Dr Peter Rockett
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Honorary Lecturer
Machine Learning for Engineering Expertise theme
- Profile
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Dr Rockett recieved a PhD in Semiconductor Physics from the University of Manchester Institue of Science and Technology in 1980. Dr Rocket was a Lecturer in Electronic Systems at the University of Sheffield from 1990-2025.
Dr Rockett has specific expertise relating to physics-informed genetic programming in the field of machine learning for engineering, a domain in which his expertise is recognised internationally.
- Publications
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Books
- Feature extraction using multi-objective genetic programming. Heidelberg: Springer.
Journal articles
- Pruning of genetic programming trees using permutation tests. Evolutionary Intelligence, 13(4), 649-661. View this article in WRRO
- GPML: an XML-based standard for the interchange of genetic programming trees. Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines. View this article in WRRO
- Comparison of Semantic-based Local Search Methods for Multiobjective Genetic Programming. Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines. View this article in WRRO
- Model-predictive control for non-domestic buildings: a critical review and prospects. Building Research and Information, 45(5), 556-571. View this article in WRRO
- The use of vicinal-risk minimization for training decision trees. Applied Soft Computing, 31, 185-195. View this article in WRRO
- Tikhonov Regularization as a Complexity Measure in Multiobjective Genetic Programming. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 19(2), 157-166. View this article in WRRO
- The use of an analytic quotient operator in genetic programming. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 17, 146-152.
- Multi-class pattern classification using single, multi-dimensional feature-space feature extraction evolved by multi-objective genetic programming and its application to network intrusion detection. GENETIC PROGRAMMING AND EVOLVABLE MACHINES, 13(1), 33-63.
- Human action recognition based on boosted feature selection and naive Bayes nearest-neighbor classification. Signal Processing.
- Boosted key-frame selection and correlated pyramidal motion-feature representation for human action recognition. Pattern Recognition.
- A generic optimising feature extraction method using multiobjective genetic programming. Applied Soft Computing, 11, 1087-1097-1087-1097.
- A generic optimising feature extraction method using multiobjective genetic programming. Applied Soft Computing Journal, 11(1), 1087-1097. View this article in WRRO
- Domain-independent feature extraction for multi-classification using multi-objective genetic programming. PATTERN ANAL APPL, 13(3), 273-288.
- The influence of mutation on population dynamics in multiobjective genetic programming. GENET PROGRAM EVOL M, 11(1), 5-33. View this article in WRRO
- A model-based consecutive scanline tracking method for extracting vascular networks from 2-D digital subtraction angiograms.. IEEE Trans Med Imaging, 28(2), 241-249.
- Application of multiobjective genetic programming to the design of robot failure recognition systems. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 6(2), 372-376. View this article in WRRO
- A Generic Multi-dimensional Feature Extraction Method Using Multiobjective Genetic Programming. EVOL COMPUT, 17(1), 89-115.
- Automatic Regularization of Multilayered-Perceptron Training by Weight Orthogonalization. Journal of Intelligent Systems, 17(Supplement).
- Bayesian challenges in Integrated Catchment modelling. Proc. iEMSs 4th Biennial Meeting - Int. Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software: Integrating Sciences and Information Technology for Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, iEMSs 2008, 1, 362-371.
- A Comparison of three evolutionary strategies for multiobjective genetic programming. ARTIF INTELL REV, 27(2-3), 149-163.
- The Bayesian operating point of the Canny edge detector.. IEEE Trans Image Process, 15(11), 3409-3416.
- The Bayesian operating point of the Canny edge detector. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 15, 3409- 3416-3409- 3416.
- An improved rotation-invariant thinning algorithm.. IEEE Trans Pattern Anal Mach Intell, 27(10), 1671-1674. View this article in WRRO
- An improved rotation-invariant thinning algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence, 27, 1671- 1674-1671- 1674.
- Performance assessment of feature detection algorithms: A methodology and case study on corner detectors. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 12(12), 1668-1676. View this article in WRRO
- Improved sampling of the Pareto-front in multiobjective genetic optimizations by steady-state evolution: A Pareto converging genetic algorithm. Evolutionary Computation, 10(3), 283-314. View this article in WRRO
- The training of neural classifiers with condensed datasets. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics - B, 32(2), 202-206.
- Efficacy of Gaussian smoothing in Canny edge detector. ELECTRON LETT, 36(19), 1615-1617.
- Multiobjective genetic algorithm partitioning for hierarchical learning of high-dimensional pattern spaces: A learning-follows-decomposition strategy. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL NETWORKS, 9(5), 822-830.
- Decomposition of high dimensional pattern spaces for hierarchical classification. KYBERNETIKA, 34(4), 435-442.
- The Bhattacharyya metric as an absolute similarity measure for frequency coded data. KYBERNETIKA, 34(4), 363-368.
- Triplet geometric representation: A novel scale, translation and rotation invariant feature representation based on geometric constraints for recognition of 2D object features. IMAGE AND VISION COMPUTING, 15(3), 235-249.
