@book{cotta2018pd,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Programación Dinámica: Introducción y Ejercicios Resueltos},
  publisher = {UMA Editorial},
  address = {Málaga},
  year = {2018},
  edition = {2},
  note = {2da. edición, 2021}
}

@book{neri2012memetic,
  author = {Neri, F. and Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {Handbook of Memetic Algorithms},
  series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume = {379},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2012},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-23247-3}
}

@book{cotta2008evolutionary,
  author = {Cotta, C. and van Hemert, J.},
  title = {Recent Advances in Evolutionary Computation for Combinatorial Optimization},
  series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume = {153},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  year = {2008},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-70807-0}
}

@book{cotta2008adaptive,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Sevaux, M. and S{\"o}rensen, K.},
  title = {Adaptive and Multilevel Metaheuristics},
  series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume = {136},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2008},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-79438-7}
}

@book{cotta2008knowledge,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Reich, S. and Schaefer, R. and Ligeza, A.},
  title = {Knowledge-Driven Computing -- Knowledge Engineering and Intelligent Computations},
  series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume = {102},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2008},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-77475-4}
}

@proceedings{caepia2021-2,
  editor = {Alba, E. and Chicano, F. and Luque, G. and Gil-Merino, R. and Cotta, C. and Camacho, D. and Ojeda-Aciego, M. and Montes, S. and Troncoso, A. and Riquelme, J. and Onaindia, E. and del Jesús, M.J. and Gámez, J.A. and Bugarín, A. and Marcos, M. and Ledezma, A. and Llerena, J.P. and Echanobe, J. and Toutouh, J. and Muiños, S.},
  title = {XIX Conferencia de la Asociación Española para la Inteligencia Artificial CAEPIA 20/21},
  address = {Málaga (Spain)},
  year = {2021},
  url = {https://caepia20-21.uma.es/inicio_files/caepia20-21-actas.pdf},
  isbn = {978-84-09-30514-8}
}

@proceedings{caepia2021-1,
  editor = {Alba, Enrique and Luque, Gabriel and Chicano, Francisco and Cotta, Carlos and Camacho, David and Ojeda{-}Aciego, Manuel and Montes, Susana and Troncoso, Alicia and Riquelme, Jos{\'{e}} C. and Gil{-}Merino, Rodrigo},
  title = {Advances in Artificial Intelligence - 19th Conference of the Spanish
                    Association for Artificial Intelligence, {CAEPIA} 2020/2021, M{\'{a}}laga,
                    Spain, September 22-24, 2021, Proceedings},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {12882},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-85713-4},
  isbn = {978-3-030-85712-7}
}

@proceedings{foci2013,
  editor = {Ojeda, M. and Cotta, C. and Franco, L.},
  title = {Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computational Intelligence (FoCI 2013)},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  address = {Singapore},
  year = {2013},
  isbn = {978-1-4673-5901-6},
  url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/6588679/proceeding}
}

@proceedings{gameon2012,
  editor = {Fernández-Leiva, A.J. and Cotta, C. and {Lara Cabrera}, R.},
  title = {Proceedings of GAME-ON'2012},
  publisher = {Eurosis},
  address = {Málaga, Spain},
  year = {2012},
  isbn = {978-90-77381-74-8},
  url = {https://www.eurosis.org/cms/files/proceedings_full/GAMEON2012.deel1_2.11.12.pdf}
}

@proceedings{eurogp2012,
  editor = {Moraglio, Alberto and Silva, Sara and Krawiec, Krzysztof and Machado, Penousal and Cotta, Carlos},
  title = {Genetic Programming - 15th European Conference, EuroGP 2012, M{\'{a}}laga,
                    Spain, April 11-13, 2012. Proceedings},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {7244},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2012},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-29139-5},
  isbn = {978-3-642-29138-8}
}

@proceedings{evow2012,
  editor = {Chio, Cecilia Di and Agapitos, Alexandros and Cagnoni, Stefano and Cotta, Carlos and de Vega, Francisco Fern{\'{a}}ndez and Caro, Gianni A. Di and Drechsler, Rolf and Ek{\'{a}}rt, Anik{\'{o}} and Esparcia{-}Alc{\'{a}}zar, Anna Isabel and Farooq, Muddassar and Langdon, William B. and Guerv{\'{o}}s, Juan Juli{\'{a}}n Merelo and Preuss, Mike and Richter, Hendrik and Silva, Sara and Sim{\~{o}}es, Anabela and Squillero, Giovanni and Tarantino, Ernesto and Tettamanzi, Andrea and Togelius, Julian and Urquhart, Neil and Uyar, Sima and Yannakakis, Georgios N.},
  title = {Applications of Evolutionary Computation - EvoApplications 2012: EvoCOMNET,
                    EvoCOMPLEX, EvoFIN, EvoGAMES, EvoHOT, EvoIASP, EvoNUM, EvoPAR, EvoRISK,
                    EvoSTIM, and EvoSTOC, M{\'{a}}laga, Spain, April 11-13, 2012,
                    Proceedings},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {7248},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2012},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-29178-4},
  isbn = {978-3-642-29177-7}
}

@proceedings{evow2011,
  editor = {Chio, Cecilia Di and Cagnoni, Stefano and Cotta, Carlos and Ebner, Marc and Ek{\'{a}}rt, Anik{\'{o}} and Esparcia{-}Alc{\'{a}}zar, Anna and Guerv{\'{o}}s, Juan Juli{\'{a}}n Merelo and Neri, Ferrante and Preuss, Mike and Richter, Hendrik and Togelius, Julian and Yannakakis, Georgios N.},
  title = {Applications of Evolutionary Computation - EvoApplications 2011: EvoCOMPLEX,
                    EvoGAMES, EvoIASP, EvoINTELLIGENCE, EvoNUM, and EvoSTOC, Torino, Italy,
                    April 27-29, 2011, Proceedings, Part {I}},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {6624},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2011},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-20525-5},
  isbn = {978-3-642-20524-8}
}

@proceedings{sports2011,
  editor = {{Merelo Guervós}, J.J. and Cotta, C. and Mora, A.M.},
  title = {1st International Workshop on Complex Systems in Sports},
  address = {Paris (France)},
  year = {2011},
  url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.1262}
}

@proceedings{foci2011,
  editor = {Ojeda, M. and Cotta, C. and Franco, L.},
  title = {Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computational Intelligence (FoCI 2011)},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  address = {Paris (France)},
  year = {2011},
  isbn = {978-1-4244-9982-3},
  url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/5938286/proceeding}
}

@proceedings{evow2010,
  editor = {Chio, Cecilia Di and Cagnoni, Stefano and Cotta, Carlos and Ebner, Marc and Ek{\'{a}}rt, Anik{\'{o}} and Esparcia{-}Alc{\'{a}}zar, Anna and Goh, Chi Keong and Guerv{\'{o}}s, Juan Juli{\'{a}}n Merelo and Neri, Ferrante and Preuss, Mike and Togelius, Julian and Yannakakis, Georgios N.},
  title = {Applications of Evolutionary Computation, EvoApplicatons 2010: EvoCOMPLEX,
                    EvoGAMES, EvoIASP, EvoINTELLIGENCE, EvoNUM, and EvoSTOC, Istanbul,
                    Turkey, April 7-9, 2010, Proceedings, Part {I}},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {6024},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2010},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-12239-2},
  isbn = {978-3-642-12238-5}
}

@proceedings{ppsn2010-1,
  editor = {Schaefer, Robert and Cotta, Carlos and Kolodziej, Joanna and Rudolph, G{\"{u}}nter},
  title = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - {PPSN} XI, 11th International
                    Conference, Krak{\'{o}}w, Poland, September 11-15, 2010, Proceedings,
                    Part {I}},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {6238},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2010},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-15844-5},
  isbn = {978-3-642-15843-8}
}

@proceedings{ppsn2010-2,
  editor = {Schaefer, Robert and Cotta, Carlos and Kolodziej, Joanna and Rudolph, G{\"{u}}nter},
  title = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - {PPSN} XI, 11th International
                    Conference, Krak{\'{o}}w, Poland, September 11-15, 2010. Proceedings,
                    Part {II}},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {6239},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2010},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-15871-1},
  isbn = {978-3-642-15870-4}
}

@proceedings{evocop2009,
  editor = {Cotta, Carlos and Cowling, Peter I.},
  title = {Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization, 9th European
                    Conference, EvoCOP 2009, T{\"{u}}bingen, Germany, April 15-17,
                    2009. Proceedings},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {5482},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2009},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-01009-5},
  isbn = {978-3-642-01008-8}
}

@proceedings{evocop2008,
  editor = {van Hemert, Jano I. and Cotta, Carlos},
  title = {Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization, 8th European
                    Conference, EvoCOP 2008, Naples, Italy, March 26-28, 2008. Proceedings},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {4972},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2008},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-78604-7},
  isbn = {978-3-540-78603-0}
}

@proceedings{hm2008,
  editor = {Blesa, Maria J. and Blum, Christian and Cotta, Carlos and Fern{\'{a}}ndez, Antonio J. and Gallardo, Jos{\'{e}} E. and Roli, Andrea and Sampels, Michael},
  title = {Hybrid Metaheuristics, 5th International Workshop, {HM} 2008, M{\'{a}}laga,
                    Spain, October 8-9, 2008. Proceedings},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {5296},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2008},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-88439-2},
  isbn = {978-3-540-88438-5}
}

@proceedings{evocop2007,
  editor = {Cotta, Carlos and van Hemert, Jano I.},
  title = {Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization, 7th European
                    Conference, EvoCOP 2007, Valencia, Spain, April 11-13, 2007, Proceedings},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {4446},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2007},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-71615-0},
  isbn = {978-3-540-71614-3}
}

@proceedings{evow2006,
  editor = {Rothlauf, Franz and Branke, J{\"{u}}rgen and Cagnoni, Stefano and Costa, Ernesto and Cotta, Carlos and Drechsler, Rolf and Lutton, Evelyne and Machado, Penousal and Moore, Jason H. and Romero, Juan and Smith, George D. and Squillero, Giovanni and Takagi, Hideyuki},
  title = {Applications of Evolutionary Computing, EvoWorkshops 2006: EvoBIO,
                    EvoCOMNET, EvoHOT, EvoIASP, EvoINTERACTION, EvoMUSART, and EvoSTOC,
                    Budapest, Hungary, April 10-12, 2006, Proceedings},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {3907},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2006},
  doi = {10.1007/11732242},
  isbn = {3-540-33237-5}
}

@article{cotta2025harnessing,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Harnessing memetic algorithms: a practical guide},
  journal = {TOP},
  year = {2025},
  volume = {33},
  pages = {327-356},
  doi = {10.1007/s11750-024-00694-8}
}

@article{osaba2022editorial,
  author = {Osaba, E. and Del Ser, J. and Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {Editorial: Memetic Computing: Accelerating optimization heuristics with problem-dependent local search methods},
  journal = {Swarm and Evolutionary Computation},
  year = {2022},
  volume = {70},
  eid = {101047},
  doi = {10.1016/j.swevo.2022.101047}
}

@article{rueda2021metaheuristics,
  author = {Rodríguez Rueda, D. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Metaheuristics for the template design problem: encoding, symmetry and hybridisation},
  journal = {Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing},
  year = {2021},
  volume = {32},
  pages = {559-578},
  doi = {10.1007/s10845-020-01587-w},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.02842}
}

@article{amaya2020deep,
  author = {Amaya, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J. and Sánchez, P. García},
  title = {Deep Memetic Models for Combinatorial Optimization Problems: Application to the Tool Switching Problem},
  journal = {Memetic Computing},
  year = {2020},
  volume = {12},
  pages = {3-22},
  doi = {10.1007/s12293-019-00294-1},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.01922}
}

@article{rodriguez2019memetic,
  author = {Rodríguez Rueda, D. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Memetic collaborative approaches for finding balanced incomplete block designs},
  journal = {Computers \& Operations Research},
  year = {2019},
  volume = {144},
  eid = {104804},
  doi = {10.1016/j.cor.2019.104804},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.02250}
}

@article{sanchez2019optimizing,
  author = {Sánchez, P. García and Tonda, A. and Fernández Leiva, A.J. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Optimizing Hearthstone Agents using an Evolutionary Algorithm},
  journal = {Knowledge-Based Systems},
  year = {2019},
  volume = {188},
  eid = {105032},
  doi = {10.1016/j.knosys.2019.105032},
  url = {https://riuma.uma.es/xmlui/handle/10630/34911}
}

@article{cotta2019new,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Gallardo, J.E.},
  title = {New Perspectives on the Optimal Placement of Detectors for Suicide Bombers using Metaheuristics},
  journal = {Natural Computing},
  year = {2019},
  volume = {18},
  number = {2},
  pages = {249-263},
  doi = {10.1007/s11047-018-9710-1},
  url = {https://riuma.uma.es/xmlui/handle/10630/31422}
}

@article{nogueras2018use,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {On the Use of Self-* Island-based Evolutionary Computation Methods on Complex Environments},
  journal = {Computer Science and Information Systems},
  year = {2018},
  volume = {15},
  number = {3},
  pages = {733-750},
  doi = {10.2298/CSIS180115032N}
}

@article{camacho2018bioinspired,
  author = {Camacho, D. and Cotta, C. and Merelo-Guervós, J.J. and Fernández de Vega, F.},
  title = {Bioinspired Algorithms in Complex Ephemeral Environments},
  journal = {Future Generation Computer Systems},
  year = {2018},
  volume = {88},
  pages = {732-734},
  doi = {10.1016/j.future.2018.07.055},
}

@article{camacho2018ephemeral,
  author = {Camacho, D. and Lara-Cabrera, R. and Merelo-Guervós, J.J. and Castillo, P.A. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J. and Fernández de Vega, F. and Chávez, F.},
  title = {From ephemeral computing to deep bioinspired algorithms: New trends and applications},
  journal = {Future Generation Computer Systems},
  year = {2018},
  volume = {88},
  pages = {735-746},
  doi = {10.1016/j.future.2018.07.056},
}

@article{cotta2018metaheuristic,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Gallardo, J.E.},
  title = {Metaheuristic Aproaches to the Placement of Suicide Bomber Detectors},
  journal = {Journal of Heuristics},
  year = {2018},
  volume = {24},
  number = {3},
  pages = {483-513},
  doi = {10.1007/s10732-017-9335-z},
  url = {https://rdcu.be/Oifp}
}

@article{cotta2017bioinspired,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Schaefer, R.},
  title = {Bioinspired Algorithms and Complex Systems},
  journal = {Journal of Computational Science},
  year = {2017},
  volume = {23},
  pages = {192-194},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jocs.2017.11.010},
}

@article{nogueras2017self,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Self-healing strategies for memetic algorithms in unstable and ephemeral computational environments},
  journal = {Natural Computing},
  year = {2017},
  volume = {16},
  number = {2},
  pages = {189-200},
  doi = {10.1007/s11047-016-9560-7},
  url = {http://rdcu.be/nlv9}
}

