Shahryar Rahnamayan

Dr. Shahryar Rahnamayan

BSc, MSc, PhD (Waterloo), PEng, SMIEEE

Department Chair and Associate Professor

Director of Nature Inspired Computational Intelligence (NICI) Lab

Refereed Conference Publications

Fusion-based Hybrid Many-objective Optimization Algorithm

Fusion-based Hybrid Many-objective Optimization Algorithm

A. Ibrahim, S. Rahnamayan, M. V. Martin, K. Deb, "Fusion-based Hybrid Many-objective Optimization Algorithm," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Donostia - San Sebastian, Spain, June 5-8, 2017, pp. 2372-2381.

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Enhancing Clearing-based Niching Method Using Delaunay Triangulation

Enhancing Clearing-based Niching Method Using Delaunay Triangulation

S, Kalra, S. Rahnamayan, K. Deb, "Enhancing Clearing-based Niching Method Using Delaunay Triangulation," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Donostia - San Sebastian, Spain, June 5-8, 2017, pp. 2328-2337.

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Analyzing Effects of Ordering Vectors in Mutation Schemes on Performance of Differential Evolution

Analyzing Effects of Ordering Vectors in Mutation Schemes on Performance of Differential Evolution

S. Mahdavi, S. Rahnamayan, K. Chirag, "Analyzing Effects of Ordering Vectors in Mutation Schemes on Performance of Differential Evolution," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Donostia - San Sebastian, Spain, June 5-8, 2017, pp. 2290-2298.

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Schematic Study on Interaction and Imbalance Effects of Variables for Large-scale Optimization

Schematic Study on Interaction and Imbalance Effects of Variables for Large-scale Optimization

S. Mahdavi, S. Rahnamayan, "Schematic Study on Interaction and Imbalance Effects of Variables for Large-scale Optimization," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Donostia - San Sebastian, Spain, June 5-8, 2017, 657-664.

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Optimal Vibration Control and Innovization for Rectangular Plate

Optimal Vibration Control and Innovization for Rectangular Plate

S. Mashrouteh, S. Rahnamayan, E. Esmailzadeh, "Optimal Vibration Control and Innovization for Rectangular Plate," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Donostia - San Sebastian, Spain, June 5-8, 2017, 549-556.

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Classication and Retrieval of Digital Pathology Scans: A New Dataset

Classication and Retrieval of Digital Pathology Scans: A New Dataset

M. Babaie, S. Kalra, A. Sriram, C. Micheltree, S. Zhu, A. Khatami, S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, "Classication and Retrieval of Digital Pathology Scans: A New Dataset," Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), July 2017, Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Injection of Extreme Points in Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization Algorithms

Injection of Extreme Points in Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization Algorithms

A. K. Talukder, K. Deb, S. Rahnamayan (2017) "Injection of Extreme Points in Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization Algorithms," In: Trautmann H. et al. (eds) Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization. EMO 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10173. Springer, Cham.

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Fusion of Many- Objective Non-dominated Solutions Using Reference Points

Fusion of Many- Objective Non-dominated Solutions Using Reference Points

A. Ibrahim, S. Rahnamayan, M. V. Martin, K. Deb, (2017) "Fusion of Many- Objective Non-dominated Solutions Using Reference Points," In: Trautmann H. et al. (eds) Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization. EMO 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10173. Springer, Cham.

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Partial Opposition-based Learning Using Current Best Candidate Solution

Partial Opposition-based Learning Using Current Best Candidate Solution

S. Mahdavi, S. Rahnamayan, "Partial Opposition-based Learning Using Current Best Candidate Solution," IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI-2016), Athens, Greece, Dec. 6-9, 2016, pp. 1-7.

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Effects of Centralized Population Initialization in Differential Evolution

Effects of Centralized Population Initialization in Differential Evolution

H. Salehinejad, S. Rahnamayan, "Effects of Centralized Population Initialization in Differential Evolution," IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI-2016), Athens, Greece, Dec. 6-9, 2016, pp. 1-8.

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Customer Shopping Pattern Prediction: A Recurrent Neural Network Approach

Customer Shopping Pattern Prediction: A Recurrent Neural Network Approach

H. Salehinejad, S. Rahnamayan, "Customer Shopping Pattern Prediction: A Recurrent Neural Network Approach," IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI-2016), Athens, Greece, Dec. 6-9, 2016, pp. 1-6.

