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Stephen Chen
School of Information Technology
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Associate Professor
Office: 3046 Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building (DB)
(Formerly known as Technology Enhanced
Learning Building)
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 30526
Email: sychen@yorku.ca
Primary website: York Webpage
Secondary website: ResearchGate Profile
Discover York Academics Link:
https://discover.academics.yorku.ca/Stephen.Chen
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Accepting New Graduate Students
Funding Opportunities for Master's students:
Metaheuristics, Evolutionary Computation, Particle Swarm Optimization
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Degrees
PhD, Carnegie MellonBASc, Toronto
Research Interests
Information Technologies
, Numerical and Combinatorial Optimization, Heuristic Search, Evolutionary Computation, Swarm Intelligence
Current Research Projects
sychen
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Journal Articles
Publication
Year
Y Gonzalez-Fernandez, S Hamidi, S Chen, S Liaskos. (2019) "Efficient elicitation of software configurations using crowd preferences and domain knowledge." Automated Software Engineering 26 (1), 87-123
2019
S. Chen, O. Marcotte, M. Morfin, and M. Pugh. (2017) "Modelling and optimizing a system for testing electronic circuit boards." Mathematics-in-Industry Case Studies, 8:4.
2018
S. Chen, J. Montgomery, and A. Bolufé-Röhler. (2015) "Measuring the Curse of Dimensionality and its Effects on Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution." Applied Intelligence, 42(3): 514–526.
2015
A. Bolufé-Röhler and S. Chen. (2015) "Minimum Population Search – A Scalable Metaheuristic for Multi-modal Problems." Revista Investigación Operacional, 36(1): 85-95.
2015
S. Chen, J. Montgomery, A. Bolufé-Röhler, Y. Gonzalez-Fernandez. (2015) "A Review of Thresheld Convergence." GECONTEC: Revista Internacional de Gestión del Conocimiento y la Tecnología, 3(1): 1-13.
2015
S. Estévez-Velarde, A. Miotto, A. Lewis, A. Bolufé-Röhler, and S. Chen. (2014) "Acceso a Recursos de Cómputo de Alto Rendimiento Mediante Correo Electrónico." GECONTEC: Revista Internacional de Gestión del Conocimiento y la Tecnología, 2(1): 1-9.
2014
A. Bolufé-Röhler, A. Coto-Santiesteban, M. Rosa Soto, and S. Chen. (2014) "Minimum Population Search, an Application to Molecular Docking." GECONTEC: Revista Internacional de Gestión del Conocimiento y la Tecnología, 2(3): 1-16.
2014
R. Fournier, S. Bulusu, S. Chen, and J. Tung. (2011) "Using Swarm Intelligence for Finding Transition States and Reaction Paths." The Journal of Chemical Physics, 135, 104117.
2011
S. Chen, B. Spotton Visano, M. Lui, and C. Lu. (2010) "Evidence and Effects of Social Referencing Investor Behaviour during Market Bubbles." IAENG International Journal of Computer Science, 37(4):359-366.
2010
S. Chen, S. Coffey, E. Peisachovich, G. Pitt, D. Harnanansingh, W. Chen, A. Falk-Rafael, M. Reid, J. Smith, L. Beagrie, and A. Kushniruk. (2008) “Implementing Best Practice Guidelines onto Personal Digital Assistants: Preliminary Results and Lessons Learned.” The Journal on Information Technology in Healthcare; 6(1):33-41.
2008
Conference Proceedings
Publication
Year
A Bolufé-Röhler, S Chen, D Tamayo-Vera. (2019) "An Analysis of Minimum Population Search on Large Scale Global Optimization." 2019 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), 1228-1235
2019
S Chen, A Bolufé-Röhler, J Montgomery, T Hendtlass. (2019) "An Analysis on the Effect of Selection on Exploration in Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution." 2019 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), 3037-3044
2019
D. Tamayo-Vera, and S. Chen, A. Bolufé Röhler, J. Montgomery, T. Hendtlass. (2018) "Improved Exploration and Exploitation in Particle Swarm Optimization." Proc. 31st International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, pp 421-433. Springer-Verlag.