@article{nogueras2016analyzing,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Analyzing Self-* Island-based Memetic Algorithms in Heterogeneous Unstable Environments},
  journal = {International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications},
  year = {2016},
  volume = {32},
  number = {5},
  pages = {676-692},
  doi = {10.1177/1094342016678665},
}

@article{cotta2016complex,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Schaefer, R.},
  title = {Complex Metaheuristics},
  journal = {Journal of Computational Science},
  year = {2016},
  volume = {17},
  number = {1},
  pages = {171-173},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jocs.2016.06.001},
}

@article{nogueras2015studying,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Studying self-balancing strategies in island-based multimemetic algorithms},
  journal = {Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics},
  year = {2015},
  volume = {293},
  pages = {180-191},
  doi = {10.1016/j.cam.2015.03.047},
}

@article{nogueira2015competitive,
  author = {Nogueira, M. and Cotta, C. and Fernández-Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Competitive Algorithms for Co-evolving both Game Content and AI. A Case Study: Planet Wars},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games},
  year = {2015},
  volume = {8},
  number = {4},
  pages = {325-337},
  doi = {10.1109/TCIAIG.2015.2499281},
}

@article{nogueras2015study,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {A Study on Meme Propagation in Multimemetic Algorithms},
  journal = {International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science},
  year = {2015},
  volume = {25},
  number = {3},
  pages = {499-512},
  doi = {10.1515/amcs-2015-0037}
}

@article{gallardo2015grasp,
  author = {Gallardo, J.E. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {A GRASP-based Memetic Algorithm with Path Relinking for the Far From Most String Problem},
  journal = {Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence},
  year = {2015},
  volume = {41},
  pages = {183-194},
  doi = {10.1016/j.engappai.2015.01.020},
}

@article{nogueras2015studying2,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Studying fault-tolerance in island-based evolutionary and multimemetic algorithms},
  journal = {Journal of Grid Computing},
  year = {2015},
  volume = {13},
  number = {3},
  pages = {351-374},
  doi = {10.1007/s10723-014-9315-6},
}

@article{lara-cabrera2015procedural,
  author = {Lara-Cabrera, R. and Nogueira-Collazo, M. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Procedural Content Generation for Real-Time Strategy Games},
  journal = {International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence},
  year = {2015},
  volume = {3},
  number = {2},
  pages = {40-48},
  doi = {10.9781/ijimai.2015.325},
}

@article{lara-cabrera2014geometrical,
  author = {Lara-Cabrera, R. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Geometrical vs topological measures for the evolution of aesthetic maps in a RTS game},
  journal = {Entertainment Computing},
  year = {2014},
  volume = {5},
  number = {4},
  pages = {251-258},
  doi = {10.1016/j.entcom.2014.08.003},
}

@article{lara-cabrera2014balance,
  author = {Lara-Cabrera, R. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {On Balance and Dynamism in Procedural Content Generation with Self-Adaptive Evolutionary Algorithms},
  journal = {Natural Computing},
  year = {2014},
  volume = {13},
  number = {2},
  pages = {157-168},
  doi = {10.1007/s11047-014-9418-9},
}

@article{collazo2014virtual,
  author = {Nogueira Collazo, M. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Virtual Player Design using Self-learning via Competitive Coevolutionary Algorithms},
  journal = {Natural Computing},
  year = {2014},
  volume = {13},
  number = {2},
  pages = {131-144},
  doi = {10.1007/s11047-014-9411-3},
}

@article{lara-cabrera2013analysis,
  author = {Lara-Cabrera, R. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {An Analysis of the Structure and Evolution of the Scientific Collaboration Network of Computer Intelligence in Games},
  journal = {Physica A},
  year = {2013},
  volume = {395},
  pages = {523-553},
  doi = {10.1016/j.physa.2013.10.036},
}

@article{byrski2013asymptotic,
  author = {Byrski, A. and Schaefer, R. and Smołka, M. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Asymptotic guarantee of success for multi-agent memetic systems},
  journal = {Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences Technical Sciences},
  year = {2013},
  volume = {61},
  number = {1},
  pages = {257-278},
  doi = {10.2478/bpasts-2013-0025}
}

@article{cotta2013network,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Mora, A. and Merelo, J.J. and Merelo, C.},
  title = {A Network Analysis of the 2010 FIFA WorldCup Champion Team Play},
  journal = {Journal of Systems Science and Complexity},
  year = {2013},
  volume = {26},
  number = {1},
  pages = {21-42},
  doi = {10.1007/s11424-013-2291-2},
}

@article{merelo2013complex,
  author = {Merelo, J.J. and Merelo, A. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Complex Systems in Sports: Introduction to the Special Issue},
  journal = {Journal of Systems Science and Complexity},
  year = {2013},
  volume = {26},
  number = {1},
  pages = {1-3},
  doi = {10.1007/s11424-013-2292-1},
}

@article{badillo2013user,
  author = {Badillo, A.R. and Ruiz, J. and Cotta, C. and Fernández-Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {On User-Centric Memetic Algorithms},
  journal = {Soft Computing},
  year = {2013},
  volume = {17},
  number = {2},
  pages = {285-300},
  doi = {10.1007/s00500-012-0893-6},
}

@article{amaya2013cross,
  author = {Amaya, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Cross entropy-based memetic algorithms: An application study over the tool switching problem},
  journal = {International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems},
  year = {2013},
  volume = {6},
  number = {3},
  pages = {559-584},
  doi = {10.1080/18756891.2013.792542},
}

@article{vega2012special,
  author = {Fernández de Vega, F. and Cotta, C. and Miranda, E.R.},
  title = {Special issue on Evolutionary Music},
  journal = {Soft Computing},
  year = {2012},
  volume = {16},
  number = {12},
  pages = {1995-1996},
  doi = {10.1007/s00500-012-0870-0}
}

@article{frade2012automatic,
  author = {Frade, M. and Fernández de Vega, F. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Automatic Evolution of Programs for Procedural Generation of Terrains for Video Games - Accessibility and Edge Length Constraints},
  journal = {Soft Computing},
  year = {2012},
  volume = {16},
  number = {11},
  pages = {1893-1914},
  doi = {10.1007/s00500-012-0863-z},
}

@article{amaya2012solving,
  author = {Amaya, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Solving the Tool Switching Problem with Memetic Algorithms},
  journal = {Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing},
  year = {2012},
  volume = {26},
  pages = {221-235},
  doi = {10.1017/S089006041100014X},
}

@article{neri2011memetic,
  author = {Neri, F. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Memetic algorithms and memetic computing optimization: A literature review},
  journal = {Swarm and Evolutionary Computation},
  year = {2011},
  volume = {2},
  pages = {1-14},
  doi = {10.1016/j.swevo.2011.11.003},
}

@article{cotta2011effective,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Effective Patient Prioritization in Mass Casualties Incidents Using Hyperheuristics and the Pilot Method},
  journal = {OR Spectrum},
  year = {2011},
  volume = {33},
  number = {3},
  pages = {699-720},
  doi = {10.1007/s00291-011-0238-3},
}

@article{amaya2011memetic,
  author = {Amaya, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Memetic Cooperative Models for the Tool Switching Problem},
  journal = {Memetic Computing},
  year = {2011},
  volume = {3},
  number = {3},
  pages = {199-216},
  doi = {10.1007/s12293-011-0059-6},
}

@article{rodriguez2011memetic,
  author = {Rodríguez, D. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {A Memetic Algorithm for Designing Balanced Incomplete Blocks},
  journal = {International Journal of Combinatorial Optimization Problems and Informatics},
  year = {2011},
  volume = {2},
  number = {1},
  pages = {14-22},
  url = {http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=265219618003}
}

@article{cotta2009computational,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Morales, A.},
  title = {A Computational Analysis of Galactic Exploration with Space Probes: Implications to the Fermi Paradox},
  journal = {Journal of the British Interplanetary Society},
  year = {2009},
  volume = {62},
  number = {3},
  pages = {82-88},
  url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.0345}
}

@article{gallardo2009finding,
  author = {Gallardo, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Finding Low Autocorrelation Binary Sequences with Memetic Algorithms},
  journal = {Applied Soft Computing},
  year = {2009},
  volume = {9},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1252-1262},
  doi = {10.1016/j.asoc.2009.03.005},
}

@article{gallardo2009solving,
  author = {Gallardo, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Solving Weighted Constraint Satisfaction Problems with Memetic/Exact Hybrid Algorithms},
  journal = {Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research},
  year = {2009},
  volume = {35},
  pages = {533-555},
  doi = {10.1613/jair.2770}
}

@article{frade2009breeding,
  author = {Frade, M. and Fernández de Vega, F. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Breeding Terrains with Genetic Terrain Programming - The Evolution of Terrain Generators},
  journal = {International Journal of Computer Games Technology},
  year = {2009},
  volume = {2009},
  pages = {13 pages},
  eid = {125714},
  doi = {10.1155/2009/125714}
}

@article{cotta2007where,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Merelo, J.J.},
  title = {Where is Evolutionary Computation Going? A Temporal Analysis of the EC Community},
  journal = {Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines},
  year = {2007},
  volume = {8},
  number = {3},
  pages = {239-253},
  doi = {10.1007/s10710-007-9031-0},
}

@article{cotta2007local,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Dotú, I. and Fernández, A.J. and Hentenryck, P. Van},
  title = {Local Search-Based Hybrid Algorithms for Finding Golomb Rulers},
  journal = {Constraints},
  year = {2007},
  volume = {12},
  number = {3},
  pages = {263-291},
  doi = {10.1007/s10601-007-9020-1}
}

@article{cotta2007visin,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Una visión general de los algoritmos meméticos},
  journal = {Rect@},
  year = {2007},
  volume = {3},
  pages = {139-166},
}

@article{merelo2007building,
  author = {Merelo, J.J. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Building Bridges: The Role of Subfields in Metaheuristics},
  journal = {SIGEvolution},
  year = {2007},
  volume = {1},
  number = {4},
  pages = {9-15},
}

@article{gallardo2006hybridization,
  author = {Gallardo, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {On the Hybridization of Memetic Algorithms with Branch-and-Bound Techniques},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B},
  year = {2006},
  volume = {37},
  number = {1},
  pages = {77-83},
  doi = {10.1109/TSMCB.2006.883266},
}

@article{alba2006efficient,
  author = {Alba, E. and Almeida, F. and Blesa, M. and Cotta, C. and Díaz, M. and Dorta, I. and Gabarró, J. and León, C. and Luque, G. and Petit, J. and Rodríguez, C. and Rojas, A. and Xhafa, F.},
  title = {Efficient parallel LAN/WAN algorithms for optimization. The MALLBA project},
  journal = {Parallel Computing},
  year = {2006},
  volume = {32},
  number = {5-6},
  pages = {215-440},
  doi = {10.1016/j.parco.2006.06.007}
}

@article{cotta2006genes,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {From Genes to Memes: Optimization by Problem-Aware Evolutionary Algorithms},
  journal = {Schedae Informaticae},
  year = {2006},
  volume = {15},
  pages = {127-150},
}

@article{cotta2006complex,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Merelo, J.J.},
  title = {The Complex Network of EC Authors},
  journal = {SIGEvolution},
  year = {2006},
  volume = {1},
  number = {2},
  pages = {2-9},
}

@article{cotta2005mining,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {Mining Genomic Data with Metaheuristic Techniques},
  journal = {ERCIM News},
  year = {2005},
  volume = {60},
  pages = {32-33},
}

@article{cotta2004scatter,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Scatter Search with Path Relinking for Phylogenetic Inference},
  journal = {European Journal of Operational Research},
  year = {2004},
  volume = {169},
  number = {2},
  pages = {520-532},
  doi = {10.1016/j.ejor.2004.08.013},
}

@article{cotta2003reverse,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Reverse Engineering of Temporal Boolean Networks from Noisy Data using Evolutionary Algorithms},
  journal = {Neurocomputing},
  year = {2003},
  volume = {62},
  pages = {111-129},
  doi = {10.1016/j.neucom.2003.12.007},
}

@article{cotta2003memetic,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {A Memetic-aided Approach to Hierarchical Clustering from Distance Matrices: Application to Phylogeny and Gene Expression Clustering},
  journal = {Biosystems},
  year = {2003},
  volume = {72},
  number = {1-2},
  pages = {75-97},
  doi = {10.1016/S0303-2647(03)00136-9}
}

@article{cotta2003feature,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {The k -FEATURE SET Problem is W [2]-Complete},
  journal = {Journal of Computer and System Sciences},
  year = {2003},
  volume = {67},
  number = {4},
  pages = {686-690},
  doi = {10.1016/S0022-0000(03)00081-3}
}

@article{cotta2003information,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Information Processing in Transmitting Recombination},
  journal = {Applied Mathematics Letters},
  year = {2003},
  volume = {16},
  number = {6},
  pages = {945-948},
  doi = {10.1016/S0893-9659(03)90021-8}
}

@article{cotta2003embedding,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Embedding Branch and Bound within Evolutionary Algorithms},
  journal = {Applied Intelligence},
  year = {2003},
  volume = {18},
  pages = {137-153},
  doi = {10.1023/A:1021934325079}
}

@article{cotta2003mixed,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {A Mixed-Evolutionary Statistical Analysis of an Algorithm's Complexity},
  journal = {Applied Mathematics Letters},
  year = {2003},
  volume = {16},
  number = {1},
  pages = {41-47},
  doi = {10.1016/S0893-9659(02)00142-8}
}

@article{moscato2003introduccin,
  author = {Moscato, P. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Una Introducción a los Algoritmos Meméticos},
  journal = {Inteligencia Artificial},
  year = {2003},
  volume = {19},
  number = {2},
  pages = {131-148},
  url = {https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/925/92571909.pdf}
}

@article{cotta2000computational,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Alba, E. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {On the Computational Power of Adaptive Systems},
  journal = {Computers and Artificial Intelligence},
  year = {2000},
  volume = {19},
  number = {1},
  pages = {3-18},
  url = {https://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/article/view/550}
}

@article{alba1999evolutionary,
  author = {Alba, E. and Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Evolutionary Design of Fuzzy Logic Controllers Using Strongly-Typed GP},
  journal = {Mathware \& Soft Computing},
  year = {1999},
  volume = {6},
  pages = {109-124},
  url = {https://hdl.handle.net/2099/3547}
}

@article{cotta1998study,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {A Study of Hybridisation Techniques and their Application to the Design of Evolutionary Algorithms},
  journal = {AI Communications},
  year = {1998},
  volume = {11},
  number = {3-4},
  pages = {223-224},
  doi = {10.3233/EAI-1998-155}
}

@article{cotta1998genetic,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Genetic Forma Recombination in Permutation Flowshop Problems},
  journal = {Evolutionary Computation},
  year = {1998},
  volume = {6},
  number = {1},
  pages = {25-44},
  doi = {10.1162/evco.1998.6.1.25}
}

@article{cotta1998estudio,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Alba, E. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Un Estudio de la Potencia Computacional y de la Robustez de los Algoritmos Evolutivos Paralelos},
  journal = {Inteligencia Artificial},
  year = {1998},
  volume = {5},
  pages = {6-13}
}

