From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 11 17:01:33 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by ren.cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id QAA28283 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 11 Mar 1995 16:36:11 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by ren.cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id QAA28278 for gann-list; Sat, 11 Mar 1995 16:36:10 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Message-Id: <199503112236.QAA28278@ren.cs.iastate.edu> Subject: GANN Digest, Vol 2, No. 5. To: gann-list Date: Sat, 11 Mar 95 16:36:09 CST Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu /*** This is the last digest, since the GANN List is being moved from a "digest" format of operation to a "real-time" (direct) operation mode.. Details will follow --- Moderators ***/ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * G A N N D I G E S T -- Vol 2, No 5 Dated: 11 March 1995 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TOPICS PAPER AVAILABLE -- OTHER PAPERS AT SAME SITE NEW GA SOFTWARE AVAILABLE ************************************************************************ PAPER AVAILABLE -- OTHER PAPERS AT SAME SITE From: root@eleni.eng.auth.gr Subject: New paper available ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI (Greece) Faculty of Engineering Department of Electrical & Computers Engineering Division of Electronics & Computer Eng. Automation & Robotics Lab. We announce the availability of a new paper entitled : "A Genetic Algorithm solution to the Unit Commitment problem" that was presented in the IEEE PES (Power Engineering Society) Winter Meeting, January 95, N. York, U.S.A. The paper can be downloaded from our ftp site at : elecserv.eng.auth.gr by anonymous ftp, under the name : /pub/unitcom.ps.Z and it is a compressed file in Postscript format The abstract of the paper follows : This paper presents a Genetic Algorithm (GA) solution to the Unit Commitment problem. The Unit Commitment problem in a power system involves determining the start-up and shut down schedules of thermal units to be used to meet forecasted demand over a future short term (24-168 hour) period. The objective is to minimize total production costs while observing a large set of operating constraints. GAs are general purpose optimization techniques based on principles inspired from the biological evolution using metaphors of mechanisms such as natural selection, genetic recombination and survival of the fittest. A simple GA algorithm implementation using the standard crossover and mutation operators could locate near optimal solutions but in most cases failed to converge to the optimal solution. However, using the Varying Quality Function technique and adding problem specific operators, satisfactory solutions to the Unit Commitment problem were obtained. Test results for systems of up to 100 units and comparisons with results obtained using Lagrangian Relaxation and Dynamic Programming are also reported. -------------------------------------- Other papers can be also found in the directory /pub in compressed PostScript format, and some also in MS-Word for Windows format. For your convenience you can download the file /pub/contents that contains descriptions of the papers ftp-able and other usefull information about the server. The currently available papers mostly concern the fields of GAs, ANNs and parallelization of GA and ANN algorithms. We will try to keep you informed on any new papers that will be added to our server by this list. Any problem reports, notes or suggestions on the ftp server can be send to : kazarlis@vergina.eng.auth.gr or root@eleni.eng.auth.gr _______________________________________________________________________________ Spyros A. Kazarlis | Email : kazarlis@vergina.eng.auth.gr Div. of Electronics and Computer Eng. | Alt.email: root@eleni.eng.auth.gr Dep. of Electrical & Computer Eng. | Faculty of Engineering | Tel : +3031 996317, 996396, 996377 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Fax : +3031 274868, 219784 540 06 Thessaloniki GREECE | TELEX : 412.181 AUTH GR _______________________________________________________________________________ ************************************************************************ NEW GA SOFTWARE AVAILABLE From: cs0ahu@isis.sund.ac.uk (Andy.Hunter) Subject: new GA software available (called SUGAL) New GA software package available! SUGAL (SUnderland Genetic Algorithms Library) is a new, free software package designed to support research in Genetic Algorithms. SUGAL has novel design features to make extension and customisation of the algorithm possible - without having to rewrite the supplied source code. The major features are: * Written in ANSI C. * Tested on SUN SOLARIS 2 and PC BORLAND C++ 3.0. * Supports multiple datatypes seamlessly: bit strings, integers, real numbers, symbols (from arbitrarily sized alphabets). * A powerful and general Genetic Algorithm (includes rank-based and non-rank based fitness and replacement options, various forms of fitness function normalisation, elitism, various forms of mutation and crossover). Includes GENESYS and GENITOR algorithms as a subset. * Parameters can be set in a configuration file, and overruled by command-line options and/or hard-coded program statements. * Users can add their own configuration file parameters and/or add additional options to existing parameters. * Virtually all major actions in the GA can be overridden by the user. * A comprehensive User Manual (available in postscript and on-line as HTML). The SUGAL source code and manual are available by anonymous ftp or via the World Wide Web. The ftp address is "osiris@sund.ac.uk" ; the SUGAL files are stored in directory /pub/sugal. On the World Wide Web, the SUGAL home page is at: http://osiris.sund.ac.uk/ahu/sugal/home.html Any comments to cs0ahu@sund.ac.uk Dr. Andrew Hunter, University of Sunderland, England. ____________________________________________________________________________ From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 11 17:01:34 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by ren.cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id QAA29562 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 11 Mar 1995 16:41:46 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by ren.cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id QAA29556 for gann-list; Sat, 11 Mar 1995 16:41:45 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Message-Id: <199503112241.QAA29556@ren.cs.iastate.edu> Subject: GANN List Goes Real-Time !!! To: gann-list Date: Sat, 11 Mar 95 16:41:45 CST Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Dear Colleagues, Since its formation (over nine months ago), the GANN Mailing List has been functioning in a "digest" format, with submissions to the list getting compiled into digests that get mailed out periodically. This, in our opinion, has been a deterrent to "free-flowing" discussions, defeating the very purpose of forming this list. Hence our move to make this list "real-time". By "real-time" we mean that messages you send to this list will not go through the process of moderation and compilation into digests that existed earlier. The message immediately gets mailed out to all subscribers of the list. To help facilitate this, we have moved the GANN list to the Majordomo server, hopefully keeping all the functioning intact. 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If you prefer ftp: unix prompt% ftp ftp.cs.iastate.edu login: anonymous password: unix prompt% cd pub/gann/gann-digest-archive unix prompt% get Thank you for your interest in the GANN Mailing List. _______________________________________________________________________ Dr. Vasant Honavar Karthik Balakrishnan Assistant Professor Doctoral Candidate Artificial Intelligence Research Group Department of Computer Science Iowa State University Ames, IA-50011, USA. honavar@cs.iastate.edu balakris@cs.iastate.edu Dr. Mike Rudnick Adjunct Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering Oregon Graduate Institute rudnick@cse.ogi.edu _______________________________________________________________________ From owner-gann-list Tue Mar 14 15:19:13 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id OAA15915 for gann-list-outgoing; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 14:45:42 -0600 Received: from elaine33.Stanford.EDU (elaine33.Stanford.EDU [36.218.0.17]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id OAA15625 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 14:45:29 -0600 Received: (from phred@localhost) by elaine33.Stanford.EDU (8.6.8/8.6.6) id MAA11342 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 12:45:23 -0800 Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 12:45:23 -0800 From: David Andre Message-Id: <199503142045.MAA11342@elaine33.Stanford.EDU> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: New Tech Report on Parallel Genetic Programming Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu NEW TECHNICAL REPORT AVAILABLE... TITLE: PARALLEL GENETIC PROGRAMMING ON A NETWORK OF TRANSPUTERS John R. Koza Computer Science Department Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2140 USA Koza@CS.Stanford.Edu David Andre Visiting Scholar Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2140 USA andre@flamingo.stanford.edu Report No. STAN-CS-TR-95-1542 - January 30, 1995 ABSTRACT This report describes the parallel implementation of genetic programming in the C programming language using a PC 486 type computer (running Windows) acting as a host and a network of transputers acting as processing nodes. Using this approach, researchers of genetic algorithms and genetic programming can acquire computing power that is intermediate between the power of currently available workstations and that of supercomputers at a cost that is intermediate between the two. A comparison is made of the computational effort required to solve the problem of symbolic regression of the Boolean even-5-parity function with different migration rates. Genetic programming required the least computational effort with an 8% migration rate. Moreover, this computational effort was less than that required for solving the problem with a serial computer and a panmictic population of the same size. That is, apart from the nearly linear speed-up in executing a fixed amount of code inherent in the parallel implementation of genetic programming, parallelization delivered more than linear speed-up in solving the problem using genetic programming. INTRODUCTION (SECTION 1) OF THE TECHNICAL REPORT Amenability to parallelization is an appealing feature of genetic algorithms, evolutionary programming, evolution strategies, classifier systems, and genetic programming (Holland 1975, Tanese 1989, Goldberg 1989a, Stender 1993). The probability of success in applying the genetic algorithm to a particular problem often depends on the adequacy of the size of the population in relation to the difficulty of the problem. Although many moderately sized problems can be solved by the genetic algorithm using currently available workstations, more substantial problems usually require larger population sizes. Since the computational burden of the genetic algorithm is directly proportional to the population, more computing power is required to solve more substantial problems. Increases in computing power can be realized by either increasing the speed of computation or by parallelizing the application. Fast serial supercomputers and current parallel supercomputers are, of course, expensive and may not be accessible. Therefore, we focus our attention on parallelization. Section 2 of this report describes our search for a practical option that provides computing power that is intermediate between that of workstations and supercomputers at a price (in terms of both money and programming effort) that is intermediate between that of workstations and supercomputers. Section 3 then describes the successful parallel implementation of genetic programming in the C programming language using a PC 486 type computer (running Windows) and a network of transputers. Section 4 compares the computational effort required to solve a problem using the parallel computer system with semi-isolated subpopulations and a serial computer using panmictic selection (i.e., where the individual to be selected to participate in a genetic operation can be from anywhere in the population). Section 5 is the conclusion. METHODS OF OBTAINING REPORT: You can get this 20-page technical report by anonymous FTP (see instructions below) or you can order a hard copy directly from Stanford University for $l0 (see instructions below). HARD COPY ORDERS: $l0 should be sent to: Publications Office Computer Science Department Margaret Jacks Hall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2140 USA FTP INSTRUCTIONS: FTP to elib.stanford.edu. The files containing the report are in the /pub/reports/cs/tr/95/1542 directory. Detailed FTP instructions: First type ftp elib.stanford.edu Then, when asked for a user, type anonymous Then, when asked for a password, type your own e-mail address, such as myid@mycomputer.myplace.edu Then, change directories to the appropriate directory by typing cd /pub/reports/cs/tr/95/1542 Then, get all the files from that directory. Type the following three commands. prompt binary mget * This will transfer all of the files to your machine. The postscript version should be the most readable, and was submitted in Macintosh postscript format. Unix and PC users may experience some swapping of page numbers. ---------------- From owner-gann-list Tue Mar 14 16:45:47 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id QAA13580 for gann-list-outgoing; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 16:27:04 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id QAA13574 for gann-list; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 16:26:59 -0600 Received: from ren.cs.iastate.edu with uucp; Tue, 14 Mar 95 03:36 CST Received: from Balmer.gen.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Balmer.gen.u-tokyo.ac.jp [130.69.142.47]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id DAA19515 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 03:36:33 -0600 Received: by Balmer.gen.u-tokyo.ac.jp (4.0/2.7W-gen) id AA05603; Tue, 14 Mar 95 18:28:42 JST Date: Tue, 14 Mar 95 18:28:42 JST From: lee@Balmer.gen.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Lee) Message-Id: <9503140928.AA05603@Balmer.gen.u-tokyo.ac.jp> To: gann@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Time Series Analysis Methods Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Dear Colleagues, I am eager to hear about comparative works, if any, between Symbolic Regression by GP, Neural Networks, Kalman Filter, and GMDH applied for Time Series analysis. In fact, I am applying GP Symbolic Regression having parallel architecture to analysis of time series in natural and economic system. My works will be presented at the Fifteenth Annual International Symposium on Forecasting, sponsored by the International Institute of Forecasters and the International Association of Business Forecasters. However, my professor requires me that in what objective points the time series analysis based on GP-Symbolic-Regression is different from other (conventional) methods such as Kalman Filter, GMDH ( Group Method of Data Handling ), Neural Networks. My professor insists that GP-Symbolic-Regression is brittle unless it has superior merits over other methods mentioned. Such being the case, it would be most thankful should anyone there could help me in getting the following : 1) Any papers that deal with the comparative power, merits of each methods mentioned above for time series analysis. 2) Any repositories which contain numerical performance data done by the methods above. Many Thanks in Advance. Anyone who helps me wil be given a hard copy of summarized works of my own via landmail. Please Help me ! +------------------------------------------------------------+ G. Y. Lee, Suzuki Lab., Dept. of Quantum Engineering & Systems Science The Univ. of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 113 Phone:(Univ.)+81-3-3812-2111,ext.6997, Fax:+81-3-3818-3455, e-mail : lee@Balmer.gen.u-tokyo.ac.jp +------------------------------------------------------------+ From owner-gann-list Tue Mar 14 18:12:11 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id SAA10551 for gann-list-outgoing; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 18:08:02 -0600 Received: from gemini.dct.ac.uk (gemini.dct.ac.uk [193.60.160.250]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA10543 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 18:07:53 -0600 Received: by gemini.dct.ac.uk (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA02848; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 00:09:40 GMT Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 00:09:40 GMT From: MAILER-DAEMON@gemini.dct.ac.uk (Mail Delivery Subsystem) Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown Message-Id: <9503150009.AA02848@gemini.dct.ac.uk> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 550 buntypost.dundee.ncr.com (tcp)... 550 Host unknown 554 ... 