Contents by Volume
Volume I
Active Learning with SVM / Jun Jiang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and Horace H. S. Ip, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong...... 1
Adaptive Algorithms for Intelligent Geometric Computing / M. L. Gavrilova, University of Calgary, Canada...... 9
Adaptive Business Intelligence / Zbigniew Michalewicz, The University of Adelaide, Australia...... 16
Adaptive Neural Algorithms for PCA and ICA / Radu Mutihac, University of Bucharest, Romania...... 22
Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Systems / Larbi Esmahi, Athabasca University, Canada; Kristian Williamson, Statistics Canada, Canada; and Elarbi Badidi, United Arab Emirates University, UAE...... 31
Adaptive Technology and Its Applications / João José Neto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil...... 37
Advanced Cellular Neural Networks Image Processing / J. Álvaro Fernández, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain...... 45
Agent-Based Intelligent System Modeling / Zaiyong Tang, Salem State College, USA; Xiaoyu Huang, University of Shanghai for Science & Technology, China; and Kallol Bagchi, University of Texas at El Paso, USA...... 51
AI and Ideas by Statistical Mechanics / Lester Ingber, Lester Ingber Research, USA...... 58
AI Methods for Analyzing Microarray Data / Amira Djebbari, National Research Council Canada, Canada; Aedín C. Culhane, Harvard School of Public Health, USA; Alice J. Armstrong, The George Washington University, USA; and John Quackenbush, Harvard School of Public Health, USA...... 65
AI Walk from Pharmacokinetics to Marketing, An / José D. Martín-Guerrero, University of Valencia, Spain; Emilio Soria-Olivas, University of Valencia, Spain; Paulo J.G. Lisboa, Liverpool John Moores University, UK; and Antonio J. Serrano-López, University of Valencia, Spain...... 71
Algorithms for Association Rule Mining / Vasudha Bhatnagar, University of Delhi, India; Anamika Gupta, University of Delhi, India; and Naveen Kumar, University of Delhi, India...... 76 Ambient Intelligence / Fariba Sadri, Imperial College London, UK; and Kostas Stathis, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK...... 85
Ambient Intelligence Environments / Carlos Ramos, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal...... 92
Analytics for Noisy Unstructured Text Data I / Shourya Roy, IBM Research, India Research Lab, India; and L. Venkata Subramaniam, IBM Research, India Research Lab, India...... 99
Analytics for Noisy Unstructured Text Data II / L. Venkata Subramaniam, IBM Research, India Research Lab, India; and Shourya Roy, IBM Research, India Research Lab, India...... 105
Angiographic Images Segmentation Techniques / Francisco J. Nóvoa, University of A Coruña, Spain; Alberto Curra, University of A Coruña, Spain; M. Gloria López, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Virginia Mato, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 110
ANN Application in the Field of Structural Concrete / Juan L. Pérez, University of A Coruña, Spain; Mª Isabel Martínez, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Manuel F. Herrador, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 118
ANN Development with EC Tools: An Overview / Daniel Rivero, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Juan Ramón Rabuñal Dopico, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 125
ANN-Based Defects’ Diagnosis of Industrial Optical Devices / Matthieu Voiry, University of Paris, France & SAGEM REOSC, France; Véronique Amarger, University of Paris, France; Joel Bernier, SAGEM REOSC, France; and Kurosh Madani, University of Paris, France...... 131
Artificial Intelligence and Education /Eduardo Sánchez, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; and Manuel Lama, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain...... 138
Artificial Intelligence and Rubble-Mound Breakwater Stability /Gregorio Iglesias Rodriquez, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Alberte Castro Ponte, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Rodrigo Carballo Sanchez, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; and Miguel Ángel Losada Rodriguez, University of Granada, Spain...... 144
Artificial Intelligence for Information Retrieval /Thomas Mandl, University of Hildesheim, Germany...... 151
Artificial Intelligence in Computer-Aided Diagnosis / Paulo Eduardo Ambrósio, Santa Cruz State University, Brazil...... 157
Artificial Neural Networks and Cognitive Modelling /Amanda J.C. Sharkey, University of Sheffield, UK....161
Artificial NeuroGlial Networks /Ana Belén Porto Pazos, University of A Coruña, Spain; Alberto Alvarellos González, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Félix Montañés Pazos, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 167
Association Rule Mining / Vasudha Bhatnagar, University of Delhi, India; and Sarabjeet Kochhar, University of Delhi, India...... 172
Automated Cryptanalysis / Otokar Grošek, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia; and Pavol Zajac, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia...... 179 Automated Cryptanalysis of Classical Ciphers / Otokar Grošek, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia; and Pavol Zajac, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia...... 186
