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Printedonacid-freepaper ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbytheregisteredcompanySpringerInternationalPublishingAG partofSpringerNature Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,Switzerland Volume Editors Kevin Sim Francisco Fernández de Vega Edinburgh Napier University University of Extremadura UK Spain [email protected] [email protected] Paul Kaufmann Kyrre Glette Mainz University University of Oslo Germany Norway [email protected] kyrrehg@ifi.uio.no Gerd Ascheid J. Ignacio Hidalgo RWTH Aachen University Universidad Complutense de Madrid Germany Spain [email protected] [email protected] Jaume Bacardit Julien Hubert Newcastle University Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam UK Netherlands [email protected] [email protected] Stefano Cagnoni Giovanni Iacca University of Parma RWTH Aachen University Italy Germany [email protected] [email protected] Carlos Cotta Oliver Kramer Universidad de Málaga University of Oldenburg Spain Germany [email protected] [email protected] Fabio D’Andreagiovanni Michalis Mavrovouniotis CNRS, UTC - Sorbonne University Nottingham Trent University France UK [email protected] [email protected] Federico Divina Antonio M. Mora García Universidad Pablo de Olavide Sevilla Universidad Internacional de La Rioja Spain Spain [email protected] [email protected] Anna I. Esparcia-Alcázar Trung Thanh Nguyen Universitat Politècnica de València Liverpool John Moores University Spain UK [email protected] [email protected] VI Volume Editors Robert Schaefer Neil Urquhart AGH University of Science Edinburgh Napier University and Technology UK Poland [email protected] [email protected] Mengjie Zhang Sara Silva Victoria University of Wellington Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade New Zealand de Lisboa [email protected] Portugal [email protected] Alberto Tonda INRA France [email protected] Preface This volume contains the proceedings of EvoApplications 2018, the International Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation. The event was held in Parma, Italy, during April 4–6. EvoAPPS,asitisfamiliarlycalled,ispartofEvo*,theleadingeventonbio-inspired computation in Europe. EvoAPPS aimed to show the applications of the research, ranging from proofs of concept to industrial case studies. At the same time, under the Evo* umbrella, EuroGP focused on the technique of genetic programming, EvoCOP targeted evolutionary computation in combinatorial optimization, and EvoMUSART was dedicated to evolved and bio-inspired music, sound, art and design. The pro- ceedings for all of these co-located events are available in the LNCS series. This edition combines research from 14 different domains: business analytics and finance (EvoBAFIN track); computational biology (EvoBIO track); communication networks and other parallel and distributed systems (EvoCOMNET track); complex systems (EvoCOMPLEX track); energy-related optimization (EvoENERGY track); gamesandmulti-agentsystems(EvoGAMEStrack);imageanalysis,signalprocessing, and pattern recognition (EvoIASP track); real-world industrial and commercial envi- ronments (EvoINDUSTRY track); knowledge incorporation in evolutionary compu- tation (EvoKNOW track); continuous parameter optimization (EvoNUM track); parallel architectures and distributed infrastructures (EvoPAR track); evolutionary robotics (EvoROBOT track); nature-inspired algorithms in software engineering and testing (EvoSET track); and stochastic and dynamic environments (EvoSTOC track). Thisyearwereceived84high-qualitysubmissions,mostofthemwellsuitedtofitin morethanonetrack.Weselected36papersforfulloralpresentation,whileafurther23 works were presented as posters. All contributions, regardless of the presentation format, appear as full papers in this volume (LNCS 10784). Manypeoplecontributedtothisedition:Weexpressourgratitudetotheauthorsfor submitting their works, and to the members of the Program Committees for devoting such a big effort to review papers pressed by our tight schedule. The papers were submitted, reviewed, and selected through the MyReview conference management system, and we are grateful to Marc Schoenauer (Inria, Saclay-Île-de-France, France) for providing, hosting, and managing the platform. We would also like to thank the local organizing team led by Stefano Cagnoni and MonicaMordoninifromtheUniversityofParma,Italy,forprovidingsuchanenticing venue and arranging an array of additional activities for delegates. We would like to acknowledge Pablo García Sánchez (University of Cádiz, Spain) for his continued support in maintaining the Evo* website and handling publicity. Wecredittheinvitedkeynotespeakers,Una-MayO’Reilly(MITComputerScience and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, USA) and Penousal Machado (Computational Design and Visualization Lab at the University of Coimbra, Portugal), for their fascinating and inspiring presentations. VIII Preface WearegratefultothesupportprovidedbySPECIES,theSocietyforthePromotion of Evolutionary Computation in Europe and Its Surroundings, and its individual members (Marc Schoenauer, President; Anna I. Esparcia-Alcázar, Secretary and Vice-President; Wolfgang Banzhaf, Treasurer) for the coordination and financial administration. Andlastbutnotleast,weexpressourcontinuedappreciationtoJenniferWilliesfor herongoing supportand expertise as oneof thefoundingorganizers of Evo* andalso to Anna I Esparcia-Alcázar, from Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, whose considerable efforts in managing and coordinating Evo* helped to build our unique, vibrant, and friendly atmosphere. February 2018 Kevin Sim Giovanni Iacca Paul Kaufmann Michael Kampouridis Gerd Ascheid Oliver Kramer Jaume Bacardit Michalis Mavrovouniotis Stefano Cagnoni Antonio M. Mora García Carlos Cotta Trung Thanh Nguyen Fabio D’Andreagiovanni Fernando Otero Federico Divina Robert Schaefer Anna I. Esparcia-Alcázar Sara Silva Francisco Fernández de Vega Alberto Tonda Kyrre Glette Neil Urquhart Julien Hubert Mengjie Zhang J. Ignacio Hidalgo Organization EvoApplications Coordinator Kevin Sim Edinburgh Napier University, UK EvoApplications Publication Chair Paul Kaufmann Mainz University, Germany Local Chairs Stefano Cagnoni University of Parma, Italy Monica Mordonini University of Parma, Italy Publicity Chair Pablo García Sánchez University of Cádiz, Spain EvoBAFIN Chairs Michael Kampouridis University of Kent, UK Fernando Otero University of Kent, UK EvoBIO Chairs Federico Divina Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain Jaume Bacardit Newcastle University, UK EvoCOMNET Chairs Fabio D’Andreagiovanni CNRS, UTC - Sorbonne University, France Giovanni Iacca RWTH Aachen University, Germany EvoCOMPLEX Chairs Carlos Cotta Universidad de Málaga, Spain Robert Schaefer AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland EvoENERGY Chairs Paul Kaufmann Mainz University, Germany Oliver Kramer University of Oldenburg, Germany