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  • Stochastic Local Search: Foundations and Applications.
    Holger H. Hoos and Thomas Stützle - Elsevier / Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco (CA), USA, 2004.
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics]
    (
    buy it; more information, including a table of contents and sample pages, available at www.sls-book.net)

  • NEW: Boosting Verification by Automatic Tuning of Decision Procedures.
    Frank Hutter, Domagoj Babic, Holger H. Hoos and Alan Hu - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design (FMCAD-07), pp. 27-34, 2007.
    [formal verification, automated algorithm configuration, SAT, stochastic local search, AI]
    Using the automated tuning approach described in this paper, the Spear solver (also described herein) won the QF_BV category of the 2007 Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) Competition.
    (coming soon)

  • On the Quality and Quantity of Random Decisions in Stochastic Local Search for SAT.
    Dave A.D. Tompkins and Holger H. Hoos - Proceedings of the 19th Conference of the Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence, (AI-2006), Volume 4013 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pp. 146-158, 2006.
    [stochastic local search, empirical algorithmics, SAT, AI]
    This paper won the AI 2006 best paper award.
    (get PDF file - 390k)

  • NEW: Computational RNA Secondary Structure Design: Empirical Complexity and Improved Methods.
    Rosalia Aguirre-Hernandez, Holger H. Hoos and Anne Condon - BMC Bioinformatics, 8:34, 2007.
    [RNA secondary structure, bioinformatics, empirical algorithmics]
    (abstract and electronic version - Open Access)

  • NEW: A replica exchange Monte Carlo algorithm for protein folding in the HP model.
    Chris Thachuk, Alena Shmygelska, Holger H. Hoos - BMC Bioinformatics, 8:342, 2007.
    [protein structure, stochastic local search, bioinformatics]
    (abstract and electronic version - Open Access)


All publications:

  • NEW: Cognitive Principles for Information Management: The Principles of Mnemonic Associative Knowledge (P-MAK).
    Michael Huggett, Holger H. Hoos, Ron Rensink - Minds and Machines 17(4):445-485, 2007/12.
    [information retrieval, semantic networks, human-centred information management, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence]
    (
    abstract and electronic version)

  • NEW: A replica exchange Monte Carlo algorithm for protein folding in the HP model.
    Chris Thachuk, Alena Shmygelska, Holger H. Hoos - BMC Bioinformatics, 8:342, 2007.
    [protein structure, stochastic local search, bioinformatics]
    (abstract and electronic version - Open Access)

  • NEW: Boosting Verification by Automatic Tuning of Decision Procedures.
    Frank Hutter, Domagoj Babic, Holger H. Hoos and Alan Hu - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design (FMCAD-07), pp. 27-34, 2007.
    [formal verification, automated algorithm configuration, SAT, stochastic local search, AI]
    Using the automated tuning approach described in this paper, the Spear solver (also described herein) won the QF_BV category of the 2007 Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) Competition.
    (coming soon)

  • NEW: SATzilla-07: The Design and Analysis of an Algorithm Portfolio for SAT.
    Lin Xu, Frank Hutter, Holger H. Hoos and Kevin Leyton-Brown - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP-07), pp. 712-727, 2007.
    [SAT, run-time prediction, automated algorithm configuration, AI]
    The portfolio SAT solver described in this paper won 3 gold medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze in the 2007 SAT competition.
    (coming soon)

  • NEW: Hierarchical Hardness Models for SAT.
    Lin Xu, Holger H. Hoos and Kevin Leyton-Brown - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP-07), pp. 696-711, 2007.
    [SAT, run-time prediction, systematic search, empirical algorithmics, AI]
    (coming soon)

  • NEW: Efficient parameter estimation for RNA secondary structure prediction.
    Mirela Andronescu, Anne Condon, Holger H. Hoos, David H. Mathews and Kevin P. Murphy - Bioinformatics, 23(13):i19-i28, 2007.
    (This work was also presented at the 15th Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, ISMB 2007.)
    [RNA secondary structure, parameter estimation, bioinformatics]
    (abstract and electronic version - Open Access)