@article{alba1997evolucin,
  author = {Alba, E. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Evolución de Estructuras de Datos Complejas},
  journal = {Informática y Automática},
  year = {1997},
  volume = {30},
  number = {3},
  pages = {42-60}
}

@incollection{cotta2025memetic,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Mathieson, L. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {Memetic Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Heuristics},
  editor = {Mart{\'i}, R. and Pardalos, P.M. and Resende, M.G.C.},
  edition = {2},
  publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
  address = {Cham},
  year = {2025}
}

@incollection{moscato2019accelerated,
  author = {Moscato, P. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {An Accelerated Introduction to Memetic Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Metaheuristics},
  editor = {Gendreau, M. and Potvin, J.-Y.},
  series = {International Series in Operations Research \& Management Science},
  volume = {272},
  chapter = {9},
  pages = {275-309},
  publisher = {Springer International Publishing AG},
  year = {2019},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-91086-4\_9},
}

@incollection{glover2019overview,
  author = {Glover, F. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {An overview of Meta-Analytics: The Promise of Unifying Meta-heuristics and Analytics},
  booktitle = {New Ideas in Business and Customer Analytics},
  editor = {de Vries, N.J. and Moscato, P.},
  pages = {693-702},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2019},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-06222-4\_17},
}

@incollection{cotta2018memetic,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Mathieson, L. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {Memetic Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Heuristics},
  editor = {Resende, M.G.C. and Mart{\'i}, R. and Pardalos, P.M.},
  pages = {607-638},
  publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
  address = {Cham},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-07124-4\_29},
  url = {http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319071237}
}

@incollection{cotta2016contemporary,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Gallardo, J.E. and Mathieson, L. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {A Contemporary Introduction to Memetic Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronic Engineering},
  pages = {1-15},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  year = {2016},
  doi = {10.1002/047134608X.W8330}
}

@incollection{fernandes2016dynamic,
  author = {Fernandes, C.M. and Jim{\'e}nez Laredo, J.L. and Merelo, J.J. and Cotta, C. and Rosa, A.C.},
  title = {Dynamic Topologies for Particle Swarms},
  booktitle = {Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence XXIV},
  editor = {Nguyen, T.N. and others},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {9770},
  pages = {1-18},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2016},
  url = {http://rdcu.be/vAor},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-662-53525-7\_1}
}

@incollection{merelo2016uncertainty,
  author = {Merelo, J.J. and Liberatore, F. and Fern{\'a}ndez-Ares, A. and Garc{\'i}a-Ortega, R. H{\'e}ctor and Chelly, Z. and Cotta, C. and Rico, N. and Mora, A.M. and Garc{\'i}a-S{\'a}nchez, P. and Tonda, A. Paolo and de las Cuevas, P. and Castillo, P.A.},
  title = {The Uncertainty Quandary: A Study in the Context of the Evolutionary Optimization in Games and Other Uncertain Environments},
  booktitle = {Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence XXIV},
  editor = {Nguyen, T.N. and others},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {9770},
  pages = {40-60},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2016},
  url = {http://rdcu.be/vAoI},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-662-53525-7\_3}
}

@incollection{cotta2016application,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Fern{\'a}ndez-Leiva, A.J. and Fern{\'a}ndez de Vega, F. and Ch{\'a}vez, F. and Merelo, J.J. and Castillo, P.A. and Camacho, D. and R-Moreno, M.D.},
  title = {Application Areas of Ephemeral Computing: A Survey},
  booktitle = {Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence XXIV},
  editor = {Nguyen, T.N. and others},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {9770},
  pages = {153-167},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2016},
  url = {http://rdcu.be/vAoK},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-662-53525-7\_9}
}

@incollection{fernandes2015particle,
  author = {Fernandes, C.M. and Laredo, J.L.J. and Merelo, J.J. and Cotta, C. and Rosa, A.C.},
  title = {Particle Swarm Optimization with Dynamic Topology and Conservation of Evaluations},
  booktitle = {Computational Intelligence},
  editor = {Merelo, J.J. and others},
  series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume = {620},
  pages = {97-111},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2015},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-26393-9\_7},
  url = {http://rdcu.be/vAoD}
}

@incollection{merelo2015statistical,
  author = {Merelo, J.J. and Chelly, Zeineb and Mora, Antonio and Fern{\'a}ndez-Ares, Antonio and Esparcia-Alc{\'a}zar, Anna I. and Cotta, Carlos and de las Cuevas, P. and Rico, Nuria},
  title = {A Statistical Approach to Dealing with Noisy Fitness in Evolutionary Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Computational Intelligence},
  editor = {Merelo, J.J. and others},
  series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume = {620},
  pages = {79-95},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2015},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-26393-9\_6},
  url = {http://rdcu.be/vAoG}
}

@incollection{nogueras2015resilient,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Towards Resilient Multimemetic Systems on Unstable Networks with Complex Topology},
  booktitle = {Advances in Evolutionary Algorithm Research},
  editor = {Papa, G.},
  pages = {17-33},
  publisher = {Nova Science Pub.},
  year = {2015}
}

@incollection{amaya2015memetic,
  author = {Amaya, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fern{\'a}ndez-Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Memetic and Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Computational Intelligence},
  editor = {Kacprzyk, J. and Pedrycz, W.},
  pages = {1047-1060},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2015}
}

@incollection{berretta2012bioinformatics,
  author = {Berretta, R. and Cotta, C. and Moscato, F.},
  title = {Memetic Algorithms in Bioinformatics},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Memetic Algorithms},
  editor = {Neri, F. and Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume = {379},
  pages = {261-271},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2012},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-23247-3},
}

@incollection{cotta2012complete,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Fern{\'a}ndez-Leiva, A.J. and Gallardo, J.E.},
  title = {Memetic Algorithms and Complete Techniques},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Memetic Algorithms},
  editor = {Neri, F. and Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume = {379},
  pages = {189-200},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2012},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-23247-3},
}

@incollection{cotta2012continuous,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Neri, F.},
  title = {Memetic Algorithms in Continuous Optimization},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Memetic Algorithms},
  editor = {Neri, F. and Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume = {379},
  pages = {121-134},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2012},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-23247-3},
}

@incollection{neri2012primer,
  author = {Neri, F. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {A Primer on Memetic Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Memetic Algorithms},
  editor = {Neri, F. and Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume = {379},
  pages = {43-52},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2012},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-23247-3},
}

@incollection{montes2012local,
  author = {Montes de Oca, M.A. and Cotta, C. and Neri, F.},
  title = {Local Search},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Memetic Algorithms},
  editor = {Neri, F. and Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume = {379},
  pages = {29-41},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2012},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-23247-3},
}

@incollection{neri2012basic,
  author = {Neri, F. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Basic Concepts},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Memetic Algorithms},
  editor = {Neri, F. and Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume = {379},
  pages = {3-7},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2012},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-23247-3},
}

@incollection{moscato2011memetic,
  author = {Moscato, P. and Cotta, C. and Berretta, R.},
  title = {Memetic Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science},
  publisher = {Wiley Inc.},
  year = {2011},
  doi = {10.1002/9780470400531.eorms0515}
}

@incollection{moscato2010modern,
  author = {Moscato, P. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {A Modern Introduction to Memetic Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Metaheuristics},
  editor = {Gendreau, Michel and Potvin, Jean-Yves},
  edition = {2},
  series = {International Series in Operations Research and Management Science},
  volume = {146},
  pages = {141-183},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  year = {2010},
  doi = {10.1007/978-1-4419-1665-5}
}

@incollection{colomine2009portfolio,
  author = {Colomine Duran, F. and Cotta, C. and Fern{\'a}ndez, A.J.},
  title = {Evolutionary Optimization for Multiobjective Portfolio Selection Under Markowitz's Model with Application to the Caracas Stock Exchange},
  booktitle = {Nature Inspired Algorithms for Optimisation},
  editor = {Chiong, R.},
  series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  pages = {489-509},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  year = {2009},
  url = {http://www.springer.com/engineering/mathematical/book/978-3-642-00266-3}
}

@incollection{cotta2009constrained,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Fern{\'a}ndez, A.J.},
  title = {Solving Constrained Optimization Problems with Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Optimization Techniques for Solving Complex Problems},
  editor = {Alba, E. and Blum, C. and Isasi, P. and Le{\'o}n, C. and G{\'o}mez, J.A.},
  pages = {103-126},
  publisher = {Wiley Inc.},
  year = {2009},
  url = {http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470293322.html}
}

@incollection{cotta2009bioinformatics,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Fern{\'a}ndez, A.J. and Gallardo, J.E. and Luque, G. and Alba, E.},
  title = {Metaheuristics in Bioinformatics: DNA Sequencing and Reconstruction},
  booktitle = {Optimization Techniques for Solving Complex Problems},
  editor = {Alba, E. and Blum, C. and Isasi, P. and Le{\'o}n, C. and G{\'o}mez, J.A.},
  pages = {241-264},
  publisher = {Wiley Inc.},
  year = {2009},
  url = {http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470293322.html}
}

@incollection{gallardo2009knapsack,
  author = {Gallardo, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fern{\'a}ndez, A.J.},
  title = {Exact, Metaheuristic and Hybrid Approaches to Multi-dimensional Knapsack Problems},
  booktitle = {Optimization Techniques for Solving Complex Problems},
  editor = {Alba, E. and Blum, C. and Isasi, P. and Le{\'o}n, C. and G{\'o}mez, J.A.},
  pages = {341-360},
  publisher = {Wiley Inc.},
  year = {2009},
  url = {http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470293322.html}
}

@incollection{blum2008combining,
  author = {Blum, C. and Cotta, C. and Fern{\'a}ndez, A.J. and Gallardo, J.E.},
  title = {Combining metaheuristics with incomplete branch and bound derivates},
  booktitle = {Hybrid metaheuristics-An emergent approach for optimization},
  editor = {Blum, C. and Blesa, M.J. and Roli, A. and Sampels, M.},
  series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume = {114},
  pages = {85-116},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  year = {2008},
  url = {http://www.springer.com/engineering/book/978-3-540-78294-0}
}

@incollection{cotta2007scheduling,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Fern{\'a}ndez, A.J.},
  title = {Memetic Algorithms in Planning, Scheduling and Timetabling},
  booktitle = {Evolutionary Scheduling},
  editor = {Dahal, K. and Tan, K.-C. and Cowling, P.I.},
  pages = {1-30},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin-Heidelberg},
  year = {2007},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-48584-1\_1},
}

@incollection{gallardo2007phylogenies,
  author = {Gallardo, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fern{\'a}ndez, A.J.},
  title = {Reconstructing Phylogenies with Memetic Algorithms and Branch-and-Bound},
  booktitle = {Analysis of Biological Data: A Soft Computing Approach},
  editor = {Bandyopadhyay, S. and Maulik, U. and Wang, J.T.L.},
  pages = {59-84},
  publisher = {World Scientific},
  year = {2007},
  url = {http://www.worldscibooks.com/compsci/6493.html}
}

@incollection{muruzabal2007bayesian,
  author = {Muruz{\'a}bal, J. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {A Study on the Evolution of Bayesian Network Graph Structures},
  booktitle = {Advances in Probabilistic Graphical Models},
  editor = {Lucas, P. and G{\'a}mez, J. and Salmer{\'o}n, A.},
  series = {Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing},
  volume = {213},
  pages = {193-214},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  year = {2007},
  url = {http://www.springer.com/east/home/generic/search/results?SGWID=5-40109-22-173710930-0}
}

@incollection{moscato2006approximation,
  author = {Moscato, P. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Memetic Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics},
  editor = {Gonz{\'a}lez, T.},
  chapter = {27},
  publisher = {Chapman \& Hall/CRC Press},
  year = {2006},
  url = {http://www.crcpress.com/shopping\_cart/products/product\_detail.asp?sku=C5505&parent\_id=1153&pc=}
}

@incollection{cotta2006microarray,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Langston, M. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {Combinatorial and Algorithmic Issues for Microarray Analysis},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics},
  editor = {Gonz{\'a}lez, T.},
  chapter = {74},
  publisher = {Chapman \& Hall/CRC Press},
  year = {2006},
  url = {http://www.crcpress.com/shopping\_cart/products/product\_detail.asp?sku=C5505&parent\_id=1153&pc=}
}

@incollection{cotta2005apice,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Fern{\'a}ndez, A.J. and Pastrana, J.L. and Soler, E. and Yag{\"u}e, M.},
  title = {Proyecto {\'A}PICE Y SUMA: Adaptaci{\'o}n de la Programaci{\'o}n en Inform{\'a}tica al EEES en la Universidad de M{\'a}laga},
  booktitle = {Jornadas de Innovaci{\'o}n Educativa},
  editor = {Blanco L{\'o}pez, {\'A}.},
  pages = {1-14},
  publisher = {Servicio de Innovaci{\'o}n Educativa UMA},
  address = {M{\'a}laga},
  year = {2005}
}

@incollection{alba2005evolutionary,
  author = {Alba, E. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Evolutionary Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Bioinspired Algorithms and Applications},
  editor = {Olariu, S. and Zomaya, A.Y.},
  pages = {3-19},
  publisher = {Chapman \& Hall/CRC},
  address = {Boca Rat{\'o}n FL},
  year = {2005},
  url = {http://www.crcpress.com/shopping\_cart/products/product\_detail.asp?sku=C4754&parent\_id=1153&pc=}
}

@incollection{cotta2005parallel,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Talbi, E.G. and Alba, E.},
  title = {Parallel Hybrid Metaheuristics},
  booktitle = {Parallel Metaheuristics},
  editor = {Alba, E.},
  pages = {347-370},
  publisher = {Wiley-Interscience},
  address = {Hoboken NJ},
  year = {2005},
  url = {http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471678066.html}
}

@incollection{alba2004metaheuristicas,
  author = {Alba, E. and Chicano, F.J. and Cotta, C. and Dorronsoro, B. and Luna, F. and Luque, G. and Nebro, A.J.},
  title = {Metaheur{\'i}sticas Secuenciales y Paralelas para Optimizaci{\'o}n de Problemas Complejos},
  booktitle = {Optimizaci{\'o}n Inteligente},
  editor = {Joya, G. and Atencia, M. and Ochoa, A. and Allende, S.},
  pages = {185-214},
  publisher = {SPICUM},
  address = {M{\'a}laga},
  year = {2004},
  url = {http://www.dte.uma.es/personal/joya/html/index.htm}
}

@incollection{cotta2004challenges,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {Evolutionary Computation: Challenges and Duties},
  booktitle = {Frontiers of Evolutionary Computation},
  editor = {Menon, A.},
  pages = {53-72},
  publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
  address = {Boston MA},
  year = {2004},
  url = {http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-7524-3}
}

@incollection{moscato2004scheduling,
  author = {Moscato, P. and Mendes, A. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Scheduling and Production \& Control},
  booktitle = {New Optimization Techniques in Engineering},
  editor = {Onwubolu, G.C. and Babu, B.V.},
  pages = {655-680},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2004},
  url = {http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,10735,5-40109-22-14168083-0,00.html}
}