550 Host unknown (Valid name but no A or MX) ----- Unsent message follows ----- Received: by gallifrey.dct.ac.uk; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 00:06 GMT Received: from cs.iastate.edu by zippy.dct.ac.uk (MX V4.1 AXP) with SMTP; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 00:05:37 GMT Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id OAA15915 for gann-list-outgoing; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 14:45:42 -0600 Received: from elaine33.Stanford.EDU (elaine33.Stanford.EDU [36.218.0.17]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id OAA15625 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 14:45:29 -0600 Received: (from phred@localhost) by elaine33.Stanford.EDU (8.6.8/8.6.6) id MAA11342 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 12:45:23 -0800 Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 12:45:23 -0800 From: David Andre Message-Id: <199503142045.MAA11342@elaine33.Stanford.EDU> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: New Tech Report on Parallel Genetic Programming Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Auto-Forwarded-From: gallifrey!ng5 Auto-Forward-Count: 1 Content-Type: text Content-Length: 4738 NEW TECHNICAL REPORT AVAILABLE... TITLE: PARALLEL GENETIC PROGRAMMING ON A NETWORK OF TRANSPUTERS John R. Koza Computer Science Department Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2140 USA Koza@CS.Stanford.Edu David Andre Visiting Scholar Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2140 USA andre@flamingo.stanford.edu Report No. STAN-CS-TR-95-1542 - January 30, 1995 ABSTRACT This report describes the parallel implementation of genetic programming in the C programming language using a PC 486 type computer (running Windows) acting as a host and a network of transputers acting as processing nodes. Using this approach, researchers of genetic algorithms and genetic programming can acquire computing power that is intermediate between the power of currently available workstations and that of supercomputers at a cost that is intermediate between the two. A comparison is made of the computational effort required to solve the problem of symbolic regression of the Boolean even-5-parity function with different migration rates. Genetic programming required the least computational effort with an 8% migration rate. Moreover, this computational effort was less than that required for solving the problem with a serial computer and a panmictic population of the same size. That is, apart from the nearly linear speed-up in executing a fixed amount of code inherent in the parallel implementation of genetic programming, parallelization delivered more than linear speed-up in solving the problem using genetic programming. INTRODUCTION (SECTION 1) OF THE TECHNICAL REPORT Amenability to parallelization is an appealing feature of genetic algorithms, evolutionary programming, evolution strategies, classifier systems, and genetic programming (Holland 1975, Tanese 1989, Goldberg 1989a, Stender 1993). The probability of success in applying the genetic algorithm to a particular problem often depends on the adequacy of the size of the population in relation to the difficulty of the problem. Although many moderately sized problems can be solved by the genetic algorithm using currently available workstations, more substantial problems usually require larger population sizes. Since the computational burden of the genetic algorithm is directly proportional to the population, more computing power is required to solve more substantial problems. Increases in computing power can be realized by either increasing the speed of computation or by parallelizing the application. Fast serial supercomputers and current parallel supercomputers are, of course, expensive and may not be accessible. Therefore, we focus our attention on parallelization. Section 2 of this report describes our search for a practical option that provides computing power that is intermediate between that of workstations and supercomputers at a price (in terms of both money and programming effort) that is intermediate between that of workstations and supercomputers. Section 3 then describes the successful parallel implementation of genetic programming in the C programming language using a PC 486 type computer (running Windows) and a network of transputers. Section 4 compares the computational effort required to solve a problem using the parallel computer system with semi-isolated subpopulations and a serial computer using panmictic selection (i.e., where the individual to be selected to participate in a genetic operation can be from anywhere in the population). Section 5 is the conclusion. METHODS OF OBTAINING REPORT: You can get this 20-page technical report by anonymous FTP (see instructions below) or you can order a hard copy directly from Stanford University for $l0 (see instructions below). HARD COPY ORDERS: $l0 should be sent to: Publications Office Computer Science Department Margaret Jacks Hall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2140 USA FTP INSTRUCTIONS: FTP to elib.stanford.edu. The files containing the report are in the /pub/reports/cs/tr/95/1542 directory. Detailed FTP instructions: First type ftp elib.stanford.edu Then, when asked for a user, type anonymous Then, when asked for a password, type your own e-mail address, such as myid@mycomputer.myplace.edu Then, change directories to the appropriate directory by typing cd /pub/reports/cs/tr/95/1542 Then, get all the files from that directory. Type the following three commands. prompt binary mget * This will transfer all of the files to your machine. The postscript version should be the most readable, and was submitted in Macintosh postscript format. Unix and PC users may experience some swapping of page numbers. ---------------- From owner-gann-list Wed Mar 15 09:57:18 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id JAA13448 for gann-list-outgoing; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 09:33:55 -0600 Received: from sun2.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (sun2.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk [128.86.8.45]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA13438 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 09:33:29 -0600 Message-Id: <199503151533.JAA13438@cs.iastate.edu> Via: uk.ac.heriot-watt.cluster; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 13:49:56 +0000 Date: Wed, 15 Mar 95 13:49 BST From: ARDESHIR To: GANN-LIST Subject: RE: Time Series Analysis Methods Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu would you please send me the information you receive regarding this subject. Yours Sincerely A. Bahreininejad Civil Engineering Dept Heriot-Watt University Riccarton, Edinburgh U.K. email: civab@vaxa.hw.ac.uk From owner-gann-list Wed Mar 15 14:57:32 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id OAA09829 for gann-list-outgoing; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 14:51:19 -0600 Received: from dns1.eecs.wsu.edu (dns1.eecs.wsu.edu [134.121.64.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id OAA09823 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 14:51:13 -0600 Received: from zmaj.eecs.wsu.edu by dns1.eecs.wsu.edu (8.6.10/8.940801) id MAA06504; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 12:50:56 -0800 From: Zoran Obradovic - Faculty Received: by zmaj.eecs.wsu.edu (1.37.109.4) id AA06477; Wed, 15 Mar 95 12:50:56 -0800 Message-Id: <9503152050.AA06477@zmaj.eecs.wsu.edu> Subject: CFP: MVL&SC journal To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 12:50:55 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 5553 Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu CALL FOR PAPERS MULTIPLE-VALUED-LOGIC AND SOFT COMPUTING An International Journal The aim of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing -- An International Journal is to publish and diseminate internationally knowledge in the area of multiple-valued logic and its applications and cost-effectiveness in soft computing. Specific topics include: MATHEMATICAL ASPECTS OF MVL: algebra, logic, spectral methods ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF MVL: circuit design, programmable logic, hardware and software verification, testing, analog and digital VLSI and ULSI, new concept devices and architectures: biocomputing and optical computing MVL AND REASONING: machine learning, theorem proving, expert systems MVL AND COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE: neural networks, evolutionary computatation, fuzzy systems COMPUTER SCIENCE AND MVL: databases, massively parallel systems THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF FUZZY LOGIC PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS OF FUZZY LOGIC Papers should contain original results that have neither been submitted to, nor appeared in any journal. The journal will also publish survey papers. CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE SUBMITTED TO THE MANAGING EDITORS OR TO ANY MEMBER OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD. MANAGING EDITORS: Dan A. Simovici University of Massachusetts at Boston, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Boston, MA 02125, USA, tel.: (617) 287-6472, e-mail: dsim@cs.umb.edu Ivan Stojmenovic University of Ottawa, Department of Computer Science, Ottawa, K1N 9B4, CANADA, tel.: (613) 564-5982, e-mail: ivan@csi.uottawa.ca EDITORS OF MVL&SC-IJ Joel Berman Department of Mathematics University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois 60680-4348 USA u10391@uic.edu Randal E. Bryant School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburg, PA 15213 USA Randy.Bryant@cs.cmu.edu Jon T. Butler Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Naval Postgraduate School Code EC/Bu Monterey, CA 93943-5121 USA butler@cs.nps.navy.mil K. Wayne Current Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of California Davis, CA 95616 USA current@ece.ucdavis.edu Janos Demetrovics Computer & Automation Institute Hungarian Academy of Science H-1111 Budapest Lgymnyosi u. 11 Hungary h935dem@ella.hu Gerhard Dueck Department of Mathematics and Computer Science St. Francis Xavier University Antigonish, N.S. B2G 2W5 Canada dueck@phoenix.stfx.ca George Epstein Computer Science Department University of North Carolina Charlotte, NC 28223 USA Daniel Etiemble LRI-UA 410 CNRS Bat 490, Universit Paris Sud 91405 Orsay Cedex France de@lri.lri.fr Yutaka Hata Faculty of Engineering Himeji Institute of Technology 2167, Shosha Himeji, 671-22 Japan hata@comp.eng.himeji-tech.ac.jp Tatsuo Higuchi Department of System Information Sciences Graduate School of Information Sciences Tohoku University, Aoba Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980 Japan thiguchi@higuchi.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp Mou Hu Computer Engineering Shanghai Institute of Railway Technology Shanghai 200333 China Stanley L. Hurst Faculty of Technology, Electronics Discipline Walton Hall Milton Keynes, MK7.6AA England Michitaka Kameyama Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences Graduate School of Information Sciences Tohoku University, Aoba Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980 Japan michi@kameyama.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp Robert A. Melter Department of Mathematics Long Island University Southampton, NY 11968 USA melter@seaweed.liunet.edu D. Michael Miller Department of Computer Science University of Victoria P.O.Box 3055 Victoria BC V8W 3P6 Canada dmill@csr.uvic.ca Claudio Moraga Department of Computer Science University of Dortmund 44221 Dortmund Germany moraga@jupiter.informatik.uni-dortmund.de Masao Mukaidono Department of Computer Science Meiji University 1-1-1 Higashimita, Tama-ku Kawasaki-shi, 214 Japan masao@cs.meiji.ac.jp Jon C. Muzio Department of Computer Science University of Victoria P.O.Box 3055 Victoria BC V8W 3P6 Canada jmuzio@csr.uvic.ca Zoran Obradovic School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-2752, USA zoran@eecs.wsu.edu Marek A. Perkowski Department of Electrical Engineering Portland State University Portland, OR 97207-0751 USA mperkows@ee.pdx.edu Corina Reischer Department of Mathematics and Computer Science University of Qubec at Trois-Rivires Trois-Rivires, Qubec G9A 5H7 Canada corina-reischer@uqtr.uquebec.ca Ivo G. Rosenberg Math. Stat. 207 Universit de Montral C.P. 6128, succursale A Montral, Qubec H3C 3J7 Canada rosenb@ere.umontreal.ca Elie Sanchez University of Marseille and NEURINFO, IMT Technople de Ch teau-Gombert 13451 Marseille cedex 20 France sanchez@imt950.imt-mrs.fr Tsutomu Sasao Kyushu Institute of Technology Iizuka 820 Japan sasao@cse.kyutech.ac.jp Charles B. Silio Electrical Engineering Department University of Maryland College Park MD 20742 USA silio@eng.umd.edu Kenneth C. Smith Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4 Canada lfujino@csri.toronto.edu Helmut Thiele Department of Computer Science 1 University of Dortmund D-44221 Dortmund Germany thiele@ls1.informatik.uni-dortmund.de Ratko Tosic Institute of Mathematics University of Novi Sad Trg Dositeja Obradovica 4 21000 Novi Sad Yugoslavia ratosic%unsim@yubgef51.bitnet Lotfi A. Zadeh Computer Science Division and the Electronics Research Laboratory University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 USA zadeh@cs.berkeley.edu From owner-gann-list Thu Mar 16 22:24:57 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id VAA03938 for gann-list-outgoing; Thu, 16 Mar 1995 21:53:04 -0600 Received: from eekaist.kaist.ac.kr (eekaist.kaist.ac.kr [143.248.141.5]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id VAA03874 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 1995 21:51:43 -0600 Received: by eekaist.kaist.ac.kr (8.6.9H1/8.6.4) id MAA19206; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 12:14:36 +0900 Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 12:14:36 +0900 From: Soo-Young Lee Message-Id: <199503170314.MAA19206@eekaist.kaist.ac.kr> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu I apologize to bother you. One of my students would like to work with medical applications of neural networks, and is looking for benchmark database in medical applications. Any information on thses database will be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Soo-Young Lee From owner-gann-list Thu Mar 16 23:29:13 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id XAA26852 for gann-list-outgoing; Thu, 16 Mar 1995 23:20:44 -0600 Received: from atrwide.atr.co.jp (atrwide.atr.co.jp [133.186.1.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id XAA26588 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 1995 23:20:36 -0600 Received: from hubble.hip.atr.co.jp by atrwide.atr.co.jp (8.6.9+2.4Wb/2.7W) id OAA13107; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 14:20:33 +0900 Received: from gauss (gauss.hip.atr.co.jp) by hubble.hip.atr.co.jp (4.1/SMI-4.1.ATR) id AA12301; Fri, 17 Mar 95 14:20:27 JST Received: from localhost by gauss (4.1/AI-4.10.ATR) id AA13041; Fri, 17 Mar 95 14:20:26 JST Message-Id: <9503170520.AA13041@gauss> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 17 Mar 1995 12:14:36 JST." <199503170314.MAA19206@eekaist.kaist.ac.kr> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 14:20:26 +0900 From: Hugo de Garis Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Dear GANN-list, Soo-Young Lee asked for medical application databases as benchmarks. Try the Machine Learning Database Repository at the University of California at Irvine which has dozens of medical data files. I dont have an email, but suggest you look at GA, NN conf proceedings to find someone at Irvine and contact them. Cheers, Hugo de Garis, ATR, Kyoto. From owner-gann-list Fri Mar 17 02:31:56 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id CAA13340 for gann-list-outgoing; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 02:21:53 -0600 Received: from eekaist.kaist.ac.kr (eekaist.kaist.ac.kr [143.248.141.5]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id CAA13334 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 02:21:48 -0600 Received: by eekaist.kaist.ac.kr (8.6.9H1/8.6.4) id RAA20470; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 17:21:45 +0900 From: Soo-Young Lee Message-Id: <199503170821.RAA20470@eekaist.kaist.ac.kr> Subject: Re: medical database To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 17:21:45 +0900 (KST) In-Reply-To: <9503170520.AA13041@gauss> from "Hugo de Garis" at Mar 17, 95 02:20:26 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL21-h3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 133 Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Thanks for your comments. I was just informed of the UCI database and how to contact. Thanks again. Best regards, Soo-Young Lee From owner-gann-list Fri Mar 17 05:59:15 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id FAA06856 for gann-list-outgoing; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 05:54:01 -0600 Received: from obake0.okabe.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp (obake0.okabe.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp [157.82.69.68]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id FAA06850 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 05:53:57 -0600 Received: by obake0.okabe.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp (4.1/2.7W) id AA02906; Fri, 17 Mar 95 20:53:31 JST Date: Fri, 17 Mar 95 20:53:31 JST From: Estevez Pablo Antonio Message-Id: <9503171153.AA02906@obake0.okabe.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu In-Reply-To: Soo-Young Lee's message of Fri, 17 Mar 1995 17:21:45 +0900 (KST) <199503170821.RAA20470@eekaist.kaist.ac.kr> Subject: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Dear Dr. Soo-Young Lee, Could you please post the detailed information about how to contact the UCI database? I think it could be interesting for all of us in the gann-list. Thanking you in advance, Pablo Estevez RCAST, University of Tokyo From owner-gann-list Fri Mar 17 07:15:29 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id HAA27014 for gann-list-outgoing; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 07:11:46 -0600 Received: from epmhs.gr (gw1.epmhs.gr [143.233.1.12]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id HAA26995 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 07:11:14 -0600 Received: from isosun.ariadne-t.gr by epmhs.gr with SMTP id AA11607 (5.67a8/IDA-1.5 for ); Fri, 17 Mar 1995 14:58:53 +0200 Received: by isosun.ariadne-t.gr (4.1/SMI-4.0-MHS-6.0) id AA23147; Fri, 17 Mar 95 14:40:06 +0200 Date: Fri, 17 Mar 95 14:40:06 +0200 From: Aristides Hatjimihail - HCSL Message-Id: <9503171240.AA23147@isosun.ariadne-t.gr> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database X-Charset: ELOT_928 X-Char-Esc: 29 Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu I am interested in the UCI database too. How can I contact? Best Regards, Aristides T. Hatjimihail, Hellenic Complex Systems Laboratory From owner-gann-list Fri Mar 17 07:47:29 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id HAA04785 for gann-list-outgoing; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 07:45:07 -0600 Received: from electra.cc.umanitoba.ca (electra.cc.umanitoba.ca [130.179.16.23]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id HAA04775 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 07:45:04 -0600 Received: from canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca (root@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca [130.179.16.24]) by electra.cc.umanitoba.ca (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id HAA03764 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 07:45:05 -0600 Received: from eeserv.ee.UManitoba.CA (eeserv.ee.umanitoba.ca [130.179.8.1]) by canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id HAA19138 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 07:45:05 -0600 Received: from kinsner2.ee.umanitoba.ca.umeeng by eeserv.ee.UManitoba.CA (4.1/25a-eef) id AA10916; Fri, 17 Mar 95 07:45:00 CST Date: Fri, 17 Mar 95 07:45:00 CST From: Ken Ferens Message-Id: <9503171345.AA10916@eeserv.ee.UManitoba.CA> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu > Thanks for your comments. I was just informed of the UCI database and > how to contact. Thanks again. > > Best regards, > > Soo-Young Lee > Can you please tell me how to contact UCI concerning the database? Thank-you, -Ken From owner-gann-list Fri Mar 17 09:35:39 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id JAA02318 for gann-list-outgoing; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 09:29:09 -0600 Received: from flash.cs.iastate.edu (flash.cs.iastate.edu [129.186.3.