2012

C. Echegoyen. Contributions to the Analysis and Understanding of Estimation of Distribution Algorithms. PhD Thesis, University of the Basque Country. June, 2012.
C. Echegoyen, A. Mendiburu, R. Santana and J. A. Lozano. Clases de Equivalencia en Algoritmos de Estimación de Distribuciones. VIII Congreso Español sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados (MAEB-2012), Albacete, Spain. February 8-10, 2012. (GENIL award).
C. Echegoyen, A. Mendiburu, R. Santana and J. A. Lozano. Towards understanding EDAs based on Bayesian networks through a quantitative analysis. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation.Vol. 16, No. 2, Pp. 173-189, 2012

2011

C. Echegoyen, Q. Zhang, A. Mendiburu, R. Santana, J.A. Lozano. On the limits of effectiveness in estimation of distribution algorithms. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC-2011). New Orleans: June 5-8, 2011. (Best student paper award)
C. Echegoyen, Q. Zhang, A. Mendiburu, R. Santana, J.A. Lozano. Analyzing limits of effectiveness in different implementations of estimation of distribution algorithms. Technical Report EHU-KZAA-TR-2-2011. University of the Basque Country, Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, January 2011.

C. Echegoyen, A. Mendiburu, R. Santana and J.A. Lozano. Estimation of Bayesian networks algorithms in a class of complex networks. In Proceedings of the 2010 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC-2010), Barcelone, Spain. IEEE Press. Pp. 2154-2164.
R. Santana, C. Bielza, P. Larrañaga, J. A. Lozano, C. Echegoyen, A. Mendiburu, R. Armañanzas, S. Shakya. MATEDA: A Matlab package for the implementation and analysis of Estimation of distribution algorithms. Journal of statistical software. American Statistical Association. Vol. 35 No. 7 Pp. 1-30. 2010.
C. Echegoyen, A. Mendiburu, R. Santana and J.A. Lozano. Analyzing the k Most Probable Solutions in EDAs based on Bayesian Networks. Exploitation of linkage learning in evolutionary algorithms . Evolutionary Learning and Optimization. Springer. Y.-P. Chen editor. Pp. 109-139. 2010.

C. Echegoyen, A. Mendiburu, R. Santana, J.A. Lozano. A quantitative analysis of estimation of distribution algorithms based on Bayesian networks. Technical Report EHU-KZAA-TR-2-2009. University of the Basque Country, Septiembre 2009. Suplementary data.
R. Santana, C. Echegoyen, A. Mendiburu, C. Bielza, J. A. Lozano, P. Larrañaga, R. Armañanzas and S. Shakya. MATEDA: A suite of EDA programs in Matlab. Technical Report EHU-KZAA-IK-2/09. University of the Basque Country, February 2009. MATEDA is available here.
C. Echegoyen, A. Mendiburu, R. Santana, and J. A. Lozano. Analyzing the probability of the optimum in EDAs based on Bayesian networks. In Proceedings of the 2009 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC-2009), Trondheim, Norway. Pp. 1652-1659 (Best student paper award)
C. Echegoyen, A. Mendiburu, R. Santana, J.A. Lozano. Estudio de la probabilidad del óptimo en EDAs basados en redes Bayesianas. VI Congreso Español sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados (MAEB-2009), Málaga, Spain. Pp. 31-38.

C. Echegoyen, R. Santana, J.A. Lozano and P. Larrañaga. The impact of probabilistic learning algorithms in EDAs based on Bayesian networks. In Linkage in Evolutionary Algorithms. Studies in Computational Intelligence Series . Springer. Y.-P. Chen and M.-H. Lim editors. Pp. 109-139. 2008

C. Echegoyen, R. Santana, J.A. Lozano and P. Larrañaga (2007) Exact Bayesian network learning in estimation of distribution algorithms. In Proceedings of the 2007 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC-2007), Singapore. IEEE Press. Pp. 1051-1058.
C. Echegoyen, R. Santana, J.A. Lozano and P. Larrañaga. (2007) Aprendizaje Exacto de Redes Bayesianas en Algoritmos de Estimación de Distribuciones. En Memorias de las Jornadas de Algoritmos Evolutivos y Metaheurísticas (JAEM I). Zaragoza, Spain. Pp. 277-284.