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Learning Opposites Using Neural Networks

Learning Opposites Using Neural Networks

S. Kalra, A. Sriram, S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, "Learning Opposites Using Neural Networks," 23rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Dec. 4-8, 2016, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 1213-1218.

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Maintaining Diversity in The Bounded Pareto-Set: A Case of Opposition Based Solution Generation Scheme

Maintaining Diversity in The Bounded Pareto-Set: A Case of Opposition Based Solution Generation Scheme

K. A. Talukder, K. Deb, S. Rahnamayan, "Maintaining Diversity in The Bounded Pareto-Set: A Case of Opposition Based Solution Generation Scheme," Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), Denver, Colorado, USA, July 20-24, 2016, pp. 945-951.

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EliteNSGA-III: An Improved Evolutionary Many-Objective Optimization Algorithm

EliteNSGA-III: An Improved Evolutionary Many-Objective Optimization Algorithm

A. Ibrahim, S. Rahnamayan, M. V. Martin, K. Deb, "EliteNSGA-III: An Improved Evolutionary Many-Objective Optimization Algorithm," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Vancouver, Canada, July 25-29, 2016 [accepted].

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3D-RadVis: Visualization of Pareto Front in Many-Objective Optimization

3D-RadVis: Visualization of Pareto Front in Many-Objective Optimization

A. Ibrahim, S. Rahnamayan, M. V. Martin, K. Deb, "3D-RadVis: Visualization of Pareto Front in Many-Objective Optimization," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Vancouver, Canada, July 25-29, 2016 [accepted].

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Evolutionary Projection Selection for Radon Barcodes

Evolutionary Projection Selection for Radon Barcodes

H.R. Tizhoosh, S. Rahnamayan, "Evolutionary Projection Selection for Radon Barcodes," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Vancouver, Canada, July 25-29, 2016 [accepted].

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Using Opposition-based Learning to Enhance Differential Evolution: A Comparative Study

Using Opposition-based Learning to Enhance Differential Evolution: A Comparative Study

H. Wang, W. Wang, H. Sun, S. Rahnamayan, "Using Opposition-based Learning to Enhance Differential Evolution: A Comparative Study," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Vancouver, Canada, July 25-29, 2016 [accepted].

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Exploration Enhancement in Ensemble Micro-Differential Evolution

Exploration Enhancement in Ensemble Micro-Differential Evolution

H. Salehinejad, S. Rahnamayan, H. Tizhoosh, "Exploration Enhancement in Ensemble Micro-Differential Evolution," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Vancouver, Canada, July 25-29, 2016 [accepted].

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Center-Based Initialization of Cooperative Co-evolutionary Algorithm for Large-scale Optimization

Center-Based Initialization of Cooperative Co-evolutionary Algorithm for Large-scale Optimization

S. Mahdavi, S. Rahnamayan, K. Deb, "Center-Based Initialization of Cooperative Co-evolutionary Algorithm for Large-scale Optimization," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Vancouver, Canada, July 25-29, 2016 [accepted].

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Learning Opposites with Evolving Rules

Learning Opposites with Evolving Rules

H.R. Tizhoosh, S. Rahnamayan, "Learning Opposites with Evolving Rules," IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2015), Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 2-5, 2015 [accepted].

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A Modified Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Flow Shop Scheduling Problem with Blocking

A Modified Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Flow Shop Scheduling Problem with Blocking

H. Wang, W. Wang, H. Sun, C. Li, S. Rahnamayan, Y. Liu, "A Modified Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Flow Shop Scheduling Problem with Blocking," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC), Sendai, Japan, May 25-28, pp. 456 - 463.

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Rotation-based Learning: A Novel Extension of Opposition-based Learning

Rotation-based Learning: A Novel Extension of Opposition-based Learning

H. Liu, Z. Wu, H. Wang, S. Rahnamayan, C. Deng, "Rotation-based Learning: A Novel Extension of Opposition-based Learning," The 13th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 8862, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, December 1-5, 2014, pp 511-522.

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Finding Optimal Transformation Function for Image Thresholding Using Genetic Programming

Finding Optimal Transformation Function for Image Thresholding Using Genetic Programming

S. Shahbazpanahi, S. Rahnamayan, "Finding Optimal Transformation Function for Image Thresholding Using Genetic Programming," 2014 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, Orlando, Florida, December 9-12, 2014, pp. 106-113.