@incollection{moscato2004memetic,
  author = {Moscato, P. and Cotta, C. and Mendes, A.},
  title = {Memetic Algorithms},
  booktitle = {New Optimization Techniques in Engineering},
  editor = {Onwubolu, G.C. and Babu, B.V.},
  pages = {53-85},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  year = {2004},
  url = {http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,10735,5-40109-22-14168083-0,00.html}
}

@incollection{berretta2003enhancing,
  author = {Berretta, R. and Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {Enhancing the performance of memetic algorithms by using a matching-based recombination algorithm: Results on the number partitioning problem},
  booktitle = {Metaheuristics: Computer-Decision Making},
  editor = {Resende, M. and Pinho de Sousa, J.},
  pages = {65-90},
  publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
  address = {Boston MA},
  year = {2003},
  url = {http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-7653-3}
}

@incollection{moscato2003gentle,
  author = {Moscato, P. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {A Gentle Introduction to Memetic Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Metaheuristics},
  editor = {Glover, F. and Kochenberger, G.},
  pages = {105-144},
  publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
  address = {Boston MA},
  year = {2003},
  url = {http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/1-4020-7263-5}
}

@incollection{cotta2001weights,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Alba, E. and Sagarna, R. and Larra{\~n}aga, P.},
  title = {Adjusting Weights in Artificial Neural Networks using Evolutionary Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Estimation of Distribution Algorithms. A New Tool for Evolutionary Computation},
  editor = {Larra{\~n}aga, P. and Lozano, J.A.},
  pages = {357-373},
  publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
  address = {Boston MA},
  year = {2001},
  url = {http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/0-7923-7466-5}
}

@incollection{belmonte2001foundations,
  author = {Belmonte, M.V. and Cotta, C. and Fern{\'a}ndez, A.J. and G{\'o}mez, I. and Pastrana, J.L. and Rus, F.},
  title = {Foundations of Programming: A Teaching Improvement},
  booktitle = {Computers in Education: Towards an Inter-connected Society},
  editor = {Ortega, M. and Bravo, J.},
  pages = {81-91},
  publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
  address = {Boston MA},
  year = {2001},
  url = {http://www.wkap.nl/prod/b/0-7923-7188-7}
}

@incollection{belmonte1999mejora,
  author = {Belmonte, M.V. and Cotta, C. and G{\'o}mez, I. and Pastrana, J.L. and Rus, F. and Soler, E.},
  title = {Mejora Docente en Elementos de Programaci{\'o}n},
  booktitle = {Desarrollo Profesional y Docencia Universitaria},
  editor = {Cebri{\'a}n de la Serna, Manuel},
  pages = {15-30},
  publisher = {Servicio de Publicaciones Universidad de M{\'a}laga},
  year = {1999}
}

@inproceedings{cotta26simheuristics,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {ALLEGET’26 Keynote: Bioinspired Simheuristics for Effective Crowd Evacuation},
  booktitle = {Intelligent Environments 2026: Combined Workshop Proceedings},
  editor = {Micucci, Daniela and McArthur, Jenn and Mendes, Joaquim},
  pages = {70--73},
  series = {Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments},
  volume = {35},
  publisher = {IOS Press},
  address = {Amsterdam},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.3233/AISE260015}
}

@inproceedings{bueno26hybrid,
  author = {Bueno{-}Crespo, A. and Ortiz{-}Gonz{\'{a}}lez, A. and Mart{\'{\i}}nez{-}M{\'{a}}s, J. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Hybrid Modeling for Predicting the Evolution of Premalignant Cervical
                    Squamous Lesions via Intelligent Agents and Deep Neural Networks},
  booktitle = {29th European Conference on Applications of Evolutionary Computation},
  editor = {García-Sánchez, P. and Díaz-Álvarez, J. and Murphy, A.},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {16524},
  pages = {282--295},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address = {Cham, Switzerland},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-032-23604-3\_18}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2025resilience,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Martínez-Cruz, J.},
  title = {Resilience of Evolutionary Algorithms to Aggressive Compilation Optimization},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion (GECCO '25 Companion)},
  pages = {93-94},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  doi = {10.1145/3712255.3734262}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2025consumo,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Martínez-Cruz, J.},
  title = {Consumo Energético de Algoritmos Evolutivos en C++: Impacto del Compilador y el Nivel de Optimización},
  booktitle = {XVI Congreso Español de Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  editor = {Ceberio, J. and Mendiburu, A.},
  year = {2025},
  pages = {101-109},
  publisher = {UPV/EHU},
  address = {San Sebastián}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2025evaluating,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Martínez-Cruz, J.},
  title = {Evaluating the impact of hysteretic phenomena and implementation choices on energy consumption in evolutionary algorithms},
  booktitle = {Applications of Evolutionary Computation – EvoApplications 2025},
  editor = {García-Sánchez, P. and Hart, E. and Thomson, S.L},
  year = {2025},
  pages = {227-239},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {15613},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address = {Cham, Switzerland},
  url = {https://riuma.uma.es/xmlui/handle/10630/38473},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-90065-5\_14}
}

@inproceedings{bueno2024agent,
  author = {Bueno, D. and Cotta, C. and Gallardo, J.E.},
  title = {Using an Agent-Based Cellular Automaton for Emergency Evacuation Simulation},
  booktitle = {Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems},
  editor = {Mathieu, P. and la Prieta, F. De},
  year = {2024},
  pages = {324-329},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence},
  volume = {15157},
  publisher = {Springer Nature},
  address = {Switzerland},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-70415-4\_28}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2024energy,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Martínez-Cruz, J.},
  title = {Energy Consumption Analysis of Batch Runs of Evolutionary Algorithms},
  booktitle = {GECCO '24 Companion: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion Proceedings},
  year = {2024},
  pages = {87-88},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  doi = {10.1145/3638530.3664093}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2024navigating,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Navigating the Aisles: Evolutionary Algorithms for Supermarket Evacuation Planning},
  booktitle = {GECCO '24 Companion: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion Proceedings},
  year = {2024},
  pages = {89-90},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  doi = {10.1145/3638530.3664096}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2024algoritmo,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Un Algoritmo Memético para la Optimización de la Evacuación de Interiores},
  booktitle = {Actas del XV Congreso Español de Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados (MAEB)},
  editor = {Alonso, Amparo and others},
  year = {2024},
  pages = {433-437},
  address = {A Coruña, Spain}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2024optimization,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Optimization-Driven Workplace Evacuation using Evolutionary Algorithms and Derivative-Free Methods},
  booktitle = {8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Metaheuristics \& Swarm Intelligence},
  year = {2024},
  pages = {86-91},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {Singapore},
  doi = {10.1145/3665065.3665079}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2024evolutionary,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Gallardo, J.E.},
  title = {Evolutionary Algorithms for Optimizing Emergency Exit Placement in Indoor Environments},
  booktitle = {Applications of Evolutionary Computing - 27th International Conference, EvoApplications 2024},
  editor = {Smith, S. and Correia, J. and Cintrano, C.},
  year = {2024},
  pages = {194-208},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address = {Cham, Switzerland},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-56852-7\_13}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2023enhancing,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Enhancing Evolutionary Optimization Performance under Byzantine Fault Conditions},
  booktitle = {Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems. HAIS 2023},
  editor = {García Bringas, P. and others},
  year = {2023},
  pages = {341-351},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {14001},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address = {Cham},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-40725-3\_29}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2023tackling,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Tackling Adversarial Faults in Panmictic Evolutionary Algorithms},
  booktitle = {GECCO '23 Companion: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion Proceedings},
  year = {2023},
  pages = {59-60},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  doi = {10.1145/3583133.3596426},
}

@inproceedings{cotta2023performance,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {On the Performance of Evolutionary Algorithms with Unreliable Fitness Information},
  booktitle = {EvoStar 2023 Late Breaking Abstracts},
  editor = {Mora, A.M.},
  year = {2023},
  address = {Brno, Czech Republic},
}

@inproceedings{colomine2023epoch,
  author = {Colomine, F. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Epoch-based Application of Problem-Aware Operators in a Multiobjective Memetic Algorithm for Portfolio Optimization},
  booktitle = {Applications of Evolutionary Computation - EvoApplications 2023},
  editor = {Correia, J. and Smith, S. and Qaddoura, R.},
  year = {2023},
  pages = {210-222},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {13989},
  publisher = {Springer},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-30229-9\_14}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2022resilient,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Olague, G.},
  title = {Resilient Bioinspired Algorithms: A Computer System Design Perspective},
  booktitle = {Applications of Evolutionary Computation - EvoApplications 2022},
  editor = {Laredo, J.L. Jiménez and Hidalgo, I. and Babaagba, K.},
  year = {2022},
  pages = {619-631},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {13224},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address = {Cham},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-02462-7\_39}
}

@inproceedings{colomine2022mapping,
  author = {Colomine Durán, F. and Cotta, C. and Fernández-Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Mapping the Field of Metaheuristic and Bioinspired Portfolio Optimization},
  booktitle = {EvoStar 2022 Late Breaking Abstracts},
  editor = {Mora, A.M. and Esparcia-Alcázar, A.I.},
  year = {2022},
  address = {Madrid, Spain},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.00555}
}

@inproceedings{colomine2021algoritmos,
  author = {Colomine Durán, F. and Cotta, C. and Fernández-Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Algoritmos Evolutivos con Memoria Elite para la Selección de Carteras de Inversión},
  booktitle = {MAEB 2020-21},
  editor = {Alba, E. and others},
  year = {2021},
  pages = {429-433},
  address = {Málaga, Spain}
}

@inproceedings{colomine2021cartografia,
  author = {Colomine Durán, F. and Cotta, C. and Fernández-Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Cartografía de un Subcampo Científico: Un Estudio sobre la Optimización de Carteras de Inversión},
  booktitle = {MAEB 2020-21},
  editor = {Alba, E. and others},
  year = {2021},
  pages = {517-522},
  address = {Málaga, Spain}
}

@inproceedings{amaya2021vision,
  author = {Amaya, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández-Leiva, A.J. and García-Sánchez, P.},
  title = {Una Visión Panorámica de la Meta-Cooperación Profunda con Algoritmos Meméticos},
  booktitle = {MAEB 2020-21},
  editor = {Alba, E. and others},
  year = {2021},
  pages = {499-504},
  address = {Málaga, Spain}
}

@inproceedings{colomine2021sensitivity,
  author = {Colomine Durán, F. and Cotta, C. and Fernández-Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Sensitivity to Partial Lamarckism in a Memetic Algorithm for Constrained Portfolio Optimization},
  booktitle = {EvoStar 2021 Late Breaking Abstracts},
  editor = {Mora, A.M. and Esparcia-Alcázar, A.I.},
  year = {2021},
  pages = {9-12},
  address = {Sevilla, Spain},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.11804}
}

@inproceedings{rodriguez2021quantum,
  author = {Rodríguez, A. Gutiérrez and Cotta, C. and Fernández-Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Quantum fitness sharing in memetic algorithms for level design in Metroidvania games},
  booktitle = {EvoStar 2021 Late Breaking Abstracts},
  editor = {Mora, A.M. and Esparcia-Alcázar, A.I.},
  year = {2021},
  pages = {13-16},
  address = {Sevilla, Spain},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.11804}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2019memetic,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Memetic Algorithms in Nanoscience: What Other Applications Domains Can Teach Us},
  booktitle = {XXVIII International Materials Research Conference, Materials Research Society},
  year = {2019},
  address = {Cancún, Mexico}
}

@inproceedings{rodriguez2019deep,
  author = {Rodríguez, A. Gutiérrez and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Deep Evolutionary Training of a Videogame Designer},
  booktitle = {EvoStar 2019 Late Breaking Abstracts},
  editor = {Mora, A.M. and Esparcia-Alcázar, A.I.},
  year = {2019},
  pages = {6-7},
  address = {Leipzig (Germany)},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/1907.12698}
}

@inproceedings{sanchez2019optimizacion,
  author = {Sánchez, P. García and Tonda, A. and Fernández-Leiva, A. and Cotta, C. and Martín, M.J. Cobo},
  title = {Optimización de agentes para HearthStone utilizando Algoritmos Evolutivos},
  booktitle = {IV Jornadas Andaluzas de Informática},
  editor = {Granados, J.C. Gámez and others},
  year = {2019}
}

@inproceedings{rodriguez2018evolutionary,
  author = {Rodríguez, A. Gutiérrez and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {An Evolutionary Approach to Metroidvania Videogame Design},
  booktitle = {XVIII Conferencia de la Asociación Española para la Inteligencia Artificial},
  editor = {Herrera, F. and others},
  year = {2018},
  pages = {518-523},
  address = {Granada (Spain)},
}

@inproceedings{nogueras2018analyzing,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Analyzing Resilience to Computational Glitches in Island-based Evolutionary Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature 2018 - PPSN XV},
  editor = {Auger, A. and Paquete, L. and Whitley, D.},
  year = {2018},
  pages = {411-423},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {11101},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-99253-2\_33}
}

@inproceedings{fernandes2018dynamic,
  author = {Fernandes, C.M. and Laredo, J. Luís Jiménez and Guervós, J.J. Merelo and Cotta, C. and Rosa, A.C.},
  title = {Dynamic Models of Partially Connected Topologies for Population-based Metaheuristics},
  publisher = {{IEEE} Press},
  booktitle = {2018 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence},
  year = {2018},
  pages = {1-8},
  address = {Rio de Janeiro, Brazil},
  doi = {10.1109/CEC.2018.8477692}
}

@inproceedings{nogueras2017performance,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {A Performance Analysis of Self-* Evolutionary Algorithms on Networks with Correlated Failures},
  booktitle = {Intelligent Distributed Computing XI},
  editor = {Ivanović, M. and Bădică, C. and Dix, J. and Jovanović, Z. and Malgeri, M. and Savić, M.},
  year = {2017},
  pages = {3-13},
  series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume = {737},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address = {Cham},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-66379-1\_1}
}

@inproceedings{merelo2017self,
  author = {Merelo, J.J. and Castillo, P.A. and Mora, A.M. and Valdez, M. García and Cotta, C. and Fernandes, C.M.},
  title = {Self-Organized criticality in code repositories},
  booktitle = {14th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2017)},
  editor = {Knibbe, Carole and others},
  year = {2017},
  pages = {545-552},
  publisher = {MIT Press},
  url = {http://cognet.mit.edu/proceed/10.7551/ecal\_a\_087},
  doi = {10.1162/isal\_a\_087}
}

@inproceedings{nogueras2017evaluating,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Evaluating island-based EAs on unstable networks with complex failure patterns},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion 2017 (late breaking abstract)},
  year = {2017},
  pages = {39-40},
  publisher = {ACM Press},
  doi = {10.1145/3067695.3082044}
}

@inproceedings{o2016cross,
  author = {de La O, F. Chavez and de Vega, F. Fernandez and Diaz, J. and Garcia, J.A. and Castillo, P.A. and Merelo, J.J. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {A Cross-Platform Assessment of Energy Consumption in Evolutionary Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature 2016 - PPSN XIV},
  editor = {Handl, J. and others},
  year = {2016},
  pages = {91-100},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {9921},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-45823-6\_51}
}

