Evolutionary Computation and Machine Learning Research Group: Publications
Our publications are organised by year, or you can see the full list
here.
Our 20 most recent publications:
- Xu, M., Mei, Y., Zhang, F., Ong, Y. S., & Zhang, M. (2026) "Genetic programming with advanced diverse partner selection for dynamic scheduling". Expert Systems with Applications, 322, 132158. doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2026.132158
- Fang, Z., Ma, H., Chen, G., & Chen, S. (2026) "STAR: Spatial-temporal autoscaling for cloud applications with deep reinforcement learning". Expert Systems with Applications, 319. doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2026.132105
- Hancer, E., Chaput, R., Liu, I., Xue, B., Vennell, R., & Zhang, M. (2026) "Spatiotemporal Forecasting of Mediterranean Blue Mussel Biofouling Settlement to Inform Aquaculture Management". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 60(2). doi:10.1002/nzm2.70035
- Dong, L., Bi, Y., Xue, B., & Zhang, M. (2026) "An enhanced genetic programming algorithm with new genetic operators for medical image classification". Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines, 27(1). doi:10.1007/s10710-026-09533-0
- Pei, W., Dai, R., Xue, B., Zhang, M., Zhang, Q., Cheung, Y. -M., & Xia, S. (2026) "EvoSampling: A Granular Ball-Based Evolutionary Hybrid Sampling With Knowledge Transfer for Imbalanced Learning [Research Frontier]". IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 21(2), 55-67. doi:10.1109/mci.2026.3657694
- Meng, W., Li, Y., Zhang, F., Gao, X., & Ma, J. (2026) "Developing distance-based genetic programming classifiers by reconstructing datasets for imbalanced binary classification". Pattern Recognition, 173. doi:10.1016/j.patcog.2025.112825
- Al-Helali, B., Chen, Q., Xue, B., & Zhang, M. (2026) "Genetic Programming-Based Feature Selection for Symbolic Regression on Incomplete Data". Evolutionary Computation, 1-28. doi:10.1162/evco_a_00362
- Huang, J., Xue, B., Sun, Y., Zhang, M., & Yen, G. G. (2026) "LightMix: Multi-Objective Search for Lightweight Mixed-Scale Convolutional Neural Networks". IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, 10(2), 1654-1668. doi:10.1109/TETCI.2025.3572041
- Ain, Q. U., Al-Sahaf, H., Xue, B., & Zhang, M. (2026) "Genetic Programming for Malignancy Diagnosis From Breast Cancer Histopathological Images: A Feature Learning Approach". IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, 10(2), 1123-1136. doi:10.1109/TETCI.2024.3523769
- Mayuravaani, M., Kleijn, W. B., Lensen, A., & Sørensen, C. (2026) "Single Microphone Own Voice Detection based on Simulated Transfer Functions for Hearing Aids". __. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2603.02724
- Zhang, F., Ardeh, M. A., Mei, Y., & Zhang, M. (2026) "Genetic Programming with Tabu List for Dynamic Flexible Job Shop Scheduling". Evolutionary Computation, 34(1), 137-165. doi:10.1162/EVCO.a.26
- Saputhanthrige Don, N. L., Rogers, M., Zhao, J., Xue, B., & Zhang, M. (2026) "Making Animal Re-Identification Accessible: A Web-Based Giraffe ID System for Zoos". Information Switzerland, 17(3). doi:10.3390/info17030266
- Lin, J., Chen, Q., Xue, B., Rooney, J. S., Zhang, M., Lagutin, K., . . . Killeen, D. P. (2026) "Evolutionary multitasking for multi-objective feature selection in fish chemical analysis". Applied Soft Computing, 189. doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2025.114511
- Li, H., Rotter, V. S., & Xue, B. (2026) "Nutrient Balance and Straw Recycling Efficiency in Paddy Fields of Southern China". International Journal of Plant Production, 20(1). doi:10.1007/s42106-026-00411-4
- Hancer, E., Liu, I., Xue, B., Vennell, R., & Zhang, M. (2026) "Forecasting Green-Lipped Mussel Settlement via Feature Engineering and Random Forest Regressor". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 60(1). doi:10.1002/nzm2.70012
- Zhang, H., Chen, Q., Xue, B., Banzhaf, W., & Zhang, M. (2026) "Enhancing Generalization in Evolutionary Feature Construction for Symbolic Regression through Vicinal Jensen Gap Minimization". __. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2602.01510
- Zhang, M. (2026) "2026 IEEE CIS Awards [Society Briefs]". IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 21(1), 6-9. doi:10.1109/mci.2025.3635835
- Xu, M., Mei, Y., Zhang, F., & Zhang, M. (2026) "Niching Genetic Programming to Learn Actions for Deep Reinforcement Learning in Dynamic Flexible Scheduling". IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 30(1), 61-75. doi:10.1109/TEVC.2024.3395699
- Sun, F., Chen, G., Ma, H., & Hartmann, S. (2026) "Multi-objective IoT service composition with replication using memetic NSGA-II with bottleneck-driven local search". Future Generation Computer Systems, 175. doi:10.1016/j.future.2025.108039
- Shi, H., Zuo, X., Chen, G., Zhao, X., & Yang, S. (2026) "A memetic-branch-and-price algorithm with conflict-minimizing selection strategy for bus scheduling problem". Applied Soft Computing, 188. doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2025.114420