| 2026 | EvoCOP | Gray-Box Bi-objective Boolean Optimization Using Deterministic Recombination with Iterated Local Search. | Surendra Kurivella, Darrell Whitley, Francisco Chicano, Gabriela Ochoa, Francesco Cecere, Bilel Derbel |
| 2026 | GECCO | Comparing to the Optimal Pareto Front: An Evaluation of Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms for Boolean Functions. | Surendra Kurivella, Francisco Chicano, Darrell Whitley, Gabriela Ochoa, Bilel Derbel |
| 2026 | GECCO | Digging to the Ground Truth: Solving Multi-objective Gray-Box Optimization Problems through Hyperplane Elimination. | Carolin Mensendiek, Oliver Ludger Preu, Jeroen Rook, Francisco Chicano, Darrell Whitley, Heike Trautmann |
| 2026 | GECCO | Introduction to Quantum Optimization. | Alberto Moraglio, Francisco Chicano |
| 2026 | GECCO | Limited Perfect Monotonical Surrogates Constructed Using Low-Cost Recursive Linkage Discovery with Guaranteed Output. | Michal Witold Przewozniczek, Francisco Chicano, Marcin Komarnicki, Renato Tins |
| 2026 | GECCO | An Approach to Estimating Variable Importance in Genetic Algorithms with Different Mutation Rates. | Renato Tins, Francisco Chicano, Michal Przewozniczek |
| 2026 | GECCO | Evolutionary Tunneling and Periodicity Across the Big Valley Distribution. | Darrell Whitley, Gabriela Ochoa, Francisco Chicano |
| 2026 | PPSN | Efficient Multi-child Recombination for Bi-objective NK Landscapes: A Comparison to Exact Pareto Fronts. | Surendra Kurivella, Francisco Chicano, Darrell Whitley, Francesco Cecere, Bilel Derbel |
| 2025 | GECCO | The Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm Can Require Exponential Time to Optimize Linear Functions. | Francisco Chicano, Zakaria Abdelmoiz Dahi, Gabriel Luque |
| 2025 | GECCO | Introduction to Quantum Optimization. | Alberto Moraglio, Francisco Chicano |
| 2025 | GECCO | Moving between high-quality optima using multi-satisfiability characteristics in hard-to-solve Max3Sat instances. | Jedrzej Piatek, Michal Witold Przewozniczek, Francisco Chicano, Renato Tins |
| 2025 | GECCO | On Revealing the Hidden Problem Structure in Real-World and Theoretical Problems Using Walsh Coefficient Influence. | Michal Witold Przewozniczek, Francisco Chicano, Renato Tins, Jakub Nalepa, Bogdan Ruszczak, Agata Wijata |
| 2025 | GECCO | How Partition Crossover Exposes Parallel Lattices and the Fractal Structure of k-Bounded Functions. | Darrell Whitley, Gabriela Ochoa, Francisco Chicano |
| 2025 | IDEAL | Influence of External Dependency Retrieval and Prompt Engineering in Test Case Generation Using LLMs. | David Lenke, Javier Ferrer, Francisco Chicano |
| 2024 | EvoCOP | Reduction-Based MAX-3SAT with Low Nonlinearity and Lattices Under Recombination. | Darrell Whitley, Gabriela Ochoa, Noah Floyd, Francisco Chicano |
| 2024 | GECCO | Introduction to Quantum Optimization. | Alberto Moraglio, Francisco Chicano |
| 2024 | PPSN | Generalizing and Unifying Gray-Box Combinatorial Optimization Operators. | Francisco Chicano, Darrell Whitley, Gabriela Ochoa, Renato Tins |
| 2024 | PPSN | Scalable Quantum Approximate Optimiser for Pseudo-Boolean Multi-objective Optimisation. | Zakaria Abdelmoiz Dahi, Francisco Chicano, Gabriel Luque, Bilel Derbel, Enrique Alba |
| 2024 | PPSN | Over Sampling Local Optima: Selection and Sampling Bias in Hybrid Genetic Algorithms. | Darrell Whitley, Gabriela Ochoa, Francisco Chicano |
| 2023 | FOGA | Partition Crossover can Linearize Local Optima Lattices of k-bounded Pseudo-Boolean Functions. | Darrell Whitley, Gabriela Ochoa, Francisco Chicano |