Automatic Classification of Impact-Echo Spectra I /Addisson Salazar, iTEAM, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain; and Arturo Serrano, iTEAM, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain ...... 192
Automatic Classification of Impact-Echo Spectra II /Addisson Salazar, iTEAM, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain; and Arturo Serrano, iTEAM, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain...... 199
AVI of Surface Flaws on Manufactures I / Girolamo Fornarelli, Politecnico di Bari, Italy; and Antonio Giaquinto, Politecnico di Bari, Italy...... 206
AVI of Surface Flaws on Manufactures II / Girolamo Fornarelli, Politecnico di Bari, Italy; and Antonio Giaquinto, Politecnico di Bari, Italy...... 211
Basic Cellular Neural Networks Image Processing / J. Álvaro Fernández, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain...... 218
Bayesian Neural Networks for Image Restoration / Radu Mutihac, University of Bucharest, Romania...... 223
Behaviour-Based Clustering of Neural Networks / María José Castro-Bleda, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain; Salvador España-Boquera, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain; and Francisco Zamora-Martínez, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain...... 231
Bio-Inspired Algorithms in Bioinformatics I / José Antonio Seoane Fernández, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Mónica Miguélez Rico, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 236
Bio-Inspired Algorithms in Bioinformatics II / José Antonio Seoane Fernández, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Mónica Miguélez Rico, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 241
Bioinspired Associative Memories / Roberto A. Vazquez, Center for Computing Research, IPN, Mexico; and Humberto Sossa, Center for Computing Research, IPN, Mexico...... 248
Bio-Inspired Dynamical Tools for Analyzing Cognition / Manuel G. Bedia, University of Zaragoza, Spain; Juan M. Corchado, University of Salamanca, Spain; and Luis F. Castillo, National University, Colombia...... 256
Biometric Security Technology / Marcos Faundez-Zanuy, Escola Universitària Politècnica de Mataró, Spain...... 262
Blind Source Separation by ICA / Miguel A. Ferrer, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; and Aday Tejera Santana, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain...... 270
Chaotic Neural Networks / Emilio Del-Moral-Hernandez, University of São Paulo, Brazil...... 275
Class Prediction in Test Sets with Shifted Distributions / Óscar Pérez, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain; and Manuel Sánchez-Montañés, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain...... 282 Cluster Analysis of Gene Expression Data / Alan Wee-Chung Liew, Griffith University, Australia; Ngai-Fong Law, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong; and Hong Yan, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong & University of Sydney, Australia...... 289
Clustering Algorithm for Arbitrary Data Sets / Yu-Chen Song, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, China; and Hai-Dong Meng, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, China...... 297
CNS Tumor Prediction Using Gene Expression Data Part I / Atiq Islam, University of Memphis, USA; Khan M. Iftekharuddin, University of Memphis, USA; E. Olusegun George, University of Memphis, USA; and David J. Russomanno, University of Memphis, USA...... 304
CNS Tumor Prediction Using Gene Expression Data Part II / Atiq Islam, University of Memphis, USA; Khan M. Iftekharuddin, University of Memphis, USA; E. Olusegun George, University of Memphis, USA; and David J. Russomanno, University of Memphis, USA...... 312
Combining Classifiers and Learning Mixture-of-Experts /Lei Xu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong & Peking University, China; and Shun-ichi Amari, Brain Science Institute, Japan...... 318
Commonsense Knowledge Representation I / Phillip Ein-Dor, Tel-Aviv University, Israel...... 327
Commonsense Knowledge Representation II / Phillip Ein-Dor, Tel-Aviv University, Israel...... 334
Comparative Study on E-Note-Taking, A / Shaista Rashid, University of Bradford, UK; and Dimitris Rigas, University of Bradford, UK...... 337
Comparison of Cooling Schedules for Simulated Annealing, A / José Fernando Díaz Martín, University of Deusto, Spain; and Jesús M. Riaño Sierra, University of Deusto, Spain...... 344
Complex Systems Modeling by Cellular Automata / Jiří Kroc, Section Computational Science, The University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and Peter M.A. Sloot, Section Computational Science, The University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands...... 353
Complex-Valued Neural Networks / Tohru Nitta, AIST, Japan...... 361
Component Analysis in Artificial Vision / Oscar Déniz Suárez, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; and Gloria Bueno García, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain...... 367
Computational Methods in Biomedical Imaging / Michele Piana, Universita’ di Verona, Italy...... 372
Computer Morphogenesis in Self-Organizing Structures / Enrique Fernández-Blanco, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Julián Dorado, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 377
Computer Vision for Wave Flume Experiments / Óscar Ibáñez, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Juan Rabuñal Dopico, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 383
