Professor Ben Paechter

Member of the Centre for Emergent Computing.

Principal investigator on: New Ties, SCOPE: Server Configuration Optimisation through Parameter Evolution, Metaheuristics, DREAM, EvoNet II, Speckled Computing

Co-investigator on:

Davoudani, D., Hart, E., Paechter, B. (2008). Computing the State of Specknets: An Immune-Inspired Approach. In: (Ed.) Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, 2008. SPECTS 2008. International Symposium on, , () (). (pp. 52-59). Edinburgh: IEEE Computer Society Press.

Davoudani, D., Hart, E., Paechter, B. (2008). Computing the State of Specknets: Further Analysis of an Innate Immune-Inspired Model. In: Bentley, P., Lee, D., Jung, S. (Eds.) Artificial Immune Systems, 7th International Conference, ICARIS 2008, Phuket, Thailand, August 2008, Proceedings, 5132, () (). (pp. 95-106). Phuket, Thailand: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.

Lewis, R., Paechter, B. (2007). Finding Feasible Timetables Using Group-Based Operators. Accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, , (), .

Davoudani, D., Hart, E., Paechter, B. (2007). An Immune Inspired Approach to Speckled Computing. In: (Ed.) Artificial Immune Systems: Proceedings of 6th International Conference, ICARIS 2007, , () (). (pp. 288-299). : Springer-Verlag.

Lewis, R., Paechter, B., Rossi-Doria, O. (2006). Metaheuristics for University Course Timetabling. In: Cowling, P., Dahal, K. (Eds.) Evolutionary Scheduling, , () (). (pp. ). : Springer-Verlag.

Craenen, B., Paechter, B. (2005). Peer-to-peer networks for scalable grid landscapes in social agent simulations. In: (Ed.) Proceedings of the Artificial Intelligence and Social Behaviour Convention (AISB) 2005, , () (). (pp. ). Hatfield: .

Lewis, R., Paechter, B. (2005). An Emprical Analysis of the Grouping Genetic Algorithm: the Timetabling Case. In: (Ed.) The 2005 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, , () (). (pp. 2856-2863). Edinburgh, Scotland: IEEE Computer Society Press.

Lewis, R., Paechter, B. (2005). Application of the Grouping Genetic Algorithm to University Course Timetabling. In: Gottlieb, G., Raidl, R. (Eds.) 5th European Conference in Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (EvoCop 2005), LNCS 3448, () (LNCS 3448). (pp. 144-153). Lausanne, Swizerland: Springer-Verlag.

de Toro Negro, F., Ortega, J., Ros, E., Mota, S., Paechter, B., Martin, J. (2004). PSFGA: Parallel processing and evolutionary computation for multiobjective optimisation. Parallel Computing, 30, (5-6), 551-816.

Lewis, R., Paechter, B. (2004). New Crossover Operators for Timetabling with Evolutionary Algorithms. In: Lotfi, A. (Ed.) 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Soft Computing (RASC 2004), 5, () (5). (pp. 189-195). Nottingham, England: .

Sa'adah, S., Ross, P., Paechter, B. (2004). Improving Vehicle Routing Using A Customer Waiting Time Colony. In: Gottlieb, J., Raidl, G. (Eds.) 4th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization, , () (). (pp. ). Coimbra, Portugal: Springer-Verlag.

Sa'adah, S., Ross, P., Paechter, B. (2004). Solving Vehicle Routing Problems Using Different Multiple Ant Colony Systems. 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Soft Computing, , (), .

Rossi-Doria, O., Paechter, B. (2004). A memetic algorithm for the Universiy Course Timetabling. In: (Ed.) CO2004 Book of Abstracts, , () (). (pp. 56). Lancaster: Lancaster University.

Urquhart, N., Ross, P., Paechter, B., Chisholm, K. (2003). Routing using Evolutionary Agents and Proactive Transitions. In: (Ed.) Applications of Evolutionary Computing, LNCS 2611, () (LNCS 2611). (pp. 696-705). : Springer-Verlag.

Rossi-Doria, O., Sampels, M., Birattari, M., Chiarandini, M., Dorigo, M., Gambardella, L., Knowles, J., Manfrin, M., Mastrolilli, M., Paechter, B., Paquete, L., Stutzle, T. (2003). A comparison of the performance of different metaheuristics on the timetabling problem. In: Burke, E., Causmaecker, P. (Eds.) Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling IV. 4th International Conference, PATAT 2002, LNCS 2740, () (LNCS 2740). (pp. 329-351). Gent: Springer-Verlag.

de Toro Negro, F., Ortega, J., Paechter, B. (2003). Single Front Genetic Algorithms: A Performance Study. Proceedings of The Sixth International Workshop on Nature Inspired Distributed Computing (NIDISC'03), , (), .

Urquhart, N., Ross, P., Paechter, B., Chisholm, K. (2002). Solving A Real World Routing Problem using Multiple Evolutionary Algorithms. In: (Ed.) Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , () (). (pp. ). : Springer-Verlag.

Jelasity, M., Preus, M., Paechter, B. (2002). A Scaleable and Robust Framework for Distributed Application”,. Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2002, , (), 1540-1545.

Rossi-Doria, O., Knowles, J., Sampels, M., Socha, K., Paechter, B. (2002). A local search for the timetabling problem. In: Burke, E., Causmaecker, P. (Eds.) PATAT 2002 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on the Practice And Theory of Automated Timetabling, , () (). (pp. 124-127). Gent, Belgium: Department of Industrial Engineering.

Jelasity, M., Preus, M., Paechter, B. (2002). Maintaining Connectivity in a Scaleable and Robust Distributed Environment. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, , (), 389-394.

