yang hj05mcsleacuk workshop announcement call papers workshop evolutionary algorithms dynamic optimization problems biannual workshop held part 2005 genetic evolutionary computation conference gecco2005 june 2529 2005 saturdaywednesday loews lenfant plaza hotel washington dc usa wwwisgecorggecco2005 organized acm sigevo many realworld optimization problems actually dynamic new jobs added schedule quality raw material may changing new orders included vehicle routing problem etc cases problem changes course optimization purpose optimization algorithm changes finding optimal solution able continuously track movement optimum time since sense natural evolution process continuous adaptation evolutionary algorithms seem particularly suited dynamic optimization problems indeed topic seems promising number papers published area rising continuously main challenge seems avoid early convergence case evolutionary algorithm would loose ability adapt without disrupting search process several attempts made find balance two goals tune evolutionary algorithms optimization changing environment goal workshop would foster interest important subject evolutionary algorithms dynamic optimization problems get together researchers working topic provide overview field discuss recent trends area topics interest include limited benchmark problems performance measures convergence avoidance schemes memorybased approaches multipopulation approaches comparisons different approaches anticipation hybrid approaches theoretical analysis tools results realworld applications paper submission accepted paper presented orally workshop printed proceedings distributed gecco attendees authors follow format gecco manuscript style refer httpwwwisgecorggecco2005 details manuscripts exceed 8 pages papers may submitted postscript pdf format ibmflmcsleacuk brankeaifbunikarlsruhede see httpwwwcsleacuksyangevodop05 details related journal special issue papers accepted workshop judged whether extended version would suitable special issue ec dynamic uncertain environments journal genetic programming evolvable machines authors papers deemed appropriate encouraged submit extended version journal undergo fast track reviewing process see httpwwwcsleacuksyangcfp_gpemhtml journal special issue details important dates paper submission 14 march 2005 notification acceptance 8 april 2005 final copy due 22 april 2005 workshop 26 june 2005 workshop chairs dr shengxiang yang department computer science university leicester university road leicester le1 7rh united kingdom phone 44116252 5341 fax 44116252 3915 email ibmflmcsleacuk httpwwwcsleacuksyanghomepagehtml dr jürgen branke institute aifb university karlsruhe 76128 karlsruhe germany phone 49721608 6585 fax 49721693717 email wxclzxaifbunikarlsruhede httpwwwaifbunikarlsruhedejbrjbrenglhtml program committee tentative ernesto costa portugal kenneth dejong usa ron morrison usa karsten weicker germany tim blackwell uk sima uyar turkey william rand usa hussein abbass australia wed 06 aug 2008 014921 0000 uai cfp workshop evolutionary algorithms dynamic optimization problems gecco 2005