Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming 2008-9

Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming 2009-10

This is a level 9 course taken by 3rd-year undergraduate and MSc students.

Lectures are Tuesdays 15:00-15:50 in Lecture Hall 2 (Appleton Tower) and Fridays 15:00-15:50 in Lecture Hall 2 (Appleton Tower).

Lectures start on Friday of week 1.

Schedule

1. Lecture (25/9): Introduction to genetic algorithms (slides)
2. Lecture (29/9): Genetic algorithms: Biological inspiration (slides)
3. Lecture (2/10): The canonical genetic algorithm (slides)
4. Lecture (6/10): Variants of GAs and The schema theorem (I) (slides)
5. Lecture (9/10): The schema theorem (II) (slides)
6. Lecture (13/10): Hybrid GAs (slides)
7. Lecture (16/10): Evolutionary strategies and evolutionary robotics (slides)
8. Lecture (20/10): Genetic Programming (slides, Koza paper, Koza tutorial)
9. Lecture (23/10): GP theory (slides, Poli et al.: GP field guide)
10. Lecture (27/10): Multiobjective Optimization, GA pragmatics (slides)
11. Lecture (30/10): Ant colony optimisation (slides)
12. Lecture (3/11): Ant colony optimisation II (slides)
13. Lecture (6/11): Ant colony optimisation III (slides)
no lecture on 10/11
14. Lecture (13/11): Particle Swarms I (slides)
15. Lecture (17/11): Particle Swarms II (slides)
16. Lecture (20/11): Differential Evolution (slides)
17. Lecture (24/11): Meta-heuristics, DNA computing, membrane computing (slides)

Tutorials

1. Tutorial (5-7/10): (exercises 1)
2. Tutorial (12-14/10): (exercises 2)
3. Tutorial (19-21/10): (exercises 3)
4. Tutorial (26-28/10): (exercises 4)
5. Tutorial (2-4/11): see slides of lecture 10.
6. Tutorial (9-11/11): (exercises 6)
7. Tutorial (16-18/11): (exercises 7)
No tutorials on 23/24/25 November
Visiting students please contact your tutors for a final tutorial before the December exam.
Please check back here for the 8. Tutorial which will take place a few weeks before the spring exams.

Note: there is no GAGP lecture on Tuesday 10th November.

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Tutorials are in weeks 3-9, i.e. starting on Monday 5th October. They are in Appleton Tower (AT). The final tutorial is a revision tutorial given by your tutor before the exam around the end of the Easter vacation or the start of the exam period. If you have not signed up for a tutorial during the first lecture, please contact the lecturer. Tutorials are

Mondays
group 1: 16:10-17:00 (AT 3:03)

Tuesdays
group 2: 13:05-13:55 (AT 5.07)

Wednesdays
group 3: 12:10-13:00 (AT 3.05)
group 4: 13:05-13:55 (AT 3:05)

Assignments: one unmarked and one marked assignment. The marked (second) assignement is worth 25% of the course mark. The assignments are to be handed in at the end of Week 5 and the end of Week 10 (or three weeks after handing out the problem sheets).

1. Assignment (Due Fr 6/11/2009, 10am), here is appendix A of Peter Ross' GAGP notes.
2. Assignment (Due Fr 27/11/2009, 3pm)

Exam: worth 75% of the course mark, taken at the end of Semester 2.
Visiting students can take the exam already at the end of Semester 1.

Lecturer: Michael Herrmann. The best way to contact Michael is to e-mail him from your sms address, including GAGP in the subject. He is michael dot herrmann at ed dot ac dot uk.
Tutors: You will be able to e-mail them easily from the tutorial groups page.

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