Int. J. Decision Support Systems, Vol. 3, Nos. 3/4, 2018 263 Copyright © 2018 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Ground enhancing compound selection using genetic programming Konstantinos S. Boulas* Management and Decision Engineering Laboratory, Department of Financial and Management Engineering, School of Engineering, University of the Aegean, 41 Kountouriotou Street, Chios 82100, Greece Email: kboulas@aegean.gr *Corresponding author Vasilios P. Androvitsaneas and Ioannis F. Gonos High Voltage Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Politechniou Street, Zografou Campus, Athens 15780, Greece Email: v.andro@mail.ntua.gr Email: igonos@cs.ntua.gr Georgios D. Dounias Management and Decision Engineering Laboratory, Department of Financial and Management Engineering, School of Engineering, University of the Aegean, 41 Kountouriotou Street, Chios 82100, Greece Email: g.dounias@aegean.gr Ioannis A. Stathopulos High Voltage Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Politechniou Street, Zografou Campus, Athens 15780, Greece Email: stathop@power.ece.ntua.gr