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id JAA02313 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 09:29:07 -0600 Received: from mailhost.lanl.gov (mailhost.lanl.gov [128.165.3.12]) by flash.cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id JAA21772 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 09:29:06 -0600 Received: from xdiv.lanl.gov by mailhost.lanl.gov (8.6.10/1.2) id IAA23323; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 08:28:50 -0700 Received: from xdiv.lanl.gov ([128.165.16.16]) by xdiv.lanl.gov (8.6.9/8.6.10) with SMTP id IAA18118; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 08:28:51 -0700 Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 08:28:51 -0700 From: "Roger D. Jones" Message-Id: <199503171528.IAA18118@xdiv.lanl.gov> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Cc: bcy@lanl.gov, trt@lanl.gov Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu am forwarding your request to bonnie yantis and tim thomas. they know much more about medical databases than i do. rdj > From owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Thu Mar 16 22:09:03 1995 > Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 12:14:36 +0900 > From: Soo-Young Lee > To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu > Subject: medical database > Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu > Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu > Content-Length: 270 > > I apologize to bother you. One of my students would like to work > with medical applications of neural networks, and is looking for benchmark > database in medical applications. Any information on thses database > will be greatly appreciated. > > Best regards, > > Soo-Young Lee > From owner-gann-list Fri Mar 17 10:05:36 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id KAA11982 for gann-list-outgoing; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 10:02:25 -0600 Received: from ncrhub1.ATTGIS.COM (h192-127-251-16.NCR.COM [192.127.251.16]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA11977 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 10:02:22 -0600 From: postmaster@ddadmin1.dundee.NCR.COM Received: from ncrgw2 by ncrhub1.ATTGIS.COM id aa04441; 17 Mar 95 9:57 EST Received: by ncrgw2.ATTGIS.COM; 17 Mar 95 09:52:21 EST Received: by ncrhub4.ATTGIS.COM; 17 Mar 95 09:52:07 EST Received: by ncrdnde.Dundee.NCR.COM; 17 Mar 95 14:55:22 GMT Received: by ddadmin1.Dundee.NCR.COM; 17 Mar 95 14:50:30 GMT Report-Version: 2 >To: ddadmin1.Dundee.NCR.COM!ncrdnde!ncrhub4!ncrgw2!cs.iastate.edu!gann-list Date: Fri Mar 17 14:50:30 1995 Not-Delivered-To: buntypost!simonf@buntypost due to Transfer Failure (Error in message or message format.) (Probably a bad destination address, please verify) Content-Type: message Content-Length: 1776 bytes Message-ID: <9503170957.aa04441@ncrhub1.ATTGIS.COM> Apparently-To: Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Received: by ddadmin1.Dundee.NCR.COM; 17 Mar 95 14:49:01 GMT Received: by ncrdnde.Dundee.NCR.COM; 17 Mar 95 14:53:32 GMT Received: by ncrhub4.ATTGIS.COM; 17 Mar 95 09:45:12 EST Received: by ncrgw2.ATTGIS.COM; 17 Mar 95 09:33:17 EST Received: by gemini.dct.ac.uk (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA05850; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 14:34:06 GMT Received: by gallifrey.dct.ac.uk; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 14:31 GMT Received: from cs.iastate.edu by zippy.dct.ac.uk (MX V4.1 AXP) with SMTP; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 14:29:56 GMT Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id FAA06856 for gann-list-outgoing; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 05:54:01 -0600 Received: from obake0.okabe.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp (obake0.okabe.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp [157.82.69.68]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id FAA06850 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 05:53:57 -0600 Received: by obake0.okabe.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp (4.1/2.7W) id AA02906; Fri, 17 Mar 95 20:53:31 JST Date: Fri, 17 Mar 95 20:53:31 JST From: Estevez Pablo Antonio Message-Id: <9503171153.AA02906@obake0.okabe.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu In-Reply-To: Soo-Young Lee's message of Fri, 17 Mar 1995 17:21:45 +0900 (KST) <199503170821.RAA20470@eekaist.kaist.ac.kr> Subject: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Auto-Forwarded-From: gallifrey!ng5 Auto-Forward-Count: 1 Content-Type: text Content-Length: 245 Dear Dr. Soo-Young Lee, Could you please post the detailed information about how to contact the UCI database? I think it could be interesting for all of us in the gann-list. Thanking you in advance, Pablo Estevez RCAST, University of Tokyo From owner-gann-list Fri Mar 17 10:26:13 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id KAA17557 for gann-list-outgoing; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 10:23:34 -0600 Received: from utserv.mcc.ac.uk (utserv.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.6]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id KAA17547 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 10:23:22 -0600 Received: from ursa.cns.umist.ac.uk by utserv.mcc.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Fri, 17 Mar 1995 16:22:42 +0000 Received: from zen.mp.co.umist.ac.uk by ursa.cns.umist.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Fri, 17 Mar 1995 16:11:25 +0000 Received: from zen.mp.co.umist.ac.uk (roberts@zen.mp.co.umist.ac.uk [192.84.84.11]) by zen.mp.co.umist.ac.uk (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA08414 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 16:06:26 GMT Message-Id: <199503171606.QAA08414@zen.mp.co.umist.ac.uk> X-Authentication-Warning: zen.mp.co.umist.ac.uk: Host zen.mp.co.umist.ac.uk didn't use HELO protocol To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 17 Mar 95 07:45:00 CST." <9503171345.AA10916@eeserv.ee.UManitoba.CA> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 95 16:06:23 GMT From: Stephen Roberts Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Dear GANN, For all those who are interested the UCI datatbases can be found at; "UCI machine learning databases" by P.M.Murphy & D.W.Aha Anon ftp: /pub/machine-learning-databases on ics.uci.edu. Some of the medical problems, plus other data sets, may be otained from the Proben1 benchmark database, the technical report of which may be obtained from; L. Prechelt. "Proben 1 - A set of neural network benchmark problems and benchmarking rules", Technical report 21/94. Anon ftp: /pub/papers/techreports/1994/ on ftp.ira.uka.de. I hope these addresses are useful. All the best, Steve. From owner-gann-list Fri Mar 17 12:07:41 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id MAA02769 for gann-list-outgoing; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 12:03:49 -0600 Received: from iastate.edu (pv031d.vincent.iastate.edu [129.186.3.29]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA02764 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 12:03:46 -0600 From: honavar@iastate.edu Received: by iastate.edu with sendmail-5.57/4.7 id ; Fri, 17 Mar 95 12:03:44 -0600 Message-Id: <9503171803.AA07164@iastate.edu> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 17 Mar 95 14:20:26 +0900. <9503170520.AA13041@gauss> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 95 12:03:42 CST Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Several machine learning datasets including medical databases can be found in the machine learning repository maintained by Dr. Pazzani at UC Irvine. The ftp address is ftp.ics.uci.edu Login as ftp and give your login id as password. The relevant files are in /pub/machine-learning-databases. Good luck. Vasant honavar From owner-gann-list Fri Mar 17 12:14:12 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id MAA05494 for gann-list-outgoing; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 12:11:23 -0600 Received: from iastate.edu (pv031d.vincent.iastate.edu [129.186.3.29]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA05489 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 12:11:21 -0600 From: honavar@iastate.edu Received: by iastate.edu with sendmail-5.57/4.7 id ; Fri, 17 Mar 95 12:11:20 -0600 Message-Id: <9503171811.AA07178@iastate.edu> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Replying to the list versus sending messages to individuals In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 17 Mar 95 07:45:00 -0600. <9503171345.AA10916@eeserv.ee.UManitoba.CA> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 95 12:11:20 CST Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Dear GANN-list members: In the interest of minimizing unnecessary traffic so as not to clutter up everyone's mailbox, I would appreciate it if you could send messages intended for specific individuals directly to their personal email address and not reply to the entire list? The way things are set up now, when you use "reply" on most mailers, as a default, the message gets sent to the entire list. So please be judicious in your use of "reply" when you respond to messages posted to the list. Thank you. Vasant Honavar From owner-gann-list Fri Mar 17 18:20:54 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id SAA06712 for gann-list-outgoing; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 18:12:02 -0600 Received: from gala.cs.titech.ac.jp (gala.cs.titech.ac.jp [131.112.164.3]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA06706 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 18:11:59 -0600 Received: by gala.cs.titech.ac.jp (8.6.9+2.4Wb/3.1W-titmx-3.1); Sat, 18 Mar 1995 09:11:40 +0900 Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 09:11:40 +0900 From: Craig Hicks Message-Id: <199503180011.JAA00932@gala.cs.titech.ac.jp> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu In-reply-to: Ken Ferens's message of Fri, 17 Mar 95 07:45:00 CST <9503171345.AA10916@eeserv.ee.UManitoba.CA> Subject: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu ics.uci.edu: pub/machine-learning-databases The contents of this repository can be remotely copied to other network sites via ftp to ics.uci.edu. Enter "anonymous" for userid, and e-mail address (user@host) for password. These databases can be found by executing "cd pub/machine-learning-databases". Then get the file README From owner-gann-list Fri Mar 17 21:56:17 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id VAA00434 for gann-list-outgoing; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 21:52:28 -0600 Received: from clam.rutgers.edu (clam.rutgers.edu [128.6.128.2]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id VAA00429 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 21:52:26 -0600 Received: (from xenith@localhost) by clam.rutgers.edu (8.6.10+bestmx+oldruq+newsunq+grosshack/8.6.10) id WAA02116 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 22:52:25 -0500 Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 22:52:25 -0500 From: Marcus Aurelius Message-Id: <199503180352.WAA02116@clam.rutgers.edu> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu take me off this list thanx mark From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 08:53:16 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id IAA11227 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 08:47:53 -0600 Received: from c11021-110dan.ece.ncsu.edu (c11021-110dan.ece.ncsu.edu [152.1.59.137]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id IAA11222 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 08:47:51 -0600 From: bgkerman@eos.ncsu.edu Received: by c11021-110dan.ece.ncsu.edu (8.6.9/EC14nov94) id JAA16391; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 09:47:47 -0500 Message-Id: <199503181447.JAA16391@c11021-110dan.ece.ncsu.edu> To: Marcus Aurelius To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 09:47:44 EST Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Do the same for me too! I understand I can still have access to GANN newsgroup, and therefore there is no need to have all those email messages every time I login! Thanks, Bahram > take me off this list > thanx > mark ****************************************************** * Bahram G. Kermani * * Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering * * Box 7911, North Carolina State University * * Raleigh, NC, 27695-7911 * * * * Email: Bahram@ncsu.edu * * Email: bgkerman@eos.ncsu.edu * * Office: (919)515-1096 Dan359 * * Home: (919)829-5837 * * Fax: (919)515-7382 * ****************************************************** From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 10:10:38 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id KAA01345 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 10:05:31 -0600 Received: from cs.brown.edu (cs.brown.edu [128.148.128.2]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id KAA01225 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 10:05:27 -0600 Received: from tolstoy (tolstoy.cs.brown.edu [128.148.38.129]) by cs.brown.edu (8.6.10/Bullwinkle1.1) with ESMTP id LAA17891 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 11:05:26 -0500 Received: (mll@localhost) by tolstoy (8.6.8.1/BrownCS1.0) id LAA16161; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 11:05:26 -0500 Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 11:05:26 -0500 Message-Id: <199503181605.LAA16161@tolstoy> From: mlittman@cs.brown.edu To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Oops Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Hi everyone, > As is standard with mailing lists, you should have sent your request > to "gann-list-request"... Same goes for me. Sorry about that. -Michael From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 10:25:06 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id KAA05807 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 10:21:19 -0600 Received: from cs.brown.edu (cs.brown.edu [128.148.128.2]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id KAA05802 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 10:21:16 -0600 Received: from tolstoy (tolstoy.cs.brown.edu [128.148.38.129]) by cs.brown.edu (8.6.10/Bullwinkle1.1) with ESMTP id KAA17588 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 10:42:39 -0500 Received: (mll@localhost) by tolstoy (8.6.8.1/BrownCS1.0) id KAA16129; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 10:42:39 -0500 Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 10:42:39 -0500 Message-Id: <199503181542.KAA16129@tolstoy> From: mlittman@cs.brown.edu To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Hi, As is standard with mailing lists, you should have sent your request to "gann-list-request" instead of sending mail to the list itself and bothering everyone on the whole list. Thanks. -Michael From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 17:51:58 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA03640 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:45:45 -0600 Received: from oxmail.ox.ac.uk (oxmail.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA03635 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:45:43 -0600 Received: from engmail.eng.ox.ac.uk by oxmail.ox.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <26826-0@oxmail.ox.ac.uk>; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 23:45:11 +0000 Received: from fasolt.eng by eng.ox.ac.uk; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:45:13 GMT Received: from sun1.eng by fasolt.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.1.m) id AA22191; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:45:14 GMT Received: by sun1.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.0.c) id AA01085; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:45:14 GMT Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:45:14 GMT From: oedsws%fasolt@eng.ox.ac.uk (Slawomir Stepniewski) Message-Id: <9503182345.AA01085@sun1.eng> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 17:51:59 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA02437 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:43:33 -0600 Received: from oxmail.ox.ac.uk (oxmail.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA02428 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:43:31 -0600 Received: from engmail.eng.ox.ac.uk by oxmail.ox.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <26698-0@oxmail.ox.ac.uk>; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 23:43:01 +0000 Received: from fasolt.eng by eng.ox.ac.uk; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:43:06 GMT Received: from sun1.eng by fasolt.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.1.m) id AA22176; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:43:08 GMT Received: by sun1.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.0.c) id AA00998; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:43:08 GMT Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:43:08 GMT From: oedsws%fasolt@eng.ox.ac.uk (Slawomir Stepniewski) Message-Id: <9503182343.AA00998@sun1.eng> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx ????? !!!!! From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 17:51:57 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA02454 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:44:11 -0600 Received: from oxmail.ox.ac.uk (oxmail.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA02449 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:44:09 -0600 Received: from engmail.eng.ox.ac.uk by oxmail.ox.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <26724-0@oxmail.ox.ac.uk>; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 23:43:44 +0000 Received: from fasolt.eng by eng.ox.ac.uk; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:43:50 GMT Received: from sun1.eng by fasolt.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.1.m) id AA22184; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:43:51 GMT Received: by sun1.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.0.c) id AA01026; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:43:51 GMT Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:43:51 GMT From: oedsws%fasolt@eng.ox.ac.uk (Slawomir Stepniewski) Message-Id: <9503182343.AA01026@sun1.eng> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu ????? ????? !!!!! $$$$$ From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 17:52:01 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA02446 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:43:54 -0600 Received: from oxmail.ox.ac.uk (oxmail.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA02441 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:43:52 -0600 Received: from engmail.eng.ox.ac.uk by oxmail.ox.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <26714-0@oxmail.ox.ac.uk>; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 23:43:23 +0000 Received: from fasolt.eng by eng.ox.ac.uk; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:43:29 GMT Received: from sun1.eng by fasolt.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.1.m) id AA22180; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:43:31 GMT Received: by sun1.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.0.c) id AA01012; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:43:30 GMT Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:43:30 GMT From: oedsws%fasolt@eng.ox.ac.uk (Slawomir Stepniewski) Message-Id: <9503182343.AA01012@sun1.eng> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx ????? !!!!! From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 17:52:44 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA03763 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:48:19 -0600 Received: from oxmail.ox.ac.uk (oxmail.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA03754 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:48:17 -0600 Received: from engmail.eng.ox.ac.uk by oxmail.ox.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <26924-0@oxmail.ox.ac.uk>; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 23:47:59 +0000 Received: from fasolt.eng by eng.ox.ac.uk; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:48:04 GMT Received: from sun1.eng by fasolt.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.1.m) id AA22199; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:48:06 GMT Received: by sun1.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.0.c) id AA01150; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:48:06 GMT Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:48:06 GMT From: oedsws%fasolt@eng.ox.ac.uk (Slawomir Stepniewski) Message-Id: <9503182348.AA01150@sun1.eng> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 17:52:54 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA03758 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:48:18 -0600 Received: from oxmail.ox.ac.uk (oxmail.