Evolutionary computation has started to receive significant attention during the last decade,
although the origins can be traced back to the late 1950's. This article surveys the history as …

We present an overview of the most important representatives of algorithms gleaned from
natural evolution, so-called evolutionary algorithms. Evolution strategies, evolutionary …

A unified view of metaheuristics This book provides a complete background on
metaheuristics and shows readers how to design and implement efficient algorithms to solve …

This article gives a comprehensive introduction into one of the main branches of
evolutionary computation–the evolution strategies (ES) the history of which dates back to the …

From the Publisher: With the publication of this book, Hans-Paul Schwefel has responded to
rapidly growing interest in Evolutionary Computation, a field that originated, in part, with his …

Abstract This paper presents Natural Evolution Strategies (NES), a recent family of black-box
optimization algorithms that use the natural gradient to update a parameterized search …

Starting with a short review of the available literature in the field of pedestrian and
evacuation research, an overview is given over the observed collective phenomena in …

This contribution describes efforts to model the behavior of individual pedestrians and their
interactions in crowds, which generate certain kinds of self-organized patterns of motion …

Although pedestrians have individual preferences, aims, and destinations, the dynamics of
pedestrian crowds is surprisingly predictable. Pedestrians can move freely only at small …

Scientists have long looked to nature and biology in order to understand and model
solutions for complex real-world problems. The study of bionics bridges the functions …