- Multi-objective genetic algorithm partitioning for hierarchical learning of high dimensional spaces. IEE Colloquium (Digest)(18).
- Adaptive step edge model for self-consistent training of neural network for probabilistic edge labelling. IEE P-VIS IMAGE SIGN, 143(1), 41-50.
- PERSISTENT DECREASE OF DARK CONDUCTIVITY DUE TO ILLUMINATION IN ALGAAS/GAAS MODULATION-DOPED HETEROSTRUCTURES. J APPL PHYS, 74(9), 5596-5601.
- INFLUENCE OF SILICON-NITRIDE CAP ON THE THERMAL-STABILITY OF STRAINED AL0.32GA0.68AS/IN0.1GA0.9AS HIGH MOBILITY STRUCTURES GROWN BY METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR-DEPOSITION. J VAC SCI TECHNOL B, 10(6), 2488-2490.
- DEFECT CHARACTERIZATION IN GAALINAS ALLOYS. J APPL PHYS, 72(8), 3530-3534.
- DX CENTER ELECTRON OCCUPANCY UNDER HYDROSTATIC-PRESSURE IN SI-DOPED INY(GA1-XALX)1-YAS ALLOYS. APPL PHYS LETT, 61(15), 1811-1813.
- DX CENTER CHARACTERIZATION IN SE-DOPED ALGAAS UNDER HYDROSTATIC-PRESSURE. SEMICOND SCI TECH, 7(6), 758-766.
- LI DOPING OF GAALAS. J APPL PHYS, 71(9), 4337-4340.
- OBSERVATION OF A PERSISTENT NEGATIVE PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY EFFECT IN ALGAAS GAAS MODULATION-DOPED STRUCTURES. PHYS REV LETT, 67(21), 3010-3013.
- IMPACT IONIZATION OF SE-RELATED DX CENTERS IN ALGAAS. APPL PHYS LETT, 58(7), 735-737.
- A COMPARISON OF DOPANT TYPE AND ALUMINUM MOLE FRACTION ON PERSISTENT PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY IN HEMT STRUCTURES GROWN BY MOVPE. SEMICOND SCI TECH, 5(6), 586-589.
- MBE-GROWN (GAIN)P/GAAS HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR-TRANSISTORS EXHIBITING CURRENT GAINS UP TO 200. IEEE T ELECTRON DEV, 37(3), 810-811.
- MODULATION-DOPED (ALGA)AS/GAAS QUANTUM WELL STRUCTURE WITH HIGH ELECTRON SHEET DENSITY. ELECTRON LETT, 25(17), 1147-1148.
- MONTE-CARLO STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF COLLECTOR REGION VELOCITY OVERSHOOT ON THE HIGH-FREQUENCY PERFORMANCE OF ALGAAS GAAS HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR-TRANSISTORS. IEEE T ELECTRON DEV, 35(10), 1573-1579.
- SIMPLE TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE THE COMPUTATIONAL-EFFICIENCY OF MONTE-CARLO CARRIER TRANSPORT SIMULATIONS IN SEMICONDUCTORS. IEE PROC-I, 134(3), 101-104.
- A LOW-COST DEEP-ULTRAVIOLET (UV) LIGHT-SOURCE FOR BILEVEL RESIST APPLICATIONS. J VAC SCI TECHNOL B, 5(3), 671-673.
- AL0.45GA0.55AS/GAAS HEMTS GROWN BY MOVPE EXHIBITING HIGH TRANSCONDUCTANCE. ELECTRON LETT, 23(10), 528-529.
- Feature Extraction Using Multi-Objective Genetic Programming, 75-99.
- Model Predictive Control of Non-domestic Heating Using Genetic Programming Dynamic Models. Applied Soft Computing.
- Constant Optimization and Feature Standardization in Multiobjective Genetic Programming. Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines.
- Influence of background preprocessing on the performance of deep learning retinal vessel detection. Journal of Medical Imaging.
Chapters
- Multi-objective machine learning In Jin Y (Ed.), Multi-objective machine learning (pp. 75-99). Springer Verlag
Conference proceedings papers
- d(Tree)-by-dx : automatic and exact differentiation of genetic programming trees. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intellgence. León, Spain, 4 September 2019 - 6 September 2019. View this article in WRRO
- Big Data and Model Predictive Control for Improved Building Performance. 2018 Stretching the Envelope View this article in WRRO
- Semantic-based local search in multiobjective genetic programming. Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion View this article in WRRO
- Model identification for the control of naturally ventilated buildings. 14th International Conference of IBPSA - Building Simulation 2015, BS 2015, Conference Proceedings (pp 573-580)
- The use of machine learning in model predictive control for the operation of non-domestic buildings. FutureBuild 2013. Bath, UK, 4 September 2013 - 6 September 2013.
- Genetic programming-evolved spatio-temporal descriptor for human-action recognition. BMVC 2012 - Electronic Proceedings of the British Machine Vision Conference 2012
- Multiobjective genetic programming approach to evolving heuristics for the bounded diameter minimum spanning tree problem: MOGP for BDMST. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO-2009 (pp 309-316)
- Evolution of hyperheuristics for the biobjective 0/1 knapsack problem by multiobjective genetic programming. Proceedings of the 10th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation - GECCO '08, 12 July 2008 - 16 July 2008.