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA03752 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:48:14 -0600 Received: from engmail.eng.ox.ac.uk by oxmail.ox.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <26909-0@oxmail.ox.ac.uk>; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 23:47:30 +0000 Received: from fasolt.eng by eng.ox.ac.uk; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:47:35 GMT Received: from sun1.eng by fasolt.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.1.m) id AA22195; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:47:36 GMT Received: by sun1.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.0.c) id AA01136; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:47:36 GMT Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:47:36 GMT From: oedsws%fasolt@eng.ox.ac.uk (Slawomir Stepniewski) Message-Id: <9503182347.AA01136@sun1.eng> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu I do not have any advice for you. Sorry Mom. From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 17:53:25 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA03772 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:49:00 -0600 Received: from oxmail.ox.ac.uk (oxmail.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA03765 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:48:55 -0600 Received: from engmail.eng.ox.ac.uk by oxmail.ox.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <26944-0@oxmail.ox.ac.uk>; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 23:48:29 +0000 Received: from fasolt.eng by eng.ox.ac.uk; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:48:34 GMT Received: from sun1.eng by fasolt.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.1.m) id AA22203; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:48:36 GMT Received: by sun1.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.0.c) id AA01164; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:48:36 GMT Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:48:36 GMT From: oedsws%fasolt@eng.ox.ac.uk (Slawomir Stepniewski) Message-Id: <9503182348.AA01164@sun1.eng> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu What, ???????? From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 17:53:45 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA03809 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:49:20 -0600 Received: from oxmail.ox.ac.uk (oxmail.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA03799 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:49:15 -0600 Received: from engmail.eng.ox.ac.uk by oxmail.ox.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <26955-0@oxmail.ox.ac.uk>; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 23:48:50 +0000 Received: from fasolt.eng by eng.ox.ac.uk; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:48:55 GMT Received: from sun1.eng by fasolt.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.1.m) id AA22207; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:48:57 GMT Received: by sun1.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.0.c) id AA01178; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:48:57 GMT Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:48:57 GMT From: oedsws%fasolt@eng.ox.ac.uk (Slawomir Stepniewski) Message-Id: <9503182348.AA01178@sun1.eng> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu WHAT, ????? From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 17:54:34 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA03833 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:50:04 -0600 Received: from oxmail.ox.ac.uk (oxmail.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA03825 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:50:01 -0600 Received: from engmail.eng.ox.ac.uk by oxmail.ox.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <27002-0@oxmail.ox.ac.uk>; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 23:49:47 +0000 Received: from fasolt.eng by eng.ox.ac.uk; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:49:51 GMT Received: from sun1.eng by fasolt.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.1.m) id AA22211; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:49:53 GMT Received: by sun1.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.0.c) id AA01202; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:49:53 GMT Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:49:53 GMT From: oedsws%fasolt@eng.ox.ac.uk (Slawomir Stepniewski) Message-Id: <9503182349.AA01202@sun1.eng> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Good luck, What, ???? From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 17:55:15 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA04991 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:50:57 -0600 Received: from oxmail.ox.ac.uk (oxmail.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA04834 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:50:51 -0600 Received: from engmail.eng.ox.ac.uk by oxmail.ox.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <27060-0@oxmail.ox.ac.uk>; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 23:50:24 +0000 Received: from fasolt.eng by eng.ox.ac.uk; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:50:30 GMT Received: from sun1.eng by fasolt.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.1.m) id AA22215; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:50:31 GMT Received: by sun1.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.0.c) id AA01216; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:50:31 GMT Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:50:31 GMT From: oedsws%fasolt@eng.ox.ac.uk (Slawomir Stepniewski) Message-Id: <9503182350.AA01216@sun1.eng> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu I am not interested in UCI databases. All the best, --Slawek From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 17:56:42 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA05080 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:52:15 -0600 Received: from oxmail.ox.ac.uk (oxmail.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA05074 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:52:13 -0600 Received: from engmail.eng.ox.ac.uk by oxmail.ox.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <27096-0@oxmail.ox.ac.uk>; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 23:51:54 +0000 Received: from fasolt.eng by eng.ox.ac.uk; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:52:00 GMT Received: from sun1.eng by fasolt.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.1.m) id AA22219; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:52:01 GMT Received: by sun1.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.0.c) id AA01230; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:52:01 GMT Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:52:01 GMT From: oedsws%fasolt@eng.ox.ac.uk (Slawomir Stepniewski) Message-Id: <9503182352.AA01230@sun1.eng> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: UCI database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu I feel very sorry but I am not able to send you any detail info about UCI database. --Slawek From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 17:57:18 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id RAA05175 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:52:51 -0600 Received: from oxmail.ox.ac.uk (oxmail.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA05160 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 17:52:47 -0600 Received: from engmail.eng.ox.ac.uk by oxmail.ox.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <27110-0@oxmail.ox.ac.uk>; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 23:52:30 +0000 Received: from fasolt.eng by eng.ox.ac.uk; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:52:35 GMT Received: from sun1.eng by fasolt.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.1.m) id AA22223; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:52:37 GMT Received: by sun1.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.0.c) id AA01244; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:52:37 GMT Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:52:37 GMT From: oedsws%fasolt@eng.ox.ac.uk (Slawomir Stepniewski) Message-Id: <9503182352.AA01244@sun1.eng> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Did you read the file README, Really? From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 21:27:31 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id VAA01850 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 21:20:49 -0600 Received: from flash.cs.iastate.edu (flash.cs.iastate.edu [129.186.3.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id VAA01607 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 21:20:41 -0600 From: Figllc@aol.com Received: from mail04.mail.aol.com (mail04.mail.aol.com [152.163.172.53]) by flash.cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id VAA15557 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 21:20:39 -0600 Received: by mail04.mail.aol.com (1.37.109.11/16.2) id AA205603238; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 22:20:39 -0500 Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 22:20:39 -0500 Message-Id: <950318222038_53821617@aol.com> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: FlexTool(GA) M1.1 for MATLAB Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu =================================================================== * Attention Researchers in Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing * * ANNOUNCING GENETIC ALGORITHM TOOLBOX FOR MATLAB USERS * * FlexTool(GA) Version M 1.1 * =================================================================== Dear Professional: FlexTool(GA) is a modular software tool which provides an environment for applying GA to diverse domains with minimum user interaction and design iteration. 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FlexTool(GA) is a Trademark of Flexible Intelligence Group, L.L.C. ============================================================== From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 21:33:47 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id VAA03269 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 21:27:02 -0600 Received: from elaine33.Stanford.EDU (elaine33.Stanford.EDU [36.218.0.17]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id VAA03264 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 21:27:00 -0600 Received: (from phred@localhost) by elaine33.Stanford.EDU (8.6.8/8.6.6) id TAA05521 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 19:26:57 -0800 From: David Andre Message-Id: <199503190326.TAA05521@elaine33.Stanford.EDU> Subject: Re: medical database To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 19:26:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <9503182343.AA00998@sun1.eng> from "Slawomir Stepniewski" at Mar 18, 95 11:43:08 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 561 Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu > > xxxxx > xxxxx > xxxxx > ????? > !!!!! > > Excuse me? Look -- do you really belong on the net? STOP sending me garbage, allright? Sending 10 messages to a list in response to hapless fools who do not understand only complicates the matter, if that is why you sent it. You fall into the same class of morons that do not know the difference between reply and Reply, and who endanger the net's free existense. I only respond this strongly because yours is clearly not an act of ignorance. Please grow up, or get the hell off the net. David Andre From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 21:40:56 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id VAA05853 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 21:35:57 -0600 Received: from sun2.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (sun2.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk [128.86.8.45]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id VAA05841 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 21:35:53 -0600 Message-Id: <199503190335.VAA05841@cs.iastate.edu> Via: uk.ac.heriot-watt.cluster; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 03:33:00 +0000 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 95 3:32 BST From: ARDESHIR To: GANN-LIST Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu I have just had enough of all these stupid emails I'm receiving. I had the beleif that this is a respectable group but as its clear there is very little organization and management employed to run this group. I have submitted my unsubscribe request. Thank you From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 22:09:03 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id WAA12432 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 22:02:47 -0600 Received: from comec4.mh.ua.edu (comec4.mh.ua.edu [130.160.56.118]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id WAA12423 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 22:02:43 -0600 From: rakesh@comec4.mh.ua.edu Received: by comec4.mh.ua.edu (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA13399; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 21:40:00 -0600 Message-Id: <9503190340.AA13399@comec4.mh.ua.edu> Subject: Re: medical database To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 21:39:59 -0600 (CST) In-Reply-To: <9503182352.AA01244@sun1.eng> from "Slawomir Stepniewski" at Mar 18, 95 11:52:37 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 145 Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu We are getting flooded with mail regarding the medical database. Could you kindly refrain from sending personal on the commom lines. Thanks From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 22:21:08 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id WAA16402 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 22:16:10 -0600 Received: from isis.u-strasbg.fr (isis.u-strasbg.fr [130.79.200.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id WAA16396 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 22:16:07 -0600 Received: from monza.u-strasbg.fr (monza [130.79.160.1]) by isis.u-strasbg.fr (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id FAA03573 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 05:15:28 +0100 Received: from [130.79.160.99] (bina.u-strasbg.fr) by monza.u-strasbg.fr (4.1/SMI-3.2-jjp/4/6/92) id AA28673; Sun, 19 Mar 95 05:04:40 GMT X-Sender: me@ushs.u-strasbg.fr Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Preference: PGP-encrypted (or at least signed) mail X-Pgp-Key: finger me or do "MGET Eytan" at pgp-public-keys@pgp.mit.edu X-Pgp-Fingerprint: 49 C3 68 E0 72 BB 87 A8 C0 BF 77 9D A2 24 64 09 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 05:16:02 +0100 To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu From: eytan@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr (Michel Eytan, LILoL) Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu On 18-3-95, Slawomir Stepniewski (and many others before him) opined about Re: medical database: >????? >????? >!!!!! >$$$$$ Moderator, please stop all this bulls... it's getting real tiresome. Thank you -- Michel Eytan, U Strasbourg II eytan@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr "Je dis ce que je pense et je pense ce que je dis" From owner-gann-list Sat Mar 18 22:39:49 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id WAA20711 for gann-list-outgoing; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 22:35:22 -0600 Received: from sigma.eafit.edu.co (sigma.eafit.edu.co [157.253.102.4]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id WAA20479 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 22:35:07 -0600 Received: from delta.eafit.edu.co by sigma.eafit.edu.co with SMTP (1.38.193.3/16.2) id AA02276; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:32:08 GMT Received: by delta.eafit.edu.co (5.65/1.2-eef) id AA27626; Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:39:28 GMT Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 23:39:23 +0000 (GMT) From: RAFAEL MAURICIO COTES LONDO#O To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Cc: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database In-Reply-To: <9503182345.AA01085@sun1.eng> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Por que sera que Slawomir esta tratando de hacernos la cosa mas dificil ? Please, SS, if you dont mind, don't bother our list. Thanks. On Sat, 18 Mar 1995, Slawomir Stepniewski wrote: > > ?????? > ?????? > ?????? > ?????? > From owner-gann-list Sun Mar 19 01:28:19 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id BAA05277 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 01:22:29 -0600 Received: from elaine33.Stanford.EDU (elaine33.Stanford.EDU [36.218.0.17]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id BAA05271 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 01:22:27 -0600 Received: (from phred@localhost) by elaine33.Stanford.EDU (8.6.8/8.6.6) id XAA09062 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Sat, 18 Mar 1995 23:22:24 -0800 From: David Andre Message-Id: <199503190722.XAA09062@elaine33.Stanford.EDU> Subject: Onto signal, I pray... To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 23:22:23 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 932 Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu First, I would like to apologize to those of you who received my angry reply regarding one of the medical data base sets of 12 letters, I meant it to go to only he, but clearly made an error in typing 'R'. My most sincere apologies. And, onto further signal.... I have recently joined this list, and joined as I have begun working with Frederic Gruau and his work on cellular encoding -- evolving NNs using Genetic Programming (tree-based GP) in which the NN is grown from a single neuron based on the rules specified in the tree. Both the structure and weights of the NN can be learned in this manner. As part of our research, we are attempting to do a thorough literature search as to other methods of learning the structure and weights for NN. We have many citations, but are especially interested in finding out about new work involving modular NNs or hierarchical NNs. Thank you very much for your time. David Andre From owner-gann-list Sun Mar 19 05:56:44 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id FAA14021 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 05:50:26 -0600 Received: from uhura.unn.ac.uk (uhura.unn.ac.uk [192.173.1.76]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id FAA13883 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 05:50:20 -0600 Received: from fawdon.unn.ac.uk by uhura.unn.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <28501-0@uhura.unn.ac.uk>; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 11:50:16 +0000 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 11:49:58 GMT From: "R.J.BIRD" To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Message-Id: <950319114958.2021d6b2@fawdon.unn.ac.uk> Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Would you please refrain from sending these null messages? Thank you Dick Bird > From: SMTP%"gann-list@cs.iastate.edu" 19-MAR-1995 00:53:17.53 > To: ASU6 > CC: > Subj: Re: medical database > > Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:49:53 GMT > From: oedsws%fasolt@eng.ox.ac.uk (Slawomir Stepniewski) > Message-Id: <9503182349.AA01202@sun1.eng> > To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu > Subject: Re: medical database > Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu > Precedence: bulk > Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu > > Good luck, What, ???? > ____________________________________________________________________ | | | | Dick Bird | tel: (+)91 227 4428 | | Division of Psychology | fax: (+)91 227 3190 | | University of Northumbria | | | Newcastle upon Tyne | email: r.j.bird@fawdon.unn.ac.uk | | England NE1 8ST | | |_______________________________|____________________________________| From owner-gann-list Sun Mar 19 10:46:09 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id KAA28139 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 10:38:21 -0600 Received: from oxmail.ox.ac.uk (oxmail.