@inproceedings{nogueras2016performance,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {A Study of the Performance of Self-* Memetic Algorithms on Heterogeneous Ephemeral Environments},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature 2016 - PPSN XIV},
  editor = {Handl, J. and others},
  year = {2016},
  pages = {548-557},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {9921},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-45823-6\_9}
}

@inproceedings{merelo2016visualizing,
  author = {Merelo, J.J. and García-Valdez, M. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Visualizing for success: How can we make the user more efficient in interactive evolutionary algorithms?},
  booktitle = {2016 Conference Companion on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (GECCO'16),},
  year = {2016},
  pages = {1427-1428},
  publisher = {ACM Press},
  doi = {10.1145/2908961.2931742}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2015ephemeral,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Fernández-Leiva, A.J. and Fernández de Vega, F. and Chávez, F. and Merelo, J.J. and Castillo, P.A. and Bello, G. and Camacho, D.},
  title = {Ephemeral Computing and Bioinspired Optimization - Challenges and Opportunities},
  year = {2015},
  pages = {319-324},
  publisher = {SCITEPRESS},
  address = {Lisboa, Portugal},
}

@inproceedings{laracabrera2015game,
  author = {Lara-Cabrera, R. and Nogueira-Collazo, M. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Game Artificial Intelligence: Challenges for the Scientific Community},
  booktitle = {CoSeCiVi'15 : II Congreso de la Sociedad Española para las Ciencias del Videojuego},
  year = {2015},
  pages = {1-12},
  publisher = {CEUR-WS.org},
  url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10630/9942}
}

@inproceedings{nogueras2015sensitivity,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Sensitivity Analysis of Checkpointing Strategies for Multimemetic Algorithms on Dynamic Complex Networks},
  booktitle = {10th International Conference on Large Scale Scientific Computations},
  year = {2015},
  pages = {233-240},
  editor = {Lirkov, I. and Margenov, S. and Waśniewski, J.},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {9374},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-26520-9\_26}
}

@inproceedings{nogueras2015self,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Self-Sampling Strategies for Multimemetic Algorithms in Unstable Computational Environments},
  booktitle = {Bioinspired Computation in Artificial Systems},
  editor = {Ferrández Vicente, J.M. and others},
  year = {2015},
  pages = {69-78},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {9108},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-18833-1\_8}
}

@inproceedings{nogueras2015self2,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Self-Balancing Multimemetic Algorithms in Dynamic Scale-Free Networks},
  booktitle = {Applications of Evolutionary Computation},
  editor = {Mora, A.M. and Squillero, G.},
  year = {2015},
  pages = {177-188},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {9028},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-16549-3\_15}
}

@inproceedings{garcia2015implementacion,
  author = {García, M. García and Nogueira, M. and Cotta, C. and Fernández-Leiva, A. J. and Guervós, J.J. Merelo},
  title = {Implementación de algoritmos meméticos con capacidad de auto-generación sobre CouchBD},
  booktitle = {X Congreso Español de Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados,},
  editor = {de la O, F. Chávez and Baena, R.M. Luque and Luna, F. and Fernández de Vega, F.},
  year = {2015},
  pages = {189-196},
  address = {Mérida, Spain},
  url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10630/8790}
}

@inproceedings{laracabrera2015optimizacion,
  author = {Lara-Cabrera, R. and Nogueira, M. and Cotta, C. and Fernández-Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Optimización en Videojuegos: Retos para la Comunidad Científica},
  booktitle = {X Congreso Español de Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados,},
  editor = {de la O, F. Chávez and Baena, R.M. Luque and Luna, F. and Fernández de Vega, F.},
  year = {2015},
  pages = {463-470},
  address = {Mérida, Spain},
  url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10630/8789}
}

@inproceedings{nogueras2015meme,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {On Meme Self-Adaptation in Spatially-Structured Multimemetic Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Numerical Methods and Applications - 8th International Conference},
  editor = {Dimov, Ivan and Fidanova, Stefka and Lirkov, Ivan},
  year = {2015},
  pages = {70-77},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {8962},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10630/8069},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-15585-2\_8}
}

@inproceedings{merelo2015there,
  author = {Merelo, J.J. and Liberatore, F. and Fernández Ares, A. and García, R. and Chelly, Z. and Cotta, C. and Rico, N. and Mora, A.M. and García-Sánchez, P.},
  title = {There is noisy lunch: A study of noise in evolutionary optimization problems},
  booktitle = {7th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence -- IJCCI 2015},
  volume = {1},
  year = {2015},
  pages = {261-268},
  publisher = {SciTePress}
}

@inproceedings{fernandes2014dynamic,
  author = {Fernandes, C.M. and Laredo, J. Luís Jiménez and Guervós, J.J. Merelo and Cotta, C. and Rosa, A.C.},
  title = {Dynamic and Partially Connected Ring Topologies for Evolutionary Algorithms with Structured Populations},
  booktitle = {Applications of Evolutionary Computation - 17th European Conference},
  editor = {Esparcia-Alcázar, A.I. and Mora, A.M.},
  year = {2014},
  pages = {665-677},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {8602},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10993/16892},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-662-45523-4\_54}
}

@inproceedings{r2014self,
  author = {R and Lara-Cabrera and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {A self-adaptive evolutionary approach to the evolution of aesthetic maps for a RTS game},
  booktitle = {2014 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation},
  year = {2014},
  pages = {298-304},
  publisher = {IEEE Press},
  address = {Beijing, China},
  url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10630/7416},
  doi = {10.1109/CEC.2014.6900562}
}

@inproceedings{collazo2014eryna,
  author = {Nogueira Collazo, M. and Fernández Leiva, A.J. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Eryna: una herramienta de apoyo a la revolución de los videojuegos},
  booktitle = {Proceedings 1st Congreso de la Sociedad Española para las Ciencias del Videojuego, CoSECivi 2014},
  editor = {Camacho, David and Gómez-Martín, Marco Antonio and González-Calero, Pedro Antonio},
  year = {2014},
  pages = {173-184},
  series = {CEUR Workshop Proceeding series},
  address = {Barcelona, Spain},
  url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10630/7696}
}

@inproceedings{merelo2014studying,
  author = {Merelo, J.J. and Castillo, Pedro A. and Mora, Antonio and Fernández-Ares, Antonio and Esparcia-Alcázar, Anna I. and Cotta, Carlos and Rico, Nuria},
  title = {Studying and Tackling Noisy Fitness in Evolutionary Design of Game Characters},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Evolutionary Computation Theory and Applications},
  year = {2014},
  pages = {76-85},
  address = {Rome, Italy},
}

@inproceedings{fernandes2014shuffle,
  author = {Fernandes, C. and Laredo, J.L.J. and Merelo, J.J. and Cotta, C. and Nogueras, R. and Rosa, A.C.},
  title = {Shuffle and Mate: A Dynamic Model for Spatially Structured Evolutionary Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN XIII},
  editor = {Bartz-Beielstein, T. and others},
  year = {2014},
  pages = {50-59},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {8672},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-10762-2\_5}
}

@inproceedings{nogueras2014multimemetic,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {A Study on Multimemetic Estimation of Distribution Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN XIII},
  editor = {Bartz-Beielstein, T. and others},
  year = {2014},
  pages = {322-331},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {8672},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10630/8070},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-10762-2\_32}
}

@inproceedings{nogueras2014migration,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {An Analysis of Migration Strategies in Island-Based Multimemetic Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN XIII},
  editor = {Bartz-Beielstein, T. and others},
  year = {2014},
  pages = {731-740},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {8672},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-10762-2\_72}
}

@inproceedings{cabrera2014self,
  author = {Cabrera, R. Lara and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Using Self-Adaptive Evolutionary Algorithms to Evolve Dynamism-Oriented Maps for a Real Time Strategy Game},
  booktitle = {9th International Conference on Large Scale Scientific Computations},
  editor = {Lirkov, I. and Margenov, S. and Wasniewski, J.},
  year = {2014},
  pages = {256-263},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {8353},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  url = {http://riuma.uma.es/xmlui/handle/10630/5503},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-662-43880-0\_28}
}

@inproceedings{laracabrera2013evolving,
  author = {Lara-Cabrera, R. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Evolving Aesthetic Maps for a Real Time Strategy Game},
  booktitle = {I Simposio Español en Entretenimiento Digital (SEED 2013)},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {61-71},
  url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10630/5709}
}

@inproceedings{fernandes2013time,
  author = {Fernandes, C.M. and Rosa, A.C. and Laredo, J.L. Jimenez and C.Cotta and Merelo, J.J.},
  title = {A study on time-varying partially connected topologies for the particle swarm},
  booktitle = {IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2013},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {2450-2456},
  publisher = {IEEE Press},
  address = {Cancun, Mexico},
  doi = {10.1109/CEC.2013.6557863}
}

@inproceedings{merelo2013search,
  author = {Merelo, J.J. and Mora, A.M. and Castillo, P.A. and Cotta, C. and Valdez, M. Garcia},
  title = {A search for scalable evolutionary solutions to the game of Mastermind},
  booktitle = {IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2013},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {2298-2305},
  publisher = {IEEE Press},
  address = {Cancun, Mexico},
  doi = {10.1109/CEC.2013.6557843}
}

@inproceedings{fernandes2013partially,
  author = {Fernandes, C.M. and Merelo, J.J. and Laredo, J.L.J. and Cotta, C. and Rosa, A.C.},
  title = {Partially connected topologies for particle swarm},
  booktitle = {GECCO '13 Companion: Proceedings of the 15th annual conference companion on Genetic and evolutionary computation},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {11-12},
  publisher = {ACM},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/2464576.2464586}
}

@inproceedings{fernandes2013adapting,
  author = {Fernandes, C.M. and Laredo, J.L. Jimenez and Merelo, J.J. and C.Cotta and Rosa, A.C.},
  title = {Adapting the Bak-Sneppen Model to a Dynamic and Partially Connected Grid of Hierarchical Species},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Artificial Life, ECAL 2013},
  editor = {Lio, P. and Miglino, O. and Nicosia, G. and Nolfi, S. and Pavone, M.},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {523-530},
  publisher = {MIT Press},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1162/978-0-262-31709-2-ch076}
}

@inproceedings{nogueras2013analyzing,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Analyzing Meme Propagation in Multimemetic Algorithms: Initial Investigations},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2013 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {1013-1019},
  publisher = {IEEE Press},
  address = {Cracow (Poland)},
}

@inproceedings{nogueras2013selecto,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C. and Fernandes, C.M. and Laredo, J.L. Jimenez and Merelo, J.J. and Rosa, A.C.},
  title = {An Analysis of a Selecto-Lamarckian Model of Multimemetic Algorithms with Dynamic Self-organized Topology},
  booktitle = {2nd International Conference on the Theory and Practice of Natural Computing, TPNC 2013},
  editor = {Dediu, A.H. and others},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {205-216},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {8273},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-45008-2\_17}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2013setup,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Fernández-Leiva, A.J. and Sánchez, A. Fuentes and Lara-Cabrera, R.},
  title = {Car Setup Optimization via Evolutionary Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Advances in Computational Intelligence},
  editor = {Rojas, I. and Joya, G. and Cabestany, J.},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {346-354},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {7903},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-38682-4\_37}
}

@inproceedings{carpio2013evolving,
  author = {Carpio, J. and García-Sánchez, P. and Mora, A.M. and Merelo, J.J. and Caraballo, J. and Vaz, F. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Evolving the Strategies of Agents for the ANTS Game},
  booktitle = {Advances in Computational Intelligence},
  editor = {Rojas, I. and Joya, G. and Cabestany, J.},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {324-333},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {7903},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-38682-4\_35}
}

@inproceedings{fernandes2013photo,
  author = {Fernandes, C.M. and Mora, A. and Merelo, J.J. and Cotta, C. and Rosa, A.C.},
  title = {Photo Rendering with Swarms: From Figurative to Abstract Pherogenic Imaging},
  booktitle = {2013 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Creativity and Affective Computing},
  editor = {Ting, Chuan-Kang and others},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {32-39},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  address = {Singapore},
  doi = {10.1109/CICAC.2013.6595218}
}

@inproceedings{cabrera2013review,
  author = {Cabrera, R. Lara and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {A review of computational intelligence in RTS games},
  booktitle = {2013 IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computational Intelligence},
  editor = {Ojeda, M. and others},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {114-121},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  address = {Singapore},
  doi = {10.1109/FOCI.2013.6602463}
}

@inproceedings{merelo2013influence,
  author = {Merelo, J.J. and Mora, A. and Rico, N. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Influence of selective pressure on quality of solutions and speed of evolutionary MasterMind},
  booktitle = {2013 IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computational Intelligence},
  editor = {Ojeda, M. and others},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {122-129},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  address = {Singapore},
  doi = {10.1109/FOCI.2013.6602464}
}

@inproceedings{merelo2013finding,
  author = {Merelo, JJ. and Mora, A. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Finding an evolutionary solution to the game of Mastermind with good scaling behavior},
  booktitle = {Learning and Intelligent Optimization Conference 7},
  editor = {Nicosia, G. and Pardalos, P.M.},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {288-293},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {7997},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-44973-4\_31}
}

@inproceedings{nogueira2013hall,
  author = {Nogueira, M. and Gálvez, J. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {An Analysis of Hall-of-Fame Strategies in Competitive Coevolutionary Algorithms for Self-Learning in RTS Games},
  booktitle = {Learning and Intelligent Optimization Conference 7},
  editor = {Nicosia, G. and Pardalos, P.M.},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {174-188},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {7997},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-44973-4\_19}
}

@inproceedings{lara2013procedural,
  author = {Lara, R. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {A procedural balanced map generator with self-adaptive complexity for the real-time strategy game Planet Wars},
  booktitle = {Applications of Evolutionary Computing},
  editor = {Esparcia-Alcázar, A.I. and others},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {274-283},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {7835},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-37192-9\_28}
}

@inproceedings{rodriguez2012template,
  author = {Rodríguez, D. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {The Template Design Problem: A Perspective with Metaheuristics},
  booktitle = {Monte Carlo Methods and Applications},
  editor = {Sabelfeld, Karl K. and Dimov, Ivan},
  year = {2012},
  pages = {181-192},
  publisher = {De Gryuter},
  address = {Berlin},
}

@inproceedings{merelo2012finding,
  author = {Merelo, JJ and Mora, A.M. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Finding fast solutions to the game of Mastermind},
  booktitle = {GAME-ON 2012, 13th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation},
  year = {2012},
  pages = {25-28},
  publisher = {Eurosis},
  address = {Málaga (Spain)}
}

@inproceedings{lara2012procedural,
  author = {Lara, R. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Procedural Map Generation for a RTS Game},
  booktitle = {GAME-ON 2012, 13th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation},
  year = {2012},
  pages = {53-58},
  publisher = {Eurosis},
  address = {Málaga (Spain)},
}

