E. Ozcan, M. Misir, Group Decision Making During Move Acceptance in Hyperheuristics, IN REVIEW.
Özgur Ülker, Emin Erkan Korkmaz, and Ender Özcan, A Genetic Algorithm Using Linear Linkage Encoding for Bin Packing, The 10th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving From Nature, Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 5199, pp. 1140-1149, 2008.
E.K. Burke, M. Mısır, G. Ochoa, E. Özcan, Learning Heuristic Selection in Hyperheuristics for Examination Timetabling, Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling, 2008, accepted.
E.K. Burke, G. Kendall, M. Mısır, E. Özcan, A Study of Simulated Annealing Hyperheuristics, Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling, 2008, accepted.
Ender Özcan, Can Basaran, A Case Study of Memetic Algorithms for Constraint Optimization, Soft Computing Journal,http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00500-008-0354-4, 2008.
Hamdi Dibeklioglu, Metin Sezgin, Ender Ozcan, A Recognizer for Free-Hand Graph Drawings, In Proc. of the International Workshop on Pen-Based Learning Technologies, Catania, Italy, May 24-25 2007.
Ersan Ersoy, Ender Özcan, Şima Uyar, Memetic Algorithms and Hyperhill-climbers, Proc. of the 3rd Multidisciplinary Int. Conf. On Scheduling: Theory and Applications, P. Baptiste, G. Kendall, A. M. Kordon, F. Sourd (ed.), pp. 159-166, 28-31 August 2007, Paris, France.
Ender Özcan, Memes, Self-generation and Nurse Rostering, PATAT2006, Springer-Verlag, selected papers, LNCS, vol. 3867, 2007, pp. 85-104.
Burak Bilgin, Ender Özcan, Emin Erkan Korkmaz, An Experimental Study on Hyper-Heuristics and Exam Scheduling, PATAT2006, Springer-Verlag, selected papers, LNCS, vol. 3867, 2007, pp. 394-412.
Özgür Ülker, Ender Özcan, Emin Erkan Korkmaz, Linear Linkage Encoding in Grouping Problems: Applications on Graph Coloring and Timetabling, PATAT2006, Springer-Verlag, selected papers, LNCS, vol. 3867, 2007, 347-363.
Ender Özcan, Murat Yılmaz, Particle Swarms for Multimodal Optimization, B. Beliczynski et al. (Eds.): ICANNGA07, Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4431, 366-375.
Ender Özcan, Burak Bilgin, Emin Erkan Korkmaz, Hill Climbers and Mutational Heuristics in Hyperheuristics, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, The 9th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving From Nature, 2006, pp. 202-211.
E. Ozcan, Memetic Algorithms for Nurse Rostering, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, The 20th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, vol. 3733, pp. 482-492, 2005.
E. Ozcan, E. Ersoy, Final Exam Scheduler - FES, Proc. of 2005 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, vol. 2, pp 1356-1363, September 2005.
E. Özcan, Ş. E. Şeker, Z. İ. Karadeniz, Generating Java Class Skeleton Using A Natural Language Interface, Proc. of the 1st International Workshop on Natural Language Understanding and Cognitive Science, NLUCS - 2004, In conjunction with ICEIS 2004, pp. 126-134, April 2004.
A. Alkan, E. Ozcan, Memetic Algorithms for Timetabling, Proc. of 2003 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pp. 1796-1802, December 2003.
E. Ozcan, Analysis of Particle Velocities in a Particle Swarm Optimization System, 8th Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks, pp. 257-266, June 1999.
E. Ozcan, Shape matching using Genetic Algorithms, PhD Thesis, Syracuse University, August 1998.
E. Ozcan, C. K. Mohan, Analysis of a Simple PSO System, Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks, Vol. 8, pp. 253-258, October 1998.
E. Ozcan, C. K. Mohan, Steady State Memetic Algorithm for Partial Shape Matching, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, V. William Porto and N. Saravanan and Donald E. Waagen and A. E. Eiben, Ed., Evolutionary Programming VII, 7th International Conference, EP98, San Diego, CA, USA, Springer, Berlin, vol. 1447, pp. 527-536, March 25-27 1998..
E. Ozcan, STARS-Analiz Raporu, Yeditepe Üniversitesi, Bilgisayar Mühendisliği Bölümü.
Theses Supervised
Mustafa Misir, Group Decision Making During Move Acceptance in Hyperheuristics, M.Sc Thesis, Yeditepe University. (2008)
Ersan Ersoy, Local Search Management Approaches in Memetic Algorithms for Solving Exam Timetabling Problems, M.Sc. Thesis, Istanbul Technical University. (coadvisor - 2007)
Burak Bilgin, Performance Analysis of Hyperheuristics and Their Use With Hill Climbers, M.Sc. Thesis, Yeditepe University. (2006)
Murat Yılmaz, Particle Swarm Systems for Multimodal Optimization, M.Sc. Thesis, Yeditepe University. (2006)
Özgür Ülker, Linear Linkage Encoding in Genetic Algorithms, M.Sc. Thesis, Yeditepe University. (2006)
Deniz Aldoğan, Memetic Algorithms for Timetabling Problems in Private Schools, M.Sc. Thesis, Middle East Technical University. (coadvisor - 2005)
Murat Erenturk, Performance Analysis of Meta-heuristic Approaches for Travelling Salesperson Problem, M.Sc. Thesis, Yeditepe University. (2004)
Alpay Alkan, Solving Course Scheduling Problem using Genetic Algorithms, M.Sc. Thesis, Yeditepe University. (2002) Used Genetic Algorithms to solve university course timetabling problem with multiple constraints.
Ongoing Theses
Türker Erçal, Morphological Filters for Eliminating Noise from Images, MSc Thesis, Yeditepe University. ()
Onder Baris Asik, Heuristics for Orthogonal Rectangular Strip Packing, MSc Thesis, Yeditepe University. ()
Murat Birben, Hyperheuristics for Bin Packing, MSc Thesis, Yeditepe University. ()