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA28133 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 10:38:19 -0600 Received: from engmail.eng.ox.ac.uk by oxmail.ox.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <15771-0@oxmail.ox.ac.uk>; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 16:37:48 +0000 Received: from fasolt.eng by eng.ox.ac.uk; Sun, 19 Mar 95 16:37:58 GMT Received: from sun1.eng by fasolt.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.1.m) id AA23252; Sun, 19 Mar 95 16:37:58 GMT Received: by sun1.eng (4.1/OUEL-2.0.c) id AA02335; Sun, 19 Mar 95 16:37:57 GMT Date: Sun, 19 Mar 95 16:37:57 GMT From: oedsws%fasolt@eng.ox.ac.uk (Slawomir Stepniewski) Message-Id: <9503191637.AA02335@sun1.eng> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGIZE Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu To All Dear GANN Readers, I would like to STRONGLY apologize all GANN readers for the serial responses I produced tonight. For the last 2-3 days I have received a growing number of some pieces of casual conversations. Tonight I found 17 messages about 'medical database' and complains of people who checked their mail before me. For a moment I got quite irritated of deleting these letters every day and I sent back ALL 'mediacal database' messages I had in my mail. Actually, I thought that none of them would reach the public audience. Once again I terribly apologize all Readers for this unplesant (and for me very embarrassing) incident. --Slawek From owner-gann-list Sun Mar 19 10:46:09 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id KAA28196 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 10:40:16 -0600 Received: from Sunburn.Stanford.EDU (Sunburn.Stanford.EDU [36.8.0.178]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA28184 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 10:40:13 -0600 Received: by Sunburn.Stanford.EDU (5.67b/25-SUNBURN-eef) id AA11663; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 08:40:11 -0800 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 95 8:40:11 PST From: John Koza To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 18 Mar 1995 19:26:57 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu David: You should learn not to keep your feelings hidden, but to freely express them! JK From owner-gann-list Sun Mar 19 11:41:04 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id LAA13805 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 11:36:41 -0600 Received: from dcs.shef.ac.uk (gw.dcs.shef.ac.uk [143.167.12.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA13797 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 11:36:37 -0600 From: N.Sharkey@dcs.shef.ac.uk Received: from entropy.dcs.shef.ac.uk by dcs.shef.ac.uk (4.1/DAVE-1.0) with SMTP id AA10810; Sun, 19 Mar 95 17:35:53 GMT Received: by entropy.dcs.shef.ac.uk (920330.SGI/SMI-4.1) id AA15155; Sun, 19 Mar 95 17:36:52 GMT Date: Sun, 19 Mar 95 17:36:52 GMT Message-Id: <9503191736.AA15155@entropy.dcs.shef.ac.uk> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu In-Reply-To: Soo-Young Lee's message of Fri, 17 Mar 1995 12:14:36 +0900 <199503170314.MAA19206@eekaist.kaist.ac.kr> Subject: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Dear Soo-Young Lee, If you find any medical databases could you let me know as well. Thanks, noel Noel Sharkey Professor of Computer Science Department of Computer Science Regent Court University of Sheffield S1 4DP, Sheffield, UK N.Sharkey@dcs.shef.ac.uk FAX: (0742) 780972 From owner-gann-list Sun Mar 19 11:56:21 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id LAA17724 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 11:52:08 -0600 Received: from flash.cs.iastate.edu (flash.cs.iastate.edu [129.186.3.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA17719 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 11:52:06 -0600 From: N.Sharkey@dcs.shef.ac.uk Received: from dcs.shef.ac.uk (gw.dcs.shef.ac.uk [143.167.12.1]) by flash.cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA02361 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 11:52:01 -0600 Received: from entropy.dcs.shef.ac.uk by dcs.shef.ac.uk (4.1/DAVE-1.0) with SMTP id AA10998; Sun, 19 Mar 95 17:51:13 GMT Received: by entropy.dcs.shef.ac.uk (920330.SGI/SMI-4.1) id AA15166; Sun, 19 Mar 95 17:52:12 GMT Date: Sun, 19 Mar 95 17:52:12 GMT Message-Id: <9503191752.AA15166@entropy.dcs.shef.ac.uk> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu In-Reply-To: Slawomir Stepniewski's message of Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:49:53 GMT <9503182349.AA01202@sun1.eng> Subject: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Please stop wasting the time of busy people - do you realise how many people you are mailing to. noel Noel Sharkey Professor of Computer Science Department of Computer Science Regent Court University of Sheffield S1 4DP, Sheffield, UK N.Sharkey@dcs.shef.ac.uk FAX: (0742) 780972 From owner-gann-list Sun Mar 19 14:15:35 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id OAA23235 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 14:10:18 -0600 Received: from cns.bu.edu (PARK.BU.EDU [128.197.61.100]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id OAA23017 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 14:10:09 -0600 Received: from retina.bu.edu by cns.bu.edu (8.6.10/BU_Server-1.1) id PAA05715; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 15:09:06 -0500 Received: by retina.bu.edu (8.6.10/BU_Client-1.1) id PAA12915; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 15:09:06 -0500 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 14:52:51 -0500 (EST) From: Frede! Subject: methods for NN optimisation To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu In-Reply-To: <199503112241.QAA29556@ren.cs.iastate.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Hello, I'd like to pose a general question to the GANN list, and would appreciate anyone who has done work in this area to provide some clarification. (I think this is much the same as David Andre's posting, so I apologies if I am reiterating..) In light of the recent "No Free Lunch" theorem findings of Wolpert and Macready (GA Digest, vol.9, no.7) it seems that we may only justify a search technique if the characteristics of the problem domain suit that search algorithm. Do we have any empirical evidence at least, to show that NNs are a good application for GA-based optimisation? Suggestive biological analogies aside, is GA the best approach, or might more conventional techniques (say SA or Interated Hill Climbing) provide better results? Cheers, Brendan Kitts ------------------- Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University, Email: bj@cns.bu.edu Ph: 617-3536180 Fax: 617-3537755 From owner-gann-list Sun Mar 19 15:17:57 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA09774 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 15:12:32 -0600 Received: from glueserv1.umd.edu (glueserv1.umd.edu [129.2.70.69]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id PAA09769 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 15:12:30 -0600 Received: from cm1.umd.edu (cm1.umd.edu [129.2.64.75]) by glueserv1.umd.edu (8.6.10/8.6.4) with ESMTP id QAA05258 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 16:12:28 -0500 From: Ray-Long Sun Received: (sunray@localhost) by cm1.umd.edu (8.6.10/8.6.4) id QAA09410 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 16:12:28 -0500 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 16:12:28 -0500 Message-Id: <199503192112.QAA09410@cm1.umd.edu> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Please dont forward so much garbage message to this gann-list. Thanks. - Ray L. Sun From owner-gann-list Sun Mar 19 15:24:19 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA11157 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 15:19:38 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA11147; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 15:19:37 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Message-Id: <199503192119.PAA11147@cs.iastate.edu> Subject: PLEASE READ THIS AND SAVE IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Date: Sun, 19 Mar 95 15:19:36 CST Cc: honavar, balakris Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Dear gann list members: In order to optimize the signal-to-noise ratio on this list (and to avoid frayed tempers), may we request everyone on the list to read the instructions below on how to subscribe, unsubscribe, post messages to the list, send messages to list managers, or to reply to particular individuals. 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If that does not help and you still feel like responding, please, please, don't send your response to the entire list but only to the originator of the offending message (and that too only if you have to). You will find in most cases that if you just ignore such messages for a while, the offenders get bored and just go away (this also works with requests for information that can be readily obtained by walking over to the nearest library or by looking up responses to FAQs on the nets). Any time you subscribe to a mailing list, you risk receiving messages that you would rather not have to wade through. The best response, except perhaps in the most extreme of cases, is to use a smart mail-sorting program or hit the delete key and go on. CONSTRUCTIVE suggestions on how to maximize the signal-to-noise ratio on the list (including suggestions on administrative aspects) are welcome. But please, please, send them only to gannadm@cs.iastate.edu and not to the entire list. Thank you for your patience and cooperation. _______________________________________________________________________ GANN List Administrators gannadm@cs.iastate.edu _______________________________________________________________________ From owner-gann-list Sun Mar 19 15:35:46 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA14893 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 15:31:21 -0600 Received: from odin.ucsd.edu (odin.ucsd.edu [132.239.51.3]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA14888 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 15:31:19 -0600 Received: from desi.ucsd.edu by odin.ucsd.edu; id AA04861 sendmail 5.67/UCSDPSEUDO.4-CS via SMTP Sun, 19 Mar 95 13:31:17 -0800 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Received: by desi (5.67/UCSDPSEUDO.4) id AA07452 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Sun, 19 Mar 95 13:31:16 -0800 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 95 13:31:16 -0800 From: gary@cs.ucsd.edu (Gary Cottrell) Message-Id: <9503192131.AA07452@desi> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Who's talking? RE: From owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Sun Mar 19 10:18:03 1995 Received: from cs.iastate.edu by odin.ucsd.edu; id AA28738 sendmail 5.67/UCSDPSEUDO.4-CS via SMTP Sun, 19 Mar 95 10:17:55 -0800 for gary Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id LAA13805 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 11:36:41 -0600 Received: from dcs.shef.ac.uk (gw.dcs.shef.ac.uk [143.167.12.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA13797 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 11:36:37 -0600 From: N.Sharkey@dcs.shef.ac.uk Received: from entropy.dcs.shef.ac.uk by dcs.shef.ac.uk (4.1/DAVE-1.0) with SMTP id AA10810; Sun, 19 Mar 95 17:35:53 GMT Received: by entropy.dcs.shef.ac.uk (920330.SGI/SMI-4.1) id AA15155; Sun, 19 Mar 95 17:36:52 GMT Date: Sun, 19 Mar 95 17:36:52 GMT Message-Id: <9503191736.AA15155@entropy.dcs.shef.ac.uk> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu In-Reply-To: Soo-Young Lee's message of Fri, 17 Mar 1995 12:14:36 +0900 <199503170314.MAA19206@eekaist.kaist.ac.kr> Subject: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Status: R Dear Soo-Young Lee, If you find any medical databases could you let me know as well. Thanks, noel Noel Sharkey Professor of Computer Science Department of Computer Science Regent Court University of Sheffield S1 4DP, Sheffield, UK N.Sharkey@dcs.shef.ac.uk FAX: (0742) 780972 From owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Sun Mar 19 10:40:57 1995 Received: from cs.iastate.edu by odin.ucsd.edu; id AA29525 sendmail 5.67/UCSDPSEUDO.4-CS via SMTP Sun, 19 Mar 95 10:40:55 -0800 for gary Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id LAA17724 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 11:52:08 -0600 Received: from flash.cs.iastate.edu (flash.cs.iastate.edu [129.186.3.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA17719 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 11:52:06 -0600 From: N.Sharkey@dcs.shef.ac.uk Received: from dcs.shef.ac.uk (gw.dcs.shef.ac.uk [143.167.12.1]) by flash.cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA02361 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 11:52:01 -0600 Received: from entropy.dcs.shef.ac.uk by dcs.shef.ac.uk (4.1/DAVE-1.0) with SMTP id AA10998; Sun, 19 Mar 95 17:51:13 GMT Received: by entropy.dcs.shef.ac.uk (920330.SGI/SMI-4.1) id AA15166; Sun, 19 Mar 95 17:52:12 GMT Date: Sun, 19 Mar 95 17:52:12 GMT Message-Id: <9503191752.AA15166@entropy.dcs.shef.ac.uk> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu In-Reply-To: Slawomir Stepniewski's message of Sat, 18 Mar 95 23:49:53 GMT <9503182349.AA01202@sun1.eng> Subject: medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Status: R Please stop wasting the time of busy people - do you realise how many people you are mailing to. noel Noel Sharkey Professor of Computer Science Department of Computer Science Regent Court University of Sheffield S1 4DP, Sheffield, UK N.Sharkey@dcs.shef.ac.uk FAX: (0742) 780972 From owner-gann-list Sun Mar 19 18:12:00 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id SAA24499 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 18:05:04 -0600 Received: from iastate.edu (pv031d.vincent.iastate.edu [129.186.3.29]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA24491 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 18:05:02 -0600 From: honavar@iastate.edu Received: by iastate.edu with sendmail-5.57/4.7 id ; Sun, 19 Mar 95 18:04:59 -0600 Message-Id: <9503200004.AA09037@iastate.edu> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: methods for NN optimisation In-Reply-To: Your message of Sun, 19 Mar 95 14:52:51 -0500. Date: Sun, 19 Mar 95 18:04:57 CST Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu > In light of the recent "No Free Lunch" theorem findings of > Wolpert and Macready (GA Digest, vol.9, no.7) it seems that we > may only justify a search technique if the characteristics of the > problem domain suit that search algorithm. Do we have any empirical > evidence at least, to show that NNs are a good application for > GA-based optimisation? > Suggestive biological analogies aside, is GA the best approach, or > might more conventional techniques (say SA or Interated Hill Climbing) > provide better results? > Cheers, > Brendan Kitts In general, I agree with the proposition that the characteristics of a problem domain must be well-matched to the search algorithm (broadly speaking). This is at the heart of some issues that have been recognized as central in artificial intelligence. In order for any search-based approach to optimization (or in general problem solving) to succeed: a. the solution sought must lie within the space being searched. (One might call this the completeness property of the representation used to describe the search space) and b. the search algorithm must in fact be able to find the desired point or points in the search space (if they indeed exist). One might call this the completeness of the search strategy employed. In addition, there are issues that have to do with representational bias and search bias which affect the completensess as well as efficiency of specific methods. So, a-priori, there is no strong case to make that GA are necessarily better than other approaches to find near-optimal NN architectures. However, they provide a class of methods that lie between the two extremes of pure parameter modification based methods (using hill climbing or other techniques) that operate within a fixed network topology (and hence may fail to satisfy completness property) and incremental network construction algorithms on one hand and the intractable enumerative or exhaustive search in the space of neural architectures on the other. The tradeoffs involved across this entire spectrum of techniques remain to be characterized through systematic emperical and theoretical study. Vasant Honavar From owner-gann-list Sun Mar 19 22:56:40 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id WAA06310 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 22:37:15 -0600 Received: from clam.rutgers.edu (clam.rutgers.edu [128.6.128.2]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id WAA06305 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 22:37:13 -0600 Received: (from xenith@localhost) by clam.rutgers.edu (8.6.10+bestmx+oldruq+newsunq+grosshack/8.6.10) id XAA18050 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Sun, 19 Mar 1995 23:37:11 -0500 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 23:37:11 -0500 From: Marcus Message-Id: <199503200437.XAA18050@clam.rutgers.edu> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: methods for NN optimisation Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Marcus I tried unsubscribing myself from majordomo and it says error or somet other crap please take me off the list mark From owner-gann-list Mon Mar 20 03:10:13 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id DAA15116 for gann-list-outgoing; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 03:05:27 -0600 Received: from cosmos.imag.fr (cosmos.imag.fr [147.171.130.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id DAA14920 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 03:05:21 -0600 Received: from pluton.imag.fr (pluton.imag.fr [147.171.25.101]) by cosmos.imag.fr (8.6.11/8.6.9) with ESMTP id KAA21907 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 10:05:18 +0100 From: Arnaud Giacometti Received: (giaco@localhost) by pluton.imag.fr (8.6.10/8.6.9) id KAA19161 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 10:05:18 +0100 Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 10:05:18 +0100 Message-Id: <199503200905.KAA19161@pluton.imag.fr> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Take me off Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Arnaud Giacometti I would like you take me off this list, because there is no need to have all those email messages every time we login. Thanks Arnaud From owner-gann-list Mon Mar 20 06:23:01 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id FAA29604 for gann-list-outgoing; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 05:55:41 -0600 Received: from newt.kcl.ac.uk (newt.kcl.ac.uk [137.73.66.