- Applying cost-sensitive multiobjective genetic programming to feature extraction for spam e-mail filtering. 11th European Conference on Genetic Programming (EuroGP2008) (pp 325-336-325-336). Naples, Italy
- Integrating categorical variables with multiobjective genetic programming for classifier construction. 11th European Conference on Genetic Programming (EuroGP2008) (pp 301-311-301-311). Naples, Italy
- Applying cost-sensitive multiobjective genetic programming to feature extraction for spam e-mail filtering. GENETIC PROGRAMMING, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 4971 (pp 325-336)
- The roles of diversity preservation and mutation in preventing population collapse in multiobjective genetic programming. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO2007) (pp 1551-1557-1551-1557). London, UK
- The Roles of Diversity Preservation and Mutation in Preventing Population Collapse in Multiobjective Genetic Programming. GECCO 2007: GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE, VOL 1 AND 2 (pp 1551-1557)
- Multiobjective genetic programming feature extraction with optimized dimensionality. SOFT COMPUTING IN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS: RECENT AND EMERGING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES, Vol. 39 (pp 159-168)
- Comparison of evolutionary strategies for multi-objective genetic programming. IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society Conference on Advances in Cybernetic Systems (AICS2006). Sheffield, UK
- The evolutionary training of linear classifiers. IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society Conference on Advances in Cybernetic Systems (AICS2006). Sheffield, UK
- Evolving optimal feature extraction using multi-objective genetic programming: A methodology and preliminary study on edge detection. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2005) (pp 795-802-795-802). Washington, DC
- Evolving optimal feature extraction using multi-objective genetic programming: A methodology and preliminary study on edge detection. GECCO 2005: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Vols 1 and 2 (pp 795-802)
- Effective evolutionary multimodal optimization by multiobjective reformulation without explicit niching/sharing. APPLIED COMPUTING, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 3285 (pp 1-8)
- Evolutionary multimodal optimization revisited. GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION - GECCO 2003, PT II, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 2724 (pp 1592-1593)
- A Bootstrapped Modular Learning Approach for Scaling and Generalisation of Grey-Level Corner Detection (pp 395-400)
- Reducing the training times of neural classifiers with dataset condensing. ADVANCES IN PATTERN RECOGNITION, Vol. 1876 (pp 650-657)
- The accuracy of sub-pixel localisation in the Canny edge detector. 10th British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC99) (pp 13-16-13-16). Nottingham, UK
- A novel approach to nearest neighbour search in high-dimensional spaces for 3D object recognition. SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING AND ITS APPLICATIONS(465) (pp 13-17)
- Automatic parameter selection for object recognition using a parallel multiobjective genetic algorithm (pp 559-566)
- Bayesian labelling of image corner features using a grey-level corner model with a bootstrapped modular neural network. FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS(440) (pp 82-87)
- Assessing the convergence of rank-based multiobjective genetic algorithms. 2nd IEE/IEEE International Conference on Genetic Algorithms in Engineering Systems: Innovations and Applications (GALESIA 97) (pp 19-23-19-23). Glasgow
- Bayesian labelling of corners using a grey-level corner image model. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP’97) (pp 687-690-687-690). Santa Barbara, CA
- B-fitting: An estimation techniques with automatic paramter selection. 7th British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC96). Edinburgh
- Multiple shape recognition using pairwise geometric histogram based algorithms. IEE Conference Publication(410) (pp 90-94)
- Neural network for probabilistic edge labelling trained with a step edge model. IEE Conference Publication(410) (pp 618-621)
- Self-consistent training of a neural network with a step edge model for probabilistic edge labelling. IEE Conference Publication(409) (pp 98-103)
- Robust recognition of scaled shapes using pairwise geometric histograms. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 6TH BRITISH MACHINE VISION CONFERENCE 1995, VOLS 1 AND 2 (pp 503-512)
- Sensitivity analysis of building physical parameters to maximize heating energy saving using MPC. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Energy Harvesting, Storage, and Transfer (EHST'19), 18 June 2019 - 19 June 2019.
- Persistent Decrease of Dark Conductivity due to Illumination in AlGaAs/GaAs Modulation-Doped Heterostructures. Solid State Phenomena, Vol. 32-33 (pp 489-494)
- Performance comparison of low-level vessel detection algorithms for segmentation of X-ray angiograms. $16^th$ Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (pp 173-178-173-178)
Reports
- Domain-independent approaches to optimize feature extraction for multi-classification using multi-objective genetic programming
Software / Code
Other
- Pruning of genetic programming trees using permutation tests. Evolutionary Intelligence. View this article in WRRO
- GPML: an XML-based standard for the interchange of genetic programming trees. Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines. View this article in WRRO
- Edge detector evolution using multidimensional multiobjective genetic programming.
- Feature extraction using multi-objective genetic programming. Heidelberg: Springer.