TUTORIAL DESCRIPTION
TF1: An Introduction on Evolutionary Optimization: Recent Theoretical and Practical Advances
Tutorialists: Yang Yu, Ke Tang, Xin Yao, Zhi-Hua Zhou
Website: http://cs.nju.edu.cn/yuy/ijcai13eo/
Monday, August 5th, afternoon
 
For tackling optimization problems with nontraditional properties (e.g. optimization problems with unclear structure), evolutionary optimization provides a set of useful tools. This tutorial introduces some recent developments in making this toolbox more theoretically founded and more practically powerful.