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id FAA29475 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 05:55:36 -0600 From: udah289@kcl.ac.uk Received: from kcl.ac.uk by newt.kcl.ac.uk with SMTP (PP) id <16118-0@newt.kcl.ac.uk>; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 11:55:05 +0000 Received: by bay.cc.kcl.ac.uk (MX V4.1 VAX) id 96; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 11:54:27 GMT Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 11:54:41 GMT To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Message-ID: <0098DA41.D9979116.96@bay.cc.kcl.ac.uk> Subject: Re: methods for NN optimisation Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: udah289@kcl.ac.uk In "The Origins of Order", Stuart Kauffmann discuses the conditions under which GA's are a good optimisation technique. He suggests that GA's work well when (a) the fitness landscape is not too rough, so that the GA's "memory" held within the population can be used to suggest likely good areas, and (b) the fitness landscape is not too smooth, otherwise Hill Climbing will do the job better. This would seem to put the problem back one step, the question now being, "Can we encode a NN in such a way that a GA can opeerat3e on it efficiently. To my mind, this is why developmental algorithms may prove to be the way forwards. Sincerely Steve Hill (s.hill@bay.cc.kcl.ac.uk) From owner-gann-list Mon Mar 20 08:26:25 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id IAA07609 for gann-list-outgoing; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 08:21:38 -0600 Received: from mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA (mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA [130.113.20.6]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id IAA07603 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 08:21:35 -0600 Received: (from g9426088@localhost) by mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA (940816.SGI.8.6.9/8.6.9) id JAA01995; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 09:21:25 -0500 Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 09:21:24 +0001 (EST) From: "W.C. Gaetz" Subject: Re: medical database To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu In-Reply-To: <9503190340.AA13399@comec4.mh.ua.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "W.C. Gaetz" Please take me off this list. From owner-gann-list Mon Mar 20 09:47:55 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id JAA29878 for gann-list-outgoing; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 09:42:59 -0600 Received: from rank-gw.elec.gla.ac.uk (rank-gw.elec.gla.ac.uk [130.209.4.186]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id JAA29871 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 09:42:43 -0600 From: K.Char@elec.gla.ac.uk Message-Id: <8148.199503201541@rank-gw.elec.gla.ac.uk> Received: from gimble (gimble.elec.gla.ac.uk [130.209.178.162] sender K.Char) by rank-gw.elec.gla.ac.uk (8.6.10/UK-2.2a/elec-sun4) with SMTP id PAA08148 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 15:41:24 GMT X-Sender: kchar@rank-serv.elec.gla.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 15:47:09 +0100 To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: "views" X-Mailer: Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: K.Char@elec.gla.ac.uk Dear All, There has been so much criticisms and noise about GANN recently. We all do'nt seem to remember that we are also partly responsible for any failures/ inefficiency. The members could have made it a very interesting group with enlightening discussions. Unfortunately I am not in the right place or the environment to say much about myself at the *moment*. When it comes to blaming someone it is so easy. I do not think they deserve membership of GANN or any group because they can find fault everywhere except in themselves. Atleast stop criticism now! Regards Char From owner-gann-list Mon Mar 20 11:11:47 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id LAA23200 for gann-list-outgoing; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 11:07:20 -0600 Received: from utserv.mcc.ac.uk (utserv.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.6]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA23160; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 11:06:56 -0600 Received: from ursa.cns.umist.ac.uk by utserv.mcc.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Mon, 20 Mar 1995 17:04:14 +0000 Received: from csc.umist.ac.uk (actually jack.csc.umist.ac.uk) by ursa.cns.umist.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Mon, 20 Mar 1995 15:27:10 +0000 From: Panos Liatsis Date: Mon, 20 Mar 95 14:56:33 GMT Message-Id: <6624.9503201456@csc.umist.ac.uk> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Sign off gann-list Cc: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Panos Liatsis Please sign me off gann-list. Thanks, Panos ~b panos From owner-gann-list Mon Mar 20 11:11:58 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id LAA23331 for gann-list-outgoing; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 11:09:21 -0600 Received: from dvinci.USask.Ca (dvinci.usask.ca [128.233.13.11]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA23324 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 11:09:16 -0600 Received: (from josephi@localhost) by dvinci.USask.Ca (8.6.10/8.6.9) id KAA13233 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 10:48:38 -0600 Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 10:48:38 -0600 From: Joseph Irudayaraj Message-Id: <199503201648.KAA13233@dvinci.USask.Ca> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: delete me Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Joseph Irudayaraj Please, please take me off the list. Too many emails - can't handle em.. Thanks. joseph Irudayaraj From owner-gann-list Mon Mar 20 11:44:09 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id LAA03530 for gann-list-outgoing; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 11:41:46 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id LAA03520; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 11:41:43 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Message-Id: <199503201741.LAA03520@cs.iastate.edu> Subject: Some changes in GANN To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Date: Mon, 20 Mar 95 11:41:41 CST Cc: honavar, balakris Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: GANN List Admin Dear Colleagues: Thank you for the tremendous patience that most of you have shown in the light of all the noise (intentional or otherwise) caused by the recent switch of GANN to unmoderated mode. Some of this was caused by people simply using "Reply" on their respective mail programs without editing the header so that the message was directed to individuals and not the entire list. We have made some changes in the set up that should help minimize the noise. In particular, the "Reply-To" does not default to "gann-list" any more and replies go out only to the sender of the message unless you deliberately take action to mail the message to the entire list. This would of course mean a little more work for the people posting the message but we believe it would minimize the noise caused by unintentional oversight. Given the imperfect world we live in, barring censorship, there is no way to prevent uncalled for "subscribe" or "unsubscribe" requests or "flames" intentionally mailed to the entire list. When that happens, it would be best if everyone else exercises restraint in their response. If this does not work, we will have no choice except to go back to the "moderated" mode and we will do so if it becomes necessary. A special word of thanks to those members who sent us suggestions, advice and encouragement by private email. Best Regards, GANN list Admin. From owner-gann-list Mon Mar 20 12:36:31 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id MAA18528 for gann-list-outgoing; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 12:32:54 -0600 Received: from rank-gw.elec.gla.ac.uk (rank-gw.elec.gla.ac.uk [130.209.4.186]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id MAA18523 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 12:32:47 -0600 From: K.Char@elec.gla.ac.uk Message-Id: <10525.199503201831@rank-gw.elec.gla.ac.uk> Received: from gimble (gimble.elec.gla.ac.uk [130.209.178.162] sender K.Char) by rank-gw.elec.gla.ac.uk (8.6.10/UK-2.2a/elec-sun4) with SMTP id SAA10525 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 18:31:33 GMT X-Sender: kchar@rank-serv.elec.gla.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 18:37:19 +0100 To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: " No loss" X-Mailer: Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: K.Char@elec.gla.ac.uk Dear All, GANN has its good reputation and place. It does'nt lose anything by losing unreasonable members. In fact, this may be a gain! Regards Char From owner-gann-list Mon Mar 20 19:29:53 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id TAA18307 for gann-list-outgoing; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 19:26:05 -0600 Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 19:26:05 -0600 From: owner-gann-list Message-Id: <199503210126.TAA18307@cs.iastate.edu> Apparently-To: gann-list-outgoing >From gannadm@cs.iastate.edu Mon Mar 20 16:13:18 1995 Received: from rit.cs.rit.edu (rit.cs.rit.edu [129.21.30.1]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id QAA23733 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 16:13:13 -0600 Received: from fibonacci.cs.rit.edu (fibonacci.cs.rit.edu [129.21.30.27]) by rit.cs.rit.edu (8.6.11/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA06055 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 17:17:47 -0500 From: Peter G Anderson Received: by fibonacci.cs.rit.edu (8.6.11) id WAA11324; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 22:14:02 GMT Message-Id: <199503202214.WAA11324@fibonacci.cs.rit.edu> Subject: Re: David Andre's comments To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 17:14:01 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <199503190722.XAA09062@elaine33.Stanford.EDU> from "David Andre" at Mar 18, 95 11:22:23 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1556 Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Peter G Anderson Lots of evil messages coming down the info-way. Let's try to educate and remain calm. People will learn, and we will get some good research communicated. Suggestion: let's be sure that our own e-mail address is attached to the messages we write. Then comments can get to individuals. - - - - - - research contribution begins here - - - - - - - I have discovered a good method for generating "quasi-random" numbers. Unlike pseudo-random the generators have memory and they avoid clumps and gaps. Quasi-random numbers are good dart-throwing simulator for Monte Carlo integration. My students and I have been trying these for initializing the weights of neural nets, and we got a 3-150-1 feed-forward net that solves the 2-spirals problem. The input is (1,x1,x2), the desired output is +1 or -1 depending on which spiral (x1,x2) lives in. The first layer of weights were generated by the quasi-random generator to be 150 smoothly distributed points in the 3-cube. Those weights were FROZEN. The second layer of weights was achieved with one shot (pseudo-inverse) getting correct answers for all the training data (200 points on each spiral). The next part of the problem is to make the net smaller. We used a genetic algorithm for this -- searched for good subsets of the hidden layer nodes. I will elaborate or send further info to anyone interested. --Peter -- Peter G. Anderson, Computer Science Department Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York 14623-0887 Phone: 716-475-2979 FAX: 716-475-7100 anderson@cs.rit.edu From owner-gann-list Tue Mar 21 16:06:44 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA29297 for gann-list-outgoing; Tue, 21 Mar 1995 15:48:12 -0600 Received: from popeye.cs.iastate.edu (popeye.cs.iastate.edu [129.186.3.4]) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id PAA29292 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 1995 15:48:10 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Received: (gannadm@localhost) by popeye.cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA11609 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Tue, 21 Mar 1995 15:48:08 -0600 X-Originator: G Bilchev Via: uk.ac.plymouth; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 18:55:29 +0000 Wed, 15 Mar 1995 18:55:12 +0000 15 Mar 95 18:56:27 GMT To: gann@cs.iastate.edu Organization: University of Plymouth Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 18:56:09 GMT Subject: CFP Priority: urgent X-mailer: WinPMail v1.0 (R1) Message-ID: <2DA75706CAA@cs_fs15.cs.plymouth.ac.uk> Status: RO Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: GANN List Admin SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ADAPTIVE COMPUTING IN ENGINEERING DESIGN AND CONTROL '96 26-28 March 1996 'The Integration of Genetic Algorithms, Neural Computing and Related Adaptive Techniques with Current Engineering Practice'. 1ST CALL FOR PAPERS Plymouth Engineering Design Centre ACEDC'96 CONFERENCE CHAIRS Dr I C Parmee Prof M J Denham AIMS OF THE CONFERENCE There is a world-wide upsurge of interest from both industry and academia in exciting novel computer technologies that are inspired by biological principles and other natural processes. The Genetic Algorithm, Neural Computing and Cellular Automata are examples of emergent computational techniques which exploit co-operating elements to solve complex problems previously considered to be beyond the capabilities of conventional numerical computation. A number of specialised conferences are held annually where fundamental issues in these fields are described and discussed. ACEDC'96 is the second in what is expected to be a biennial series of meetings aimed at addressing the rapidly developing integration of these emerging computing technologies with engineering applications, particularly in the areas of design and control. The primary objective of the ACEDC'96 Conference is to create a stimulating environment in which participants can assess the state of the art, discuss feasible future directions for research and applications and develop long term targets. The ultimate aim of this conference series is to ensure that design engineers can take full advantage of these powerful computing technologies and of their implementation upon high performance computing platforms, as both become increasingly available and dominant over the next ten years and into the early part of the 21st Century. RELEVANT AREAS Papers are invited which address, amongst others, the following issues: * How are design and control problems best formulated for the application of these novel computing technologies? * What aspects of design and control problems present difficulties for and limitations on the use of these technologies? * What are the current shortcomings of the novel computing methods in respect of their application to real world problems? involving the dynamic combination of complementary computing methods, help to solve present and future problems? * How can designer intuition and experience be captured and included in the process? * How can the design engineer visualise and explain the computational processes, their resulting solutions and pathways to these solutions? * How can designer creativity be best enhanced by these techniques? 1ST CALL FOR PAPERS Submissions should take the form initially of extended abstracts of 1000-2000 words which fully describe how the paper will contribute to the aims of the conference. This will be either by addressing the issues described above or related issues at a conceptual level, or by describing real world examples of how such issues have been approached and problems overcome. Abstracts are invited from both industry and academia and may describe completed work or ongoing research. Papers will be accepted as either full papers for oral presentation or short papers for poster presentation etc. Extended abstracts should be received by 1st May 1995. Successful authors will be informed by 30th August 1995 and a camera-ready copy should arrive no later than 23rd October 1995. CONFERENCE ORGANISATION The Conference will be of three days duration. Parallel sessions will be avoided on at least two of the three days with the aim of generating widespread discussion on all aspects of the meeting. The content of each session will be designed as far as possible to include papers which address the issues both conceptually and through application in order to promote and stimulate discussion of the integration between the computing methods and their real-world applications. This approach will also assist in the identification of the generic issues involved. Keynote speakers have been invited to present papers which will further stimulate and focus discussion of the major issues in the field. Delegate fees will be kept to a minimum and are unlikely to exceed o180.00 for the attendance on all three days, the aim being to provide high-level information exchange at low cost. INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Professor Eric Goodman Michigan State University, USA Professor George Thierauf University of Essen, Germany Professor John Taylor Kings College, London, UK Professor Julian Morris University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK Dr Philip Husbands University of Sussex, UK INVITED SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE A J Keane University of Oxford, UK H Schwefel University of Dortmund, Germany P Husbands University of Sussex, UK G Thierauf University of Essen, Germany P Cowley Rolls Royce, UK E Semenkin Siberian Aerospace Academy, Russia P Liddell British Aerospace, UK D Grierson University of Waterloo, Canada G Gapper British Aerospace, UK J Angus Rolls Royce, UK E Goodman Michigan State University, USA J Taylor Kings College, London, UK E Kant Schlumberger Computing Labs, USA C Hughes Logica Cambridge, UK S Talukdar Carnegie Mellon University, USA C Harris University of Southampton, UK J Morris University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK C Lin Institute of Technology, Taiwan S Patel Unilever Research Laboratory, UK M J Denham University of Plymouth, UK I C Parmee University of Plymouth, UK ASSOCIATED SOCIETIES Institution of Engineering Designers Institution of Mechanical Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers British Computer Society AISB IMPORTANT DATES Immediately Expression of interest 1st May 1995 Deadline for receipt of abstracts 30th August 1995 Notification of acceptance 23rd October 1995 Deadline for receipt of full papers 26-28th Mar 1996 Conference CONTACT ADDRESS Ms J Levers (Secretary) Plymouth Engineering Design Centre University of Plymouth Charles Cross Centre Drake Circus PLYMOUTH Devon, PL4 8DE United Kingdom Tele: +44 (0)1752-233508 Fax: +44 (0)1752-233505 Email: ian@cis.plym.ac.uk From owner-gann-list Tue Mar 21 23:07:09 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id XAA28320 for gann-list-outgoing; Tue, 21 Mar 1995 23:02:11 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id XAA28311 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Tue, 21 Mar 1995 23:02:09 -0600 From: GANN List Admin X-Originator: Soo-Young Lee Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 09:29:16 +0900 Message-Id: <199503210029.JAA05279@eekaist.kaist.ac.kr> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: "last" medical database Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: GANN List Admin Dear GANN: I was the guy who first asked for the medical databases, and feel responsible for all the mass in connection with "Re: medical database". I apologize command