2018
T Chu, A Mayoral-Banos, S Chen, R Hartani. (2018) "Increasing Renewable Energy Penetration through Strategic Deployment of IoT Devices." 2018 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC), 1-5
2018
A. Bolufé Röhler, D. Tamayo-Vera, and S. Chen. (2017) "An LaF-CMAES hybrid for optimization in multi-modal search spaces." Proc. 2017 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 757-764. IEEE Press.
2017
D. Tamayo-Vera, A. Bolufé Röhler, and S. Chen. (2016) "Estimation Multivariate Normal Algorithm with Thresheld Convergence." Proc. 2016 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 3425-3432. IEEE Press.
2016
Y. Gonzalez-Fernandez and S. Chen. (2015) "Leaders and Followers – A New Metaheuristic to Avoid the Bias of Accumulated Information." Proc. 2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 776-783. IEEE Press.
2015
A. Bolufé Röhler, S. Fiol-Gonzalez, and S. Chen. (2015) "A Minimum Population Search Hybrid for Large Scale Global Optimization." Proc. 2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 1958-1965. IEEE Press.
2015
A. Piad-Morffis, S. Estévez-Velarde, A. Bolufé Röhler, J. Montgomery, and S. Chen. (2015) "Evolution Strategies with Thresheld Convergence." Proc. 2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 2097-2104. IEEE Press.
2015
S. Saffarpour, M.G. Erechtchoukova, P.A. Khaiter, S. Chen, and M. Heralall. (2015) "Short-term prediction of flood events in a small urbanized watershed using multi-year hydrological records." Proc. MODSIM, pp. 2234-2240.
2015
J. Montgomery, S. Chen, Y. Gonzalez-Fernandez. (2014) "Identifying and Exploiting the Scale of a Search Space in Differential Evolution." Proc. 2014 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 1427-1434. IEEE Press.
2014
A. Bolufé Röhler and S. Chen. (2014) "Extending Minimum Population Search towards Large Scale Global Optimization." Proc. 2014 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 845-852. IEEE Press.
2014
H. Salehinejad, S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, and S. Chen. (2014) "Micro-Differential Evolution with Vectorized Random Mutation Factor." Proc. 2014 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 2055-2062. IEEE Press.
2014
Y. Gonzalez-Fernandez and S. Chen. (2014) "Identifying and Exploiting the Scale of a Search Space in Particle Swarm Optimization." GECCO-14: Proc. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, pp 17-24. ACM.
2014
S. Chen and J. Montgomery. (2013) "Particle Swarm Optimization with Thresheld Convergence." Proc. 2013 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 510-516. IEEE Press.
2013
A. Bolufé Röhler and S. Chen. (2013) "Minimum Population Search – Lessons from building a heuristic technique with two population members." Proc. 2013 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 2061-2068. IEEE Press.
2013
A. Bolufé Röhler, S. Estévez-Velarde, A. Piad-Morffis, S. Chen, and J. Montgomery. (2013) "Differential Evolution with Thresheld Convergence." Proc. 2013 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 40-47. IEEE Press.
2013
D. Howden and S. Chen. (2013) "Social Lane-Based Cognitive Model for Simulating Pedestrian Flow in Games." Proc. 2013 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 837-843. IEEE Press.
2013
S. Chen, C. Xudiera, and J. Montgomery. (2012) "Simulated Annealing with Thresheld Convergence." Proc. 2012 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 1946-1952. IEEE Press.
2012
J. Montgomery and S. Chen. (2012) "A Simple Strategy for Maintaining Diversity and Reducing Crowding in Differential Evolution." Proc. 2012 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 2692-2699. IEEE Press.
2012
A. Bolufé Röhler and S. Chen. (2012) "Multi-swarm hybrid for multi-modal optimization." Proc. 2012 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 1759-1766. IEEE Press.
2012
S. Chen. (2012) "Particle Swarm Optimization with pbest Crossover." Proc. 2012 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 1234-1239. IEEE Press.
2012
J. Hettenhausen, A. Lewis, S. Chen, M. Randall, and R. Fournier. (2012) "Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimisation for Molecular Transition State Search." Proc. EVOLVE 2012, pp 415-430. Springer-Verlag.
2012
S. Chen and J. Montgomery. (2011) “A Simple Strategy to Maintain Diversity and Reduce Crowding in Particle Swarm Optimization.” LNCS Vol. 7106: Proc. 24th Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp 281-290. Springer-Verlag.