  • NEW: Automatic Algorithm Configuration based on Local Search.
    Frank Hutter, Holger H. Hoos and Thomas Stützle - Proceedings of the 22nd Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-07), pp. 1152-1157, 2007.
    [automatic algorithm configuration, stochastic local search, empirical algorithmics, AI]
    (get PDF file - 176k)

  • NEW: An Adaptive Bin Framework Search Method for a Beta-Sheet Protein Homopolymer Model.
    Alena Shmygelska and Holger H. Hoos - BMC Bioinformatics, 8:136, 2007.
    [bioinformatics, protein structure, stochastic local search]
    (abstract and electronic version - Open Access)

  • NEW: Empirical Analysis of Randomized Algorithms.
    Holger H. Hoos and Thomas Stützle - Chapter 14, Handbook of Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2007.
    [empirical algorithmics]
    (see more information / buy the book)

  • NEW: Stochastic Local Search.
    Holger H. Hoos and Thomas Stützle - Chapter 19, Handbook of Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2007.
    [stochastic local search]
    (see more information / buy the book)

  • NEW: A Parallel Workflow for Real-time Correlation and Clustering of High-Frequency Stock Market Data.
    Camilo Rostoker, Alan Wagner and Holger Hoos - Proceedings of the 21th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2007), pp. 1-10, IEEE Computer Society, 2007.
    [financial data analysis, maximum clique problem, correlation analysis, parallel computing, stochastic local search]
    (get PDF file - 1092k)

  • NEW: Computational RNA Secondary Structure Design: Empirical Complexity and Improved Methods.
    Rosalia Aguirre-Hernandez, Holger H. Hoos and Anne Condon - BMC Bioinformatics, 8:34, 2007.
    [bioinformatics, RNA secondary structure, empirical algorithmics]
    (abstract and electronic version - Open Access)

  • Performance Prediction and Automated Configuration of Randomized Algorithms.
    Frank Hutter, Youssef Hamadi, Holger H. Hoos and Kevin Leyton-Brown - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP-06), pp. 213-228, 2006.
    [run-time prediction, algorithm configuration, stochastic local search, empirical algorithmics, SAT, AI]
    (get PDF file - 1901k)

  • Local Search Methods.
    Holger H. Hoos and Edward Tsang - Chapter 5, Handbook of Constraint Programming, Elsevier, 2006.
    [stochastic local search, constraint satisfaction, SAT, AI]
    (see more information / buy the book)

  • On the Quality and Quantity of Random Decisions in Stochastic Local Search for SAT.
    Dave A.D. Tompkins and Holger H. Hoos - Proceedings of the 19th Conference of the Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence, (AI-2006), Volume 4013 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pp. 146-158, 2006.
    [stochastic local search, empirical algorithmics, SAT, AI]
    This paper won the AI 2006 best paper award.
    (get
    PDF file - 390k)

  • Dynamic Local Search for the Maximum Clique Problem.
    Wayne Pullan and Holger H. Hoos - Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, Volume 25, pages 159-185, 2006.
    [maximum clique problem, stochastic local search, AI]
    (get PDF file - 448k)

  • An Analysis of the Hardness of TSP Instances for Two High-performance Algorithms.
    Thomas Fischer, Thomas Stützle, Holger Hoos and Peter Merz - Proceedings of the 6th Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC 2005), pp. 361-367, 2005.
    [TSP, empirical algorithmics, stochastic local search, systematic search, AI]
    (get PDF file - 103k)

  • Efficient Stochastic Local Search for MPE Solving.
    Frank Hutter, Holger H. Hoos and Thomas Stützle - Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-05), pp. 169-174, 2005.
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, MPE problem]
    (get PDF file - 174k)

  • HotKnots: Heuristic Prediction of RNA Secondary Structures Including Pseudoknots
    Jihong Ren, Baharak Rastegari, Anne Condon and Holger H. Hoos - RNA, 11(10):1494-1504, 2005.
    [RNA secondary structure, bioinformatics]
    (abstract and electronic version - Open Access)

  • An Ant Colony Optimisation Algorithm for the 2D and 3D Hydrophobic Polar Protein Folding Problem.
    Alena Shmygelska and Holger H. Hoos - BMC Bioinformatics, 6:30, 2005.
    [protein structure, stochastic local search, bioinformatics]
    (abstract and electronic version - Open Access)

