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PhD Dissertation

  • Metaheurísticas e Ingeniería del Software. Dirigido por Enrique Alba Torres, Departamento de Lenguajes y Ciencias de la Computación, Universidad de Málaga. Defendido el 16 de Noviembre de 2007 (oustanding dissertation award at Univeristy of Málaga) pdf bib bib

Final Degree Project

  • Técnicas de Optimización Modernas para Problemas Complejos. Conducted by Enrique Alba, Departamento de Lenguajes y Ciencias de la Computación, University of Málaga. Defended on May 5th of 2003 pdf bib

Journals

  1. J. Ferrer, Peter M. Kruse, F. Chicano, E. Alba, Search based algorithms for test sequence generation in functional testing, Information and Software Technology (in press) New!
  2. D. Whitley, A. M. Sutton, G. Ochoa, F. Chicano, The component model for elementary landscapes and partial neighborhoods, Theoretical Computer Science 545: 59-75, 2014 New!
  3. F. Chicano, A. M. Sutton, L. D. Whitley, E. Alba, Fitness Probability Distribution of Bit-Flip Mutation, Evolutionary Computation Journal 22(4) New!
  4. F. Chicano, D. Whitley, E. Alba, Exact computation of the expectation surfaces for uniform crossover along with bit-flip mutation, Theoretical Computer Science 545: 76-93, 2014 New!
  5. F. Luna, D. González-Álvarez, F. Chicano, M. A. Vega-Rodríguez, The Software Project Scheduling Problem: a scalability analysis of multi-objective metaheuristics, Applied Soft Computing 15: 136-148 New!
  6. J. Ferrer, F. Chicano, E. Alba, Estimating software testing complexity, Information and Software Technology, 55(12):2125-2139 pdf New!
  7. A. M. Sutton, F. Chicano, L. D. Whitley, Fitness Function Distributions over Generalized Search Neighborhoods in the q-ary Hypercube, Evolutionary Computation, 21(4): 561-590, 2013 New!
  8. F. Luna, F. Chicano, E. Alba, Robust solutions for the software project scheduling problem: a preliminary analysis, International Journal of Metaheuristics, 2(1):56-79
  9. F. Chicano, G. Luque, E. Alba, Autocorrelation Measures for the Quadratic Assignment Problem, Applied Mathematics Letters, 25(4):698-705 pdf
  10. J. Ferrer, F.Chicano, E. Alba, Evolutionary Algorithms for the Multi-Objective Test Data Generation Problem, Software: Practice & Experience, (ISSN: 1097-024X) 42(11):1331-1362
  11. F. Chicano, L. D. Whitley, and E. Alba, A Methodology to Find the Elementary Landscape Decomposition of Combinatorial Optimization Problems, Evolutionary Computation Journal 19(4):597-637 (ISSN: 1063-6560)
  12. F. Chicano, and E. Alba, Elementary Landscape Decomposition of the 0-1 Unconstrained Quadratic Optimization, Journal of Heuristics, (ISSN:1381-1231 ) 19(4):711-728 pdf
  13. F. Chicano, L. D. Whitley, E. Alba, and F. Luna, Elementary landscape decomposition of the frequency assignment problem, Theoretical Computer Science 412(43): 6002-6019 (ISSN: 0304-3975) pdf
  14. J. Ferrer, F. Chicano, and E. Alba, Correlation between static measures and code coverage in evolutionary test data generation, International Journal of Software Engineering and its Applications, 4(4): 57-79, (ISSN: 1738-9984)
  15. F. Chicano and E. Alba, Testing Concurrent Software with Ants, ERCIM News 75, pp. 30-31, October 2008, (ISSN: 0926-4981) bib
  16. F. Chicano and E. Alba, Ant Colony Optimization with Partial Order Reduction for Discovering Safety Property Violations in Concurrent Models, Information Processing Letters, 106 (6): 221-231, (ISSN: 0020-0190) pdf bib
  17. E. Alba and F. Chicano, Observations in using Parallel and Sequential Evolutionary Algorithms for Automatic Software Testing, Computers & Operations Research, 35 (10): 3161-3183, (ISSN: 0305-0548) pdf bib
  18. E. Alba and F. Chicano, Software Project Management with GAs, Information Sciences, 177 (11):2380-2401, (ISSN: 0020-0255) pdf bib
  19. E. Alba and F. Chicano, On the Behavior of Parallel Genetic Algorithms for Optimal Placement of Antennae in Telecommunications, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, 16(2):343-359, April 2005, (ISSN: 0129-0541) pdf bib