@inproceedings{nogueira2012hall,
  author = {Nogueira, M. and Gálvez, J. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Hall-of-Fame competitive coevolutionary algorithms for optimizing opponent strategies in a new game},
  booktitle = {GAME-ON 2012, 13th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation},
  year = {2012},
  pages = {71-78},
  publisher = {Eurosis},
  address = {Málaga (Spain)},
}

@inproceedings{merelo2012optimizing,
  author = {Merelo, JJ and Mora, A.M. and Runarsson, T. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Optimizing search via diversity enhancement in evolutionary MasterMind},
  booktitle = {2012 International Conference in Complex Systems},
  year = {2012},
  pages = {1--6},
  publisher = {IEEE Press},
  address = {Agadir (Morocco)},
  doi = {10.1109/ICoCS.2012.6458548}
}

@inproceedings{fernandes2012dimensional,
  author = {Fernandes, C. and Laredo, J.L. Jiménez and Merelo, JJ and Cotta, C. and Rosa, A. Da},
  title = {Towards a 2-dimensional Self-organized Framework for Structured Population-based Metaheuristics},
  booktitle = {2012 IEEE International Conference in Complex Systems},
  year = {2012},
  publisher = {IEEE Press},
  address = {Agadir (Morocco)},
  doi = {10.1109/ICoCS.2012.6458516}
}

@inproceedings{frade2012aesthetic,
  author = {Frade, M. and Fernández de Vega, F. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Aesthetic Terrain Programs Database for Creativity Assessment},
  booktitle = {2012 IEEE Computational Intelligence in Games Conference},
  year = {2012},
  pages = {350-354},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  address = {Granada (Spain)},
  doi = {10.1109/CIG.2012.6374176}
}

@inproceedings{mereloguervos2012scaling,
  author = {Merelo-Guervós, J.J. and Mora, A. and Cruz, J. Albert and Esparcia, A.I. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Scaling in distributed evolutionary algorithms with persistent population},
  booktitle = {2012 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence},
  year = {2012},
  pages = {2183-2190},
  publisher = {IEEE Press},
  address = {Brisbane (Australia)},
  doi = {10.1109/CEC.2012.6256622}
}

@inproceedings{nogueira2012modeling,
  author = {Nogueira, M. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {On Modeling, evaluating and increasing players' satisfaction quantitatively: steps towards a taxonomy},
  booktitle = {Applications of Evolutionary Computing},
  year = {2012},
  pages = {241-250},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {7248},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address = {Berlin},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-29178-4\_25}
}

@inproceedings{colomine2012comparative,
  author = {Colomine Duran, F. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {A Comparative Study of Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms to Optimize the Selection of Investment Portfolios with Cardinality Constraints},
  booktitle = {Applications of Evolutionary Computing},
  year = {2012},
  pages = {161-169},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {7248},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address = {Berlin},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-29178-4\_17}
}

@inproceedings{sanchez2012optimizando,
  author = {Sánchez, A. Fuentes and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Optimizando la configuración de coches en juegos de carreras mediante computación evolutiva},
  booktitle = {VIII Congreso Español sobre Metaheurística, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  year = {2012},
  pages = {675-682},
  publisher = {UCLM},
  address = {Albacete}
}

@inproceedings{nogueira2012apuntes,
  author = {Nogueira, M. and Cotta, C. and Fernández Leiva, A.J.},
  title = {Apuntes del estudio sobre modelado, evaluación e incremento de la satisfacción del jugador},
  booktitle = {VIII Congreso Español sobre Metaheurística, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  year = {2012},
  pages = {699-704},
  publisher = {UCLM},
  address = {Albacete}
}

@inproceedings{espinar2012user,
  author = {Espinar, J. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {User-Centric Optimization with Evolutionary and Memetic Systems},
  booktitle = {Large-Scale Scientific Computing - 8th International Conference, LSSC 2011},
  editor = {Lirkov, Ivan and Margenov, Svetozar and Wasniewski, Jerzy},
  year = {2012},
  pages = {214-221},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {7116},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Sozopol, Bulgaria},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29843-1\_24}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2011fifa,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Mora, A.M. and Merelo-Molina, C. and Guervós, J.J. Merelo},
  title = {FIFA World Cup 2010: A Network Analysis of the Champion Team Play},
  booktitle = {1st International Workshop on Complex Systems in Sports},
  editor = {Merelo Guervós, J.J. and Cotta, C. and Mora, A.M.},
  year = {2011},
  address = {Paris},
  url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.0261}
}

@inproceedings{merelo2011optimizing,
  author = {Merelo, J.J. and Mora, A. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Optimizing worst-case scenario in evolutionary solutions to the MasterMind puzzle},
  booktitle = {2011 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation},
  year = {2011},
  pages = {2669-2676},
  publisher = {IEEE Press},
  address = {New Orleans},
  doi = {10.1109/CEC.2011.5949952}
}

@inproceedings{badillo2011user,
  author = {Badillo, A.R. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Towards User-Centric Memetic Algorithms: Experiences with the TSP},
  booktitle = {Advances in Computational Intelligence},
  editor = {Cabestany, J. and Rojas, I. and Caparrós, G. Joya},
  year = {2011},
  pages = {284-291},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {6692},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-21498-1\_36}
}

@inproceedings{vega2011preliminary,
  author = {Fernández de Vega, F. and Sánchez, J.G. Abengózar and Cotta, C.},
  title = {A Preliminary Analysis and Simulation of Load Balancing Techniques Applied to Parallel Genetic Programming},
  booktitle = {Advances in Computational Intelligence},
  editor = {Cabestany, J. and Rojas, I. and Caparrós, G. Joya},
  year = {2011},
  pages = {308-315},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {6692},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-21498-1\_39}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2011inspired,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Bio-inspired Combinatorial Optimization: Notes on Reactive and Proactive Interaction},
  booktitle = {Advances in Computational Intelligence},
  editor = {Cabestany, J. and Rojas, I. and Caparrós, G. Joya},
  year = {2011},
  pages = {348-355},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {6692},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-21498-1\_44}
}

@inproceedings{espinar2011human,
  author = {Espinar, J. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {On the Use of Human-Guided Evolutionary Algorithms for Tackling 2D Packing Problems},
  booktitle = {Foundations on Natural and Artificial Computation},
  editor = {Ferrández, J.M. and and J.R. Álvarez Sánchez and de la Paz, F. and Toledo, F.J.},
  year = {2011},
  pages = {354-361},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {6686},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-21344-1\_37}
}

@inproceedings{garcia2011design,
  author = {García, J.A. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Design of Emergent and Adaptive Virtual Players in a War RTS Game},
  booktitle = {Foundations on Natural and Artificial Computation},
  editor = {Ferrández, J.M. and Sánchez, J.R. Álvarez and de la Paz, F. and Toledo, F.J.},
  year = {2011},
  pages = {372-382},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {6686},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-21344-1\_39}
}

@inproceedings{merelo2011improving,
  author = {Merelo, J.J. and Cotta, C. and Mora, A.},
  title = {Improving and Scaling Evolutionary Approaches to the MasterMind Problem},
  booktitle = {Applications of Evolutionary Computation 2011},
  editor = {Chio, C. Di and others},
  year = {2011},
  pages = {100-110},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {6624},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-20525-5\_11}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2010entropy,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Merelo, J.J. and Mora, A. and Runarsson, T.P.},
  title = {Entropy-Driven Evolutionary Approaches to the Mastermind Problem},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature XI},
  editor = {Schaefer, R. and others},
  year = {2010},
  pages = {421-431},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {6239},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-15871-1\_43}
}

@inproceedings{amaya2010memetic,
  author = {Amaya, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {A Memetic Cooperative Optimization Schema and its Application to the Tool Switching Problem},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature XI},
  editor = {Schaefer, R. and others},
  year = {2010},
  pages = {445-454},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {6238},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-15844-5\_45}
}

@inproceedings{byrski2010asymptotic,
  author = {Byrski, A. and Schaefer, R. and Smolka, M. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Asymptotic Analysis of Computational Multi-Agent Systems},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature XI},
  editor = {Schaefer, R. and others},
  year = {2010},
  pages = {475-484},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {6238},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-15844-5\_48}
}

@inproceedings{amaya2010metodo,
  author = {Amaya, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Método de Cross Entropy para la solución del problema de conmutación de herramientas},
  booktitle = {VII congreso Español sobre metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y bioinspirados (MAEB2010)},
  year = {2010},
  pages = {701-708},
  publisher = {Garceta},
  address = {Valencia}
}

@inproceedings{rodriguez2010problema,
  author = {Rodríguez, D. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Un problema de diseño de plantillas: Un enfoque metaheurístico basado en búsqueda local},
  booktitle = {VII congreso Español sobre metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y bioinspirados (MAEB2010)},
  year = {2010},
  pages = {743-750},
  publisher = {Garceta},
  address = {Valencia}
}

@inproceedings{merelo2010assessing,
  author = {Merelo, J.J. and Runarsson, T.P. and Mora, A. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Assessing efficiency of different evolutionary strategies playing MasterMind},
  booktitle = {2010 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games},
  editor = {Yannakakis, G.N. and Togelius, J.},
  year = {2010},
  pages = {38-45},
  publisher = {IEEE Press},
  address = {Copenhaguen (Denmark)},
  doi = {10.1109/ITW.2010.5593373}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2010attitudinal,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {On the Use of Attitudinal Activities in ECTS Experiences to Foster Student Engagement in the Course: A Case Study in Programming Courses},
  booktitle = {2010 International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies},
  editor = {Chova, L. Gómez and Belenguer, D. Martí and Torres, I. Candel},
  year = {2010},
  pages = {4243-4249},
  publisher = {IATED},
  address = {Barcelona (Spain)},
}

@inproceedings{frade2010evolution,
  author = {Frade, M. and Fernández de Vega, F. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Evolution of Artificial Terrains for Video Games Based on Obstacles Edge Length},
  booktitle = {WCCI 2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence},
  year = {2010},
  pages = {2202-2209},
  publisher = {IEEE Press},
  address = {Barcelona, Spain},
  doi = {10.1109/CEC.2010.5586032}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2010keeping,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Keeping the Ball Rolling: Teaching Strategies Using Wikipedia},
  booktitle = {2nd International Computer-Supported Education Conference},
  editor = {Cordeiro, J. and others},
  year = {2010},
  pages = {337-340},
  publisher = {INSTICC},
  address = {Valencia (Spain)},
}

@inproceedings{frade2010evolution2,
  author = {Frade, M. and Fernández de Vega, F. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Evolution of Artificial Terrains for Video Games Based on Accessibility},
  booktitle = {Applications of Evolutionary Computing},
  editor = {de Chio, C. and others},
  year = {2010},
  pages = {90-99},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {6024},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-12239-2\_10}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2010ects,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {An ECTS Experience in Sophomore Programming Courses in the University of Málaga},
  booktitle = {2010 International Technology, Education and Development Conference},
  editor = {Chova, L. Gómez and Belenguer, D. Martí and Torres, I. Candel},
  year = {2010},
  pages = {4168-4173},
  publisher = {IATED},
  address = {Valencia (Spain)}
}

@inproceedings{amaya2010hybrid,
  author = {Amaya, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Hybrid cooperation models for the Tool Switching Problem},
  booktitle = {International Workshop on Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization},
  year = {2010},
  pages = {39-52},
  series = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume = {284},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-12538-6\_4}
}

@inproceedings{araujo2009genotypic,
  author = {Araujo, L. and Merelo, J.J. and Mora, A. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Genotypic Differences and Migration Policies in an Island Model},
  booktitle = {Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2009},
  editor = {Raidl, G. and others},
  year = {2009},
  publisher = {ACM Press},
  address = {Montreal, Canada},
  doi = {10.1145/1569901.1570080}
}

@inproceedings{colomine2009sharpe,
  author = {Colomine, F. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {On the Use of Sharpe's Index in Evolutionary Portfolio Optimization Under Markowitz's Model},
  booktitle = {Adaptive and Emergent Behaviour and Complex Systems 2009},
  editor = {Corne, D. and Frisco, P. and Reynolds, A.},
  year = {2009},
  pages = {9-14},
  address = {Edinburgh, UK},
}

@inproceedings{rodriguez2009finding,
  author = {Rodríguez, D. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Finding Balanced Incomplete Block Design with Metaheuristics},
  booktitle = {Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization},
  editor = {Cotta, C. and Cowling, P.},
  year = {2009},
  pages = {156-167},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {5482},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-01009-5\_14}
}

@inproceedings{frade2009adding,
  author = {M.Frade and Fernández de Vega, F. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Adding Zoom Feature to Terrain Programmes},
  booktitle = {VI Congreso Español sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  editor = {Alba, E. and others},
  year = {2009},
  pages = {293-300},
  address = {Málaga (Spain)},
}

@inproceedings{colomine2009algoritmos,
  author = {Colomine Duran, F. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Algoritmos Evolutivos Multiobjetivo para Selección de Carteras de Inversión con Restricciones de Cardinalidad},
  booktitle = {VI Congreso Español sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  editor = {Alba, E. and others},
  year = {2009},
  pages = {223-230},
  address = {Málaga (Spain)}
}

@inproceedings{amaya2009algoritmos,
  author = {Amaya, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Algoritmos Genéticos y Búsquedas Locales para el Problema de la Conmutación de Herramientas},
  booktitle = {VI Congreso Español sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  editor = {Alba, E. and others},
  year = {2009},
  pages = {199-206},
  address = {Málaga (Spain)}
}

@inproceedings{rodriguez2009comparativa,
  author = {Rodríguez, D. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Una Comparativa de Metaheuristicas para el Problema del Diseño de Bloques Incompletos Equilibrados},
  booktitle = {VI Congreso Español sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  editor = {Alba, E. and others},
  year = {2009},
  pages = {191-198},
  address = {Málaga (Spain)}
}

@inproceedings{fernandez2008generating,
  author = {Fernández, A.J. and Cotta, C. and Ceballos, R. Campaña},
  title = {Generating emergent team strategies in football simulation videogames via genetic algorithms},
  booktitle = {9th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation. GAME-ON 2008},
  editor = {Botti, Vicente and Barella, Antorio and Carrascosa, Carlos},
  year = {2008},
  address = {Valencia},
}

@inproceedings{merelo2008testing,
  author = {Merelo, J.J. and Mora, A. and Castillo, P.A. and Jiménez, J.L. and Araujo, L. and Sharman, K. and Esparcia-Alcázar, A. and Alfaro-Cid, E. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Testing the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis: Effect of Asynchronous Population Incorporation on Multi-Deme Evolutionary Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature X},
  editor = {Rudolph, G. and Jansen, T. and Lucas, S.M. and Poloni, C. and Beume, N.},
  year = {2008},
  pages = {266-275},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {5199},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-87700-4\_27}
}

@inproceedings{amaya2008memetic,
  author = {Amaya, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {A Memetic Algorithm for the Tool Switching Problem},
  booktitle = {Hybrid Metaheuristics 2008},
  editor = {Aguilera, M.J. Blesa and Blum, C. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J. and Gallardo, J.E. and Roli, A. and Sampels, M.},
  year = {2008},
  pages = {190-202},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {5296},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-88439-2\_14}
}