in my email system went all the gann list instead of the specific sender. I guess many others also had same problem. I was informed of several medical databases, and many people asked me to distribute those information. However I do not want to bother many not-interested people again. Instead I will set up a file for the information and list of interested people (with e-mail address), will be able to make anonymous ftp of a file "med-info" from machine "cnsl.kaist.ac.kr" in directory "/pub/medical". If not convenient, please just send me an e-mail to "sylee@ee.kaist.ac.kr". I hope this is the last "irritating" mail on the medical database. Best regards, Soo-Young Lee From owner-gann-list Thu Mar 23 15:50:38 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA26967 for gann-list-outgoing; Thu, 23 Mar 1995 15:20:06 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA26957 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Thu, 23 Mar 1995 15:20:03 -0600 From: GANN List Admin X-Originator: Peter G Anderson Message-Id: <199503211530.KAA27633@athens.cs.rit.edu> Subject: Quasirandom numbers (and GA's) in NN's To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 10:30:27 -0500 (EST) Cc: sxr1926@cs.rit.edu (Sanjay Raghavendra) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL2] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1224 Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: GANN List Admin Many thanks to the GANN readers who wrote to me asking for more information -- it encouraged me to get off the dime and set up my ftp site properly. Three of my papers may be obtained from ftp.cs.rit.edu /pub/pga/*.ps.Z The document, quasi_NN.ps.Z, describes the network building method I mentioned in my previous posting. I generate quasirandom numbers using fractional parts of integer multiples of high-dimensional analogues of the golden mean. This is described in the document, mgm.ps.Z. Another viewpoint of that sequence of numbers is that they are "shuffled pixels" (i.e., we work with a finite raster rather than an infininte continuum). This technique, with applications to image processing is in the document, lps.ps.Z. ("lps" denotes "linear pixel shuffling") There is also a read_me file in the directory with abstracts for the three papers. I hope you can access these, understand what I'm trying to get across, and enjoy them. I would enjoy discussing these with GANN colleagues. Best wishes! --Peter -- Peter G. Anderson, Computer Science Department Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York 14623-0887 Phone: 716-475-2979 FAX: 716-475-7100 anderson@cs.rit.edu From owner-gann-list Fri Mar 24 09:17:14 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id JAA28476 for gann-list-outgoing; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 09:08:49 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id JAA28464 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 09:08:47 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: Carl Cook <70673.1554@CompuServe.COM> X-Originator: Carl Cook <70673.1554@compuserve.com> Date: 21 Mar 95 12:21:11 EST To: GANN List Subject: Toys: A demo of GA evolved NN's Message-ID: <950321172110_70673.1554_FHP64-1@CompuServe.COM> Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Dear GANN members: NOTE: Send your replies to 70673.1554@compuserve.com I'd like to offer all of you a free demo of our commercial product, the NeuroGenetic Optimizer (NGO) for Microsoft Windows you can "play" with. The current version of the NGO "genetically engineers" backprop (quick/fast prop actually) neural networks by selecting which inputs and neural structure to use to best perform Modeling, Classification or Diagnosis depending on the application type the user has at hand. The demo supports 5 inputs and 10 outputs and up to 256 hiddens, so you can actually do simple, yet useful things with the demo using your own data. I'd like to assure list members that this isn't a commercial, but rather an offer to have something to "goof around with". If you are interested in a demo, send me (PRIVATELY PLEASE) your postal mailing address and I'll drop one in the mail. To assure non-commercialness (a word?), I'll not send any pricing or order forms or any other of that hype-filled marketing fluff stuff, just a disk and an instruction sheet on how to install if you reference "GANN" somehow in your.note, so I can distiguish between all the commercial requests we're getting via the internet. For those of you with Compuserve access, the demo is in the AIExpert forum in the "Neural Nets" library and in the Investor's forum in the "Demos and Info" library. Just search on "NGO" or "BioComp". We're not an ftp site (yet), so I can't offer you download capabilities. Thanks! Carl Cook From owner-gann-list Fri Mar 24 12:32:47 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id MAA12249 for gann-list-outgoing; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 12:29:35 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id MAA12242 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 12:29:33 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: Richard Dybowski X-Originator: Richard Dybowski Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 13:12:45 +0000 (GMT) To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: GA visualisation Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Can anyone direct me to a set of useful references concerned with the following: (a) how Markov and non-Markov models for GAs can be used to visualise the progression of a GA; (b) other ways of visualising the search trajectories and population compositions related to the progression of a GA? Many thanks in advance, Richard Dybowski From owner-gann-list Sun Mar 26 14:37:05 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id OAA15084 for gann-list-outgoing; Sun, 26 Mar 1995 14:19:20 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id OAA15077 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Sun, 26 Mar 1995 14:19:17 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: Marc Schoenauer X-Originator: Marc Schoenauer Message-Id: <199503220552.GAA24407@polytechnique.polytechnique.fr> Subject: CFP EA95 To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu (GANN mailing list (ALL LIST)) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 95 6:38:44 MET Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk CALL FOR PAPERS - EA95 EVOLUTION ARTIFICIELLE 95 Sept. 4-6 1995 Telecom Bretagne, BREST, France EA'95 is the second conference on Evolutionary Computation organized in France. Following the great success of EA'94 in Toulouse, the Conference will be held in Brest, the most western French city, one of the major cities of Brittany. This year, the communications in English are encouraged, and the Proceedings will be published in English. Authors are invited to present original work in one of the following topics related to Evolutionary Computation : Optimization - Learning - Theory Coevolution - Artificial life - Population dynamics Implementations - Real-world applications. Organizing Committee : Jean-Marc Alliot (ENAC Toulouse) - Evelyne Lutton (INRIA Rocquencourt) Edmund Ronald (CMAP Palaiseau) - Marc Schoenauer (CMAP Palaiseau) Dominique Snyers (TELECOM Bretagne) Program Committee : Thomas Baeck (Dortmund University) - Pierre Bessiere (LIFIA Grenoble) - Joelle Biondi (I3S Nice) Paul Bourgine (CEMAGREF Anthony) - Bertrand Braunschweig (IFP Rueil) - Michel Cosnard (LIP Lyon) Marco Dorigo (ULB Bruxelles) - Reinhardt Euler (UBO Brest) - Bernard Manderick (VUB Bruxelles) Francesco Mondada (EPFL Lausanne) - Nick Radcliffe (EPCC Edinburgh) - Michele Sebag (LMS Palaiseau) - Spyros Xanthakis (Riversoft Toulouse) Papers : The papers will receive 3 independent reviews. The papers describing strong original research works will be accepted for publication in the Conference Proceedings. Papers presenting less mature work will be accepted for presentation at the Conference only, and will not be published in the Proceedings. All accepted papers will be presented with 20mn for presentation and 10mn for questions and discussions, in order to favor interactions among participants. The papers (8 pages, 11pt font, 17x25cm text), must be submitted electronically in Postscript format. The use of LaTeX is strongly recommended. A model style file (as well as the LaTeX version of this file) can be obtained on the FTP-WWW-server : ftp://blanche.polytechnique.fr/pub/EA/Latex/ea.tex (129.104.4.104) http://blanche.polytechnique.fr/www.ea/ea.html Languages : The official language of the Conference is French, but presentations in English are encouraged. Papers can be submitted in French or English. Nevertheless, to insure a large international visibility of the presented work, the final revision of the papers accepted for publication in the proceedings will have to be written in English. Registration fees : 1 000FF (approx. 200 US$) including the proceedings, full lodging at TELECOM Bretagne and the conference banquet. Contact : Secretariat de Evolution Artificielle 95 - Mme Ghislaine LE GALL Departement IASC - Te'le'com Bretagne Technopole de Brest, Site de la pointe du diable F-29280 Plouzane E-mail : ea95@enst-bretagne.fr Tel : 33-98001127 - Fax : 33-98001030 Calendar Deadline for paper submission Apr. 15. 1995 Notifications of acceptance July 1. 1995 Conference Sept. 4-6 1995 From owner-gann-list Mon Mar 27 18:57:28 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id SAA01122 for gann-list-outgoing; Mon, 27 Mar 1995 18:48:44 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id SAA01115 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Mon, 27 Mar 1995 18:48:43 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: jbr@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de (Juergen Branke) X-Originator: jbr@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de (Juergen Branke) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 95 17:11:56 +0100 Message-Id: <9503221611.AA03179@aifbtornado.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Literature Overview Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk I just made available a new paper that surveys current literature on how to use EAs for ANN design and training. It has been presented at the 1st Nordic Workshop on Genetic Algorithms and its Applications, Vaasa, Finland, January 1995. The paper can be downloaded from our ftp server ftp.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de /pub/jbr/Vaasa.ps.gz or via www: http://www.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/LS1/Links/jbr.html Abstract: "Evolutionary Algorithms for Neural Network Design and Training" Neural networks and genetic algorithms are two relatively young research areas that were subject to a steadily growing interest during the past years. Both models are inspired by nature, but whereas neural networks are concerned with learning of an individual (phenotypic learning), evolutionary algorithms deal with a population's adaptation to a changing environment (genotypic learning). This paper focuses on the intersection of neural networks and evolutionary computation, namely on how evolutionary algorithms can be used to assist neural network design and training. The purpose of the paper is to set forth the general considerations that have to be made when designing an algorithm in this area and to give an overview on how researchers addressed these issues in the past. Sincerely Juergen *---------------------------------------------------* Juergen Branke Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany Phone: ++49 (721) 608-3705 Fax: ++49 (721) 693717 E-mail: jbr@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de *---------------------------------------------------* From owner-gann-list Mon Mar 27 18:57:28 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id SAA01304 for gann-list-outgoing; Mon, 27 Mar 1995 18:50:04 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id SAA01296 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Mon, 27 Mar 1995 18:50:03 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: javier marin X-Originator: javier marin X400-Received: by mta rica in /PRMD=/ADMD=/C=/; Relayed; Thu, 23 Mar 1995 14:26:55 UTC+0100 X400-Received: by mta uma in /PRMD=/ADMD=/C=/; Relayed; Thu, 23 Mar 1995 14:38:10 UTC+0100 X400-Received: by /PRMD=iris/ADMD=mensatex/C=es/; Relayed; Thu, 23 Mar 1995 14:26:55 UTC+0100 X400-Received: by /PRMD=iris/ADMD=mensatex/C=es/; Relayed; Thu, 23 Mar 1995 14:38:10 UTC+0100 X400-Received: by /PRMD=es/ADMD=/C=/; Relayed; Thu, 23 Mar 1995 14:32:47 UTC+0100 Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 14:32:47 UTC+0100 X400-Originator: marin@tecma1.ctima.uma.es X400-Recipients: non-disclosure:; X400-Content-Type: P2-1984 (2) X400-MTS-Identifier: [/PRMD=es/ADMD=/C=/;950323143247] Content-Identifier: 124 To: Message-ID: <124*/S=marin/OU=tecma1/OU=ctima/O=uma/PRMD=iris/ADMD=mensatex/C=es/@MHS> Subject: State estimation MIME-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Ean X.400 to MIME gateway) Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Hi, I'm looking for any references in power system state estimation. Please, send me e-mail with any references you might have on this topic, papers addressing this area are most welcome. Thanks in advance. Javier Marin marin@tecma1.ctima.uma.es From owner-gann-list Mon Mar 27 18:58:08 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id SAA00899 for gann-list-outgoing; Mon, 27 Mar 1995 18:48:18 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id SAA00892 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Mon, 27 Mar 1995 18:48:14 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: jbr@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de (Juergen Branke) X-Originator: jbr@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de (Juergen Branke) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 95 17:11:45 +0100 Message-Id: <9503221611.AA03176@aifbtornado.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Re: methods for NN optimisation Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk ... > > In light of the recent "No Free Lunch" theorem findings of > > Wolpert and Macready (GA Digest, vol.9, no.7) it seems that we > > may only justify a search technique if the characteristics of the > > problem domain suit that search algorithm. Do we have any empirical > > evidence at least, to show that NNs are a good application for > > GA-based optimisation? ... > > Cheers, > > Brendan Kitts > > In general, I agree with the proposition that the characteristics of > a problem domain must be well-matched to the search algorithm (broadly > speaking). This is at the heart of some issues that have been > recognized as central in artificial intelligence. In order for any > search-based approach to optimization (or in general problem solving) > to succeed: > a. the solution sought must lie within the space being searched. > (One might call this the completeness property of the > representation used to describe the search space) > and b. the search algorithm must in fact be able to find the desired > point or points in the search space (if they indeed exist). > One might call this the completeness of the search strategy > employed. > In addition, there are issues that have to do with representational bias > and search bias which affect the completensess as well as efficiency of > specific methods. > Vasant Honavar > Actually many researchers argue that conventional GAs (and especially the crossover operator) are are not very well suited to ANN optimization. The reason for that is the so called competing-conventions problem which means that the same (phenotypic) network can be represented by quite a number of different genotypes. This not only increases the search space significantly but also reduces the effectiveness of the crossover operator since crossover between different representations usually leads to very poor offspring. For more details and pointers to literature, see e.g. "Evolutionary Algorithms for Neural Network Design and Training", a paper I just made available via ftp and www. See next mail for announcement. Cheers Juergen *---------------------------------------------------* Juergen Branke Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany Phone: ++49 (721) 608-3705 Fax: ++49 (721) 693717 E-mail: jbr@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de *---------------------------------------------------* From owner-gann-list Wed Mar 29 15:27:39 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA01578 for gann-list-outgoing; Wed, 29 Mar 1995 15:05:21 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA01569 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Wed, 29 Mar 1995 15:05:18 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: udah289@kcl.ac.uk X-Originator: udah289@kcl.ac.uk Fri, 24 Mar 1995 09:36:23 GMT Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 09:36:22 GMT To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Message-ID: <0098DD53.3039E7D5.240@bay.cc.kcl.ac.uk> Subject: Kauffman ref. Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Dear all, Following my last post, I have received a number of requests for a reference for Stuart KauffmanUs book RThe Origins of OrderS, so I have decided to post it on GANN. Kauffman, Stuart A. The Origins of Order: Self-Organisation and Selection in Evolution. Oxford University Press 1993 ISBN 0-19-505811-9 (Hardback) ISBN 0-19-507951-5 (Paperback) Library of Congress Ref. QH325.K39 Thanks Steve Hill. From owner-gann-list Wed Mar 29 15:30:49 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA04344 for gann-list-outgoing; Wed, 29 Mar 1995 15:28:22 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA04306 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Wed, 29 Mar 1995 15:28:03 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: Zbigniew Michalewicz X-Originator: Zbigniew Michalewicz Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 09:00:17 -0500 Message-Id: <199503241400.JAA17376@unccsun.uncc.edu> To: EP-List@magenta.me.fau.edu, Genetic-Programming@CS.Stanford.EDU, TIERRA@life.slhs.udel.edu, alife@cognet.ucla.edu, cells@tce.ing.uniroma1.it, cellular-automata@think.com, colt@cs.uiuc.edu, connectionists@MAILBOX.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU, evolutionary-computing@mailbase.ac.uk, ga-molecule-approval@interval.com, gann-list@cs.iastate.edu, ml@ics.uci.edu, neuron-request@CATTELL.psych.upenn.edu Subject: 3rd IEEE ICEC '96 call for papers Content-Length: 12740 Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk ------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------ 1996 IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation (ICEC'96) Nagoya, Japan, May 20-22, 1996 3rd IEEE ICEC'96 is co-sponsored by IEEE Neural Network Council (NNC) and Society of Intrumentation and Control Engineers (SICE). 