Blum, C., Correia, S., Rossi-Doria, O., Snoek, M., Paechter, B. (2002). A GA evolving instructions for a timetable builder. In: Burke, E., Causmaecker, P. (Eds.) PATAT 2002 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on the Practice And Theory of Automated Timetabling, , () (). (pp. 120-123). Gent, Belgium: Department of Industrial Engineering.

Arenas, M., Collet, P., Eiben, A., Jelasity, M., Merelo, J., Paechter, B., Preus, M., Schoenauer, M. (2002). A Framework for Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms. In: (Ed.) Proceedings of the seventh Parallel Problem Solving From Nature (PPSN VII), LNCS 2439, () (LNCS 2439). (pp. 665-675). Granada: Springer-Verlag.

Urquhart, N., Ross, P., Paechter, B., Chisholm, K. (2002). Improving Street Based Routing Using Building Block Mutations. In: (Ed.) 5th Evolutionary Computing Workshops, Real-World Applications of Evolutionary Computing, () (Real-World Applications of Evolutionary Computing). (pp. ). : Springer-Verlag.

Urquhart, N., Paechter, B., Chisholm, K. (2001). Street-based Routing Using an Evolutionary Algorithm. In: Boers, E., al, e. (Eds.) EvoWorkshops 2001, , () (). (pp. 495-504). : Springer-Verlag.

Paechter, B., Fogarty, T., Burke, E., Cumming, A., Rankin, B. (2000). Stone Soup. In: (Ed.) Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT), , () (). (pp. ). : .

Urquhart, N., Chisholm, K., Paechter, B. (2000). Optimising An Evolutionary Algorithm for Scheduling. In: Cagnoni, C., al., e. (Eds.) EvoWorkshops 2000, 1803, () (). (pp. 307-318). : Springer-Verlag.

Paechter, B., Baeck, T., Schoenauer, M., Eiben, A., Merelo, J. (2000). ., “A Distributed Resource Evolutionary Algorithm Machine. In: (Ed.) Special Session on Evolving Information Ecosystems, , () (). (pp. ). : .

Cumming, A., Paechter, B. (2000). Post-Publication Timetabling. In: (Ed.) 3rd International Conference on the Practice And Theory of Automated Timetabling, PATAT 2000, , () (). (pp. ). : .

Cagnoni, S., Poli, R., Li, Y., Smith, G., Corne, D., Oates, M., Hart, E., Lanzi, P., Boers, E., Paechter, B., Fogarty, T. (2000). Real-World Applications of Evolutionary Computing. In: (Ed.) Proceedings of EvoWorkshops 2000, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1803 ., , () (April). (pp. ). Edinburgh, UK: Springer-Verlag.

Eiben, A., Jansen, B., Michalewicz, Z., Paechter, B. (2000). Solving CSPs with evolutionary algorithms using self-adaptive constraint weights. In: (Ed.) Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference - GECCO 2000, , () (). (pp. ). : .

Luchian, H., Paechter, B., Radulescu, V., Luchian, S. (1999). Two Evolutionary Approaches to Cross-Clustering Problems. In: (Ed.) Proceedings of the 1999 Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Volume 2, () (Volume 2). (pp. 860-870). Washington, USA: .

Cree, N., Maher, M., Paechter, B. (1998). The continuous equilibrium optimal network design problem: a genetic approach. In: Bell, M. (Ed.) Transportation Networks: Recent Methodological advances, , () (). (pp. 163-174). : .

Paechter, B., Rankin, B., Cumming, A., Fogarty, T. (1998). Timetabling the Classes of an Entire University with an Evolutionary Algorithm. In: Beck, T., Schoenauer, M. (Eds.) Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN V, , () (). (pp. ). : Springer-Verlag.

Paechter, B., Rankin, B., Cumming, A. (1998). Improving a Lecture Timetabling System for University Wide Use 1408 ( ed.). : Springer-Verlag.

Paechter, B., Cumming, A., Norman, M., Luchian, H. (1996). Extensions to a Memetic Timetabling System. In: Burke, B., Ross, R. (Eds.) Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling, , () (). (pp. ). : Springer-Verlag.

Paechter, B., Cumming, A., Luchian, H. (1995). The Use of Local Search Suggestion Lists for Improving the Solution of Timetable Problems with Evolutionary Algorithms. In: (Ed.) Proceedings of the AISB Workshop on Evolutionary Computing, ComputerScienceSeries, () (). (pp. ). : Springer-Verlag.

Anderson, T., Paechter, B., Lea, A. (1994). Investigating the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) Data Set for Additional Predictive Power Using Neural Networks. In: (Ed.) Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Networks & Expert Systems in Medicine & Healthcare, , () (). (pp. ). : .

Stamate, D., Luchian, H., Paechter, B. (1994). A General Model for the Answer-Pertubation Techniques. In: (Ed.) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management Systems, , () (). (pp. 90-96). Charlottesville, VA, USA: IEEE Computer Society Press.

Paechter, B. (1994). Optimising a Presentation Timetable Using Evolutionary Algorithms. In: (Ed.) Proceedings of the AISB Workshop on Evolutionary Computing, ComputerScienceSeries, () (). (pp. ). : Springer-Verlag.

Paechter, B., Luchian, H., Cumming, A., Petriuc, M. (1994). Two Solutions to the General Timetable Problem Using Evolutionary Algorithms. In: (Ed.) Proceedings of the IEEE World Congress in Computational Intelligence, , () (June). (pp. ). : .

Paechter, B., Luchian, H., Cumming, A. (1993). An Evolutionary Approach to the General Timetable Problem. In: (Ed.) The Scientific Annals of the "Al. I. Cuza" University of Iasi, special issue for the ROSYCS symposium 1993., , () (). (pp. ). : .

PhD (part-time): Timetabling of university courses with evolutionar

11-JUL-97  -  28-MAR-02