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3D Localization in Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks Using Micro-Differential Evolution Algorithm

3D Localization in Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks Using Micro-Differential Evolution Algorithm

H. Salehinejad, R. Zadeh, R. Liscano, S. Rahnamayan, "3D Localization in Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Networks Using Micro-Differential Evolution Algorithm," 2014 IEEE 25th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications - (PIMRC): Mobile and Wireless Networks, Capital Hall, Washington, DC, Sept. 2-5, 2014, pp. 1824-1828.

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Vibration Analysis and Multi-Objective Optimization of Stiffened Triangular Plate

Vibration Analysis and Multi-Objective Optimization of Stiffened Triangular Plate

Z. Saadatnia, S. Rahnamayan, E. Esmailzadeh, "Vibration Analysis and Multi-Objective Optimization of Stiffened Triangular Plate," ASME 2014 International Design and Engineering Technical Conferences, Buffalo, USA, Aug. 17-20, 2014 [accepted].

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Fuzzy Adaptive Cruise Control System with Speed Sign Detection Capability

Fuzzy Adaptive Cruise Control System with Speed Sign Detection Capability

R. Rizvi, S. Kalra, C. Gosalia, S. Rahnamayan, "Fuzzy Adaptive Cruise Control System with Speed Sign Detection Capability," IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ), Beijing, China, July 6-11, 2014, pp. 968-976.

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Type-II Opposition-Based Differential Evolution

Type-II Opposition-Based Differential Evolution

H. Salehinejad, S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, "Type-II Opposition-Based Differential Evolution," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Beijing, China, July 6-11, 2014, pp. 1768-1775.

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Improved Differential Evolution with Adaptive Opposition Strategy

Improved Differential Evolution with Adaptive Opposition Strategy

H. Liu, Z. Wu, H. Wang, S. Rahnamayan, C. Deng, "Improved Differential Evolution with Adaptive Opposition Strategy," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Beijing, China, July 6-11, 2014, pp. 1776-1783.

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MODEL: Multi-Objective Differential Evolution with Leadership Enhancement

MODEL: Multi-Objective Differential Evolution with Leadership Enhancement

F. Bourennani, S. Rahnamayan, G. F. Naterer, "MODEL: Multi-Objective Differential Evolution with Leadership Enhancement," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Beijing, China, July 6-11, 2014, pp. 1131-1138.

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Micro-Differential Evolution with Vectorized Random Mutation Factor

Micro-Differential Evolution with Vectorized Random Mutation Factor

H. Salehinejad, S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, S.Y. Chen, "Micro-Differential Evolution with Vectorized Random Mutation Factor," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Beijing, China, July 6-11, 2014, pp. 2055-2062.

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MDE: Differential Evolution with Merit-based Mutation Strategy

MDE: Differential Evolution with Merit-based Mutation Strategy

A. Ibrahim, S. Rahnamayan, M. V. Martin, "MDE: Differential Evolution with Merit-based Mutation Strategy," 2014 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, Orlando, Florida, December 9-12, 2014, pp. 41-48.

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Co-operative Co-evolution with A New Decomposition Method for Large-Scale Optimization

Co-operative Co-evolution with A New Decomposition Method for Large-Scale Optimization

S. Mahdavi, M. E. Shiri, S. Rahnamayan, "Co-operative Co-evolution with A New Decomposition Method for Large-Scale Optimization," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Beijing, China, July 6-11, 2014, pp. 1285-1292.

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Computing Opposition By Involving Entire Population

Computing Opposition By Involving Entire Population

S. Rahnamayan, J. Jesuthasan, F. Bourennani, H. Salehinejad, G. F. Naterer, "Computing Opposition By Involving Entire Population," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Beijing, China, July 6-11, 2014, pp. 1800-1807.

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Genetic Algorithm with Self-Adaptive Mutation Controlled by Chromosome Similarity

Genetic Algorithm with Self-Adaptive Mutation Controlled by Chromosome Similarity

D. Smullen, J. Gillett, J. Heron, S. Rahnamayan, "Genetic Algorithm with Self-Adaptive Mutation Controlled by Chromosome Similarity," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Beijing, China, July 6-11, 2014, pp. 504-511.

