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Spring 2002

Research plan for this semester, Weekly Schedule, Reference

(Click to open a Introduction in PowerPoint)

BEGA: Hierarchical learning in Genetic Algorithm
( Delicate Hierarchical Coding Sequence )

• GP C++: c++ implement of Genetic Programming. transplant it to Visual C++ environment (2002-02-04)
• Information Filtering based on Behavior Evolutionary Genetic Algorithm(2001-12-21)
• Behavior evolution in agent control system (created in 2002-02-06)

HierNN: Hierarchical learning in Neural Network

• Constructive Neural Network
  • Hierarchical Neural Network2002-03-04
    
  • Modular Neural Network2002-03-04
    
  • Hybrid Neural Network2002-03-04
    
• Synergetic Neural Network
  • Hierarchical competition in SNN
  • Potential Function and Quick Haken Model
• Hierarchical recurrent network
  • Theory Background: associative memory
    • Mean Field Theory (MFT) based AM (created in 2002-02-06)

Hierarchical learning in Multi Agent System 2002-03-07

• Agent Infrastructure
  • Mobile Agent Frame: Voyager
  • Zeus Agent System
• Evolution of Cooperation: from a sociobiology view2002-03-13
  • Markov Processing & Markov Game: reinforcement learning approach2002-03-15 (Reference List)
• Hierarchical formation in MAS : from a ecology view2002-03-13
  

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Neural Network for Electrical Load Forecasting (Sept 2001-) ... Details

• Reference: Electrical Load Forecasting2002-03-15
• Train BP Network / regressive model
• Experiment by Matlab, by Java
  
  

INDUS (Information Distributed Understanding System)

This section is mainly work of collaborators ( see list below). I'm learning and figuring out what is really interesting.

• Ontology
• Concept Lattice
• Decision Tree
  • ID3 algorithm ,C4.5 decision tree program by Quinlan
• Incremental and Distributed Learning
  • Using Decision Tree
  • Using Support Vector Machine (SVM)
• Application: Bioinformatics
  • Local Alignment of two sequences
  • Fast algorithm for local alignment
  • MEME for extracting motif from protein (of USCD)
  • Protein Database: MEROPS, Prosite

Courses: CS531, CS573, EE545, CS610

Languages and toolkit (2002-02-17)

• Java
• WEKA(2002-02-17) : package for machine learning
• Voyager : frame for mobile agent
• C++

Research Collaborators of this semester

• Dr. Vasant Honavar
• Carson Andorf
• Anna Atramentov
• Doina Caragea
• Zhong Gao
• Dae-Ki Kang
• Jaime Reinoso-Castillo
• Diane Schroeder
• Adrian Silvescu
• Jun Zhang
• Changhui Yan
• Facundo Bromberg 　

Fall 2001

Last Update: April 26, 2002