Conditional Hazard Estimating Neural Networks / Antonio Eleuteri, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK; Azzam Taktak, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK; Bertil Damato, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK; Angela Douglas, Liverpool Women’s Hospital, UK; and Sarah Coupland, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK...... 390 Configuration /Luca Anselma, Università di Torino, Italy; and Diego Magro, Università di Torino, Italy...... 396
Constraint Processing / Roman Barták, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic...... 404
Continuous ACO in a SVR Traffic Forecasting Model /Wei-Chiang Hong, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan...... 410
Data Mining Fundamental Concepts and Critical Issues / John Wang, Montclair State University, USA; Qiyang Chen, Montclair State University, USA; and James Yao, Montclair State University, USA...... 418
Data Warehousing Development and Design Methodologies / James Yao, Montclair State University, USA; and John Wang, Montclair State University, USA...... 424
Decision Making in Intelligent Agents / Mats Danielson, Stockholm University, Sweden & Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; and Love Ekenberg, Stockholm University, Sweden & Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden...... 431
Decision Tree Applications for Data Modelling / Man Wai Lee, Brunel University, UK; Kyriacos Chrysostomou, Brunel University, UK; Sherry Y. Chen, Brunel University, UK; and Xiaohui Liu, Brunel University, UK...... 437
Dempster-Shafer Theory, The / Malcolm J. Beynon, Cardiff University, UK...... 443
Dependency Parsing: Recent Advances / Ruket Çakıcı, University of Edinburgh, UK...... 449
Designing Unsupervised Hierarchical Fuzzy Logic Systems / M. Mohammadian, University of Canberra, Australia...... 456
Developmental Robotics / Max Lungarella, University of Zurich, Switzerland; and Gabriel Gómez, University of Zurich, Switzerland...... 464
Device-Level Majority von Neumann Multiplexing / Valeriu Beiu, United Arab Emirates University, UAE; Walid Ibrahim, United Arab Emirates University, UAE; and Sanja Lazarova-Molnar, United Arab Emirates University, UAE...... 471
Different Approaches for Cooperation with Metaheuristics / José M. Cadenas, Universidad de Murcia, Spain; Mª Carmen Garrido, Universidad de Murcia, Spain; Enrique Muñoz, Universidad de Murcia, Spain; Carlos Cruz-Corona, Universidad de Granada, Spain; David A. Pelta, Universidad de Granada, Spain; and José L. Verdegay, Universidad de Granada, Spain...... 480
Differential Evolution with Self-Adaptation / Janez Brest, University of Maribor, Slovenia...... 488
Discovering Mappings Between Ontologies / Vikram Sorathia, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, India; and Anutosh Maitra, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, India...... 494
Disk-Based Search / Stefan Edelkamp, University of Dortmund, Germany; and Shahid Jabbar, University of Dortmund, Germany...... 501 Distributed Constraint Reasoning / Marius C. Silaghi, Florida Insitute of Technology, USA; and Makoto Yokoo, Kyushu University, Japan...... 507
Distributed Representation of Compositional Structure / Simon D. Levy, Washington and Lee University, USA...... 514
EA Multi-Model Selection for SVM / Gilles Lebrun, University of Caen Basse-Normandie, France; Olivier Lezoray, University of Caen Basse-Normandie, France; Christophe Charrier, University of Caen Basse-Normandie, France; and Hubert Cardot, University François-Rabelais of Tours, France...... 520
EC Techniques in the Structural Concrete Field / Juan L. Pérez, University of A Coruña, Spain; Belén González-Fonteboa, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Fernando Martínez Abella, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 526
E-Learning in New Technologies / Nieves Pedreira, University of A Coruña, Spain; José Ramón Méndez Salgueiro, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Manuel Martínez Carballo, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 532
Emerging Applications in Immersive Technologies / Darryl N. Davis, University of Hull, UK; and Paul M. Chapman, University of Hull, UK...... 536
Emulating Subjective Criteria in Corpus Validation / Ignasi Iriondo, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain; Santiago Planet, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain; Francesc Alías, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain; Joan-Claudi Socoró, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain; and Elisa Martínez, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain...... 541
Volume II
Energy Minimizing Active Models in Artificial Vision / Gloria Bueno García, University of Castilla – La Mancha, Spain; Antonio Martínez, University of Castilla – La Mancha, Spain; Roberto González, University of Castilla – La Mancha, Spain; and Manuel Torres, University of Castilla – La Mancha, Spain...... 547
Ensemble of ANN for Traffic Sign Recognition /M. Paz Sesmero Lorente, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; Juan Manuel Alonso-Weber, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; Germán Gutiérrez Sánchez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; Agapito Ledezma Espino, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; and Araceli Sanchis de Miguel, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain...... 554