2011
A. Bolufé Röhler and S. Chen. (2011) "An Analysis of Sub-swarms in Multi-swarm Systems." LNCS Vol. 7106: Proc. 24th Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp 271-280. Springer-Verlag.
2011
S. Chen and J. Montgomery. (2011) "Selection Strategies for Initial Positions and Initial Velocities in Multi-optima Particle Swarms." GECCO-11: Proc. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, pp 53-60. ACM.
2011
Y. Noa Vargas and S. Chen. (2010) “Particle Swarm Optimization with Resets – Improving the Balance between Exploration and Exploitation.” LNCS Vol. 6438: Proc. 9th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp 371-381. Springer-Verlag.
2010
J. Montgomery and S. Chen. (2010) “An Analysis of the Operation of Differential Evolution at High and Low Crossover Rates.” Proc. 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 881-888. IEEE Press.
2010
S. Chen and Y. Noa Vargas. (2010) “Improving the Performance of Particle Swarms through Dimension Reductions – A Case Study with Locust Swarms.” Proc. 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 2950-2957. IEEE Press.
2010
S. Chen, B. Spotton Visano, and M. Lui. (2010) “Quantitative Results for a Qualitative Investor Model – A Hybrid Multi-Agent Model with Social Investors.” Proc. World Congress on Engineering 2010, pp 390-394. IAENG.
2010
S. Chen. (2009) "An Analysis of Locust Swarms on Large Scale Global Optimization Problems." LNCS Vol. 5865: Proc. Fourth Australian Conference on Artificial Life, pp 211-220. Springer-Verlag.
2009
M.G. Erechtchoukova, S. Chen, and P.A. Khaiter. (2009) “Application of Optimization Algorithms for the Improvement of Water Quality Monitoring Systems.” Proc. 4th International Symposium on Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering, pp 176-188. Springer-Verlag.
2009
S. Chen. (2009) "Locust Swarms – A New Multi-Optima Search Technique." Proc. 2009 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 1745-1752. IEEE Press.
2009
S. Chen and V. Lupien. (2009) "Optimization in Fractal and Fractured Landscapes using Locust Swarms." LNCS Vol. 5865: Proc. Fourth Australian Conference on Artificial Life, pp 232-241. Springer-Verlag.
2009
S. Chen, J. Tien, and B. Spotton Visano. (2008) “A Hybrid Multi-Agent Model for Financial Markets.” LNCS Vol. 5027: Proc. 21st International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, pp 531-540. Springer-Verlag.
2008
S. Chen, K. Miura, and S. Razzaqi. (2007) “Analyzing the Role of "Smart" Start Points in Coarse Search-Greedy Search.” LNCS Vol. 4828: Proc. Third Australian Conference on Artificial Life, pp 13-24. Springer-Verlag.
2007
S. Chen, S. Razzaqi, and V. Lupien. (2007) “Towards the Automated Design of Phased Array Ultrasonic Transducers – Using Particle Swarms to find "Smart" Start Points.” LNCS Vol. 4570: Proc. 20th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, pp 313-323. Springer-Verlag.
2007
S. Chen, B. Spotton Visano, and Y. Kong (2006) “Introducing Social Investors into Multi-Agent Models of Financial Markets.” LNCS Vol. 4031: Proc. 19th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, pp 44-53. Springer-Verlag.
2006
S. Chen, G. Frempong, and W.C. Cudmore. (2006) “Gesture Friendly Interfaces for Classroom Teaching with Thinking Tools.” IFIP Vol. 210, Education for the 21st Century – Impact of ICT and Digital Resources, pp 279-283. Springer-Verlag.
2006
S. Chen. (2006) “A Little Respect (for the Role of Common Components in Heuristic Search).” IFIP Vol. 218, Professional Practice in Artificial Intelligence, pp 71-80. Springer-Verlag.
2006
S. Chen, S. Razzaqi, and V. Lupien. (2006) “An Evolution Strategy for Improving the Design of Phased Array Transducers.” Proc. 2006 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 2859-2863. IEEE Press.
2006
S. Chen and S. Morris. (2005) “Iconic Programming for Flowcharts, Java, Turing, etc.” ITiCSE 2005, Proc. 10th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, pp 104-107. ACM.
2005
S. Chen and G. Pitt. (2005) “Isolating the Benefits of Respect.” GECCO-05: Proc. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, pp 1601-1602. ACM.
