dpnmbsctehues call papers ieee transactions evolutionary computation special issue evolutionary algorithms based probabilistic models aims scope evolutionary algorithms based probabilistic models eapm recognized new computing paradigm evolutionary computation traditional crossover mutation eapms instead explicitly extract global statistical information previous searches build probability distribution model promising solutions based extracted information new solutions sampled model thus built instances eapms include estimation distribution algorithms probabilistic model building genetic algorithms ant colony optimization cross entropy method name recent years seen growing interest research application eapms interdisciplinary research area development eapms needs joint effort researchers practitioners evolutionary computation machine learning statistics simulation aim special issue milestone event development eapms highlight recent development eapms clarify outstanding issues future progress disseminate eapms wider audience attract researchers eapms topics covered suggested topics include limited following theory eapms new eapms combination machine learning techniques eapms combination statistics techniques eapms combination heuristics eapms eapms multiobjective optimization problems eapms dynamic noisy environments parallel implementation eapms realworldnovel applications submissions manuscripts prepared according instructions information authors section journal founded httpieeecisorgpubstecauthors submission done journal website httptevcieeemanuscriptcentralcom clearly mark special issue eapm comments editorinchief submission manuscript implies authors original unpublished work submitted possible publication elsewhere review process driven guest editors special issue editorinchief prof xin yao clarification please contact jose lozano qingfu zhang pedro larrañaga addresses important dates july 31 2007 submission deadline november 30 2007 notification first review january 31 2008 revised versions due march 30 2008 final notice acceptancereject april 30 2008 final manuscript expected publication year special issue 2008 guest editors prof jose lozano department computer science ai university basque country spain email dpnmbsctehues httpwwwscehuesisg dr qingfu zhang department computer science university essex uk email epbeipessexacuk httpcswwwessexacukstaffqzhang prof pedro larrañaga department computer science ai university basque country spain tel34 943 018045 email bznzlkflblwjtgehues httpwwwscehuesisg ooo_ooo jose lozano email dpnmbsctehues computer science ai department tfno 34943018029 university basque country fax 34943015590 p manuel de lardizabal 1 httpwwwscehuesisg 20018 san sebastian spain thu 07 aug 2008 141253 0100 uai cfp ieee tec special issue evolutionary algorithms based probabilistic models