  • Stochastic Local Search: Foundations and Applications.
    Holger H. Hoos and Thomas Stützle - Elsevier / Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco (CA), USA, 2004.
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics]
    (buy it; more information, including a table of contents and sample pages, available at www.sls-book.net)

  • A New Algorithm for RNA Secondary Structure Design.
    Mirela Andronescu, Anthonty P. Fejes, Frank Hutter, Anne Condon, and Holger H. Hoos - Journal of Molecular Biology, 336(3): 607-624, 2004.
    [bioinformatics, stochastic local search, RNA secondary structure]
    (abstract and electronic version - via Science Direct))

  • MusicBLAST - Gapped Sequence Alignment for MIR (short paper).
    Jürgen Kilian and Holger H. Hoos - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR 2004), p. 38-41, 2004.
    [music information retrieval, pattern matching, AI, music]
    (get PDF file - 130k)

  • UBCSAT: An Implementation and Experimentation Environment for SLS Algorithms for SAT and MAX-SAT.
    Dave A.D. Tompkins and Holger H. Hoos - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing (SAT 2004), pp. 37-46, 2004.
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT, MAX-SAT]
    (get PDF file - 109k)

  • Warped Landscapes and Random Acts of SAT Solving.
    Dave A.D. Tompkins and Holger H. Hoos - Proc. of the Eighth International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics (AIMA-04), 2004.
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get PDF file - 109k)

  • CP-nets: A Tool for Representing and Reasoning with Conditional Ceteris Paribus Preference Statements.
    Craig Boutilier, Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak, Holger H. Hoos, and David Poole - Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, Volume 21, pp. 135-191, 2004.
    [AI, knowledge representation, preferences]
    (get pdf file - 593k)

  • Preference-based Constraint Optimization with CP-nets.
    Craig Boutilier, Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak, Holger H. Hoos, and David Poole - Computational Intelligence 20 (2), pp. 137-157, 2004.
    [AI, preferences, knowledge representation]
    (abstract and electronic version - via Blackwell Synergy)

  • Inference of transcriptional regulation relationships from gene expression data.
    Andrew T. Kwon, Holger H. Hoos, and Raymond Ng - Bioinformatics 19:905-912, 2003.
    [bioinformatics, gene regulation]
    (This is a slightly modified version of the SAC 2003 paper listed below.)

  • RNAsoft: a suite of RNA secondary structure prediction and design software tools.
    Mirela Andronescu, Rosalia Aguirre-Hernandez, Anne Condon, and Holger H. Hoos - Nucleic Acids Research, 31 (13): 3416-3422, 2003.
    [bioinformatics, RNA secondary structure]
    (abstract and electronic version - via NAR website))

  • An Improved Ant Colony Optimisation Algorithm for the 2D HP Protein Folding Problem.
    Alena Shmygelska and Holger H. Hoos - Proc. of the 16th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI'2003), LNCS 2671, pp. 400-417, Springer Verlag, 2003.
    [bioinformatics, stochastic local search, ACO, protein structure prediction]
    (get PDF file - 204k)

  • Hybrid Randomised Neighbourhoods Improve Stochastic Local Search for DNA Code Design.
    Dan C. Tulpan and Holger H. Hoos - Proc. of the 16th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI'2003), LNCS 2671, pp. 418-433, Springer Verlag, 2003.
    [bioinformatics, stochastic local search, DNA code design]
    (get PDF file - 149k)

  • Inference of Transcriptional Regulation Relationships with Gene Expression Data.
    Andrew Tae-Jun Kwon, Holger H. Hoos, Raymond Ng - Proceedings of the 18th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2003), 2003.
    [bioinformatics, gene regulation] ]
    (get PDF file - 224k)

  • Using Stochastic Local Search to Solve Quantified Boolean Formulae.
    Ian P. Gent, Holger H. Hoos, Andrew G. D. Rowley, and Kevin Smyth - Proc. of the Ninth International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP-03), LNCS 2833, pp. 348-362, Springer Verlag, 2003.
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, QBF]
    (get PDF file - 195k)

  • Iterated Robust Tabu Search for MAX-SAT.
    Kevin Smyth, Holger H. Hoos, and Thomas Stützle - Proc. of the 16th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI'2003), LNCS 2671, pp. 129-144, Springer Verlag, 2003.
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, MAX-SAT]
    (get PDF file - 146k)

  • Scaling and Probabilistic Smoothing: Dynamic Local Search for Unweighted MAX-SAT.
    Dave A.D. Tompkins and Holger H. Hoos - Proc. of the 16th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI'2003), LNCS 2671, pp. 145-159, Springer Verlag, 2003.
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, MAX-SAT]
    (get PDF file - 193k)
    Note: Please check our errata page.