2005
S. Chen and G. Pitt. (2005) “The Coordination of Parallel Search with Common Components.” LNCS Vol. 3533: Proc. 18th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, pp 619-627. Springer-Verlag.
2005
C. Guerra-Salcedo, S. Chen, L.D. Whitley, and S.F. Smith. (1999) “Fast and Accurate Feature Selection Using Hybrid Genetic Strategies.” Proc. 1999 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 177-184. IEEE Press.
1999
S. Chen and S.F. Smith. (1999) “Improving Genetic Algorithms by Search Space Reductions (with Applications to Flow Shop Scheduling).” GECCO-99: Proc. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, pp 135-140. Morgan Kaufmann.
1999
S. Chen and S.F. Smith. (1999) “Introducing a New Advantage of Crossover: Commonality-Based Selection.” GECCO-99: Proc. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, pp 122-128. Morgan Kaufmann.
1999
S. Chen, C. Guerra-Salcedo, and S.F. Smith. (1999) “Non-Standard Crossover for a Standard Representation – Commonality-Based Feature Subset Selection.” GECCO-99: Proc. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, pp 129-134. Morgan Kaufmann.
1999
S. Chen, S.F. Smith, and C. Guerra-Salcedo. (1999) “The GENIE is Out! (Who Needs Fitness to Evolve?) .” Proc. 1999 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 2102-2108. IEEE Press.
1999
S. Chen and S.F. Smith. (1998) “Experiments on Commonality in Sequencing Operators.” Genetic Programming 1998: Proc. Third Annual Conference, pp 471-478. Morgan Kaufmann.
1998
S. Chen, S. Talukdar, and N. Sadeh-Koniecpol. (1993) “Job Shop Scheduling by an Asynchronous Team of Optimization Agents.” Proc. IJCAI-93 Workshop on Knowledge-based Production Planning, Scheduling, and Control, Chambery, France. August 1993.
1993
Research Reports
Publication
Year
S. Chen. (1999) “Is the Common Good? A New Perspective Developed in Genetic Algorithms.” tech. report CMU-RI-TR-99-21, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, September, 1999.
1999
S. Chen and S.F. Smith. (1996) “Commonality and Genetic Algorithms.” tech. report CMU-RI-TR-96-27, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, December, 1996.
1996
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | AP/ITEC2620 3.0 | M | Introduction to Data Structures | LECT |
| Winter 2025 | AP/ITEC2620 3.0 | N | Introduction to Data Structures | BLEN |
Funding Opportunities for Master's students:
Metaheuristics, Evolutionary Computation, Particle Swarm Optimization
Degrees
PhD, Carnegie MellonBASc, Toronto
Research Interests
Information Technologies
, Numerical and Combinatorial Optimization, Heuristic Search, Evolutionary Computation, Swarm Intelligence
Current Research Projects
sychen
All Publications
Journal Articles
Publication
Year
Y Gonzalez-Fernandez, S Hamidi, S Chen, S Liaskos. (2019) "Efficient elicitation of software configurations using crowd preferences and domain knowledge." Automated Software Engineering 26 (1), 87-123
2019
S. Chen, O. Marcotte, M. Morfin, and M. Pugh. (2017) "Modelling and optimizing a system for testing electronic circuit boards." Mathematics-in-Industry Case Studies, 8:4.
2018
S. Chen, J. Montgomery, and A. Bolufé-Röhler. (2015) "Measuring the Curse of Dimensionality and its Effects on Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution." Applied Intelligence, 42(3): 514–526.
2015
A. Bolufé-Röhler and S. Chen. (2015) "Minimum Population Search – A Scalable Metaheuristic for Multi-modal Problems." Revista Investigación Operacional, 36(1): 85-95.
2015
S. Chen, J. Montgomery, A. Bolufé-Röhler, Y. Gonzalez-Fernandez. (2015) "A Review of Thresheld Convergence." GECONTEC: Revista Internacional de Gestión del Conocimiento y la Tecnología, 3(1): 1-13.
2015
S. Estévez-Velarde, A. Miotto, A. Lewis, A. Bolufé-Röhler, and S. Chen. (2014) "Acceso a Recursos de Cómputo de Alto Rendimiento Mediante Correo Electrónico." GECONTEC: Revista Internacional de Gestión del Conocimiento y la Tecnología, 2(1): 1-9.