Ensemble of SVM Classifiers for Spam Filtering /Ángela Blanco, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain; and Manuel Martín-Merino, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain...... 561
Evolutionary Algorithms in Discredibility Detection / Bohumil Sulc, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic; and David Klimanek, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic...... 567
Evolutionary Approaches for ANNs Design / Antonia Azzini, University of Milan, Italy; and Andrea G.B. Tettamanzi, University of Milan, Italy...... 575 Evolutionary Approaches to Variable Selection / Marcos Gestal, University of A Coruña, Spain; and José Manuel Andrade, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 581
Evolutionary Computing Approach for Ad-Hoc Networks / Prayag Narula, University of Delhi, India; Sudip Misra, Yale University, USA; and Sanjay Kumar Dhurandher, University of Delhi, India...... 589
Evolutionary Grammatical Inference / Ernesto Rodrigues, Federal University of Technology, Brazil; and Heitor Silvério Lopes, Federal University of Technology, Brazil...... 596
Evolutionary Robotics / J. A. Becerra, University of A Coruña, Spain; and R. J. Duro, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 603
Evolved Synthesis of Digital Circuits / Laurenţiu Ionescu, University of Pitesti, Romania; Alin Mazare, University of Pitesti, Romania; Gheorghe Şerban, University of Pitesti, Romania; and Emil Sofron, University of Pitesti, Romania...... 609
Evolving Graphs for ANN Development and Simplification /Daniel Rivero, University of A Coruña, Spain; and David Periscal, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 618
Facial Expression Recognition for HCI Applications / Fadi Dornaika, Institut Géographique National, France; and Bogdan Raducanu, Computer Vision Center, Spain...... 625
Feature Selection / Noelia Sánchez-Maroño, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Amparo Alonso-Betanzos, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 632
Feed-Forward Artificial Neural Network Basics /Lluís A. Belanche Muñoz, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain...... 639
Finding Multiple Solutions with GA in Multimodal Problems / Marcos Gestal, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Mari Paz Gómez-Carracedo, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 647
Full-Text Search Engines for Databases / László Kovács, University of Miskolc, Hungary; and Domonkos Tikk, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary...... 654
Functional Dimension Reduction for Chemometrics / Tuomas Kärnä, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; and Amaury Lendasse, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland...... 661
Functional Networks / Oscar Fontenla-Romero, University of A Coruña, Spain; Bertha Guijarro-Berdiñas, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Beatriz Pérez-Sánchez, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 667
Fuzzy Approximation of DES State / Juan Carlos González-Castolo, CINVESTAV Unidad Guadalajara, Mexico; and Ernesto López-Mellado, CINVESTAV Unidad Guadalajara, Mexico ...... 677
Fuzzy Control Systems: An Introduction / Guanrong Chen, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and Young Hoon Joo, Kunsan National University, Korea...... 688
Fuzzy Decision Trees / Malcolm J. Beynon, Cardiff University, UK...... 696 Fuzzy Graphs and Fuzzy Hypergraphs / Leonid S. Bershtein, Taganrog Technological Institute of Southern Federal University, Russia; and Alexander V. Bozhenyuk, Taganrog Technological Institute of Southern Federal University, Russia...... 704
Fuzzy Logic Applied to Biomedical Image Analysis / Alfonso Castro, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Bernardino Arcay, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 710
Fuzzy Logic Estimator for Variant SNR Environments / Rosa Maria Alsina Pagès, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain; Clàudia Mateo Segura, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain; and Joan-Claudi Socoró Carrié, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain...... 719
Fuzzy Rule Interpolation / Szilveszter Kovács, University of Miskolc, Hungary...... 728
Fuzzy Systems Modeling: An Introduction / Young Hoon Joo, Kunsan National University, Korea; and Guanrong Chen, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China...... 734
Gene Regulation Network Use for Information Processing / Enrique Fernandez-Blanco, University of A Coruña, Spain; and J.Andrés Serantes, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 744
Genetic Algorithm Applications to Optimization Modeling / Pi-Sheng Deng, California State University at Stanislaus, USA...... 748
Genetic Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks / João H. Kleinschmidt, State University of Campinas, Brazil...... 755
Genetic Fuzzy Systems Applied to Ports and Coasts Engineering / Óscar Ibáñez, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Alberte Castro Ponte, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain...... 759
Grammar-Guided Genetic Programming / Daniel Manrique, Inteligencia Artificial, Facultad de Informatica, UPM, Spain; Juan Ríos, Inteligencia Artificial, Facultad de Informatica, UPM, Spain; and Alfonso Rodríguez-Patón, Inteligencia Artificial, Facultad de Informatica, UPM, Spain...... 767