Edited books

  1. E. Alba, F. Chicano, F. Herrera, F. Luna, G. Luque, and A.J. Nebro (editors), Actas de las I Jornadas sobre algoritmos evolutivos y bioinspirados (JAEM), Thomson, 2007 bib
  2. E. Alba, F. Chicano, F. Luna, G. Luque (editors), Actas del VI Congreso Español sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados (MAEB 2009) bib

Book Chapters

  1. E. Alba, J. F. Chicano, F. Luna, G. Luque, A.J. Nebro, Advanced Evolutionary Algorithms for Training Neural Networks, S. Olariu, A. Y. Zomaya. (eds.) Handbook of Bioinspired Algorithms and Applications, chapter 26, pp. 451-465, 2005 (ISBN: 1-58488-475-4) bib
  2. E. Alba, J.F. Chicano, C. Cotta, B. Dorronsoro, F. Luna, G. Luque, A.J. Nebro, Metaheurísticas Secuenciales y Paralelas para Optimización de Problemas Complejos, Gonzalo Joya Caparrós, Miguel Atencia Ruiz, Alberto Ochoa Rodríguez, Sira Allende Alonso (Coords.) Optimización Inteligente. Técnicas de Inteligencia Computacional para Optimización,, chapter 5, pp. 185-214, Universidad de Málaga. Servicio de Publicaciones e Intercambio Científico, July 2004 (ISBN: 84-9747-034-6) bib
  3. E. Alba, F. Chicano, S. Nesmachnow, H. Cancela, Parallel Metaheuristics in Telecommunications, E. Alba (editor) Parallel Metaheuristics. A New Class of Algorithms, chapter 20, pp. 495-516, Wiley, October 2005 (ISBN: 0-471-67806-6) bib
  4. E. Alba and F. Chicano, Genetic Algorithms, E. Alba and R. Martí (eds.) Metaheuristic Procedures for Training Neural Networks, chapter 6, Springer, 2006 (ISBN: 0-387-33415-7) bib
  5. G. Molina, F. Chicano, E. Alba, Optimal Location of Antennae in Telecommunication Networks, Optimization Techniques for Solving Complex Problems, Wiley, 2008 bib
  6. J. García-Nieto, F. Chicano, E. Alba, ROS: Remote Optimization Service, Optimization Techniques for Solving Complex Problems, Wiley, 2008 bib
  7. F. Chicano, E. Alba, Debugging Concurrent Programs using Metaheuristics, Software Engineering and Development, pp. 193-222, 2009, Nova Publishers (ISBN: 978-1-60692-146-3) bib