2014
A. Bolufé-Röhler, A. Coto-Santiesteban, M. Rosa Soto, and S. Chen. (2014) "Minimum Population Search, an Application to Molecular Docking." GECONTEC: Revista Internacional de Gestión del Conocimiento y la Tecnología, 2(3): 1-16.
2014
R. Fournier, S. Bulusu, S. Chen, and J. Tung. (2011) "Using Swarm Intelligence for Finding Transition States and Reaction Paths." The Journal of Chemical Physics, 135, 104117.
2011
S. Chen, B. Spotton Visano, M. Lui, and C. Lu. (2010) "Evidence and Effects of Social Referencing Investor Behaviour during Market Bubbles." IAENG International Journal of Computer Science, 37(4):359-366.
2010
S. Chen, S. Coffey, E. Peisachovich, G. Pitt, D. Harnanansingh, W. Chen, A. Falk-Rafael, M. Reid, J. Smith, L. Beagrie, and A. Kushniruk. (2008) “Implementing Best Practice Guidelines onto Personal Digital Assistants: Preliminary Results and Lessons Learned.” The Journal on Information Technology in Healthcare; 6(1):33-41.
2008
Conference Proceedings
Publication
Year
A Bolufé-Röhler, S Chen, D Tamayo-Vera. (2019) "An Analysis of Minimum Population Search on Large Scale Global Optimization." 2019 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), 1228-1235
2019
S Chen, A Bolufé-Röhler, J Montgomery, T Hendtlass. (2019) "An Analysis on the Effect of Selection on Exploration in Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution." 2019 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), 3037-3044
2019
D. Tamayo-Vera, and S. Chen, A. Bolufé Röhler, J. Montgomery, T. Hendtlass. (2018) "Improved Exploration and Exploitation in Particle Swarm Optimization." Proc. 31st International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, pp 421-433. Springer-Verlag.
2018
T Chu, A Mayoral-Banos, S Chen, R Hartani. (2018) "Increasing Renewable Energy Penetration through Strategic Deployment of IoT Devices." 2018 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC), 1-5
2018
A. Bolufé Röhler, D. Tamayo-Vera, and S. Chen. (2017) "An LaF-CMAES hybrid for optimization in multi-modal search spaces." Proc. 2017 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 757-764. IEEE Press.
2017
D. Tamayo-Vera, A. Bolufé Röhler, and S. Chen. (2016) "Estimation Multivariate Normal Algorithm with Thresheld Convergence." Proc. 2016 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 3425-3432. IEEE Press.
2016
Y. Gonzalez-Fernandez and S. Chen. (2015) "Leaders and Followers – A New Metaheuristic to Avoid the Bias of Accumulated Information." Proc. 2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 776-783. IEEE Press.
2015
A. Bolufé Röhler, S. Fiol-Gonzalez, and S. Chen. (2015) "A Minimum Population Search Hybrid for Large Scale Global Optimization." Proc. 2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 1958-1965. IEEE Press.
2015
A. Piad-Morffis, S. Estévez-Velarde, A. Bolufé Röhler, J. Montgomery, and S. Chen. (2015) "Evolution Strategies with Thresheld Convergence." Proc. 2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 2097-2104. IEEE Press.
2015
S. Saffarpour, M.G. Erechtchoukova, P.A. Khaiter, S. Chen, and M. Heralall. (2015) "Short-term prediction of flood events in a small urbanized watershed using multi-year hydrological records." Proc. MODSIM, pp. 2234-2240.
2015
J. Montgomery, S. Chen, Y. Gonzalez-Fernandez. (2014) "Identifying and Exploiting the Scale of a Search Space in Differential Evolution." Proc. 2014 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 1427-1434. IEEE Press.
2014
A. Bolufé Röhler and S. Chen. (2014) "Extending Minimum Population Search towards Large Scale Global Optimization." Proc. 2014 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 845-852. IEEE Press.
2014
H. Salehinejad, S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, and S. Chen. (2014) "Micro-Differential Evolution with Vectorized Random Mutation Factor." Proc. 2014 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 2055-2062. IEEE Press.
2014
Y. Gonzalez-Fernandez and S. Chen. (2014) "Identifying and Exploiting the Scale of a Search Space in Particle Swarm Optimization." GECCO-14: Proc. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, pp 17-24. ACM.
