• C. Craciun, M. Nicoara, D. Zaharie, Enhancing the Scalability of Metaheuristics by Cooperative Coevolution, in I. Lirkov, S. Margenov, and J. Wasniewski (Eds.): Proc. of LSSC 2009, LNCS 5910, pp. 310–317, 2010 (PDF)

• D. Zaharie -- Influence of crossover on the behavior of the Differential Evolution Algorithm, Applied Soft Computing, vol 9, issue 3, pg. 1126-1138, 2009 (preprint version, published version)

• D. Zaharie -- Statistical properties of differential evolution and related random search algorithms, in Paula Brito (ed.) Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Statistics Porto, Portugal, August 24-29, Physica-Verlag HD, ISBN978-3-7908-2083-6, pg. 473-485, 2008 (PDF)

• D. Zaharie, D. Lungeanu, F. Zamfirache -- Interactive Search of Rules in Medical Data Using Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms,, in Proceedings of the 2008 GECCO Conference Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (workshop MedGEC--medical applications of genetic and evolutionary computation), Atlanta august 2008, ISBN:978-1-60558-131-6, pg. 2065-2072, 2008 (PDF)

• D. Lungeanu, D. Zaharie, F. Zamfirache -- Influence of Missing Values Treatment on Classification Rules Evolved from Medical Data,. In I. Bichindaritz, P. Perner, L. G. Shapiro (Eds.): Advances in Data Mining. 8th Industrial Conference, ICDM 2008, Leipzig, Germany, July 2008, Poster and Workshop Proceedings. IbaI Publishing 2008, ISBN 978-3-940501-03-5, pg. 86-95, 2008 (PDF)

• R. Dogaru, D. Zaharie, D. Lungeanu, E. Bernad, M. Bari -- A Framework for Mining Association Rules in Data on Perinatal Care, Proceedings of CONTI 2008 (Conference on Technical Informatics, session on Biomedical Informatics), Timisoara 4-6 iunie, vol 1, ISSN 1844-539X, pg. 147-152, 2008. (PDF)

• D. Zaharie, D. Petcu, S. Panica -- A Hierarchical Approach in Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms for Multiobjective Optimization, in I. Lirkov, S. Margenov, J. Wasniewski (eds) Proc. of LSSC 2007 – 6th International Conference on Large Scale Computing, LNCS 4818, ISBN-10 3-540-78825-5 Springer, pp. 505-514, 2008 (PDF)

• D. Zaharie -- A comparative analysis of crossover variants in differential evolution, in M. Ganzha, M. Paprzycki, T. Pelech-Pilichowski (eds), Proc. of International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology IMCSIT 2007, 15-17 oct., Wisla, Poland, ISSN 1896-7094, pg. 171 - 181, 2007 [best paper award] (PDF)

• D. Zaharie, D. Lungeanu, S. Holban -- Feature ranking based on weights estimated by multiobjective optimization. In: J.Roth, J.Gutiérrez, A.P. Abraham (eds.) , Proceedings of IADIS First European Conference on Data Mining, 5-7 iulie 2007, Lisabona, ISBN 978-972-8924-40-9, pg. 124-128, 2007, (PDF)

• D. Zaharie, F.Zamfirache, V.Negru, D.Pop, H. Popa -- A Comparison of Quality Criteria for Unsupervised Clustering of Documents Based on Differential Evolution , Proc. of International Conference on Knowledge Engineering: Principles and Techniques, Cluj-Napoca, 7-8 iunie, 2007, 114-121, 2007 (PDF).

• D. Zaharie, S. Holban, D. Lungeanu, D.Navolan -- A Computational Intelligence Approach for Ranking Risk Factors in Preterm Birth , In: Szakal A. (ed.). Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics - SACI2007, mai 2007, Timisoara, ISBN: 1-4244-1234-X, pg. 135-140, 2007 (PDF).