| 2023 | GECCO | To Combine or not to Combine Graybox Crossover and Local Search? | Lorenzo Canonne, Bilel Derbel, Francisco Chicano, Gabriela Ochoa |
| 2023 | GECCO | An Efficient QAOA via a Polynomial QPU-Needless Approach. | Francisco Chicano, Zakaria Abdelmoiz Dahi, Gabriel Luque |
| 2023 | GECCO | Fourier Transform-based Surrogates for Permutation Problems. | Francisco Chicano, Bilel Derbel, Sbastien Vrel |
| 2023 | GECCO | Local Optima Markov Chain: A New Tool for Landscape-aware Analysis of Algorithm Dynamics. | Francisco Chicano, Gabriela Ochoa, Bilel Derbel, Lorenzo Canonne |
| 2023 | GECCO | Multi-Objective Policy Evolution for a Same-Day Delivery Problem with Soft Deadlines. | Nikolaus Frohner, Gnther R. Raidl, Francisco Chicano |
| 2023 | GECCO | Introduction to Quantum Optimization. | Alberto Moraglio, Francisco Chicano |
| 2023 | GECCO | Genetic Algorithm with Linkage Learning. | Renato Tins, Michal Przewozniczek, Darrell Whitley, Francisco Chicano |
| 2022 | GECCO | Genetic algorithm for qubits initialisation in noisy intermediate-scale quantum machines: the IBM case study. | Zakaria Abdelmoiz Dahi, Francisco Chicano, Gabriel Luque, Enrique Alba |
| 2022 | ICST | An Experimental and Practical Study on the Equivalent Mutant Connection: An Evolutionary Approach. | Pedro Delgado-Prez, Francisco Chicano |
| 2021 | GECCO | Real-like MAX-SAT instances and the landscape structure across the phase transition. | Francisco Chicano, Gabriela Ochoa, Marco Tomassini |
| 2021 | GECCO | Partition crossover for continuous optimization: ePX. | Renato Tins, Darrell Whitley, Francisco Chicano, Gabriela Ochoa |
| 2021 | GECCO | Quadratization of gray coded representations, long path problems and needle functions. | Darrell Whitley, Francisco Chicano, Hernn E. Aguirre |
| 2020 | PPSN | Global Landscape Structure and the Random MAX-SAT Phase Transition. | Gabriela Ochoa, Francisco Chicano, Marco Tomassini |
| 2019 | GECCO | Local optima network analysis for MAX-SAT. | Gabriela Ochoa, Francisco Chicano |
| 2019 | GECCO | Next generation genetic algorithms. | L. Darrell Whitley, Francisco Chicano, Gabriela Ochoa, Andrew M. Sutton, Renato Tins |
| 2018 | GECCO | Tunneling between plateaus: improving on a state-of-the-art MAXSAT solver using partition crossover. | Wenxiang Chen, L. Darrell Whitley, Renato Tins, Francisco Chicano |
| 2018 | GECCO | Enhancing partition crossover with articulation points analysis. | Francisco Chicano, Gabriela Ochoa, L. Darrell Whitley, Renato Tins |
| 2018 | GECCO | Natural evolution tells us how to best make goods delivery: use vans. | Daniel H. Stolfi, Christian Cintrano, Francisco Chicano, Enrique Alba |
| 2018 | GECCO | Next generation genetic algorithms. | L. Darrell Whitley, Francisco Chicano, Gabriela Ochoa, Andrew M. Sutton, Renato Tins |
| 2018 | ICSE | EARMO: an energy-aware refactoring approach for mobile apps. | Rodrigo Morales, Rubn Saborido, Foutse Khomh, Francisco Chicano, Giuliano Antoniol |
| 2018 | PPSN | Optimal Neuron Selection and Generalization: NK Ensemble Neural Networks. | L. Darrell Whitley, Renato Tins, Francisco Chicano |
| 2017 | GECCO | Optimizing one million variable NK landscapes by hybridizing deterministic recombination and local search. | Francisco Chicano, L. Darrell Whitley, Gabriela Ochoa, Renato Tins |
| 2016 | GECCO | Late-Breaking Abstracts Workshop at GECCO'16: Chair's Welcome. | Francisco Chicano |
| 2016 | GECCO | Efficient Hill Climber for Constrained Pseudo-Boolean Optimization Problems. | Francisco Chicano, L. Darrell Whitley, Renato Tins |
| 2016 | GECCO | A New Evaluation Function for Clustering: The NK Internal Validation Criterion. | Renato Tins, Liang Zhao, Francisco Chicano, L. Darrell Whitley |