Conference Papers

  1. E. Alba, C.Cotta, F. Chicano, A.J. Nebro, Parallel Evolutionary Algorithms in Telecommunications: Two Case Studies, CACIC'02, Buenos Aires (ARG), 2002 pdf bib
  2. E. Alba, A.J. Nebro, F. Chicano, Heterogeneidad, WAN y Nuevas Aplicaciones de los Algoritmos Evolutivos Paralelos, Alba E. et al. (eds.), Actas del Primer Congreso Español de Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados (AEB'02), Mérida, pp. 402-409, 2002 (ISBN: 84-607-3913-9) pdf bibbib
  3. E. Alba, J. F. Chicano, B. Dorronsoro, G. Luque, Diseño de Códigos Correctores de Errores con Algoritmos Genéticos Congreso Español de Metaheurísticos, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados 2004 (MAEB04), pp. 51-58, Córdoba, España (ISBN: 84-688-4224-9) pdf bibbib
  4. E. Alba, J. F. Chicano, Solving the Error Correctring Code Problem with Parallel Hybrid Heuristics Symposium on Applied Computing 2004 (SAC04), pp. 985-989, Nicosia, Cyprus (ISBN: 1-58113-812-1) pdf bibbib
  5. E. Alba, J. F. Chicano, Training Neural Networks with GA Hybrid Algorithms Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2004), LNCS 3102, pp. 852-863, Seattle, Washington pdf bibbib
  6. E. Alba, J. F. Chicano, Management of Software Projects with GAs The 6th Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC-2005), pp. 13-18, Vienna, Austria pdf bibbib
  7. E. Alba, J. F. Chicano, Software Testing with Evolutionary Strategies The 2nd Workshop on Rapid Integration of Software Engineering Techniques (RISE05), LNCS 3943, pp. 50-65, September, 2005, Heraklion, Greece pdf bibbib
  8. E. Alba, F. Chicano, Evolutionary Algorithms in Telecommunications The 13th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2006), Benalmádena, Málaga, Spain pdf bib bib
  9. E. Alba, G. Molina, F. Chicano, Optimal Placement of Antennae using Metaheuristics Sixth International Conference on Numerical Methods and Applications (NM&A 06), LNCS 4310, pp. 214-222, Borovets, Bulgaria pdf bib
  10. E. Alba, F. Chicano, S. Janson, Testeo de Software con dos Técnicas Metaheurísticas, Jornadas de Ingeniería del Software y Bases de Datos 2006, pp. 109-118, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain pdf bibbib
  11. E. Alba, J. G. Nieto, F. Chicano, ROS: Servicio de Optimización Remota, Jornadas de Ingeniería del Software y Bases de Datos 2006, pp. 508-513, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain pdf bibbib
  12. E. Alba, F. Chicano, Una Versión de ACO para Problemas con Grafos de muy Gran Extensión, Quinto Congreso de Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados (MAEB 2007), ISBN: 978-84-690-3470-5, pp. 741-748, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, España pdf bibbib
  13. E. Alba, F. Chicano, Ant Colony Optimization for Model Checking, Eleventh International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory (EUROCAST 2007), LNCS 4739, pp. 523-530, Gran Canaria, España pdf bibbib
  14. E. Alba, F. Chicano, Finding Safety Errors with ACO, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO07), pp. 1066-1073, London, UK (nominación a mejor artículo) pdf bibbib Poster
  15. E. Alba, F. Chicano, ACOhg: Dealing with Huge Graphs, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO07), pp. 10-17, London, UK pdf bibbib
  16. J. García-Nieto, E. Alba, F. Chicano, Using Metaheuristic Algorithms Remotely via ROS, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO07), p. 1510, London, UK pdf bib
  17. A. J. Nebro, E. Alba, G. Molina, F. Chicano, F. Luna, J. J. Durillo, Optimal Antenna Placement Using a New Multi-Objective CHC Algorithm, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO07), pp. 876-883, London, UK pdf bib
  18. M. Ferreira, F. Chicano, E. Alba, J. A. Gómez-Pulido, Detecting protocol errors using particle swarm optimization with Java Pathfinder, High Performance Computing & Simulation Conference (HPCS08), pp. 319-325, Nicosia, Cyprus pdf bib