3rd IEEE ICEC'96 will be organized in conjunction with the conference of Artificial Life (Kyoto, JAPAN, May 16-18, 1996). TOPICS: Theory of evolutionary computation Applications of evolutionary computation Efficiency / robustness comparisons with other direct search algorithms Parallel computer implementations Artificial life and biologically inspired evolutionary computation Evolutionary algorithms for computational intelligence Comparisons between difference variants of evolutionary algorithms Machine learning applications Genetic algorithm and selforganization Evolutionary computation for neural networks Fuzzy logic in evolutionary algorithms SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Prospective authors are invited to submit papers related to the listed topics for oral or poster presentation. Five (5) copies of the paper must be submitted for review. Papers should be printed on letter size white paper, written in English in two-column format in Times or similar font style, 10 points or larger with 2.5 cm margins on all four sides. A length of four pages is encouraged, and a limit of six pages, including figures, tables and references will be enforced. Centered at the top of the first page should be the complete title of the paper and the name(s), affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s). All papers (except those submitted for special sessions - which may have different deadlines - see information on special sessions below) should be sent to: Toshio Fukuda, General Chair Nagoya University Dept. of Micro System Engineering and Dept. of Mechano-Informatics and Systems Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-01, JAPAN Phone: +81-52-789-4478 Fax: +81-52-789-3909 E-mail: fukuda@mein.nagoya-u.ac.jp IMPORTANT DATES: Proposal for tutorial/exhibits November 15, 1995 Submission of Papers (except for special sessions) December 20, 1995 Notification of acceptance February 20, 1996 Submission of camera-ready papers April 10, 1996 Program Co-chairs: Thomas Baeck Informatik Centrum Dortmund (ICD) baeck@ls11.informatik.uni-dortmund.de Hiroaki Kitano Sony Computer Science Laboratory kitano@csl.sony.co.jp Zbigniew Michalewicz University of North Carolina - Charlotte zbyszek@uncc.edu There are several special sessions organized for the 3rd IEEE ICEC '96; so far these include: ********************************************************************* "Constrained Optimization, Constraint Satisfaction and EC" ********************************************************************* Evolutionary Computation has proved its merit in treating difficult problems in, for example, numerical optimization and machine learning. Nevertheless, problems where constraints on the search space (i.e., on the candidate solutions) play an important role have received relatively little attention. In real-world problems, however, the presence of constraints seems to be rather the rule than the exception. The class of constrained problems can be divided into Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSP) and Constrained Optimization Problems (COP). This special session addresses both subclasses, and aims to explore the extent to which EC can usefully tackle problems of these kinds. The session is organized by Gusz Eiben, chair (Utrecht University, gusz@cs.ruu.nl) Dave Corne (University of Edinburgh,dave@aifh.ed.ac.uk) Jurgen Dorn (Technical University of Vienna, dorn@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at) Peter Ross (University of Edinburgh, peter@aisb.ed.ac.uk) Submission: Four (4) copies of complete (6 pages maximum) papers, preferably in PostScript form, should be submitted no later than December 15, 1995 to: A.E. Eiben | email: gusz@cs.ruu.nl Department of Computer Science | Utrecht University | Phone: +31-(0)30-533619 P.O.Box 80089 | 3508 TB Utrecht | Fax: +31-(0)30-513791 The Netherlands | All papers will be reviewed, and authors will be notified of the inclusion of their papers in the special session by February 15, 1996. Any questions regarding this special session can be directed to any of the organizers. ********************************************************************* "Evolutionary Artificial Neural Networks" ********************************************************************* Evolutionary Artificial Neural Networks (EANNs) can be considered as a combination of artificial neural networks (ANNs) and evolutionary search algorithms. Three levels of evolution in EANNs have been studied recently, i.e., the evolution of connection weights, architectures, and learning rules. Major issues in the research of EANNs include their scalability, generalisation ability and interactions among different levels of evolution. This special session will serve as a forum for both researchers and practitioners to discuss these important issues and exchange their latest research results/ideas in the area. This special session is organized by X. Yao (xin@cs.adfa.oz.au). Prospective authors are invited to submit four (4) copies of their papers to the following address no later than 20 December 1995. (Please do not include author's information, e.g., name and address, in three of four submitted copies): Xin Yao Department of Computer Science University College, The University of New South Wales Australian Defence Force Academy Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia Ph: +61 6 268 8819 Fax: +61 6 268 8581 Email: xin@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au All papers will be reviewed. Notification of acceptance/rejection will be sent out by 20 February 1996. The camera-ready copy must be submitted by 10 April 1996 for inclusion in the conference proceedings. ********************************************************************* "Evolutionary Robotics and Automation" ********************************************************************* More and more researchers are applying evolutionary computation techniques to challenging problems in robotics and automation, where classical methods fail to be effective. In addition to being vastly applicable to many hard problems, evolutionary concepts inspire many researchers as well as users to be fully creative in inventing their own versions of evolutionary algorithms for the specific needs of different domains of problems. This special session serves as a forum for exchanging research results in this growing interdisciplinary area and for encouraging further exploration of the fusion between evolutionary computation and intelligent robotics and automation. This special session is organized by J. Xiao (xiao@uncc.edu). Four (4) copies of complete (6 pages maximum) papers should be submitted no later than December 15, 1995 to: Jing Xiao Department of Computer Science University of North Carolina - Charlotte Charlotte, NC 28223 Phone: (704) 547-4883 Fax: (704) 547-3516 E-mail: xiao@uncc.edu All papers will be reviewed, and authors will be notified of the inclusion of their papers in the special session by February 15, 1996. Any questions regarding this special session should be directed to J. Xiao at the above address. ********************************************************************* "Genetic programming" ********************************************************************* The goal of automatic programming is to create, in an automated way, a computer program that enables a computer to solve a problem. Genetic programming extends the genetic algorithm to the domain of computer programs. In genetic programming, populations of program are genetically bred to solve problems. Genetic programming is a domain-independent method for evolving computer programs that solves, or approximately solves, a variety of problems from a variety of fields, including many benchmark problems from machine learning and artificial intelligence such as problems of control, robotics, optimization, game playing, and symbolic regression (i.e., system identification, concept learning). Early versions of genetic programming evolved programs consisiting of only a single part (i.e., one main program). The session is organized by John R. Koza, Stanford University (Koza@Cs.Stanford.Edu), Lee Spector, Hampshire College (LSPECTOR@hampshire.edu), and Yuji Sato, Hitachi Ltd. Central Research Lab. (yuji@crl.hitachi.co.jp). Prospective authors are encouraged to submit four (4) hard copies of their papers (6 pages maximum) to be received by Friday December 15, 1995 to: John R. Koza Computer Science Department Margaret Jacks Hall Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-2140 USA PHONE: 415-723-1517 FAX(Not for paper submission): 415-941-9430 E-MAIL: Koza@Cs.Stanford.Edu All papers will be reviewed and authors will be notified about acceptance/rejection by about Wednesday, February 15, 1996. ********************************************************************* "Self-adaptation in evolutionary algorithms" ********************************************************************* Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) with the ability to adapt internal strategic parameters (like population size, mutation distribution, type of recombination operator, selective pressure etc.) during the search process usually find better solutions than variants with fixed strategic parameters. Self-adaptation is very useful if different (fixed) parameter settings produce large differences in the solution quality of the algorithm. Most experiences are available for (real-coded) EAs whose individuals adapt their mutation distributions (or step sizes). Here, the property to adjust the step size is induced by competetive pressure among individuals. Evidently, self-adapting mechanisms can be realized by competing subpopulations as well. The potential of those EAs is essentially unexplored. This special session is organized by Guenter Rudolph (rudolph@ls11.informatik.uni-dortmund.de) and is intended to serve as a forum to discuss new ideas and to address the question of a theoretical treatment of self-adapting mechanisms. Four (4) copies of complete papers (6 pages maximum) should be submitted no later than December 15, 1995 to: Guenter Rudolph ICD Informatik Centrum Dortmund e.V. Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Str. 20 D-44227 Dortmund Germany Phone : +49 - (0)231 - 9700 - 365 Fax : +49 - (0)231 - 9700 - 959 E-mail: rudolph@ls11.informatik.uni-dortmund.de All papers will be reviewed. Authors will be notified of acceptance/rejection by February 15, 1996. ********************************************************************* "Evolutionary algorithms and fuzzy systems" ********************************************************************* Fuzzy sets (FS) and evolutionary algorithms have been already successfully applied to many areas including fuzzy control and fuzzy clustering. There are a number of facets of symbiosis between the technologies of FS and GA. On one hand evolutionary computation enriches the optimization environment for fuzzy systems. On the other, fuzzy sets supply a new macroscopic and domain-specific insight into the fundamental mechanisms of evolutionary algorithms (including fuzzy crossover, fuzzy reproduction, fuzzy fitness function, etc.). The objective of this session is to foster further interaction between researchers actively engaged in FS and GAs. The session will provide a broad forum for exchanging ideas between academe and industry and discussing recent pursuits in the area. This special session is organized by Witold Pedrycz (pedrycz@ee.umanitoba.ca). Prospective authors are encouraged to submit four (4) copies of their papers (6 pages maximum) by December 15, 1995 to: Witold Pedrycz Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Manitoba Winnipeg Canada RT 2N2 Phone : (204) 474-8380 Fax: (204) 261-4639 E-mail: pedrycz@ee.umanitoba.ca All papers will be reviewed and authors will be notified about acceptance/rejection by February 15, 1996. ********************************************************************* ********************************************************************* The deadline for proposals for organizing a special session during the 3rd IEEE ICEC '96 is 20 August 1995; submit your proposal to any Program Co-chair. From owner-gann-list Wed Mar 29 15:30:49 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA05011 for gann-list-outgoing; Wed, 29 Mar 1995 15:28:42 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA05004 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Wed, 29 Mar 1995 15:28:35 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: pja@barbarian.endicott.ibm.com (Peter J. Angeline) X-Originator: pja@barbarian.endicott.ibm.com (Peter J. Angeline) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 13:19:31 -0500 Message-Id: <9503241819.AA07491@barbarian.endicott.ibm.com> To: EP-List@magenta.me.fau.edu, Genetic-Programming@CS.Stanford.EDU, TIERRA@life.slhs.udel.edu, alife@cognet.ucla.edu, cells@tce.ing.uniroma1.it, cellular-automata@think.com, colt@cs.uiuc.edu, connectionists@MAILBOX.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU, evolutionary-computing@mailbase.ac.uk, ga-molecule-approval@interval.com, gann-list@cs.iastate.edu, ml@ics.uci.edu, neuron-request@CATTELL.psych.upenn.edu Subject: CFP for 5th Annual Conference on Evolutionary Programming Reply-To: pja@lfs.loral.com Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk --------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------ EP'96 THE FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EVOLUTIONARY PROGRAMMING SPONSORED BY THE EVOLUTIONARY PROGRAMMING SOCIETY February 29 to March 3, 1996 Sheraton Harbor Island Hotel San Diego, CA, USA General Chairman: Lawrence J. Fogel, Natural Selection, Inc. Technical Program Co-Chairs: Peter J. Angeline, Loral Federal Systems Thomas Baeck, Informatik Centrum Dortmund Thomas M. English, Texas Tech University The Fifth Annual Conference on Evolutionary Programming will serve as a forum for researchers investigating applications and theory of evolutionary programming and other related areas in evolutionary and natural computation. Authors are invited to submit papers which describe original unpublished research in evolutionary programming, evolution strategies, genetic algorithms and genetic programming, artificial life, cultural algorithms, and other models that rely on evolutionary principles. Specific topics include but are not limited to the use of evolutionary simulations in optimization, neural network training and design, automatic control, image processing, and other applications, as well as mathematical theory or empirical analysis providing insight into the behavior of such algorithms. Of particular interest are applications of simulated evolution to problems in biology. Hardcopies of manuscripts must be received by one of the technical program co-chairs by September 26, 1995. Electronic submissions cannot be accepted. Papers should be clear, concise, and written in English. Papers received after the deadline will be handled on a time- and space-available basis. The notification of the program committee's review decision will be mailed by November 30, 1995. Papers eligible for the student award must be marked appropriately for consideration (see below). Camera ready papers are due at the conference, and will be published shortly after its completion. Submissions should be single-spaced, 12 pt. font and should not exceed 15 pages including figures and references. Send five (5) copies of the complete paper to: In Europe: Thomas Baeck Informatik Centrum Dortmund Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Str. 20 D-44227 Dortmund Germany Email: baeck@home.informatik.uni-dortmund.de In US: Peter J. Angeline Loral Federal Systems 1801 State Route 17C Mail Drop 0210 Owego, NY 13827 Email: pja@lfs.loral.com -or- Thomas M. English Computer Science Department Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas 79409-3104 Email: english@cs.ttu.edu Authors outside Europe or the United States may send their paper to any of the above technical chairmen at their convenience. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT DATES -------------------------- September 26, 1995 Submissions of papers November 30, 1995 Notification sent to authors February 29, 1996 Conference Begins Evolutionary Programming Society Award for Best Student Paper ------------------------------------------------------------- In order to foster student contributions and encourage exceptional scholarship in evolutionary programming and closely related fields, the Evolutionary Programming Society awards one exceptional student paper submitted to the Annual Conference on Evolutionary Programming. The award carries a $500 cash prize and a plaque signifying the honor. To be eligible for the award, all authors of the paper must be full-time students at an accredited college, university or other educational institution. Submissions to be considered for this award must be clearly marked at the top of the title page with the phrase "CONSIDER FOR STUDENT AWARD." In addition, the paper should be accompanied by a cover letter stating that (1) the paper is to be considered for the student award (2) all authors are currently enrolled full-time students at a university, college or other educational institution, and (3) that the student authors are responsible for the work presented. Only papers submitted to the conference and marked as indicated will be considered for the award. Late submissions will not be considered. Officers of the Evolutionary Programming Society, students under their immediate supervision, and their immediate family members are not eligible. Judging will be made by officers of the Evolutionary Programming Society or by an Awards Committee appointed by the president. Judging will be based on the perceived technical merit of the student's research to the field of evolutionary programming, and more broadly to the understanding of self-organizing systems. The Evolutionary Programming Society and/or the Awards Committee reserves the right not to give an award in any year if no eligible student paper is deemed to be of award quality. Presentation of the Student Paper Award will be made at the conference. Program Committee: J. L. Breeden, Santa Fe Institute M. Conrad, Wayne State University K. A. De Jong, George Mason University D. B. Fogel, Natural Selection, Inc. G. B. Fogel, University of California at Los Angeles R. Galar, Technical University of Wroclaw P. G. Harrald, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology K. E. Kinnear, Adaptive Systems J. R. McDonnell, Naval Command Control and Ocean Surveillance Center Z. Michalewicz, University of North Carolina F. Palmieri, University of Connecticut R. G. Reynolds, Wayne State University S. H. Rubin, Central Michigan University G. Rudolph, University of Dortmund N. Saravanan, Ford Research H.-P. Schwefel, University of Dortmund A. V. Sebald, University of California at San Diego W. M. Spears, Naval Research Labs D. E. Waagen, TRW Systems Integration Group Finance Chair: V. W. Porto, Orincon Corporation Local Arrangements: W. Page, Naval Command Control and Ocean Surveillance Center From owner-gann-list Wed Mar 29 15:30:52 1995 Received: (from mdomo@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA05204 for gann-list-outgoing; Wed, 29 Mar 1995 15:29:13 -0600 Received: (from gannadm@localhost) by cs.iastate.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id PAA05193 for gann-list@cs.iastate.edu; Wed, 29 Mar 1995 15:29:08 -0600 From: GANN List Admin Reply-To: dogu@tbtk.metu.edu.tr (Dogu Cetin) X-Originator: dogu@tbtk.metu.edu.tr (Dogu Cetin) Date: Sun, 26 Mar 95 14:05:20 +0300 Message-Id: <9503261005.AA11089@tbtk.metu.edu.tr> To: gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Subject: Speaker Identification/verification Sender: owner-gann-list@cs.iastate.edu Precedence: bulk Hello, I am Dogu Cetin, a member of Scientific and Technical Reseach Council of Turkey, Speech Processing Group. I am interested in Speaker Verification, Identification. I have used Neural Network and Vector Quantization based methods in my experiments untill now. I want to use Genetic Algorithms in Speaker Identification. If you are interested in Speaker identification with Genetic Algorithms, you may help me such as if you send me references, internet adresses of related works, pointers, I will be happy. DOGU CETIN TUBITAK Ankara Electronics 06531, Balgat, ODTU ANKARA , TURKEY Tel : 90.312.210 13 10 & 90.312.210 13 11 Fax : 90.312.210 13 15 e-mail : dogu@tbtk.metu.edu.tr