@inproceedings{frade2008genetic,
  author = {Frade, M. and Fernández de Vega, F. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Genetic Terrain Programming - An Aesthetic Approach to Terrain Generation},
  booktitle = {Computer Games and Allied Technology 08},
  year = {2008},
  pages = {1-8},
  address = {Singapore},
}

@inproceedings{frade2008gentp,
  author = {Frade, M. and Fernández de Vega, F. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {GenTP - Uma Ferramenta Interactiva para a Geração Artificial de Terrenos},
  booktitle = {3rd Iberian Conference in Systems and Information Technologies},
  year = {2008},
  pages = {1-12},
  address = {Ourense, Spain}
}

@inproceedings{mora2008influence,
  author = {Mora, A.M. and Merelo, J.J. and Jiménez, J.L. and Castillo, P.A. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Influence of Parameters on the Performance of a MOACO Algorithm for Solve the Bi-criteria Military Path-finding Problem},
  booktitle = {2008 Congress on Evolutionary Computation},
  year = {2008},
  pages = {3506-3513},
  publisher = {IEEE Press},
  address = {Hong Kong (China)},
  doi = {10.1109/CEC.2008.4631272}
}

@inproceedings{frade2008modelling,
  author = {Frade, M. and Fernández de Vega, F. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Modelling Video Games' Landscapes by Means of Genetic Terrain Programming - A New Approach for Improving Users' Experience},
  booktitle = {Applications of Evolutionary Computing},
  editor = {Giacobini, M. and others},
  year = {2008},
  pages = {485--490},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {4974},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-78761-7\_52}
}

@inproceedings{amaya2007cooperacion,
  author = {Amaya, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.},
  title = {Cooperación de Agentes Basados en Búsqueda Local en el Problema de Código de Corrección de Errores},
  booktile = { I Jornadas sobre Algoritmos Evolutivos y Metaheurísticas},
  editor = {others, E. Albaand},
  year = {2007},
  pages = {293-300},
  address = {Zaragoza}
}

@inproceedings{pastrana2007estudio,
  author = {Pastrana, J.L. and Belmonte, M.V. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J. and Soler, E. and Yagüe, M.I.},
  title = {Estudio, Implantación y Resultados de la Adaptación al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior en las Asignaturas de Programación de la Titulación de Informática de la Universidad de Málaga},
  editor = {Kong, M. and Pow-Sang, J.A. and {Tupia Anticona}, M. and {Flores García}, L.A.},
  booktitle = { VI Jornadas Iberoamericanas de Ingeniería del Software e Ingeniería del Conocimiento-JIISIC'07},
  year = {2007},
  pages = {435-443},
  address = {Lima, Perú}
}

@inproceedings{gallardo2007memetic,
  author = {Gallardo, J. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.},
  title = {Memetic Algorithms Endowed with Exact Techniques},
  booktitle = {Optimization 2007 (Book of abstracts)},
  pages = {63},
  editor = {Golçalves, J.F. and others},
  publisher = {Universidade do Porto},
  year = {2007},
  address = {Porto (Portugal)}
}

@inproceedings{gallardo2007memetic2,
  author = {Gallardo, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {A Memetic Algorithm for the Low Autocorrelation Binary Sequence Problem},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2007 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference},
  editor = {Lipson, Hod},
  year = {2007},
  pages = {1226-1233},
  publisher = {ACM Press},
  address = {London, UK},
  doi = {10.1145/1276958.1277195}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2007complex,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Merelo, J.J.},
  title = {Complex Networks and Evolutionary Computation},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2007 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion Material},
  editor = {Thierens, Dirk},
  year = {2007},
  pages = {3078-3092},
  publisher = {ACM Press},
  address = {London, UK},
  doi = {10.1145/1274000.1274106}
}

@inproceedings{merelo2007best,
  author = {Merelo, J.J. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Who is the Best Connected EC Researcher? Centrality Analysis of the Complex Network of Auhors in Evolutionary Computation},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2007 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference},
  editor = {Lipson, Hod},
  year = {2007},
  pages = {1526},
  publisher = {ACM Press},
  address = {London, UK},
  doi = {10.1145/1276958.1277255},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.2021}
}

@inproceedings{trujillo2007reconstruccion,
  author = {Trujillo, J.D. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Reconstrucción de Redes Filogenéticas Mediante Algoritmos Evolutivos},
  booktitle = {V Conferencia sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  editor = {Almeida, F. and Melián, B. and Moreno, J.A. and Moreno, J.M.},
  year = {2007},
  pages = {655-662},
  address = {Tenerife}
}

@inproceedings{gallardo2007algoritmo,
  author = {Gallardo, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Un Algoritmo Híbrido Multi-Nivel para el Problema de los Patrones Estables},
  booktitle = {V Conferencia sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  editor = {Almeida, F. and Melián, B. and Moreno, J.A. and Moreno, J.M.},
  year = {2007},
  pages = {261-268},
  address = {Tenerife}
}

@inproceedings{amaya2007tackling,
  author = {Amaya, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Tackling the Error Correcting Code Problem via the Cooperation of Local-Search-Based Agents},
  booktitle = {Nature Inspired Problem-Solving Methods in Knowledge Engineering},
  editor = {Mira, J. and álvarez, J.R.},
  year = {2007},
  pages = {490-500},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {4528},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-73055-2\_51}
}

@inproceedings{blum2007probabilistic,
  author = {Blum, C. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J. and Gallardo, J.E.},
  title = {A Probabilistic Beam Search Approach to the Shortest Common Supersequence Problem},
  booktitle = {Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization},
  editor = {Cotta, C. and van Hemert, J.},
  year = {2007},
  pages = {36-47},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {4446},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-71615-0\_4}
}

@inproceedings{belmonte2006experiencias,
  author = {Belmonte, M.V. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J. and Pastrana, J.L. and Soler, E. and Yagüe, M.I.},
  title = {Experiencias y resultados de la implanatación del EEES en las asignaturas de programación de primer curso de la Ingeniería Técnica en Informática},
  booktitle = {I Jornadas sobre Experiencias Piloto de Implantación del Cédito Europeo en las Universidades Andaluzas},
  year = {2006},
  address = {Cádiz}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2006scheduling,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Dotú, I. and Fernández, A. and Hentenryck, P. Van},
  title = {Scheduling Social Golfers with Memetic Evolutionary Programming},
  booktitle = {Hybrid Metaheuristics},
  year = {2006},
  pages = {150-161},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {4030},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/11890584\_12}
}

@inproceedings{gallardo2006multi,
  author = {Gallardo, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.},
  title = {A Multi-Level Memetic/Exact Hybrid Algorithm for the Still Life Problem},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature IX},
  year = {2006},
  pages = {212-221},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {4193},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/11844297\_22}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2006memetic,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Dotú, I. and Fernández, A. and Hentenryck, P. Van},
  title = {A Memetic Approach to Golomb Rulers},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature IX},
  year = {2006},
  pages = {252-261},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {4193},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/11844297\_26}
}

@inproceedings{trujillo2006evolutionary,
  author = {Trujillo, J.D. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {An Evolutionary Approach to the Inference of Phylogenetic Networks},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature IX},
  year = {2006},
  pages = {332-341},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {4193},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/11844297\_34}
}

@inproceedings{gallardo2006memetic,
  author = {Gallardo, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {A Memetic Algorithm with Bucket Elimination for the Still Life Problem},
  booktitle = {Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization},
  editor = {Gottlieb, J. and Raidl, G.},
  year = {2006},
  pages = {73-85},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {3906},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/11730095\_7}
}

@inproceedings{mahata2006hierarchical,
  author = {Mahata, P. and Costa, W. and Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {Hierarchical Clustering, Languages and Cancer},
  booktitle = {Application of Evolutionary Computing},
  year = {2006},
  pages = {69-80},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {3907},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/11732242\_7}
}

@inproceedings{gallardo2005hibridacion,
  author = {Gallardo, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Hibridación de un algoritmo evolutivo con el método de ramificación y acotación para el problema de la mochila múltiple},
  booktitle = {IV Congreso Español de Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  year = {2005},
  pages = {415-422},
  address = {Granada, España}
}

@inproceedings{campoavila2005induccion,
  author = {del Campo-ávila, J. and Ramos-Jiménez, G. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Inducción de multiclasificadores basados en árboles de decisión usando algoritmos evolutivos},
  booktitle = {IV Congreso Español de Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  year = {2005},
  pages = {689-696},
  address = {Granada, España}
}

@inproceedings{nogueras2005introduccion,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Introducción de sesgo heurístico en algoritmos genéticos mediante operadores basados en distribuciones},
  booktitle = {IV Congreso Español de Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  year = {2005},
  pages = {23-30},
  address = {Granada, España}
}

@inproceedings{berretta2005hacia,
  author = {Berretta, R. and Cotta, C. and Hourani, M. and Mendes, A. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {Hacia una mejor compresión del perfil genético de la enfermedad de Alzheimer a través de metaheurísticas},
  booktitle = {IV Congreso Español de Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  year = {2005},
  pages = {221-228},
  address = {Granada, España}
}

@inproceedings{gallardo2005hybrid,
  author = {Gallardo, J.E. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {A Hybrid Model of Evolutionary Algorithms and Branch-and-Bound for Combinatorial Optimization Problems},
  booktitle = {2005 Congress on Evolutionary Computation},
  year = {2005},
  pages = {2248-2254},
  publisher = {IEEE Press},
  address = {Edinburgh, UK},
  doi = {10.1109/CEC.2005.1554974}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2005parameterized,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {The Parameterized Complexity of Multiparent Recombination},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 6th Metaheuristic International Conference},
  year = {2005},
  pages = {237-242},
  publisher = {Universität Wien},
  address = {Vienna, Austria},
}

@inproceedings{nogueras2005distribution,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Using Distribution-based Operators in Genetic Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 6th Metaheuristic International Conference},
  year = {2005},
  pages = {707-712},
  publisher = {Universität Wien},
  address = {Vienna, Austria},
}

@inproceedings{cotta2005memetic,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Memetic Algorithms with Partial Lamarckism for the Shortest Common Supersequence Problem},
  booktitle = {Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Engineering Applications: a Bioinspired Approach},
  editor = {Mira, J. and Álvarez, J.R.},
  year = {2005},
  pages = {84-91},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {3562},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/11499305\_9}
}

@inproceedings{gallardo2005solving,
  author = {Gallardo, J. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.},
  title = {Solving the Multidimensional Knapsack Problem Using an Evolutionary Algorithm Hybridized with Branch and Bound},
  booktitle = {Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Engineering Applications: a Bioinspired Approach},
  editor = {Mira, J. and Álvarez, J.R.},
  year = {2005},
  pages = {21-30},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {3562},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/11499305\_3}
}

@inproceedings{mendes2005gene,
  author = {Mendes, A. and Cotta, C. and Garcia, V. and França, P. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {Gene Ordering in Microarray Data Using Parallel Memetic Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Parallel Processing Workshops},
  editor = {Skie, T. and Yang, C.-S.},
  year = {2005},
  pages = {604-611},
  publisher = {IEEE Press},
  address = {Oslo, Norway},
  doi = {10.1109/ICPPW.2005.34}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2005comparison,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {A Comparison of Evolutionary Approaches to the Shortest Common Supersequence Problem},
  booktitle = {Computational Intelligence and Bioinspired Systems},
  editor = {Cabestany, J. and Prieto, A. and Sandoval, F.},
  year = {2005},
  pages = {50-58},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {3512},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/11494669\_7}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2005application,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {On the Application of Evolutionary Algorithms to the Consensus Tree Problem},
  booktitle = {Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization},
  editor = {Gottlieb, J. and Raidl, G.},
  year = {2005},
  pages = {58-67},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {3448},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-31996-2\_6}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2005analyzing,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.J.},
  title = {Analyzing Fitness Landscapes for the Optimal Golomb Ruler Problem},
  booktitle = {Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization},
  editor = {Gottlieb, J. and Raidl, G.},
  year = {2005},
  pages = {68-79},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {3448},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-31996-2\_7}
}

@inproceedings{moscato2005genes,
  author = {Moscato, P. and Berretta, R. and Hourani, M. and Mendes, A. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Genes Related with Alzheimer's Disease: A Comparison of Evolutionary Search, Statistical and Integer Programming Approaches},
  booktitle = {Application of Evolutionary Computing},
  year = {2005},
  pages = {84-94},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {3449},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-32003-6\_9}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2004learning,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Muruzábal, J.},
  title = {On the Learning of Bayesian Network Graph Structures via Evolutionary Programming},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Second European Workshop on Probabilistic Graphical Models},
  editor = {Lucas, P.},
  year = {2004},
  pages = {65-72},
  address = {Leiden, The Netherlands},
}

@inproceedings{cotta2004hybrid,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Fernández, A.},
  title = {A Hybrid GRASP - Evolutionary Algorithm Approach to Golomb Ruler Search},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature VIII},
  editor = {Yao, Xin and others},
  year = {2004},
  pages = {481-49},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {3242},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-30217-9\_49},
}

@inproceedings{muruzabal2004primer,
  author = {Muruzábal, J. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {A Primer on the Evolution of Equivalence Classes of Bayesian Network Structures},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature VIII},
  editor = {Yao, Xin and others},
  year = {2004},
  pages = {612-621},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {3242},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-30217-9\_62},
}

@inproceedings{cotta2004scattes,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Scatter Search and Memetic Approaches to the Error Correcting Code Problem},
  booktitle = {Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization},
  editor = {Gottlieb, J. and Raidl, G.},
  year = {2004},
  pages = {51-60},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {3004},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-24652-7\_6}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2004evolutionary,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Sloper, C. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {Evolutionary Search of Thresholds for Robust Feature Selection: Application to the Analysis of Microarray Data},
  booktitle = {Applications of Evolutionary Computing},
  editor = {Raidl, G{\"{u}}nther R. and others},
  year = {2004},
  pages = {21-30},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {3005},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-24653-4\_3}
}

@inproceedings{campo2004algoritmos,
  author = {Campo, J. and Cotta, C. and Ramos, G.},
  title = {Algoritmos evolutivos para clasificación de experiencias usando árboles de decisión},
  booktitle = {Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  year = {2004},
  pages = {187-194}
}

@inproceedings{alba2004docencia,
  author = {Alba, E. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Docencia sobre Algoritmos Evolutivos en la Universidad de Málaga},
  booktitle = {Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  year = {2004},
  pages = {316-321}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2003allelic,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {A Study on Allelic Recombination},
  booktitle = {2003 Congress on Evolutionary Computation},
  year = {2003},
  pages = {1406-1413},
  publisher = {IEEE Press},
  address = {Canberra},
  doi = {10.1109/CEC.2003.1299835},
}

@inproceedings{cotta2003protein,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Protein Structure Prediction Using Evolutionary Algorithms Hybridized with Backtracking},
  booktitle = {Artificial Neural Nets Problem Solving Methods},
  editor = {Mira, J. and Álvarez, J.R.},
  year = {2003},
  pages = {321-328},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {2687},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  doi = {10.1007/3-540-44869-1\_41},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
}

