A Hybrid Harmony Search Algorithm with Variable Neighbourhood Search for the Bin-Packing Problem
Mauro Castelli and Leonardo Vanneschi

Implementing Flower Multi-objective Algorithm for selection of University academic credits
C. Alberto Ochoa-Zezatti, Saúl González , Lourdes Margain, Teresa Padilla , Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melín

Fuzzy C-Means with Wavelet Filtration for MR Image Segmentation
Shang-Ling Jui, Chao Lin, Haibing Guan, Ajith Abraham, Aboul Ella Hassanien and Kai Xiao

Diversity study of Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm based on Shannon Entropy
E. J. Solteiro Pires, J. A. Tenreiro Machado and P. B. de Moura Oliveira

Towards an autonomous multistate biomolecular devices built on DNA
Tadeusz Krasiński, Sebastian Sakowski and Tomasz Popławski

Studying the Reporting Cells Strategy in a Realistic Mobile Environment
Víctor Berrocal-Plaza, Miguel Ángel Vega-Rodríguez and Juan Manuel Sánchez-Pérez

Performance Analysis of Multiobjective Artificial Bee Colony Implementations for Phylogenetic Reconstruction
Sergio Santander-Jiménez and Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez

Extracting Three-Dimensional Cellular Automaton for Cement Microstructure Development using Gene Expression Programming
Zhifeng Liang, Bo Yang, Lin Wang, Xiaoqian Zhang, Nana He and Ajith Abraham

Improvement of FCM Neural Network Classifier using K-Medoids Clustering
Xiaoqian Zhang, Bo Yang, Lin Wang, Zhifeng Liang and Ajith Abraham

Archives-holding XCS Classifier System: A Preliminary Study
Takahiro Komine, Masaya Nakata and Keiki Takadama

Magnetotactic Bacteria Optimization Algorithm Based On Best-Rand Scheme
Hongwei Mo and Mengjiao Geng

Si elegans: FPGA Hardware Emulation of C. elegans Nematode Nervous System
Pedro Machado, John Wade and Martin McGinnity

An Ordered Approach to Minimum Completion Time in Unrelated Parallel- Machines for the Makespan Optimization
André Serra Santos, Ana Maria Madureira and Maria Leonilde Varela

A Perturbation and Observation Routine Used To Control A Power Converter
Tiago Santos and Acácio Galhardo

Hybridizing Evolutionary Algorithms for Creating Classifier Ensembles
Emmanuel Dufourq and Nelishia Pillay

Hybrid Genetic-Fuzzy Systems for Improved Performance in Residual-Based Fault Detection
Francisco Serdio, Ciprian Zavoianu, Edwin Lughofer, Kurt Pichler, Thomas Buchegger and Hajrudin Efendic

Alternative Approaches Analysis for Scheduling in an Extended Manufacturing Environment
André Serra Santos, Maria Leonilde Varela, Goran D. Putnik and Ana Maria Madureira

An Architecture for User Modeling on Intelligent and Adaptive Scheduling Systems
Ana Madureira, Bruno Cunha, João Pereira Pereira, Ivo Pereira and Silvia Gomes

Fuzzy Linguistic Controllers Applied to Decouple Control Loop Effects
João Calado and Andrei Sousa

Optimal Operation Point in Electrical Grids Using a MOPSO Algorithm
Paulo Pereira, Sérgio Leitão and Eduardo Solteiro Pires

Feature Selection and Ensemble of Regression models for Predicting the Protein Macromolecule Dissolution Profile
Varun Ojha, Dr Inż. Konrad Jackowski, Ajith Abraham and Vaclav Snasel

Energy Optimization for Task Scheduling in Distributed Systems by an Artificial Bee Colony Approach
María Arsuaga-Ríos and Miguel Ángel Vega Rodríguez

Rapid Way Mobile Application in Wireless Sensor Network: A Practical Research in Transportation System
Iman Valizadeh, Mohammad Shojafar and Ajith Abraham

Feedforward and Feedback Optimal Vibration Rejection for Active Suspension Discrete-Time Systems under In-Vehicle Networks
Shi-Yuan Han, Dong Wang, Yue-Hui Chen, Kun Ma, Ajith Abraham and Zhong-Guang Liu