  • Stochastic Local Search for Multiprocessor Scheduling for Minimimum Total Tardiness.
    Michael Pavlin, Holger H. Hoos, and Thomas Stützle - Proc. of the 16th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI'2003), LNCS 2671, pp. 96-113, Springer Verlag, 2003.
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, scheduling]
    (get PDF file - 105k)

  • Jürgen Kilian and Holger H. Hoos:
    Voice Separation - A Local Optimization Approach. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR 2002), pp.39-46, Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM), Paris, France, 2002.
    (get pdf file - 652k)

  • Alena Shmygelska, Rosalia Aguirre-Hernandez, and Holger H. Hoos: An Ant Colony Optimisation Algorithm for the 2D HP Protein Folding Problem (In: Proceedings of ANTS 2002, LNCS 2453, pp. 40-52, Springer Verlag, 2002. This paper won the ANTS 2002 Best Paper Award.)
    [stochastic local search, ACO, bioinformatics, AI, empirical algorithmics, protein structure prediction]
    (get gzipped postscript file - 87k, pdf file - 257k)

  • Dan C. Tulpan, Holger Hoos, and Anne Condon:
    Stochastic Local Search Algorithms for DNA Word Design. Preliminary Proc. of Eighth International Meeting on DNA Based Computers (DNA 8), pp.311-323, 2002.
    [bioinformatics, stochastic local search, coding theory, RNA code design]
    (online version will be available soon)

  • Christine E. Heitsch, Anne E. Condon, Holger H. Hoos:
    From RNA Secondary Structure to Coding Theory: A Combinatorial Approach. Preliminary Proc. of Eighth International Meeting on DNA Based Computers (DNA 8) pp.125-136, 2002.
    [bioinformatics, coding theory, RNA structure]
    (online version will be available soon)

  • Frank Hutter, Dave A.D. Tompkins, and Holger H. Hoos: Scaling and Probabilistic Smoothing: Efficient Dynamic Local Search for SAT. (In: Proceedings of CP-02, pp. 233-248, LNCS 2470, Springer Verlag, 2002)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get gzipped postscript file - 105k, pdf file - 468k)

  • Holger H. Hoos: An Adaptive Noise Mechanism for WalkSAT. (In: Proceedings of AAAI-02, pp. 655-660, AAAI Press / The MIT Press, 2002)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get pdf file - 106k; note that there was a small error in the printed version of the paper that has been corrected in the electronic version available here - see erratum at the end of the PDF document.)

  • Holger H. Hoos: A Mixture-Model for the Behaviour of SLS Algorithms for SAT. (In: Proceedings of AAAI-02, pp. 661-667, AAAI Press / The MIT Press, 2002)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get gzipped postscript file - 113k, pdf file - 409k)

  • Thomas Stützle and Holger Hoos: Ameisenalgorithmen zur Lösung kombinatorischer Optimierungsprobleme. (Künstliche Intelligenz, Heft 1/01, pp. 45-51, 2001)
    [stochastic local search, ACO, AI]
    (this paper will be available online soon!) - in german -

  • Holger H. Hoos, Kai Renz, and Marko Görg:
    GUIDO/MIR - an Experimental Musical Information Retrieval System based on GUIDO Music Notation. Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR 2001), pp.41-50, Indiana University, Bloomington (IN), USA, 2001.
    (see abstract; get zipped postscript file - 160k, pdf file - 187k, BibTeX entry)

  • Holger H. Hoos, Keith A. Hamel, Kai Renz, and Jürgen Kilian:
    Representing Score-Level Music Using the GUIDO Music-Notation Format . Computing in Musicology, Vol 12, MIT Press, 2001.
    (see abstract; get BibTeX entry)