  19. F. Chicano, E. Alba, Finding Liveness Errors with ACO, World Conference on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2008), pp. 3002-3009, Hong Kong, China pdf bibbib
  20. F. Chicano, E. Alba, Searching for Liveness Property Violations in Concurrent Systems with ACO, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO08), pp. 1727-1734, Atlanta, USA pdf bibbib
  21. E. Alba, F. Chicano, M. Ferreira, J. Gómez-Pulido, Finding deadlocks in large concurrent java programs using genetic algorithms, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO08), pp. 1735-1742, Atlanta, USA pdf bib
  22. F. Chicano, E. Alba, Ant Colony Optimization for Testing Concurrent Systems: Analysis of Scalability, International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing (META'08), Hammamet, Tunisia pdf bibbib
  23. F. Chicano, E. Alba, Búsqueda de errores en programas usando Java PathFinder y ACOhg, VI Congreso Español sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos evolutivos y Bioinspirados (MAEB 2009), Málaga, Spain pdf bibbib
  24. F. Chicano, E. Alba, Ant Colony Optimization in Model Checking, Taller de apoyo a la decisión en Ingeniería del Software, SISTEDES 3(1), pp. 25-36, 2009 (ISSN: 1988–3455), San Sebastián, Spain pdf bib
  25. F. Chicano, E. Alba, On the Correlation between Static Measures and Code Coverage using Evolutionary Test Case Generation, Taller de apoyo a la decisión en Ingeniería del Software, SISTEDES 3(1), pp. 50-61, 2009 (ISSN: 1988–3455), San Sebastián, Spain pdf bib bib
  26. J. Ferrer, F. Chicano, E. Alba, Dealing with Inheritance in OO Evolutionary Testing, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO09), pp. 1665-1672, Montréal, Canada pdfbib bib
  27. L. Darrell Whitley, F. Chicano, E. Alba, Elementary Landscapes of Frequency Assignment Problems, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO10), pp. 1409-1416, Portland, OR, USA pdfbib
  28. F. Chicano, G. Luque, E. Alba, Elementary Landscape Decomposition of the Quadratic Assignment Problem, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO10), pp. 1425-1432, Portland, OR, USA pdfbibbib
  29. F. Chicano, E. Alba, Descomposición en landscapes elementales del problema de la suma de subconjunto, VII Congreso Español sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos evolutivos y Bioinspirados (MAEB 2010), pp. 651-658, Valencia, Spain pdf bib
  30. F. Chicano, E. Alba, Exact Computation of the Expectation Curves of the Bit-Flip Mutation using Landscapes Theory, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO11), pp. 2027-2034, Dublin, Irelandpdf bib
  31. F. Chicano, F. Luna, A. J. Nebro, E. Alba, A Multi-objective Approach to the Software Project Scheduling Problem, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO11), pp. 1915-1922 (best paper nomination), Dublin, Ireland
  32. F.Chicano, J. Ferrer, E. Alba, Elementary Landscape Decomposition of the Test Suite Minimization Problem, Symposium on Search Based Software Engineering (SSBSE 2011), LNCS 6956, pp. 48-63, Szeged, Hungary pdfbib
  33. F.Chicano, M. Ferreira, E. Alba, Comparing Metaheuristic Algorithms for Error Detection in Java Programs, Symposium on Search Based Software Engineering (SSBSE 2011), LNCS 6956, pp. 82-96, Szeged, Hungary pdfbib
  34. J. Ferrer, F. Chicano, E. Alba, Benchmark Generator for Software Testers, International Conference EANN 2011, pp. 378-388, Corfu, Greece
  35. F. Luna, D. González-Álvarez, F. Chicano and M. A. Vega-Rodríguez, On the Scalability of Multi-Objective Metaheuristics for the Software Scheduling Problem, Intelligent System Design and Applications (ISDA 2011), pp. 1110-1115 (best general session paper award), Córdoba, Spain pdf bib
  36. D. Whitley and F. Chicano, Quasi-Elementary Landscapes and Superpositions of Elementary Landscapes, Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN Conference (LION 6), LNCS 7219, pp. 277-291, Paris, France pdf
