Mouret, Inria / CNRS / UL, CNRS Bing Xue, Victoria University of Wellington EMO — Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Jonathan Fieldsend, University of Exeter Arnaud Liefooghe, University of Lille ENUM — Evolutionary Numerical Optimization Dirk V. Arnold, Dalhousie University Jose A. Lozano, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU GA — Genetic Algorithms Gabriela Ochoa, University of Stirling Tian-Li Yu, National Taiwan University GECH — General Evolutionary Computation and Hybrids Holger Hoos, Leiden University Yaochu Jin, University of Surrey GP — Genetic Programming Ting Hu,