  • Craig Boutilier and Holger H. Hoos: Bidding Languages for Combinatorial Auctions. (Proc. of IJCAI-01, pp. 1211-1217, 2001)
    [AI, knowledge representation, combinatorial auctions]
    (get gzipped postscript file - 38k, pdf file - 91k)

  • Thomas Stützle and Holger Hoos: MAX-MIN Ant System. (Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol.16 (8), pp. 889-914, 2000)
    [stochastic local search, ACO, AI, empirical algorithmics, TSP]
    (get gzipped postscript file - 209k, pdf file - 707k; these are for the almost-final version)

  • Holger H. Hoos and Thomas Stützle: SATLIB: An Online Resource for Research on SAT. (In: I.P.Gent, H.v.Maaren, T.Walsh, editors, SAT 2000, pp. 283-292, IOS Press, 2000)
    [AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get gzipped postscript file - 33k, pdf file - 60k; these are for the almost-final version)

  • Holger H. Hoos and Thomas Stützle: Local Search Algorithms for SAT: An Empirical Evaluation. (Journal of Automated Reasoning, Vol.24, pp. 421-481, 2000)
    A modified version appeared as a book chapter in: I.P.Gent, H.v.Maaren, T.Walsh, editors, SAT 2000, pp. 43-86, IOS Press, 2000.
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get gzipped postscript file - 288k, pdf file - 796k; these are for the almost-final version)

  • Jürgen Kilian, Holger H. Hoos:
    VISCO - Visual SALIERI Components. Proceedings of ICMC 2000, p.454-457, ICMA, San Francisco, 2000.
    (see abstract; get zipped postscript file - 380k, zipped pdf file - 280k, BibTeX entry)

  • Joseph Culberson, Ian P. Gent, and Holger Hoos: On the Probabilistic Approximate Completeness of WalkSAT for 2-SAT. (Technical Report APES-15a-2000, APES Research Group, 2000.)
    [stochastic local search, AI, SAT]
    (get gzipped postscript file - 57k, pdf file - 161k)

  • Holger H. Hoos and Craig Boutilier: Solving Combinatorial Auctions using Stochastic Local Search. (Proc. of AAAI-2000, pp. 22-29, MIT Press, 2000)
    [AI, stochastic local search, combinatorial auctions]
    (get gzipped postscript file - 46k, pdf file - 104k)

  • Holger H. Hoos and Kevin O'Neill: Stochastic Local Search Methods for Dynamic SAT - an Initial Investigation. (AAAI-2000 Workshop 'Leveraging Probability and Uncertainty in Computation', pp. 22-26, 2000)
    An earlier version appeared as Technical Report TR-00-01, Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Feb 2000.
    [AI, stochastic local search, SAT]
    (get gzipped postscript file - 39k, pdf file - 73k)

  • Thomas Stützle and Holger H. Hoos: Analyzing the Run-time Behaviour of Iterated Local Search for the TSP. (Proc. of the 3rd Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC 1999), pp. 449-453, 1999)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, TSP]
    (This paper will be available online soon!)

  • Holger H. Hoos, Keith A. Hamel, Kai Renz:
    Using Advanced GUIDO as a Notation Interchange Format. Proceedings of ICMC'99, p.395-398, ICMA San Francisco, 1999.
    (see abstract; get zipped postscript file - 110k, pdf file - 56k, BibTeX entry)

  • Holger H. Hoos and Thomas Stützle: Developing New Concepts to Characterise Empirical Phenomena. (Proc. of the IJCAI-99 Workshop on Empirical AI, pp. 59-67, 1999)
    [AI, empirical algorithmics]
    (see abstract; get gzipped postscript file - 23k, pdf file - 43k, BibTeX entry)

  • Holger H. Hoos: Heavy-Tailed Behaviour in Randomised Systematic Search Algorithms for SAT? (Technical Report TR-99-16. Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, 1999)
    [systematic search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get gzipped postscript file - 150k, pdf file - 445k)

