jbmcjualgpt please accept apologies received multiple copies call participation call participation psgea2005 parameter setting genetic evolutionary algorithms part genetic evolutionary computation conference gecco2005 washington dc june 25 29 saturday wednesday 2005 wwwisgecorggecco2005 organized acm sigevo workshop summary one main difficulties user faces applying gea deciding appropriate set parameter values running algorithm user specify number parameters population size selection rate crossover probability mutation probability years variety research studies purpose understanding parameter interactions well different approaches automate parameter setting geas workshop would like open discussion following topics interactions among gea parameters behavior one specific gea parameter practical guidelines parameter configuration tradeoff geas parameter setting geas realworld problems deterministic adaptive parameterless techniques geas selfadaptive parameterless techniques geas benefits drawbacks different approaches automate parameter setting geas length workshop 4 hours workshop start introduction organizers followed 57 presentations finish panel discussion participation presentations selected according submitted papers maximum length 12 pages reviewed least two members international program committee accepted papers included workshop proceedings available gecco2005 check papers submitted electronic pdf format following springer lncs style submitting paper please use following subject psgea submission extended versions selected papers presented workshop published book entitled parameter setting genetic evolutionary algorithms part new series studies computational intelligence springer detailed submission guidelines recent updates see workshop pages httpw3ualgptflobopsgea2005indexhtml important dates subject change paper submission deadline 14 march 2005 decisions mailed 08 april 2005 submissions cameraready papers 22 april 2005 workshop day 25 june 2005 workshop chairs fernando lobo claudio lima deeifct universidade algarve campus de gambelas 8000 faro portugal tel 351289800900 fax 351289819403 uojbjualgpt climaualgpt attendance attendance workshop open gecco attendees particularly welcome researchers working topic automating parameter settings geas practitioners want apply geas problem solving often confused nuts bolts parameter settings information posted workshop web pages httpw3ualgptflobopsgea2005indexhtml becomes available looking forward participation wed 06 aug 2008 020055 0000 uai workshop parameter setting genetic evolutionary algorithms