Granular Computing / Georg Peters, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany...... 774
Growing Self-Organizing Maps for Data Analysis / Soledad Delgado, Technical University of Madrid, Spain; Consuelo Gonzalo, Technical University of Madrid, Spain; Estíbaliz Martínez, Technical University of Madrid, Spain; and Águeda Arquero, Technical University of Madrid, Spain...... 781
GTM User Modeling for aIGA Weight Tuning in TTS Synthesis / Lluís Formiga, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain; and Francesc Alías, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain...... 788
Handling Fuzzy Similarity for Data Classification /Roy Gelbard, Bar-Ilan University, Israel; and Avichai Meged, Bar-Ilan University, Israel...... 796
Harmony Search for Multiple Dam Scheduling / Zong Woo Geem, Johns Hopkins University, USA...... 803
Hierarchical Neuro-Fuzzy Systems Part I / Marley Vellasco, PUC-Rio, Brazil; Marco Pacheco, PUC-Rio, Brazil; Karla Figueiredo, UERJ, Brazil; and Flavio Souza, UERJ, Brazil...... 808 Hierarchical Neuro-Fuzzy Systems Part II / Marley Vellasco, PUC-Rio, Brazil; Marco Pacheco, PUC-Rio, Brazil; Karla Figueiredo, UERJ, Brazil; and Flavio Souza, UERJ, Brazil...... 817
Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning / Carlos Diuk, Rutgers University, USA; and Michael Littman, Rutgers University, USA...... 825
High Level Design Approach for FPGA Implementation of ANNs / Nouma Izeboudjen, Center de Développement des Technologies Avancées (CDTA), Algérie; Ahcene Farah, Ajman University, UAE; Hamid Bessalah, Center de Développement des Technologies Avancées (CDTA), Algérie; Ahmed. Bouridene, Queens University of Belfast, Ireland; and Nassim Chikhi, Center de Développement des Technologies Avancées (CDTA), Algérie...... 831
HOPS: A Hybrid Dual Camera Vision System / Stefano Cagnoni, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy; Monica Mordonini, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy; Luca Mussi, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy; and Giovanni Adorni, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy...... 840
Hybrid Dual Camera Vision System / Stefano Cagnoni, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy; Monica Mordonini, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy; Luca Mussi, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy; and Giovanni Adorni, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy...... 848
Hybrid Meta-Heuristics Based System for Dynamic Scheduling / Ana Maria Madureira, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal...... 853
Hybrid System for Automatic Infant Cry Recognition I, A / Carlos Alberto Reyes-García, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica, Mexico; Ramon Zatarain, Instituto Tecnologico de Culiacan, Mexico; Lucia Barron, Instituto Tecnologico de Culiacan, Mexico; and Orion Fausto Reyes-Galaviz, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, Mexico...... 860
Hybrid System for Automatic Infant Cry Recognition II, A / Carlos Alberto Reyes-García, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica, Mexico; Sandra E. Barajas, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica, Mexico; Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica, Mexico; and Orion Fausto Reyes-Galaviz, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, Mexico...... 867
IA Algorithm Acceleration Using GPUs / Antonio Seoane, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Alberto Jaspe, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 873
Improving the Naïve Bayes Classifier /Liwei Fan, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and Kim Leng Poh, National University of Singapore, Singapore...... 879
Incorporating Fuzzy Logic in Data Mining Tasks / Lior Rokach, Ben Gurion University, Israel...... 884
Independent Subspaces / Lei Xu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong & Peking University, China...... 892
Information Theoretic Learning / Deniz Erdogmus, Northeastern University, USA; and Jose C. Principe, University of Florida, USA...... 902 Intelligent Classifier for Atrial Fibrillation (ECG) /O.Valenzuela, University of Granada, Spain; I.Rojas, University of Granada, Spain; F.Rojas, University of Granada, Spain; A.Guillen, University of Granada, Spain; L.J Herrera, University of Granada, Spain; F.J.Rojas, University of Granada, Spain; and M.Cepero, University of Granada, Spain...... 910
Intelligent MAS in System Engineering and Robotics / G. Nicolás Marichal, University of La Laguna, Spain; and Evelio J. González, University of La Laguna, Spain...... 917
Intelligent Query Answering Mechanism in Multi Agent Systems / Safiye Turgay, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Turkey; and Fahrettin Yaman, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Turkey...... 924
Intelligent Radar Detectors / Raúl Vicen Bueno, University of Alcalá, Spain; Manuel Rosa Zurera, University of Alcalá, Spain; María Pilar Jarabo Amores, University of Alcalá, Spain; Roberto Gil Pita, University of Alcalá, Spain; and David de la Mata Moya, University of Alcalá, Spain...... 933
Intelligent Software Agents Analysis in E-Commerce I / Xin Luo, The University of New Mexico, USA; and Somasheker Akkaladevi, Virginia State University, USA...... 940