  • Holger H. Hoos and Thomas Stützle: Towards a Characterisation of the Behaviour of Stochastic Local Search Algorithms for SAT. (Artificial Intelligence Journal, Vol.112, pp. 213-232, 1999)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get gzipped postscript file - 91k, pdf file - 261k; these are for the almost-final version)

  • Holger H. Hoos and Thomas Stützle: Systematic vs. Local Search for SAT. (Proc. of KI-99, LNAI 1701, pp. 289-293, Springer, 1999)
    A longer version appeared as Technical Report TR-99-06, Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, 1999.
    [stochastic local search, systematic search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get gzipped postscript file - 60k, pdf file - 147k)

  • Holger H. Hoos: SAT-Encodings, Search Space Structure, and Local Search Performance. (Proc. of IJCAI-99, pp. 296-302, Morgan Kaufmann, 1999)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get gzipped postscript file - 53k, pdf file - 119k)

  • Ronen I. Brafman and Holger H. Hoos: To Encode or not to Encode -- I: Linear Planning. (Proc. of IJCAI-99, pp. 988-993, Morgan Kaufmann, 1999)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, planning, SAT]
    (get gzipped postscript file - 42k, pdf file - 95k)

  • Holger H. Hoos: On the Run-time Behaviour of Stochastic Local Search Algorithms for SAT. (Proc. of AAAI-99, pp. 661-666, MIT Press, 1999)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get postscript file - 105k, pdf file - 111k)

  • Ian P. Gent, Holger H. Hoos, Patrick Prosser, and Toby Walsh: Morphing: Combining Structure and Randomness. (Proc. of AAAI-99, pp. 654-660, MIT Press, 1999)
    [AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT, QCP, TSP]
    (get postscript file - 160k, pdf file - 114k)

  • Craig Boutilier, Ronen I. Brafman, Holger H. Hoos, and David Poole: Reasoning With Conditional Ceteris Paribus Preference Statements. (Proc. of UAI-99, Morgan Kaufmann, 1999)
    [AI, preferences, knowledge representation]
    (see abstract; get gzipped postscript file - 111k, pdf file - 144k, BibTeX entry)

  • Holger H. Hoos: Stochastic Local Search - Methods, Models, Applications.
    (PhD thesis, TU Darmstadt, 1998)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics]
    For an abstract, downloadable versions of the full thesis or individual parts, or a summary in German, see my
    PhD thesis page.
    Now available as a book! (Same title, infix-Verlag, Sankt Augustin, Germany, 1999; ISBN 3-89601-215-0)
    The thesis is written in English. It has won the ``Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award 1999'' of the German Informatics Society (GI).

  • Holger H. Hoos and Thomas Stützle: Evaluating Las Vegas Algorithms - Pitfalls and Remedies. (Proc. of UAI-98)
    [AI, empirical algorithmics]
    (get postscript file - 278k)

  • Thomas Stützle and Holger Hoos: The MAX-MIN Ant System and Local Search for Combinatorial Optimization Problems: Towards Adaptive Tools for Combinatorial Global Optimisation. (In: S.Voss, S.Martello, I.H.Ossmann, and C.Roucairol, editors, Meta-Heuristic, Advances and Trends in Local Search Paradigma for Optimization, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 313-329, 1998)
    [stochastic local search, ACO, AI, empirical algorithmics, TSP]
    (this paper will be available online soon!)

  • Thomas Stützle and Holger Hoos: Ameisenalgorithmen zur Lösung kombinatorischer Optimierungsprobleme. (Leipziger Informatiktage 1998)
    [stochastic local search, ACO, AI]
    (get gzipped postscript file - 59k) - in german -

  • Holger H. Hoos and Thomas Stützle: Some Surprising Regularities in the Behaviour of Stochastic Local Search. (Poster summary, Proceedings of CP-98, p. 470)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get postscript file - 34k)

  • Holger H. Hoos, Keith A. Hamel, Kai Renz, Jürgen Kilian:
    The GUIDO Music Notation Format - A Novel Approach for Adequately Representing Score-level Music. Proceedings of ICMC'98, p.451-454, ICMA, San Francisco, 1998.
    (get zipped postscript file - 144k, pdf file - 170k)

