CFP: Neural and Evolutionary Algorithms for Intelligent Control

[Dimitris Dracopoulos]

NEURAL AND EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS FOR INTELLIGENT CONTROL
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           C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S


Special Session in: "15th IMACS World Congress 1997  on Scientific Computation, 
                            Modelling and Applied Mathematics",

                     August 24-29 1997, Berlin, Germany


Special Session Organizer-Chair:  Dimitri C. Dracopoulos
-------------------------------   (Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, LIP)




Scope:
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The focus of the session will concentrate in the latest developments
of the state-of-the-art neurocontrol and evolutionary techniques. 
Today, many advanced intelligent control applications utilize 
methods like the above, and papers describing these are mostly
welcome. Theoretical discussions of how these techniques can be 
proved to be stable are also highly welcome.



Topics: 
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-Neurocontrollers
  * optimization over time
  * adaptive critic designs
  * brain-like neurocontrollers

-Evolutionary techniques as pure controllers
  * genetic algorithms
  * evolutionary programming
  * genetic programming

-Hybrid methods (neural nets + evolutionary algorithms)

-Theoretical and Stability issues for neuro-evolutionary 
 control

-Advanced Control Applications 




Paper Contributions:
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Each paper will be published in the Proceedings of the IMACS'97 World
Congress. The accepted papers will be orally presented (25 minutes
each, including 5 min for discussion). 


Important dates:  
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    December 5, 1996, Deadline for receiving papers.
    January 10, 1997, Notification of acceptance.
    February 1997,    Author typing instructions, for camera-ready copies.




Submission guidelines:
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One hardcopy, 6 pages limit, 10pt font, should be sent to the
Session Chair:

Professor Dimitri C. Dracopoulos
Laboratoire de l' Informatique du Parallelisme (LIP)           
Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon   
46 Allee d'Italie                  
69364 Lyon - Cedex 07, France. 

In the case of multiple authors then in the paper it should be indicated which
author is to receive correspondence.  The corresponding author is
requested to include in the cover letter: complete postal address,
e-mail address, phone number, fax number, a list of keywords (no more
than 5).




More information (preliminary) on the "15th IMACS World Congress 1997"
can be found in:  "http://www.first.gmd.de/imacs97/".

Please note that special discounted registration fees (proceedings but
no social program) will be available. 
 

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Professor Dimitris C. Dracopoulos
Laboratoire de l' Informatique 
   du Parallelisme (LIP)           Telephone: +33 (0) 472728504
Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon   Fax:       +33 (0) 472728080
46 Allee d'Italie                  E-mail: Dimitris.Dracopoulos at ens-lyon.fr
69364 Lyon - Cedex 07
France