2014
S. Chen and J. Montgomery. (2013) "Particle Swarm Optimization with Thresheld Convergence." Proc. 2013 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 510-516. IEEE Press.
2013
A. Bolufé Röhler and S. Chen. (2013) "Minimum Population Search – Lessons from building a heuristic technique with two population members." Proc. 2013 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 2061-2068. IEEE Press.
2013
A. Bolufé Röhler, S. Estévez-Velarde, A. Piad-Morffis, S. Chen, and J. Montgomery. (2013) "Differential Evolution with Thresheld Convergence." Proc. 2013 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 40-47. IEEE Press.
2013
D. Howden and S. Chen. (2013) "Social Lane-Based Cognitive Model for Simulating Pedestrian Flow in Games." Proc. 2013 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 837-843. IEEE Press.
2013
S. Chen, C. Xudiera, and J. Montgomery. (2012) "Simulated Annealing with Thresheld Convergence." Proc. 2012 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 1946-1952. IEEE Press.
2012
J. Montgomery and S. Chen. (2012) "A Simple Strategy for Maintaining Diversity and Reducing Crowding in Differential Evolution." Proc. 2012 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 2692-2699. IEEE Press.
2012
A. Bolufé Röhler and S. Chen. (2012) "Multi-swarm hybrid for multi-modal optimization." Proc. 2012 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 1759-1766. IEEE Press.
2012
S. Chen. (2012) "Particle Swarm Optimization with pbest Crossover." Proc. 2012 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 1234-1239. IEEE Press.
2012
J. Hettenhausen, A. Lewis, S. Chen, M. Randall, and R. Fournier. (2012) "Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimisation for Molecular Transition State Search." Proc. EVOLVE 2012, pp 415-430. Springer-Verlag.
2012
S. Chen and J. Montgomery. (2011) “A Simple Strategy to Maintain Diversity and Reduce Crowding in Particle Swarm Optimization.” LNCS Vol. 7106: Proc. 24th Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp 281-290. Springer-Verlag.
2011
A. Bolufé Röhler and S. Chen. (2011) "An Analysis of Sub-swarms in Multi-swarm Systems." LNCS Vol. 7106: Proc. 24th Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp 271-280. Springer-Verlag.
2011
S. Chen and J. Montgomery. (2011) "Selection Strategies for Initial Positions and Initial Velocities in Multi-optima Particle Swarms." GECCO-11: Proc. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, pp 53-60. ACM.
2011
Y. Noa Vargas and S. Chen. (2010) “Particle Swarm Optimization with Resets – Improving the Balance between Exploration and Exploitation.” LNCS Vol. 6438: Proc. 9th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp 371-381. Springer-Verlag.
2010
J. Montgomery and S. Chen. (2010) “An Analysis of the Operation of Differential Evolution at High and Low Crossover Rates.” Proc. 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 881-888. IEEE Press.
2010
S. Chen and Y. Noa Vargas. (2010) “Improving the Performance of Particle Swarms through Dimension Reductions – A Case Study with Locust Swarms.” Proc. 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 2950-2957. IEEE Press.
2010
S. Chen, B. Spotton Visano, and M. Lui. (2010) “Quantitative Results for a Qualitative Investor Model – A Hybrid Multi-Agent Model with Social Investors.” Proc. World Congress on Engineering 2010, pp 390-394. IAENG.
2010
S. Chen. (2009) "An Analysis of Locust Swarms on Large Scale Global Optimization Problems." LNCS Vol. 5865: Proc. Fourth Australian Conference on Artificial Life, pp 211-220. Springer-Verlag.
2009
M.G. Erechtchoukova, S. Chen, and P.A. Khaiter. (2009) “Application of Optimization Algorithms for the Improvement of Water Quality Monitoring Systems.” Proc. 4th International Symposium on Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering, pp 176-188. Springer-Verlag.
2009
S. Chen. (2009) "Locust Swarms – A New Multi-Optima Search Technique." Proc. 2009 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 1745-1752. IEEE Press.
2009
S. Chen and V. Lupien. (2009) "Optimization in Fractal and Fractured Landscapes using Locust Swarms." LNCS Vol. 5865: Proc. Fourth Australian Conference on Artificial Life, pp 232-241. Springer-Verlag.