Intelligent Software Agents Analysis in E-Commerce II / Xin Luo, The University of New Mexico, USA; and Somasheker Akkaladevi, Virginia State University, USA...... 945
Intelligent Software Agents with Applications in Focus / Mario Janković-Romano, University of Belgrade, Serbia; Milan Stanković, University of Belgrade, Serbia; and Uroš Krčadinac, University of Belgrade, Serbia...... 950
Intelligent Traffic Sign Classifiers Raúl/ Vicen Bueno, University of Alcalá, Spain; Elena Torijano Gordo, University of Alcalá, Spain; Antonio García González, University of Alcalá, Spain; Manuel Rosa Zurera, University of Alcalá, Spain; and Roberto Gil Pita, University of Alcalá, Spain...... 956
Interactive Systems and Sources of Uncertainties / Qiyang Chen, Montclair State University, USA; and John Wang, Montclair State University, USA...... 963
Intuitionistic Fuzzy Image Processing / Ioannis K. Vlachos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; and George D. Sergiadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece...... 967
Knowledge Management Systems Procedural Development / Javier Andrade, University of A Coruña, Spain; Santiago Rodríguez, University of A Coruña, Spain; María Seoane, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Sonia Suárez, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 975
Knowledge Management Tools and Their Desirable Characteristics / Juan Ares, University of A Coruña, Spain; Rafael García, University of A Coruña, Spain; María Seoane, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Sonia Suárez, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 982
Knowledge-Based Systems / Adrian A. Hopgood, De Montfort University, UK...... 989
Kohonen Maps and TS Algorithms / Marie-Thérèse Boyer-Xambeu, Université de Paris VII – LED, France; Ghislain Deleplace, Université de Paris VIII – LED, France; Patrice Gaubert, Université de Paris 12 – ERUDITE, France; Lucien Gillard, CNRS – LED, France; and Madalina Olteanu, Université de Paris I – CES SAMOS, France...... 996 Learning in Feed-Forward Artificial Neural Networks I /Lluís A. Belanche Muñoz, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain...... 1004
Learning in Feed-Forward Artificial Neural Networks II /Lluís A. Belanche Muñoz, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain...... 1012
Learning Nash Equilibria in Non-Cooperative Games / Alfredo Garro, University of Calabria, Italy...... 1018
Learning-Based Planning / Sergio Jiménez Celorrio, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; and Tomás de la Rosa Turbides, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain...... 1024
Longitudinal Analysis of Labour Market Data with SOM, A / Patrick Rousset, CEREQ, France; and Jean-Francois Giret, CEREQ, France...... 1029
Managing Uncertainties in Interactive Systems / Qiyang Chen, Montclair State University, USA; and John Wang, Montclair State University, USA...... 1036
Many-Objective Evolutionary Optimisation / Francesco di Pierro, University of Exeter, UK; Soon-Thiam Khu, University of Exeter, UK; and Dragan A. Savić, University of Exeter, UK...... 1042
Mapping Ontologies by Utilising Their Semantic Structure / Yi Zhao, Fernuniversitaet in Hagen, Germany; and Wolfgang A. Halang, Fernuniversitaet in Hagen, Germany...... 1049
Mathematical Modeling of Artificial Neural Networks /Radu Mutihac, University of Bucharest, Romania...... 1056
Microarray Information and Data Integration Using SAMIDI / Juan M. Gómez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; Ricardo Colomo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; Marcos Ruano, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; and Ángel García, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.....1064
Mobile Robots Navigation, Mapping, and Localization Part I / Lee Gim Hee, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore; and Marcelo H. Ang Jr., National University of Singapore, Singapore...... 1072
Mobile Robots Navigation, Mapping, and Localization Part II / Lee Gim Hee, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore; and Marcelo H. Ang Jr., National University of Singapore, Singapore...... 1080
Modal Logics for Reasoning about Multiagent Systems / Nikolay V. Shilov, Russian Academy of Science, Institute of Informatics Systems, Russia; and Natalia Garanina, Russian Academy of Science, Institute of Informatics Systems, Russia...... 1089
Modularity in Artificial Neural Networks /Ricardo Téllez, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain; and Cecilio Angulo, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain...... 1095
Morphological Filtering Principles / Jose Crespo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain...... 1102
MREM, Discrete Recurrent Network for Optimization / Enrique Mérida-Casermeiro, University of Málaga, Spain; Domingo López-Rodríguez, University of Málaga, Spain; and Juan M. Ortiz-de-Lazcano-Lobato, University of Málaga, Spain...... 1112 Volume III
Multilayer Optimization Approach for Fuzzy Systems / Ivan N. Silva, University of São Paulo, Brazil; and Rogerio A. Flauzino, University of São Paulo, Brazil...... 1121
Multi-Layered Semantic Data Models / László Kovács, University of Miskolc, Hungary; and Tanja Sieber, University of Miskolc, Hungary...... 1130
