Advances in Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization and Control in Engineering and Sciences

<p><strong>Algorithmic topics:</strong><br></p><p>. Metaheuristics and Evolutionary Algorithms (including Evolutionary Programming, Evolution Strategies, Genetic Algorithms, Memetic Algorithms and Artificial Immune Systems, etc.)&nbsp;<br>. Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms and Constraint Handling Techniques&nbsp;<br>. Adjoint based and One-shot Methods&nbsp;<br>. Hybrid Optimisation methods (Gradient Based Methods, Combinatorial Optimization Methods, etc.)&nbsp;<br>. High Performance Computing and GPUs based Optimisation Algorithms&nbsp;<br>. Goal oriented optimization for mesh and meshless methods&nbsp;<br>. Game Strategies&nbsp;<br>. Surrogate Models for Optimisation&nbsp;<br>. Parallel and distributed Evolutionary Algorithms (from LANs to GRID)&nbsp;<br>. Multi-disciplinary Optimization Methods&nbsp;<br>. Design Optimisation under Uncertainties&nbsp;<br>. Multi-criteria Decision Making&nbsp;<br>. Topology Optimization</p><p><strong>Major applications areas:</strong></p><p>. Aeronautics, Aerospace, and Space&nbsp;<br>. Agriculture and Food Production&nbsp;<br>. Automotive&nbsp;<br>. Bio Engineering and Medicine&nbsp;<br>. CAD and Manufacturing&nbsp;<br>. Civil and Structural Engineering&nbsp;<br>. Economics and Finance&nbsp;<br>. Electromagnetics&nbsp;<br>. Electronics&nbsp;<br>. Energy, including Renewable Energy&nbsp;<br>. Environment&nbsp;<br>. Genetics&nbsp;<br>. Material Science and Technology&nbsp;<br>. Offshores, Coastal and Marine Engineering and Operations&nbsp;<br>. RAMS Analysis&nbsp;<br>. Risk Analysis&nbsp;<br>. Smart Materials and Structures&nbsp;<br>. Social Sciences and Politics&nbsp;<br>. Telecommunications&nbsp;</p>