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Simulated Raindrop Algorithm for Global Optimization

Simulated Raindrop Algorithm for Global Optimization

A. Ibrahim, S. Rahnamayan, M. V. Martin, "Simulated Raindrop Algorithm for Global Optimization," Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Toronto, Canada, May 5-8, 2014, pp. 1-8.

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Leaders and Speed Constraint Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization

Leaders and Speed Constraint Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization

F. Bourennani, S. Rahnamayan, G. F. Naterer, "Leaders and Speed Constraint Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Cancun, Mexico, June 20-23, 2013, pp. 908-915.

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Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm with External Archive

Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm with External Archive

H. Wang, Z. Wu, X. Zhou, S. Rahnamayan,"Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm with External Archive," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Cancun, Mexico, June 20-23, 2013, pp. 517-521.

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Interactive Differential Evolution for Prostate Ultrasound Image Thresholding

Interactive Differential Evolution for Prostate Ultrasound Image Thresholding

A. Darvish, S. Rahnamayan, Z. Salami Mohamad, "Interactive Differential Evolution for Prostate Ultrasound Image Thresholding," Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO, ACM), July 7-11, 2012, Philadelphia, USA, pp. 501-508.

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Center-Point-Based Simulated Annealing

Center-Point-Based Simulated Annealing

A. Esmailzadeh, S. Rahnamayan, "Center-Point-Based Simulated Annealing," Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE, IEEE), April 29 - May 2, 2012, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, pp. 1-4.

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Optimal Design of Air-Cooling System for Li-Ion Battery in an Electric Vehicle Using Genetic Algorithm

Optimal Design of Air-Cooling System for Li-Ion Battery in an Electric Vehicle Using Genetic Algorithm

S.-M. Mousavi, S. E. Hoque, S. Rahnamayan, I. Dincer, G.F. Naterer, "Optimal Design of Air-Cooling System for Li-Ion Battery in an Electric Vehicle Using Genetic Algorithm," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), June 5-8, 2011, New Orleans, USA, pp. 1848 - 1855.

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Multi-resolution Level Set Image Segmentation Using Wavelet

Multi-resolution Level Set Image Segmentation Using Wavelet

F.S. Al-Qunaieer, H.R. Tizhoosh, S. Rahnamayan, "Multi-resolution Level Set Image Segmentation Using Wavelet," IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Sept. 11-14, 2011, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 269 - 272.

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Enhanced Differential Evolution using center-based sampling

Enhanced Differential Evolution using center-based sampling

A. Esmailzadeh, S. Rahnamayan, "Enhanced Differential Evolution using center-based sampling," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), June 5-8, 2011, New Orleans, USA, pp. 2641 - 2648.

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Opposition-Based Differential Evolution with Protective Generation Jumping

Opposition-Based Differential Evolution with Protective Generation Jumping

A. Esmailzadeh, S. Rahnamayan, "Opposition-Based Differential Evolution with Protective Generation Jumping," Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), April 11-15, 2011, Paris, France, pp. 1-8.

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Eye Illusion Enhancement Using Interactive Differential Evolution

Eye Illusion Enhancement Using Interactive Differential Evolution

Z. Salami Mohamad, A. Darvish, S. Rahnamayan, "Eye Illusion Enhancement Using Interactive Differential Evolution," IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), April 11-15, 2011, Paris, France, pp. 1-7.

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Adaptive Differential Evolution with Variable Population Size for Solving Large-Scale Problems

Adaptive Differential Evolution with Variable Population Size for Solving Large-Scale Problems

H. Wang, S. Rahnamayan, Z. Wu, "Adaptive Differential Evolution with Variable Population Size for Solving Large-Scale Problems," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), June 5-8, 2011, New Orleans, USA, pp. 2626 - 2632.

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Diversity Analysis of Opposition-Based Differential Evolution - An Experimental Study

Diversity Analysis of Opposition-Based Differential Evolution - An Experimental Study

H. Wang, Z. Wu, S. Rahnamayan, J. Wang, "Diversity Analysis of Opposition-Based Differential Evolution - An Experimental Study," 5th International Symposium on Intelligence Computation and Applications (ISICA), October 22-24, 2010, Wuhan, China. LNCS 6382, pp. 95-102.