| 2015 | FOGA | Partition Crossover for Pseudo-Boolean Optimization. | Renato Tins, L. Darrell Whitley, Francisco Chicano |
| 2015 | GECCO | Tunnelling Crossover Networks. | Gabriela Ochoa, Francisco Chicano, Renato Tins, L. Darrell Whitley |
| 2014 | CEC | Comparative analysis of classical multi-objective evolutionary algorithms and seeding strategies for pairwise testing of Software Product Lines. | Roberto Erick Lopez-Herrejon, Javier Ferrer, Francisco Chicano, Alexander Egyed, Enrique Alba |
| 2014 | GECCO | Efficient identification of improving moves in a ball for pseudo-boolean problems. | Francisco Chicano, L. Darrell Whitley, Andrew M. Sutton |
| 2014 | GECCO | A parallel evolutionary algorithm for prioritized pairwise testing of software product lines. | Roberto Erick Lopez-Herrejon, Javier Ferrer, Francisco Chicano, Evelyn Nicole Haslinger, Alexander Egyed, Enrique Alba |
| 2013 | GECCO | Problem understanding through landscape theory. | Francisco Chicano, Gabriel Luque, Enrique Alba |
| 2012 | GECCO | Exact computation of the expectation curves for uniform crossover. | Francisco Chicano, L. Darrell Whitley, Enrique Alba |
| 2012 | GECCO | Evolutionary algorithm for prioritized pairwise test data generation. | Javier Ferrer, Peter M. Kruse, Francisco Chicano, Enrique Alba |
| 2012 | PPSN | Local Optima Networks, Landscape Autocorrelation and Heuristic Search Performance. | Francisco Chicano, Fabio Daolio, Gabriela Ochoa, Sbastien Vrel, Marco Tomassini, Enrique Alba |
| 2012 | SSBSE | On the Application of SAT Solvers to the Test Suite Minimization Problem. | Franco Arito, Francisco Chicano, Enrique Alba |
| 2011 | GECCO | Exact computation of the expectation curves of the bit-flip mutation using landscapes theory. | Francisco Chicano, Enrique Alba |
| 2011 | GECCO | Using multi-objective metaheuristics to solve the software project scheduling problem. | Francisco Chicano, Francisco Luna, Antonio J. Nebro, Enrique Alba |
| 2011 | ISDA | On the scalability of multi-objective metaheuristics for the software scheduling problem. | Francisco Luna, David L. Gonzlez-lvarez, Francisco Chicano, Miguel A. Vega-Rodrguez |
| 2011 | SSBSE | Elementary Landscape Decomposition of the Test Suite Minimization Problem. | Francisco Chicano, Javier Ferrer, Enrique Alba |
| 2011 | SSBSE | Comparing Metaheuristic Algorithms for Error Detection in Java Programs. | Francisco Chicano, Marco Ferreira, Enrique Alba |
| 2010 | GECCO | Elementary landscape decomposition of the quadratic assignment problem. | Francisco Chicano, Gabriel Luque, Enrique Alba |
| 2010 | GECCO | Elementary landscapes of frequency assignment problems. | L. Darrell Whitley, Francisco Chicano, Enrique Alba, Francisco Luna |
| 2009 | GECCO | Dealing with inheritance in OO evolutionary testing. | Javier Ferrer, Francisco Chicano, Enrique Alba |
| 2008 | CEC | Finding liveness errors with ACO. | Francisco Chicano, Enrique Alba |
| 2008 | GECCO | Searching for liveness property violations in concurrent systems with ACO. | Enrique Alba, Francisco Chicano |
| 2008 | GECCO | Finding deadlocks in large concurrent Java programs using genetic algorithms. | Enrique Alba, Francisco Chicano, Marco Ferreira, Juan Antonio Gmez Pulido |
| 2007 | GECCO | ACOhg: dealing with huge graphs. | Enrique Alba, Francisco Chicano |
| 2007 | GECCO | Finding safety errors with ACO. | Enrique Alba, Francisco Chicano |
| 2007 | GECCO | Optimal antenna placement using a new multi-objective chc algorithm. | Antonio J. Nebro, Enrique Alba, Guillermo Molina, Francisco Chicano, Francisco Luna, Juan Jos Durillo |