• D. Zaharie, G. Ciobanu -- Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms Inspired by Membranes in Continuous Optimization Problems , in H.J. Hoogeboom, G. Paun, G. Rozenberg (eds), Pre-Proceedings of 7th Workshop on Membrane Computing, Leiden, 17-21 iulie, 2006, 522-537 (draft of the extended version: PDF).

• D. Zaharie, D. Petcu -- Communication Strategies in Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms for Multi-objective Optimization , Proc. of 7th International Conference on Technical Informatics, Timisoara, june 8-9,2006, vol. 1, pp. 145-150 (PDF).

• D. Zaharie -- Distributed Clustering Based on Representatives Evolved by Crowding Differential Evolution , in R. Matousek, P. Osmera (eds), Proc. of 12th International Conference on Soft Computing, Brno, may 31 - june 2, 2006, pp. 51-56 (CD version: PDF).

• D. Zaharie, F. Zamfirache -- Diversity Enhancing Mechanisms for Evolutionary Optimization in Static and Dynamic Environments , Proc. of 3rd Romanian-Hungarian Joint Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence, Timisoara, may 25-26,2006, pp. 460-471 (PDF).

• D. Zaharie -- Density-based Clustering with Crowding Differential Evolution , Proc. 7 th Symposium on Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing,Timisoara, 25-29 oct. 2005, pg. 72-79(PDF).

• D. Zaharie, F. Zamfirache -- Dealing with Noise in Ant-based Clustering , Proc. IEEE Congress of Evolutionary Computation 2005, Edinburgh , 2-5 sept 2005, pg. 2395-2402 (PDF)

• D. Zaharie -- Extensions of Differential Evolution Algorithms for Multimodal Optimization, in D. Petcu et.al (eds.), Proc. of SYNASC'04, 6th International Symposium of Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing, Timisoara, september 26-30, pp. 523-534 (PDF)

• D. Zaharie A Multipopulation Differential Evolution Algorithm for Multimodal Optimization, in R. Matousek, P. Osmera (eds.), Proc. of Mendel 2004, 10th International Conference on Soft Computing, Brno, june 2004, pp. 17-22. ( PDF, slides - PDF)

• C. Grosan, D. Zaharie -- Base Changing Strategies in an Adaptive Representation Evolutionary Algorithm, Proc. of SACI 2004 (1st Romanian-Hungarian Joint Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence,Timisoara, may 2004, pp. 79-88. ( PDF)

• D. Zaharie -- Control of Population Diversity and Adaptation in Differential Evolution Algorithms, in R. Matousek, P. Osmera (eds.), Proc. of Mendel 2003, 9th International Conference on Soft Computing, Brno, pp. 41-46, 2003. ( PDF)

• D. Zaharie -- Parameter Adaptation in Differential Evolution by Controlling the Population Diversity, Analele Univ. Timisoara, vol. XXXX, issue 2, 2002. ( PDF)

• D. Zaharie -- Critical Values for the Control Parameters of Differential Evolution Algorithms, in R. Matousek, P. Osmera (eds.), Proc. of Mendel 2002, 8th International Conference on Soft Computing, Brno, pp. 62-67, 2002. PDF)

• D. Zaharie -- On the Explorative Power of Differential Evolution Algorithms, The 3rd International Workshop "Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms on Scientific Computing", october 2-4, 2001, Timisoara ( PS) 

• D. Zaharie -- Recombination Operators for Evolutionary Algorithms, School  of  "Mathematics and its Applications in Engineering and Economics", Sozopol, Bulgaria, june 2001 ( PS)

• D. Zaharie -- On an evolutionary algorithm for global optimization,  Analele Univ. Timisoara ,vol. XXXVIII fasc. 2, 2000, pg. 203-216 ( PS )

• D. Zaharie -- Iterated morphological operators implemented through cellular neural networks,  Analele Univ. Timisoara ,vol. XXXVII. 1999, pg.169-178 ( paper  (PostScript-gzip, 110.7kb))

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