Multilogistic Regression by Product Units / P.A. Gutiérrez, University of Córdoba, Spain; C. Hervás, University of Córdoba, Spain; F.J. Martínez-Estudillo, INSA – ETEA, Spain; and M. Carbonero, INSA – ETEA, Spain...... 1136
Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms / Sanjoy Das, Kansas State University, USA; and Bijaya K. Panigrahi, Indian Institute of Technology, India...... 1145
Multi-Objective Training of Neural Networks / M. P. Cuéllar, Universidad de Granada, Spain; M. Delgado, Universidad de Granada, Spain; and M. C. Pegalajar, University of Granada, Spain...... 1152
“Narrative” Information and the NKRL Solution / Gian Piero Zarri, LaLIC, University Paris 4-Sorbonne, France ...... 1159
“Narrative” Information Problems / Gian Piero Zarri, LaLIC, University Paris 4-Sorbonne, France...... 1167
Natural Language Processing and Biological Methods / Gemma Bel Enguix, Rovira i Virgili University, Spain; and M. Dolores Jiménez López, Rovira i Virgili University, Spain...... 1173
Natural Language Understanding and Assessment / Vasile Rus, The University of Memphis, USA; Philip McCarthy, University of Memphis, USA; Danielle S. McNamara, The University of Memphis, USA; and Art Graesser, University of Memphis, USA...... 1179
Navigation by Image-Based Visual Homing / Matthew Szenher, University of Edinburgh, UK...... 1185
Nelder-Mead Evolutionary Hybrid Algorithms / Sanjoy Das, Kansas State University, USA...... 1191
Neural Control System for Autonomous Vehicles / Francisco García-Córdova, Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), Spain; Antonio Guerrero-González, Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), Spain; and Fulgencio Marín-García, Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), Spain...... 1197
Neural Network-Based Visual Data Mining for Cancer Data / Enrique Romero, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain; Julio J. Valdés,National Research Council Canada, Canada; and Alan J. Barton, National Research Council Canada, Canada...... 1205
Neural Network-Based Process Analysis in Sport / Juergen Perl, University of Mainz, Germany...... 1212
Neural Networks and Equilibria, Synchronization, and Time Lags / Daniela Danciu, University of Craiova, Romania; and Vladimir Răsvan, University of Craiova, Romania...... 1219 Neural Networks and HOS for Power Quality Evaluation / Juan J. González De la Rosa, Universities of Cádiz-Córdoba, Spain; Carlos G. Puntonet, University of Granada, Spain; and A. Moreno-Muñoz, Universities of Cádiz-Córdoba, Spain...... 1226
Neural Networks on Handwritten Signature Verification /J. Francisco Vargas, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain & Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia; and Miguel A. Ferrer, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain...... 1232
Neural/Fuzzy Computing Based on Lattice Theory / Vassilis G. Kaburlasos, Technological Educational Institution of Kavala, Greece...... 1238
New Self-Organizing Map for Dissimilarity Data, A / Tien Ho-Phuoc, GIPSA-lab, France; and Anne Guerin-Dugue, GIPSA-lab, France...... 1244
NLP Techniques in Intelligent Tutoring Systems / Chutima Boonthum, Hampton University, USA; Irwin B. Levinstein, Old Dominion University, USA; Danielle S. McNamara, The University of Memphis, USA; Joseph P. Magliano, Northern Illinois University, USA; and Keith K. Millis, The University of Memphis, USA...... 1253
Non-Cooperative Facial Biometric Identification Systems /Carlos M. Travieso González, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; and Aythami Morales Moreno, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain...... 1259
Nonlinear Techniques for Signals Characterization / Jesús Bernardino Alonso Hernández, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; and Patricia Henríquez Rodríguez, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain...... 1266
Ontologies and Processing Patterns for Microarrays / Mónica Miguélez Rico, University of A Coruña, Spain; José Antonio Seoane Fernández, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Julián Dorado de la Calle, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 1273
Ontologies for Education and Learning Design / Manuel Lama, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; and Eduardo Sánchez, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain...... 1278
Ontology Alignment Overview / José Manuel Vázquez Naya, University of A Coruña, Spain; Marcos Martínez Romero, University of A Coruña, Spain; Javier Pereira Loureiro, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Alejandro Pazos Sierra, University of A Coruña, Spain...... 1283
Ontology Alignment Techniques / Marcos Martínez Romero, University of A Coruña, Spain; José Manuel Vázquez Naya, University of A Coruña, Spain; Javier Pereira Loureiro, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Norberto Ezquerra, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA...... 1290
Optimization of the Acoustic Systems / V. Romero-García, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain; E. Fuster-Garcia, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain; J. V. Sánchez-Pérez, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain; L. M. Garcia-Raffi, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain; X. Blasco, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain; J. M. Herrero, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain; and J. Sanchis, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain...... 1296 Particle Swarm Optimization and Image Analysis / Stefano Cagnoni, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy; and Monica Mordonini, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy...... 1303