  • Holger H. Hoos, Jürgen Kilian, Kai Renz, Thomas Helbich:
    SALIERI - A General, Interactive Computer Music System. Proceedings of ICMC'98, p.385-392, ICMA, San Francisco, 1998.
    (get zipped postscript file - 172k, pdf file - 186k)

  • Kai Renz, Holger H. Hoos:
    A Web-based Approach to Music Notation Using GUIDO. Proceedings of ICMC'98, p.455-458, ICMA, San Francisco, 1998.
    (get zipped postscript file - 138k, pdf file - 186k)

  • Kai Renz, Holger H. Hoos:
    An HTTP Interface to SALIERI. Proceedings of ICMC'98, p.272-275, ICMA, San Francisco, 1998.
    (get zipped postscript file - 112k, pdf file - 122k)

  • Ronen I. Brafman, Holger H. Hoos, and Craig Boutilier: LPSP - A Linear, Plan-Level Stochastic Planner. (17th Workshop of the UK Planning and Scheduling Special Interest Group, West York, UK, September 1998)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, planning]
    (get postscript file - 201k)

  • Holger H. Hoos, Keith A. Hamel, Kai Renz, Jürgen Kilian:
    GUIDO Music Notation - Towards an Adequate Representation of Score-level Music. Proceedings of JIM'98, LMA-CNSR, 1998.
    (get zipped postscript file - 169k, pdf file - 241k)

  • Holger H. Hoos and Thomas Stützle: A Characterization the Run-time Behaviour of Stochastic Local Search. (Technical Report AIDA-98-01)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get postscript file - 286k)

  • Thomas Stützle and Holger Hoos: The MAX-MIN Ant System and Local Search for Combinatorial Optimization Problems: Towards Adaptive Tools for Combinatorial Global Optimization. (MIC-97)
    [stochastic local search, ACO, AI, empirical algorithmics, TSP]
    (get postscript file - 222k)

  • Thomas Stützle and Holger Hoos: The MAX-MIN Ant System and Local Search for the Traveling Salesman Problem. (IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation 1997)
    [stochastic local search, ACO, AI, empirical algorithmics, TSP]
    (get postscript file - 174k)

  • Thomas Stützle and Holger Hoos: Improvements on the Ant System: Introducing the MAX-MIN Ant System. (ICANNGA'97)
    [stochastic local search, ACO, AI, empirical algorithmics, TSP]
    (get postscript file - 137k)

  • Thomas Stützle and Holger Hoos: Improvements of the ANT-System - Introducing the Max-Min Ant System. (Technical Report AIDA-96-12, TH Darmstadt, 1996 - revised version)
    [stochastic local search, ACO, AI, empirical algorithmics, TSP]
    (get (postscript file - 332k)

  • Holger H. Hoos and Thomas Stützle: A Characterization of GSAT's Performance on a Class of Hard Structured Problems. (Technical Report AIDA-96-20)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get postscript file - 210k)

  • Holger H. Hoos: Solving Hard Combinatorial Problems with GSAT - A Case Study. (KI-96)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get postscript file - 141k)

  • Holger H. Hoos: Aussagenlogische SAT-Verfahren und ihre Anwendung bei der Lösung des HC-Problems in gerichteten Graphen. (Diplomarbeit, TH Darmstadt 1996)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get postscript file - 1.009k) - in german -

    Holger H. Hoos: Propositional SAT Algorithms and their Application to Solving HC Problems in Directed Graphs. (Summary of my Masters Thesis, TH Darmstadt 1996)
    (get postscript file - 45k)

  • S. Hölldobler, H. Hoos, A. Strohmaier, and A. Weiß: The GSAT/SA Familiy - relating greedy satisfiability to simulated annealing. (Technical Report AIDA-94-17, TH Darmstadt, 1994)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get postscript file - 298k)

  • A. Beringer, G. Aschemann, H. Hoos, M. Metzger, and A. Weiß: GSAT versus Simulated Annealing. (ECAI 1994)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get postscript file - 118k)

  • A. Beringer, G. Aschemann, H. Hoos, M. Metzger, and A. Weiß: GSAT and Simulated Annealing - a comparison. (Technical Report AIDA-94-01, TH Darmstadt, 1994)
    [stochastic local search, AI, empirical algorithmics, SAT]
    (get postscript file - 289k)

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