MCDM 2009 Program

Special Session MCDM-1: Multi-Criteria Decision Making in Sensor Networks

Monday, March 30, 11:00AM-1:00PM, Room: Tulip Grove E, Chair: Viswanath Avarasala, GE CRD, USA

11:00AM   Autonomous Market-Based Approach for Resource Allocation in A Cluster-Based Sensor Network [#3]
Wei Chen, Heh Miao and Koichi Wada
Tennessee State University, United States; Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
11:24AM   Localization Strategy for Large-Scale Airborne Deployed Wireless Sensors [#4]
Saleh Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Vinayak Elangovan, Wei Chen and Richard Mgaya
Tennessee State University, United States
11:48AM   Generalized Neuron Based Secure Media Access Control Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks [#8]
Raghavendra Kulkarni, Ganesh Venayagamoorthy, Abhishek Thakur and Sanjay Madria
Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, United States
12:12PM   Using Bayesian Inference for Sensor Management of Air Traffic Control Systems [#35]
Xiang Ye, Ganapathi Kamath and Lisa Osadciw
Syracuse University, United States
12:36PM   An Experimental Study on Agent Learning for Market-based Sensor Management [#31]
Viswanath Avasarala, Tracy Mullen, David Hall and Sudheer Tumu
GE CRD, United States; PSU, United States; Hetero Drugs, India

Session MCDM-2: Keynote Lecture 1

Monday, March 30, 3:00PM-4:00PM, Room: Tulip Grove E, Chair: Carlos A. Coello Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico

3:00PM   Solving problems with 1,000,000 (or fewer) objectives
David Corne
Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

Session MCDM-3: Multi-Objective Metaheuristics and Applications I

Monday, March 30, 4:30PM-6:30PM, Room: Tulip Grove E, Chair: Carlos A. Coello Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico

4:30PM   Evolutionary multi-objective optimization of robustness and innovation in redundant genetic representations [#1]
Yaochu Jin, Robin Gruna, Ingo Paenke and Bernhard Sendhoff
Honda Research Institute Europe, Germany; University of Karlsruhe, Germany
4:54PM   Fleet Mix Computation Using Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization [#5]
Michael Mazurek and Slawomir Wesolkowski
CFAWC, Canada; DRDC CORA, Canada
5:18PM   Multiobjective Tuning of a Multitarget Tracking Algorithm using an Evolutionary Algorithm [#26]
Barry Secrest and Gary Lamont
Air Force Institute of Technology, United States
5:42PM   On The Use of Informed Initialization and Extreme Solutions Sub-population in Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms [#12]
Dipankar Dasgupta, German Hernandez, Andres Romero, Deon Garrett and Aishwarya Kaushal
The University of Memphis, United States; National University of Columbia, Colombia
6:06PM   SMPSO: A New PSO-based Metaheuristic for Multi-objective Optimization [#11]
Antonio J. Nebro, Juan J. Durillo, Jose Garcia-Nieto, Carlos A. Coello Coello and Francisco Luna
University of Malaga, Spain; CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico

Tutorial MCDM-T1: Metaheuristics for Multiobjective Optimization

Tuesday, March 31, 8:30AM-10:30AM, Room: Tulip Grove E, Instructor: Carlos A. Coello Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico

Session MCDM-4: Multi-Objective Metaheuristics and Applications II

Tuesday, March 31, 11:00AM-1:00PM, Room: Tulip Grove E, Chair: Hernan Aguirre, Shinshu University, Japan

11:00AM   A Multiobjective Approach for Finding Equivalent Inverse Images of Pareto-optimal Objective Vectors [#27]
Guenter Rudolph and Mike Preuss
TU Dortmund University, Germany
11:24AM   An Empirical Comparison of Memetic Algorithm Strategies on the Multiobjective Quadratic Assignment Problem [#22]
Deon Garrett and Dipankar Dasgupta
University of Memphis, United States
11:48AM   A
Unified Model for Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization and its
Implementation in a General Purpose Software Framework [#34]
Arnaud Liefooghe, Laetitia Jourdan and El-Ghazali Talbi
LIFL, INRIA Lille Nord Europe, Universite des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, France
12:12PM   Multi-objective functional analysis for product portfolio optimization [#29]
Amitabha Mukerjee and Madan Mohan Dabbeeru
Computer Science and Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India; Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur, India
12:36PM   Adaptive epsilon-Ranking on MNK-Landscapes [#30]
Hernan Aguirre and Kiyoshi Tanaka
Shinshu University, Young Researcher Empowerment Program, Japan; Shinshu University, Faculty of Engineering, Japan

Session MCDM-5: Decision Making Techniques

Tuesday, March 31, 2:20PM-4:00PM, Room: Tulip Grove E, Chair: Guenter Rudolph, TU Dortmund University, Germany

2:20PM   Visualization of Client Service Events Statistics [#14]
Alexandre Zolotovitski
Sun Microsystems Inc, United States
2:44PM   Modelling Bipolar Multicriteria Decision Making [#23]
J. Tinguaro Rodriguez, Begona Vitoriano, Javier Montero and Daniel Gomez
Complutense University, Spain
3:08PM   Aggregation and Coalition Formation on Value-based Decision [#19]
Christiono Utomo, Arazi Idrus, Madzlan Napiah and Mohd. Faris Khamidi
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia
3:32PM   Robust Model Selection Decision-making using a Fuzzy Supervisory Approach [#20]
Xiao Hu, Piero Bonissone and Raj Subbu
GE Global Research Center, United States

Tutorial MCDM-T2: Evolutionary Programming and Numerical Optimization

Tuesday, March 31, 4:30PM-6:30PM, Room: Tulip Grove E, Instructor: Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam Suganthan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Tutorial MCDM-T3: An Introduction to Computational Intelligence in Multi-Criteria Decision-Making

Wednesday, April 1, 8:30AM-10:30AM, Room: Tulip Grove E, Instructor: Piero Bonissone, GE Global Research, USA

Session MCDM-6: Integration of Techniques to Support Multi-Criteria Decision Making

Wednesday, April 1, 11:00AM-1:00PM, Room: Tulip Grove E, Chair: Oscar Cordon, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain

11:00AM   Comparison of Two Prototype-Based Multicriteria Classification Methods [#25]
Amaury T. Brasil Filho, Placido R. Pinheiro, Andre L. V. Coelho and Nathanael C. Costa
University of Fortaleza, Brazil
11:24AM   Interactive Genetic Fuzzy Rule Selection through Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization with User Preference [#36]
Yusuke Nojima and Hisao Ishibuchi
Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
11:48AM   Semantic Multi-Criteria Decision Making SeMCDM [#18]
Ghadi Mahmoudi and Christian Mueller-Schloer
Institute for Rechner- und SystemArchitektur, University of Hannover, Germany
12:12PM   Integration
of an EMO-based Preference Elicitation Scheme into a Multi-objective
ACO Algorithm for Time and Space Assembly Line Balancing [#13]
Manuel Chica, Oscar Cordon, Sergio Damas and Joaquin Bautista
European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain; Nissan Chair - Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain

Session MCDM-7: Keynote Lecture 2

Wednesday, April 1, 3:00PM-4:00PM, Room: Tulip Grove E, Chair: Piero Bonissone, GE Global Research, USA

3:00PM   Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization in Uncertain Environments
Kay Chen Tan
National University of Singapore, Singapore

IEEE SSCI 2009     March 30 – April 2, 2009     Sheraton Music City Hotel, Nashville, TN, USA