Special Issue on the ‘30th Anniversary of XCS’

Submission open until: October 31, 2024 Guest Editors Anthony Stein, Tenure Track Professor of Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Engineering, University of Hohenheim, Germany Ryan Urbanowicz, Assistant Professor of Computational Biomedicine, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA Will Browne, Professor and Chair of​​ Manufacturing Robotics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Learning Classifier Systems (LCSs) are one of, … Continue reading “Special Issue on the ‘30th Anniversary of XCS’”

GPEM 19(4) is now available

The fourth issue of Volume 19 of Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines is now available for download.

It contains:

Grammatical evolution as a hyper-heuristic to evolve deterministic real-valued optimization algorithms
by Iztok Fajfar, Árpád Bűrmen & Janez Puhan

Self-adaptive multi-population genetic algorithms for dynamic resource allocation in shared hosting platforms
by Azam Shirali, Javidan Kazemi Kordestani & Mohammad Reza Meybodi

Comparison of semantic-based local search methods for multiobjective genetic programming
by Tiantian Dou & Peter Rockett

BOOK REVIEW
Alain Pétrowski and Sana Ben-Hamida: Evolutionary Algorithms
by Keith Downing

BOOK REVIEW
Kathryn E. Merrick: Computational models of motivation for game-playing agents
by Spyridon Samothrakis

BOOK REVIEW
Ryan J. Urbanowicz and Will N. Browne: Introduction to learning classifier systems
by Analía Amandi

GPEM 19(4) is now available

The fourth issue of Volume 19 of Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines is now available for download.

It contains:

Grammatical evolution as a hyper-heuristic to evolve deterministic real-valued optimization algorithms
by Iztok Fajfar, Árpád Bűrmen & Janez Puhan

Self-adaptive multi-population genetic algorithms for dynamic resource allocation in shared hosting platforms
by Azam Shirali, Javidan Kazemi Kordestani & Mohammad Reza Meybodi

Comparison of semantic-based local search methods for multiobjective genetic programming
by Tiantian Dou & Peter Rockett

BOOK REVIEW
Alain Pétrowski and Sana Ben-Hamida: Evolutionary Algorithms
by Keith Downing

BOOK REVIEW
Kathryn E. Merrick: Computational models of motivation for game-playing agents
by Spyridon Samothrakis

BOOK REVIEW
Ryan J. Urbanowicz and Will N. Browne: Introduction to learning classifier systems
by Analía Amandi

ExSTraCS – Extended Supervised Tracking and Classifying System

Ryan Urbanowicz is pleased to announce an advanced LCS for datamining:   This advanced machine learning algorithm is a Michigan-style learning classifier system (LCS) developed to specialize in classification, prediction, data mining, and knowledge discovery tasks. Michigan-style LCS algorithms constitute a unique class of algorithms that distribute learned patterns over a collaborative population of of … Continue reading “ExSTraCS – Extended Supervised Tracking and Classifying System”

Educational LCS

Ryan Urbanowicz is pleased to announce the availability of an educational LCS. The Educational Learning Classifier System (eLCS) is a set of code demos that are intended to serve as an educational resource to learn the basics of a Michigan-Style Learning Classifier System (modeled after the XCS and UCS algorithm architectures).  This resource includes 5 … Continue reading “Educational LCS”

Python Code for EK_AF_UCS_2.0 Now Available

EK_AF_UCS_2.0 We have organized, annotated, and cleaned up the code for our published Michigan-Style Learning Classifier System implementations.  EK_AF_UCS stands for Expert Knowledge and Attribute Feedback Supervised Classifier System.  The above code was utilized in the following publication: Tan, J., Moore, JH., Urbanowicz, R. Rapid Rule Compaction Strategies for Global Knowledge Discovery in a Supervised … Continue reading “Python Code for EK_AF_UCS_2.0 Now Available”

Python Code for AF_UCS_2.0 with Multicore Parallelization Now Available

AF_UCS_2.0_Multicore_Parallelization We have organized, annotated, and cleaned up the code for our published Michigan-Style Learning Classifier System implementations.  AF_UCS stands for Attribute Feedback Supervised Classifier System.  The above code was utilized in the following publications: Rudd, J., Moore, JH., Urbanowicz, R. A simple multi-core parallelization strategy for learning classifier system evaluation. Proceeding of the fifteenth … Continue reading “Python Code for AF_UCS_2.0 with Multicore Parallelization Now Available”

Python Code for EK_AF_UCS_1.0 Now Available

EK_AF_UCS_1.0 We have organized, annotated, and cleaned up the code for our published Michigan-Style Learning Classifier System implementations.  EK_AF_UCS stands for Expert Knowledge and Attribute Feedback Supervised Classifier System.  The above code was utilized in the following publications: Urbanowicz, R., Andrew, A., Karagas, M., Moore, J. Role of genetic heterogeneity and epistasis in bladder cancer … Continue reading “Python Code for EK_AF_UCS_1.0 Now Available”

Python Code for AF_UCS_1.0 Now Available

AF_UCS_1.0 We have organized, annotated, and cleaned up the code for our published Michigan-Style Learning Classifier System implementations.  AF_UCS stands for Attribute Feedback Supervised Classifier System.  The above code was utilized in the following publications: Urbanowicz, R., Granizo-Mackenzie, A., Moore, J. An Analysis Pipeline with Statistical and Visualization-Guided Knowledge Discovery for Michigan-Style Learning Classifier Systems. … Continue reading “Python Code for AF_UCS_1.0 Now Available”

Deadline approaching: IWLCS @ GECCO (March 28)

Just a quick reminder that the deadline for the IWLCS will be here in two weeks (March 28).  IWLCS is a great place to present your quality projects and ongoing work related to LCS research.  This year it is particularly important for you to make a contribution to this workshop which serves as a valuable … Continue reading “Deadline approaching: IWLCS @ GECCO (March 28)”