We examine a strong chess-endgame player, previously developed by us through genetic programming, focusing on the player's emergent capabilities and tactics in the context of a chess match. First, we provide a detailed description of the evolutionary approach by which our player was developed....

Although a burst of recent research in economics has examined how industries form, a majority of it considers highly simplified models. In this paper, we use computational modeling techniques to expand from traditional, simple, analytically tractable economic models to more complex two...

In this paper we describe a hybrid strategy for solving combinatorial optimisation problems, obtained by coupling a local search method to an evolutionary algorithm, and we provide an application to the Manhattan newspaper problem. The local search method has been devised specifically for this...

In this study, the effects of non-uniform flow due to: (i) inflow from tributaries and (ii) the presence of a downstream control structure (such as a weir or a barrage), on the optimal waste load allocation decision and the resulting cost-equity trade-off relationships, have been investigated....

In this paper we expound, for the first time, the application of the Strength Pareto Evolutionary Algorithm to the Multi-Objective design of isolated hybrid systems. The design is posed as an optimisation problem whose solution allows obtaining the configuration of the system as well as the...

This paper explores the question whether boundedly rational agents learn to behave optimally when asked to voluntarily contribute to a public good. The dynamic game is described by an Evolutionary Algorithm, which is shown to extend the applicability of ordinary replicator dynamics of...

Agent-based computational economics (ACE) combines elements from economics and computer science. In this paper, we focus on the relation between the evolutionary technique that is used and the economic problem that is modeled. In the field of ACE, economic simulations often derive parameter...

En este trabajo se analizan y comparan diferentes técnicas para el diseño de clusters no jerárquico. Este análisis resulta interesante pues entre las técnicas comparadas se incluyen la usada por un conocido paquete estadístico y una serie de técnicas novedosas. Entre éstas destacan...

This paper considers the relationship between agent-based modeling and economic decision-making experiments with human subjects. Both approaches exploit controlled ``laboratory'' conditions as a means of isolating the sources of aggregate phenomena. Research findings from laboratory studies of...