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Optimization of Photo-Voltaic Arrays Using Differential Evolution Algorithm

Optimization of Photo-Voltaic Arrays Using Differential Evolution Algorithm

F. Bourennani, R. Rizvi, S. Rahnamayan, "Optimization of Photo-Voltaic Arrays Using Differential Evolution Algorithm," 10th International Conference on Clean Energy (ICCE), September 15-17, 2010, Famagusta, N. Cyprus, ref. 7-20, pp. 1-8.

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Applications of Multi-Objective Optimization to Energy System Design

Applications of Multi-Objective Optimization to Energy System Design

F. Bourennani, S. Rahnamayan, G. F. Naterer, "Applications of Multi-Objective Optimization to Energy System Design," the 10th International Conference on Clean Energy (ICCE), September 15-17, 2010, Famagusta, N. Cyprus, ref. 6-05, pp. 1-8.

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Tissue Segmentation in Medical Images Based on Image Processing Chain Optimization

Tissue Segmentation in Medical Images Based on Image Processing Chain Optimization

S. Rahnamayan, Zaid S. Mohamad, "Tissue Segmentation in Medical Images Based on Image Processing Chain Optimization," IEEE International Workshop on Real-Time Measurement, Instrumentation and Control (RTMIC), June 25-26, 2010, Oshawa, Canada, pp. 9.1-9.9.

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Fighting Noise with Noise: DE with Individuals Shaking to Tackle Noisy Problems

Fighting Noise with Noise: DE with Individuals Shaking to Tackle Noisy Problems

A. Esmailzadeh, S. Rahnamayan, "Fighting Noise with Noise: DE with Individuals Shaking to Tackle Noisy Problems," IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI), July 18-23, 2010, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 2514-2522.

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Opposition Based Computing - A Survey

Opposition Based Computing - A Survey

F.S. Al-Qunaieer, H.R. Tizhoosh, S. Rahnamayan, "Opposition Based Computing - A Survey," IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), July 18-23, 2010, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 3183-3189.

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Sequential DE Enhanced by Neighborhood Search for Large Scale Global Optimization

Sequential DE Enhanced by Neighborhood Search for Large Scale Global Optimization

H. Wang, Z. Wu, S. Rahnamayan, and D. Jiang, "Sequential DE Enhanced by Neighborhood Search for Large Scale Global Optimization," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Special Session: Large Scale Global Optimization (CEC), July 18-23, 2010, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 4056-4062.

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Oppositional Fuzzy Image Thresholding

Oppositional Fuzzy Image Thresholding

F.S. Al-Qunaieer, H.R. Tizhoosh, S. Rahnamayan, "Oppositional Fuzzy Image Thresholding," IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), July 18-23, 2010, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 2513-2519.

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Methods of Optimization Based Design and Controls for Renewable Energy Systems

Methods of Optimization Based Design and Controls for Renewable Energy Systems

F. Bourennani, S. Rahnamayan, G. F. Naterer, "Methods of Optimization Based Design and Controls for Renewable Energy Systems," 10th International Conference on Clean Energy (ICCE), September 15-17, 2010, Famagusta, N. Cyprus, ref. 7-08, pp. 1-8.

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Constraint Importance Mode Pursuing Sampling for Continuous Global Optimization

Constraint Importance Mode Pursuing Sampling for Continuous Global Optimization

Kazemi, G.G. Wang, S. Rahnamayan, Kamal Gupta, "Constraint Importance Mode Pursuing Sampling for Continuous Global Optimization," ASME Design Automation Conference (DAC), August 15-18, 2010, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, pp. 1-10.

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Differential Evolution Enhanced by Neighborhood Search

Differential Evolution Enhanced by Neighborhood Search

H. Wang, Z. Wu, S. Rahnamayan, "Differential Evolution Enhanced by Neighborhood Search," IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI), July 18-23, 2010, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 1-8.

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Towards Specialized Engineering Majors Based on Distributed e-Learning

Towards Specialized Engineering Majors Based on Distributed e-Learning

S. Rahnamayan, "Towards Specialized Engineering Majors Based on Distributed e-Learning," Canadian Engineering Education Association's First Annual Conference (CEEA), June 7-9, 2010, Queen’s University - Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

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Quizzes or Exams, Which one Should be More Challenging?

Quizzes or Exams, Which one Should be More Challenging?