Prototype of an Adaptive Decision Support System for Interactive Scheduling with MetaCognition and User Modeling Experience
Ana Madureira, Silvia Gomes, Bruno Cunha, João Pereira, Jorge Santos and Ivo Pereira

Information Acquisition Performance by Supervised Information-Theoretic Self-Organizing Maps
Ryotaro Kamimura

Optimization of Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Systems using Tabu Search Algorithms
Majid Almaraashi and Abdel-Rahman Hedar

Scheduling Single-machine Problem based on Just-In-Time Principles
Joana Dantas and Leonilde Varela

Comparative Analysis of Scheduling Rules through Arena for Parallel Machines - A Case Study
Filipa Teixeira, Lara Oliveira and Leonilde Varela

Efficient Approaches to Interleaved Sampling of training data for Symbolic Regression
R. Muhammad Atif Azad, David Medernach and Conor Ryan

Fall Avoidance of Bipedal Walking Robot by Profit Sharing that can Lear n Deterministic Policy for POMDPs Environments
Toshihiro Suzuki and Yuko Osana

Automatic Melody Generation considering Chord Progression by Genetic Algorithm
Motoki Kikuchi and Yuko Osana

Scheduling in Product Oriented Manufacturing Systems - Comparing hybrid flowshop with parallel-machine flowshop: an industrial study
Natália Costa, Leonilde Varela and Sílvio Carmo-Silva

A Multi-Objective Imperialist Competitive Algorithm to Solve a New Multi-Modal Tree Hub Location Problem
Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam and Samaneh Sedehzadeh

Genetic Algorithm versus Memetic algorithm for Association Rules Mining
Habiba Drias

An Experimental Analysis of the Echo State Network Initialization Using the Particle Swarm Optimization
Sebastián Basterrech, Enrique Alba and Vaclav Snasel

Optimization of structures modeled with a meshfree approach
Gonçalo Bernardo and M. Amélia Loja

Reg4OptFlux: an OptFlux plug-in that comprises meta-heuristics approaches for Metabolic Engineering using Integrated Models
Orlando Rocha, Paulo Vilaça, Miguel Rocha and Rui Mendes

Effect of Communication Topologies on Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithms
Wayne Franz and Parimala Thulasiram

On The Efficiency of Multi-core Grammatical Evolution (MCGE) Evolving Multi-Core Parallel Programs
Gopinath Chennupati, Jeannie Fitzgerald, and Conor Ryan

Towards a low-cost framework for Intelligent Robots
Paulo Goncalves, Fábio Santos and Pedro Torres

Genetic Algorithm for Solving Survivable Network Design Problem with Extending-Cycle-Based Protected Working Capacity Envelope
Le Khac Tuan and Huynh Thi Thanh Binh

Portfolio Diversification Using Ant Brood Sorting Clustering
Ruppa Thulasiram, Parimala Thulasiraman and Olayinka Idowu Oduntan

Incremental clustering of data stream using real ants behavior
Nesrine Masmoudi, Hanane Azzag, Mustapha Lebbah and Cyrille Bertelle

Parallel Machines Scheduling with Fuzzy Simulated Annealing
André Serra Santos, Maria Leonilde Varela, Ana Maria Madureira and Rita A. Ribeiro

Logarithmically Proportional Objective Function for Planar Surfaces Recognition in 3D Point Cloud
Mosab Bazargani, Luís Mateus and Maria Amélia R. Loja

Deleting or Keeping Outliers for Classifier Training?
Antonio J. Tallón-Ballesteros and José C. Riquelme

Multiobjective Optimization for Volt/THD Problem in Distribution System
Angelo Almeida, Franklin Pamplona, Helon Braz, José Silva and Luciano Barros

Optimal Location of Supports in Beam Structures Using Genetic Algorithms
Diógenes Loureiro, Amélia Loja and Tiago Silva

Manufacturing Rush Orders Rescheduling: a Supervised Learning based Approach
Ana Madureira, Jorge Santos, Silvia Gomes, Bruno Cunha, João P. Pereira and Ivo Pereira

Demonstrating the Power of Object-Oriented Genetic Programming via the Inference of Graph Models for Complex Networks
Michael Medland, Kyle Harrison and Beatrice Ombuki-Berman

Reusable Knowledge by Linkage-Classifier in Accuracy-based Learning Classifier System
Kotaro Usui, Masaya Nakata and Keiki Takadama