How Can Problem Structure Analysis from Evolutionary Computation be
Applied to Biological Problems?
Presenter: Robert Heckendorn, Department of Computer Science, University of Idaho
Abstract:
In Biology, understanding the interaction of genes with other genes
and their environment is critical to understanding how organisms
function and evolve. In Computer Science, understanding the
"structure" of a problem representation is critical to understanding
how to effectively solve an optimization problem using evolutionary
computation. While these two problems are very similar, there are
some severe practical differences in these two fields. In this talk I
will discuss my effort to adapt the analysis techniques found
Evolutionary Computation to the needs of biologists. I will discuss
some specific algorithms under development in collaboration with
researchers at BEACON Center for Evolution in Action at Michigan State
and give some examples from real biological problems.
BEACON: A NSF Center for the study of Evolution in Action