2009
S. Chen, J. Tien, and B. Spotton Visano. (2008) “A Hybrid Multi-Agent Model for Financial Markets.” LNCS Vol. 5027: Proc. 21st International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, pp 531-540. Springer-Verlag.
2008
S. Chen, K. Miura, and S. Razzaqi. (2007) “Analyzing the Role of "Smart" Start Points in Coarse Search-Greedy Search.” LNCS Vol. 4828: Proc. Third Australian Conference on Artificial Life, pp 13-24. Springer-Verlag.
2007
S. Chen, S. Razzaqi, and V. Lupien. (2007) “Towards the Automated Design of Phased Array Ultrasonic Transducers – Using Particle Swarms to find "Smart" Start Points.” LNCS Vol. 4570: Proc. 20th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, pp 313-323. Springer-Verlag.
2007
S. Chen, B. Spotton Visano, and Y. Kong (2006) “Introducing Social Investors into Multi-Agent Models of Financial Markets.” LNCS Vol. 4031: Proc. 19th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, pp 44-53. Springer-Verlag.
2006
S. Chen, G. Frempong, and W.C. Cudmore. (2006) “Gesture Friendly Interfaces for Classroom Teaching with Thinking Tools.” IFIP Vol. 210, Education for the 21st Century – Impact of ICT and Digital Resources, pp 279-283. Springer-Verlag.
2006
S. Chen. (2006) “A Little Respect (for the Role of Common Components in Heuristic Search).” IFIP Vol. 218, Professional Practice in Artificial Intelligence, pp 71-80. Springer-Verlag.
2006
S. Chen, S. Razzaqi, and V. Lupien. (2006) “An Evolution Strategy for Improving the Design of Phased Array Transducers.” Proc. 2006 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 2859-2863. IEEE Press.
2006
S. Chen and S. Morris. (2005) “Iconic Programming for Flowcharts, Java, Turing, etc.” ITiCSE 2005, Proc. 10th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, pp 104-107. ACM.
2005
S. Chen and G. Pitt. (2005) “Isolating the Benefits of Respect.” GECCO-05: Proc. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, pp 1601-1602. ACM.
2005
S. Chen and G. Pitt. (2005) “The Coordination of Parallel Search with Common Components.” LNCS Vol. 3533: Proc. 18th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, pp 619-627. Springer-Verlag.
2005
C. Guerra-Salcedo, S. Chen, L.D. Whitley, and S.F. Smith. (1999) “Fast and Accurate Feature Selection Using Hybrid Genetic Strategies.” Proc. 1999 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 177-184. IEEE Press.
1999
S. Chen and S.F. Smith. (1999) “Improving Genetic Algorithms by Search Space Reductions (with Applications to Flow Shop Scheduling).” GECCO-99: Proc. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, pp 135-140. Morgan Kaufmann.
1999
S. Chen and S.F. Smith. (1999) “Introducing a New Advantage of Crossover: Commonality-Based Selection.” GECCO-99: Proc. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, pp 122-128. Morgan Kaufmann.
1999
S. Chen, C. Guerra-Salcedo, and S.F. Smith. (1999) “Non-Standard Crossover for a Standard Representation – Commonality-Based Feature Subset Selection.” GECCO-99: Proc. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, pp 129-134. Morgan Kaufmann.
1999
S. Chen, S.F. Smith, and C. Guerra-Salcedo. (1999) “The GENIE is Out! (Who Needs Fitness to Evolve?) .” Proc. 1999 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp 2102-2108. IEEE Press.
1999
S. Chen and S.F. Smith. (1998) “Experiments on Commonality in Sequencing Operators.” Genetic Programming 1998: Proc. Third Annual Conference, pp 471-478. Morgan Kaufmann.
1998
S. Chen, S. Talukdar, and N. Sadeh-Koniecpol. (1993) “Job Shop Scheduling by an Asynchronous Team of Optimization Agents.” Proc. IJCAI-93 Workshop on Knowledge-based Production Planning, Scheduling, and Control, Chambery, France. August 1993.
1993
Research Reports
Publication
Year
S. Chen. (1999) “Is the Common Good? A New Perspective Developed in Genetic Algorithms.” tech. report CMU-RI-TR-99-21, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, September, 1999.
1999
S. Chen and S.F. Smith. (1996) “Commonality and Genetic Algorithms.” tech. report CMU-RI-TR-96-27, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, December, 1996.
1996
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