S. Rahnamayan, "Quizzes or Exams, Which one Should be More Challenging?" Canadian Engineering Education Association's First Annual Conference (CEEA), June 7-9, 2010, Queen’s University - Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

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A Scalability Test for Accelerated DE Using Generalized Opposition-Based Learning

A Scalability Test for Accelerated DE Using Generalized Opposition-Based Learning

H. Wang, Z. Wu, S. Rahnamayan, and L. Kang, "A Scalability Test for Accelerated DE Using Generalized Opposition-Based Learning," 9th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA-2009), Pisa, Italy, Nov. 2009, pp. 1090 - 1095.

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Center-Based Sampling for Population-Based Algorithms

Center-Based Sampling for Population-Based Algorithms

S. Rahnamayan, G.G. Wang, "Center-Based Sampling for Population-Based Algorithms," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC-2009), Trondheim, Norway, 18-21 May, 2009, pp. 933 - 938.

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Center-Based Initialization for Large-Scale Black-Box Problems

Center-Based Initialization for Large-Scale Black-Box Problems

S. Rahnamayan, G.G. Wang, "Center-Based Initialization for Large-Scale Black-Box Problems," 8th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Engineering, and Data Bases (AIKED-2009), Cambridge, UK, 21-23 Feb., 2009, pp. 531-541.

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Investigating in Scalability of Opposition-Based Differential Evolution

Investigating in Scalability of Opposition-Based Differential Evolution

S. Rahnamayan, G.G. Wang, "Investigating in Scalability of Opposition-Based Differential Evolution," 8th International Conference on Simulation, Modeling and Optimization (SMO-2008), Santander, Cantabria, Spain, September 23-25, 2008, pp. 105-111.

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Image Thresholding Using Micro Opposition-Based Differential Evolution (Micro-ODE)

Image Thresholding Using Micro Opposition-Based Differential Evolution (Micro-ODE)

S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, "Image Thresholding Using Micro Opposition-Based Differential Evolution (Micro-ODE)," IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI-2008), Hong Kong, June 2008, pp. 1409-1416.

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Efficiency Competition on N-Queen Problem: DE vs. CMA-ES

Efficiency Competition on N-Queen Problem: DE vs. CMA-ES

S. Rahnamayan and Paul Dieras, "Efficiency Competition on N-Queen Problem: DE vs. CMA-ES," IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE-2008), Niagara Falls, Canada, May 2008, pp. 33-36.

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Quasi-Oppositional Differential Evolution

Quasi-Oppositional Differential Evolution

S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, M.M.A Salama, "Quasi-Oppositional Differential Evolution," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC-2007), Singapore, Sep. 2007, pp. 2229-2236.

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Opposition-Based Differential Evolution (ODE) With Variable Jumping Rate

Opposition-Based Differential Evolution (ODE) With Variable Jumping Rate

S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, M.M.A Salama, "Opposition-Based Differential Evolution (ODE) With Variable Jumping Rate," IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computational Intelligence, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, April 2007, pp. 81-88.

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Weighted Voting-Based Robust Image Thresholding

Weighted Voting-Based Robust Image Thresholding

S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, M.M.A. Salama, "Weighted Voting-Based Robust Image Thresholding," 13th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP-2006), Atlanta, GA, USA, Oct. 2006, pp. 1129-1132.

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A New Initialization Scheme for Evolutionary Optimization Methods

A New Initialization Scheme for Evolutionary Optimization Methods

S. Rahnamayan, "A New Initialization Scheme for Evolutionary Optimization Methods," 10th World Multi Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI-2006), Orlando, USA, July 2006.

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An Elliptical Level Set Method for Automatic TRUS Prostate Image Segmentation

An Elliptical Level Set Method for Automatic TRUS Prostate Image Segmentation

N.N. Kachouie, P. Fieguth, S. Rahnamayan, "An Elliptical Level Set Method for Automatic TRUS Prostate Image Segmentation," {6th IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT-2006)}, Vancouver, Canada, Aug. 2006, pp. 191-196.

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Differential Evolution with Fittest Individual Local Tuning

Differential Evolution with Fittest Individual Local Tuning

E. Jonasson and S. Rahnamayan, "Differential Evolution with Fittest Individual Local Tuning," 10th World Multi Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI-2006), Orlando, USA, July 2006.

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Opposite of Random Number Instead of Second Random Number

Opposite of Random Number Instead of Second Random Number

S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, M.M.A Salama, "Opposite of Random Number Instead of Second Random Number," Abstract in 6th Annual MOPTA Conference, Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, July 2006 (abstract).