@inproceedings{cotta2003evolutionary,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {On the Evolutionary Inference of Temporal Boolean Networks},
  booktitle = {Computational Methods in Neural Modeling},
  editor = {Mira, J. and Álvarez, J.R.},
  year = {2003},
  pages = {494-501},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {2686},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin Heidelberg},
  doi = {10.1007/3-540-44868-3\_63},
}

@inproceedings{cotta2003applying,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Mendes, A. and Garcia, V. and França, P. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {Applying Memetic Algorithms to the Analysis of Microarray Data},
  booktitle = {Applications of Evolutionary Computing},
  editor = {Raidl, G{\"{u}}nther R. and others},
  year = {2003},
  pages = {22-32},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {2611},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin},
  doi = {10.1007/3-540-36605-9\_3},
}

@inproceedings{cotta2003analisis,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Un Análisis de la Recombinación Alélica},
  booktitle = {Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  year = {2003},
  pages = {168-175},
  address = {Gijón}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2002inferring,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {Inferring Phylogenetic Trees Using Evolutionary Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving From Nature VII},
  editor = {Guerv{\'{o}}s, Juan Juli{\'{a}}n Merelo and Adamidis, Panagiotis and Beyer, Hans{-}Georg and Mart{\'{\i}}n, Jos{\'{e}} Luis Fern{\'{a}}ndez{-}Villaca{\~{n}}as and Schwefel, Hans{-}Paul},
  year = {2002},
  pages = {720-729},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {2439},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin},
  doi = {10.1007/3-540-45712-7\_69},
}

@inproceedings{cotta2002more,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Muruzábal, J.},
  title = {Towards a More Efficient Evolutionary Induction of Bayesian Networks},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving From Nature VII},
  editor = {Guerv{\'{o}}s, Juan Juli{\'{a}}n Merelo and Adamidis, Panagiotis and Beyer, Hans{-}Georg and Mart{\'{\i}}n, Jos{\'{e}} Luis Fern{\'{a}}ndez{-}Villaca{\~{n}}as and Schwefel, Hans{-}Paul},
  year = {2002},
  pages = {730-739},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {2439},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin},
  doi = {10.1007/3-540-45712-7\_70},
}

@inproceedings{moscato2002data,
  author = {Moscato, P. and Buriol, L. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {On the Analysis of Data Derived from Mitochondrial DNA: Kolmogorov and a Traveling Salesman give their Opinion},
  booktitle = {Advances in Nature Inspired Computation: the PPSN VII Workshops},
  year = {2002},
  pages = {37-38},
  publisher = {PEDAL},
  address = {University of Reading},
}

@inproceedings{alba2002mallba,
  author = {Alba, E. and Almeida, F. and Blesa, M. and Cotta, C. and Díaz, M. and Dorta, I. and Gabarró, J. and González, J. and León, C. and Moreno, L. and Petit, J. and Roda, J. and Rojas, A. and Xhafa, F.},
  title = {MALLBA: A Library of Skeletons for Combinatorial Optimisation},
  booktitle = {Euro-Par 2002 Parallel Processing},
  editor = {Monien, B. and Feldman, R.},
  year = {2002},
  pages = {927-932},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {2400},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin},
  doi = {10.1007/3-540-45706-2\_132},
}

@inproceedings{alba2002parallel,
  author = {Alba, E. and C.Cotta and Chicano, F. and Nebro, A.J.},
  title = {Parallel Evolutionary Algorithms in Telecommunications: Two Case Studies},
  booktitle = {2002 Congreso Argentino de Ciencias de la Computación (CACIC'2002)},
  year = {2002},
  address = {Buenos Aires, Argentina}
}

@inproceedings{nogueras2002partitioned,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {On Partitioned Fitness Distributions of Genetic Operators for Predicting GA Performance},
  booktitle = {Soft Computing in Industry - Recent Applications},
  editor = {Roy, R. and Koeppen, M. and Ovaska, S. and Furuashi, T. and Hoffmann, F.},
  year = {2002},
  pages = {729-739},
  doi = {10.1007/978-1-4471-0123-9\_60},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag}
}

@inproceedings{alba2002optimizacion,
  author = {Alba, E. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Optimización en Entornos Distribuidos: Proyecto MALLBA},
  booktitle = {Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados},
  year = {2002},
  address = {Mérida, Spain}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2001analyzing,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Analyzing Directed Acyclic Graph Recombination},
  booktitle = {Computational Intelligence: Theory and Applications},
  editor = {Reusch, B.},
  year = {2001},
  pages = {739-748},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {2206},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin},
  doi = {10.1007/3-540-45493-4\_72},
}

@inproceedings{alba2001mallba,
  author = {Alba, E. and Almeida, F. and Blesa, M. and Cotta, C. and Díaz, M. and Dorta, I. and Gabarró, J. and González, J. and León, C. and Moreno, L. and Petit, J. and Roda, J. and Rojas, A. and Xhafa, F.},
  title = {MALLBA: Toward a Combinatorial Optimization Library for Geographically Distributed Systems},
  booktitle = {XII Jornadas de Paralelismo},
  year = {2001},
  pages = {105-110},
  publisher = {Editorial U.P.V.},
  address = {Valencia}
}

@inproceedings{nogueras2001statistical,
  author = {Nogueras, R. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Using Statistical Techniques to Predict GA Performance},
  booktitle = {Connectionist Models of Neurons, Learning Processes, and Artificial Intelligence},
  editor = {Mira, J. and Prieto, A.},
  year = {2001},
  pages = {474-481},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {2084},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  doi = {10.1007/3-540-45720-8\_85},
  address = {Berlin}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2001comparison,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {A Comparison of Several Evolutionary Heuristics for the Frequency Assignment Problem},
  booktitle = {Connectionist Models of Neurons, Learning Processes, and Artificial Intelligence},
  editor = {Mira, J. and Prieto, A.},
  year = {2001},
  pages = {709-716},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {2084},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  doi = {10.1007/3-540-45720-8\_56},
  address = {Berlin}
}

@inproceedings{berretta2001forma,
  author = {Berretta, R.E. and Cotta, C. and Moscato, P.},
  title = {Forma Analysis and New Heuristic Ideas for the Number Partitioning Problem},
  booktitle = {4th Metaheuristics International Conference},
  year = {2001},
  pages = {337-341},
  address = {Oporto}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2000dynastic,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Using Dynastic Exploring Recombination to Promote Diversity in Genetic Search},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature VI},
  editor = {Schoenauer, M. and Deb, K. and Rudolph, G. and Yao, X. and Lutton, E. and Merelo, J.J. and Schwefel, H.-P.},
  year = {2000},
  pages = {325-334},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {1917},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin},
  doi = {10.1007/3-540-45356-3\_32},
}

@inproceedings{belmonte2000foundations,
  author = {Belmonte, M.V. and Cotta, C. and Fernández, A. and Gómez, I. and Pastrana, J. and Rus, F. and Soler, E.},
  title = {Foundations of Programming: A Teaching Improvement},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Second Simposium Internacional de Informática Educativa},
  editor = {Ortega, M. and J.Bravo},
  year = {2000}
}

@inproceedings{cotta2000hybrid,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Using a Hybrid Evolutionary-A* Approach for Learning Reactive Behaviours},
  booktitle = {Real-World Applications of Evolutionary Computing},
  editor = {Cagnoni, S. and others},
  year = {2000},
  pages = {347-356},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {1803},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin},
  doi = {10.1007/3-540-45561-2\_34},
}

@inproceedings{muruzabal2000some,
  author = {Muruzábal, J. and Cotta, C. and Rodríguez, A.},
  title = {Some Probabilistic Modelling Ideas for Boolean Classification in Genetic Programming},
  booktitle = {Genetic Programming},
  editor = {Poli, R. and Banzhaf, W. and Langdon, W.B. and Miller, J.F. and Nordin, P. and Fogarty, T.C.},
  year = {2000},
  pages = {133-148},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {1802},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-46239-2\_10},
}

@inproceedings{cotta2000influence,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {On the Influence of the Representation Granularity in Heuristic Forma Recombination},
  booktitle = {ACM Symposium on Applied Computing 2000},
  editor = {Carroll, J. and Damiani, E. and Haddad, H. and Oppenheim, D.},
  year = {2000},
  pages = {433-439},
  publisher = {ACM Press},
  doi = {10.1145/335603.335886},
}

@inproceedings{belmonte2000mejora,
  author = {Belmonte, M.V. and Cotta, C. and Gómez, I. and Pastrana, J. and Rus, F. and Soler, E.},
  title = {Mejora Docente en Elementos de Programación},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education},
  year = {2000},
  publisher = {SENAC-SP},
  address = {São Paulo}
}

@inproceedings{cotta1999transmision,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Transmisión Diversificada de Formas: una Estrategia Prometedora para Problemas Basados en Permutaciones},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Eighth Conference of the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence},
  editor = {García, A.Mª and Rizo, R. and Moral, S. and Toledo, F.},
  year = {1999},
  address = {Murcia, Spain}
}

@inproceedings{cotta1999stochastic,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Alba, E. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Stochastic Reverse Hillclimbing and Iterated Local Search},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1999 Congress on Evolutionary Computation},
  year = {1999},
  pages = {1558-1565},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  doi = {10.1109/CEC.1999.782669},
  address = {Washington DC},
}

@inproceedings{alba1999numerical,
  author = {Alba, E. and Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Numerical and Real-Time Analysis of Parallel Distributed GAs with Structured and Panmictic Populations},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1999 Congress on Evolutionary Computation},
  year = {1999},
  pages = {1019-1026},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  doi = {10.1109/CEC.1999.782535},
  address = {Washington DC}
}

@inproceedings{cotta1999improving,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Alba, E. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Improving the Scalability of Dynastically Optimal Forma Recombination by Tuning the Granularity of the Representation},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1999 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference},
  editor = {Banzhaf, Wolfgang and Daida, Jason M. and Eiben, A. E. and Garzon, Max H. and Honavar, Vasant G. and Jakiela, Mark J. and Smith, Robert E.},
  address = {Orlando FL},
  year = {1999},
  pages = {783},
  publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann},
}

@inproceedings{alba1999entropic,
  author = {Alba, E. and Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Entropic and Real-Time Analysis of the Search with Panmictic, Structured, and Parallel Distributed Genetic Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1999 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference},
  editor = {Banzhaf, Wolfgang and Daida, Jason M. and Eiben, A. E. and Garzon, Max H. and Honavar, Vasant G. and Jakiela, Mark J. and Smith, Robert E.},
  address = {Orlando FL},
  year = {1999},
  pages = {773},
  publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann}
}

@inproceedings{cotta1999tackling,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Tackling Epistatic Problems using Dynastically Optimal Recombination},
  booktitle = {Computational Intelligence. Theory and Applications},
  editor = {B, Reusch},
  year = {1999},
  pages = {197-205},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {1625},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Berlin},
  doi = {10.1007/3-540-48774-3\_23}
}

@inproceedings{cotta1999optimal,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Optimal Discrete Recombination: Hybridising Evolution Strategies with the A* Algorithm},
  booktitle = {Engineering Applications of Bio-Inspired Artificial Neural Networks},
  editor = {J., Mira and J.V, Sánchez-Andrés},
  year = {1999},
  pages = {58-67},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {1607},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  doi = {10.1007/BFB0100472},
  address = {Berlin}
}

@inproceedings{alba1999online,
  author = {Alba, E. and Cotta, C.},
  title = {Online Tutorial on Evolutionary Computation},
  booktitle = {Advances in Soft Computing},
  editor = {Roy, R. and Furuhashi, T. and Chawdhry, P.K},
  year = {1999},
  pages = {603-604},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag}
}

@inproceedings{belmonte1999espuma,
  author = {Belmonte, M.V. and Cotta, C. and Gómez, I. and Pastrana, J.L. and Pedreira, J.A. and Rus, F. and Sánchez, J. and Soler, E.},
  title = {ESPUMA. Mejora Docente en Elementos de Programación},
  booktitle = {Actas de las Jornadas sobre la Enseñanza Universiaria de la Informática},
  year = {1999},
  pages = {175-180},
  publisher = {EUPLA},
  address = {Zaragoza}
}

@inproceedings{cotta1998utilising,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Alba, E. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Utilising Dynastically Optimal Forma Recombination in Hybrid Genetic Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature V},
  editor = {Bäck, Th. and Eiben, A.E. and Schoenauer, M. and H.-P, Schwefel},
  year = {1998},
  pages = {305-314},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume = {1498},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  doi = {10.1007/BFB0056873},
  address = {Berlin}
}

@inproceedings{cotta1998decision,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {On Decision-Making in Strong Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithms},
  booktitle = {Task and Methods in Applied Artificial Intelligence},
  editor = {Del Pobil, A.P. and Mira, J. and Ali, M.},
  year = {1998},
  pages = {418-427},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence},
  volume = {1415},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  doi = {10.1007/3-540-64582-9\_772},
  address = {Berlin}
}

@inproceedings{cotta1997importancia,
  author = {Cotta, C.},
  title = {Sobre la Importancia del Remuestreo en Algoritmos Heurísticos inspirados en la Naturaleza},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Seventh Conference of the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence},
  editor = {Botti, V.},
  year = {1997},
  pages = {145-154}
}

@inproceedings{cotta1997hybrid,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for the 0-1 Multiple Knapsack Problem},
  booktitle = {Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms 3},
  editor = {Smith, G.D. and Steele, N.C. and Albrecht, R.F.},
  year = {1997},
  pages = {251-255},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-7091-6492-1\_55},
  address = {Norwich, UK},
}

@inproceedings{cotta1996evolutionary,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Alba, E. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Evolutionary Design of Fuzzy Logic Controllers},
  booktitle = {1996 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control},
  year = {1996},
  pages = {127-132},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  address = {Dearborn MI},
  doi = {10.1109/ISIC.1996.556189},
}

@inproceedings{alba1996type,
  author = {Alba, E. and Cotta, C. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Type-Constrained Genetic Programming for Rule-Base Definition in Fuzzy Logic Controllers},
  booktitle = {Genetic Programming 1996: Proceedings of the First Annual Conference},
  editor = {Koza, J.R. and Goldberg, D.E and Fogel, D.E. and Riolo, R.L.},
  year = {1996},
  pages = {255-260},
  publisher = {MIT Press},
  address = {Cambridge, MA}
}

@inproceedings{cotta1995hybridizing,
  author = {Cotta, C. and Aldana, J.F. and Nebro, A.J. and Troya, J.M.},
  title = {Hybridizing Genetic Algorithms with Branch and Bound Techniques for the Resolution of the TSP},
  booktitle = {Artificial Neural Nets and Genetic Algorithms 2},
  editor = {Pearson, D.W. and Steele, N.C. and Albrecht, R.F.},
  year = {1995},
  pages = {277-280},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  address = {Wien New York},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-7091-7535-4\_73},
}