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L Whitley
Evolutionary Computation
Genetic Algorithms
Combinatorial Optimization
Search Algorithms
Computer Science Building 462
About
Prof. Whitley is a faculty member (and former Chair, 2003-2018) of the Department of Computer Science at Colorado State University. From 1993 to 1997 Prof. Whitley served as Chair of the Governing Board of the International Society for Genetic Algorithms. From 1997 to 2002 Prof. Whitley served as Editor-in-Chief for the journal Evolutionary Computation published by MIT Press. From 2007 to 2011 Prof. Whitley was Chair of the ACM SIG on Evolutionary Computation (SIGEVO), and a member of the ACM SIG Governing Board.
Dr. Whitley has an active research program in Evolutionary Computation, Search and Combinatorial Optimization and Machine Learning. His Google H-index is 62 and his papers have garnered more than 22,900 citations.
Research Performance Summary
1981-2025
Active Research Span
First Recorded Paper
Occlusal variation in a rural Kentucky community
Year:
1981
Citations:
133
Venue:
American journal of orthodontics 79 (3)
Latest Recorded Paper
How Partition Crossover Exposes Parallel Lattices and the Fractal Structure of k-Bounded Functions
Year:
2025
Citations:
0
Venue:
Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
Last 10 Years Publication Activity
This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.
Publication Venues and Collaboration
Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown
Top Coauthors
Whitley
Howe
Ray
Research Impact by Period
Papers
6
Citations
3
Avg. Citations / Paper
0.5
H-Index
1
Papers
52
Citations
255
Avg. Citations / Paper
4.9
H-Index
9
Papers
56
Citations
1202
Avg. Citations / Paper
21.5
H-Index
21
Papers
65
Citations
1312
Avg. Citations / Paper
20.2
H-Index
20
Papers
68
Citations
2144
Avg. Citations / Paper
31.5
H-Index
23
Papers
43
Citations
2846
Avg. Citations / Paper
66.2
H-Index
19
Papers
60
Citations
4352
Avg. Citations / Paper
72.5
H-Index
31
Papers
59
Citations
17171
Avg. Citations / Paper
291
H-Index
35
Papers
19
Citations
4946
Avg. Citations / Paper
260.3
H-Index
10
Papers
2
Citations
136
Avg. Citations / Paper
68
H-Index
2
Contact and Professional Links
Detected Research Keywords
Traveling Salesman Problem
No Free Lunch
Job Shop Scheduling
Genetic Algorithms Neural
Algorithms Neural Networks
Pseudo Boolean Optimization
Pseudo Boolean Functions
Foundations Genetic Algorithms
Shop Scheduling Problem
Elementary Landscape Decomposition