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Opposition-Based Evolutionary Algorithms

Opposition-Based Evolutionary Algorithms

S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, M.M.A Salama, "Opposition-Based Evolutionary Algorithms," Abstract in 6th Annual MOPTA Conference, Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, July 2006 (abstract).

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Image Thresholding Using Differential Evolution

Image Thresholding Using Differential Evolution

S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, M.M.A. Salama, "Image Thresholding Using Differential Evolution," International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition (IPCV-2006), Las Vegas, USA, June 2006, pp. 244-249.

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Opposition-Based Differential Evolution Algorithms

Opposition-Based Differential Evolution Algorithms

S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, M.M.A. Salama, "Opposition-Based Differential Evolution Algorithms," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC-2006), Vancouver, July 2006, pp. 2010-2017.

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Opposition-Based Differential Evolution for Optimization of Noisy Problems

Opposition-Based Differential Evolution for Optimization of Noisy Problems

S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, M.M. A. Salama, "Opposition-Based Differential Evolution for Optimization of Noisy Problems," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC-2006), Vancouver, July 2006, pp. 1865-1872.

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Recognition of Subjective Objects Based on One Gold Sample

Recognition of Subjective Objects Based on One Gold Sample

S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, M.M.A Salama, "Recognition of Subjective Objects Based on One Gold Sample," 5th WSEAS International Conference on Signal, Speech and Image Processing, Corfu, Greece, Aug. 2005, pp. 309-314.

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Optimization of Object Extraction Based on One User-Prepared Sample

Optimization of Object Extraction Based on One User-Prepared Sample

S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, M.M.A Salama, "Optimization of Object Extraction Based on One User-Prepared Sample," Abstract in 5th Annual MOPTA Conference, Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada, July 2005 (abstract).

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Robust Object Segmentation Using Genetic Optimization of Morphological Processing Chains

Robust Object Segmentation Using Genetic Optimization of Morphological Processing Chains

S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, M.M.A Salama, "Robust Object Segmentation Using Genetic Optimization of Morphological Processing Chains," 5th WSEAS International Conference on Signal, Speech and Image Processing, Corfu, Greece, Aug. 2005, pp. 248-253.

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Learning Image Filtering from a Gold Sample Based on Genetic Optimization of Morphological Procedure

Learning Image Filtering from a Gold Sample Based on Genetic Optimization of Morphological Procedure

S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, M. Salama, "Learning Image Filtering from a Gold Sample Based on Genetic Optimization of Morphological Procedure," 7th International Conference on Adaptive and Natural Computing Algorithms (ICANNGA-2005), SpringerComputerScience, Coimbra, Portugal, March 2005, pp. 478-481.

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Learning Autoencoded Radon Projections

Learning Autoencoded Radon Projections

A. Sriram, S. Kalra, H.R. Tizhoosh, S. Rahnamayan, "Learning Autoencoded Radon Projections," 2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2017), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Nov. 27 - Dec 1, 2017.


Opposition-based Ensemble Micro-Differential Evolution

Opposition-based Ensemble Micro-Differential Evolution

H. Salehinejad, S. Rahnamayan, H.R. Tizhoosh, "Opposition-based Ensemble Micro-Differential Evolution," 2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2017), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Nov. 27 - Dec 1, 2017.


Enhancing Discrete Differential Evolution by Conducting Election

Enhancing Discrete Differential Evolution by Conducting Election

S. Mahdavi, S. Rahnamayan, "Enhancing Discrete Differential Evolution by Conducting Election," 2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2017), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Nov. 27 - Dec 1, 2017.


Differential Evolution with Center-based Mutation for Large-scale Optimization

Differential Evolution with Center-based Mutation for Large-scale Optimization

H. Hiba, S. Mahdavi, S. Rahnamayan, "Differential Evolution with Center-based Mutation for Large-scale Optimization," 2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2017), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Nov. 27 - Dec 1, 2017.


Differential Evolution with Self-adaptive Mutation Scaling Factor

Differential Evolution with Self-adaptive Mutation Scaling Factor

H. Hiba, S. Mahdavi, S. Rahnamayan, "Differential Evolution with Self-adaptive Mutation Scaling Factor," 2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2017), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Nov. 27 - Dec 1, 2017.