  37. F. Chicano, E. Alba, Teoría de Landscapes en Optimización Combinatoria: Resultados Recientes y Herramienta Software, Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados (MAEB 2012), Albacete, Spain pdf bib
  38. F. Chicano, A. Cervantes, F. Luna and G. Recio, A Novel Multiobjective Formulation of the Robust Software Project Scheduling Problem, EvoApplications 2012, LNCS 7248, pp. 497-507, Málaga, Spain pdf ppt
  39. F. Chicano and E. Alba, Exact Computation of the Fitness-Distance Correlation for Pseudoboolean Functions with One Global Optimum, EvoCOP 2012, LNCS 7245, pp. 111-123 (best paper award), Málaga, Spain pdf ppt
  40. J. Ferrer, Peter M. Kruse, F. Chicano and E. Alba, Evolutionary algorithm for prioritized pairwise test data generation, GECCO 2012, pp. 1213-1220 (best paper nomination), Philadelphia, USA pdf
  41. F. Chicano, D. Whitley and E. Alba, Exact computation of the expectation curves for uniform crossover, GECCO 2012, pp. 1301-1308, Philadelphia, USA pdf ppt
  42. F. Chicano, F. Daolio, G. Ochoa, S. Vérel, M. Tomassini, E. Alba, Local Optima Networks, Landscape Autocorrelation and Heuristic Search Performance, PPSN 2012, LNCS 7492, pp. 337-347, Taormina, Italy pdf Poster
  43. F. Arito, F. Chicano, E. Alba, On the Application of SAT Solvers to the Test Suite Minimization Problem, SSBSE 2012, LNCS 7515, pp. 45-59, Riva del Garda, Italy pdf ppt
  44. F. Chicano, G. Luque, E. Alba, Problem Understanding through Landscape Theory, Workshop of Problem Understanding and Real-World Optimization in GECCO 2013, GECCO companion, pp. 1055-1062, Amsterdam, The Netherlands pdf ppt New!
  45. R. E. Lopez-Herrejon, F. Chicano, J. Ferrer, A. Egyed, E. Alba, Multi-Objective Optimal Test Suite Computation for Software Product Line Pairwise Testing, IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance 2013, Eindhoven, The Netherlands New!
  46. D. Whitley, F. Chicano, Elementary Landscape Decomposition of the Hamiltonian Path Problem, EvoCOP 2014, pp. 121-132, Granada, Spain New!
  47. R. E. Lopez-Herrejon, J. Ferrer, F. Chicano, A. Egyed, E. Alba Comparative Analysis of Classical Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms and Seeding Strategies for Pairwise Testing of Software Product Lines , CEC 2014, pp. 387-396, Beiging, China New!
  48. R. E. Lopez-Herrejon, J. Ferrer, F. Chicano, E. N. Haslinger, A. Egyed, E. Alba A Parallel Evolutionary Algorithm for Prioritized Pairwise Testing of Software Product Lines , GECCO 2014, pp. 1255-1262, Vancouver, Canada New!
  49. F. Chicano, D. Whitley, A. M. Sutton Efficient Identification of Improving Moves in a Ball for Pseudo-Boolean Problems , GECCO 2014, pp. 437-444, Vancouver, Canada New!

Talks

  1. Elementary Landscape Decomposition of Combinatorial Optimization Problems, in Evolutionary Algorithms - Challenges in Theory and Practice (workshop), INRIA (Bourdeaux), 2010 bib
  2. Elementary Landscape Decomposition of Combinatorial Optimization Problems, in the seminar Theory of Evolutionary Algorithms (10361), Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, 2010 bib
  3. What information can we obtain from Landscape Theory?, in the seminar Theory of Evolutionary Algorithms (13271), Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, 2013 bib New!
  4. Recent Research on Search Based Software Testing, invited talk in the CS Colloquium Series of the Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, 2013 bib New!
  5. A Methodology to find the Elementary Landscape Decomposition of Combinatorial Optimization Problems, keywork talk in MAEB 2013 (CEDI 2013), Madrid, Spain, 2013 bib New!
  6. On the Application of SAT solvers for Search Based Software Testing, invited talk in the Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, july 2014 bib New!