Personalized Decision Support Systems / Neal Shambaugh, West Virginia University, USA...... 1310
Planning Agent for Geriatric Residences / Javier Bajo, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain; Dante I. Tapia, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain; Sara Rodríguez, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain; and Juan M. Corchado, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain...... 1316
Privacy-Preserving Estimation / Mohammad Saad Al-Ahmadi, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia; and Rathindra Sarathy, Oklahoma State University, USA...... 1323
Protein Structure Prediction by Fusion, Bayesian Methods / Somasheker Akkaladevi, Virginia State University, USA; Ajay K. Katangur, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, USA; and Xin Luo, The University of New Mexico, USA...... 1330
Prototype Based Classification in Bioinformatics /Frank-M. Schleif, University of Leipzig, Germany; Thomas Villmann, University of Leipzig, Germany; and Barbara Hammer, Technical University of Clausthal, Germany...... 1337
Randomized Hough Transform / Lei Xu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong & Peking University, China; and Erkki Oja, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland...... 1343
Ranking Functions / Franz Huber, California Institute of Technology, USA...... 1351
RBF Networks for Power System Topology Verification /Robert Lukomski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland; and Kazimierz Wilkosz, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland...... 1356
Representing Non-Rigid Objects with Neural Networks / José García-Rodríguez, University of Alicante, Spain; Francisco Flórez-Revuelta, University of Alicante, Spain; and Juan Manuel García-Chamizo, University of Alicante, Spain...... 1363
Roadmap on Updates, A / Fernando Zacarías Flores, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México; Dionicio Zacarías Flores, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico; Rosalba Cuapa Canto, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico; and Luis Miguel Guzmán Muñoz, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico...... 1370
Robot Model of Dynamic Appraisal and Response, A / Carlos Herrera, Intelligent Systems Research Centre University of Ulster, North Ireland; Tom Ziemke, University of Skovde, Sweden; and Thomas M. McGinnity, Intelligent Systems Research Centre University of Ulster, University of Ulster, North Ireland...... 1376
Robots in Education / Muhammad Ali Yousuf, Tecnologico de Monterrey – Santa Fe Campus, México...... 1383
Robust Learning Algorithm with LTS Error Function / Andrzej Rusiecki, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland...... 1389
Rough Set-Based Neuro-Fuzzy System / Kai Keng Ang, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore; and Chai Quek, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore...... 1396 Rule Engines and Agent-Based Systems / Agostino Poggi, Università di Parma, Italy; and Michele Tomaiuolo, Università di Parma, Italy...... 1404
Sequence Processing with Recurrent Neural Networks / Chun-Cheng Peng, University of London, UK; and George D. Magoulas, University of London, UK...... 1411
Shortening Automated Negotiation Threads via Neural Nets / Ioanna Roussaki, National Technical University of Athens, Greece; Ioannis Papaioannou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece; and Miltiades Anagnostou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece...... 1418
Signed Formulae as a New Update Process / Fernando Zacarías Flores, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico; Dionicio Zacarías Flores, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico; Rosalba Cuapa Canto, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico; and Luis Miguel Guzmán Muñoz, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico...... 1426
Solar Radiation Forecasting Model / Fatih Onur Hocaoğlu, Anadolu University Eskisehir, Turkey; Ömer Nezih Gerek, Anadolu University Eskisehir, Turkey; and Mehmet Kurban, Anadolu University Eskisehir, Turkey...... 1433
Speech-Based Clinical Diagnostic Systems / Jesús Bernardino Alonso Hernández, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; and Patricia Henríquez Rodríguez, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain...... 1439
State of the Art in Writer’s Off-Line Identification /Carlos M. Travieso González, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; and Carlos F. Romero, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain...... 1447
State-of-the-Art on Video-Based Face Recognition / Yan Yan, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; and Yu-Jin Zhang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China...... 1455
Stationary Density of Stochastic Search Processes / Arturo Berrones, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México; Dexmont Peña, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico; and Ricardo Sánchez, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico...... 1462
Statistical Modelling of Highly Inflective Languages /Mirjam Sepesy Maučec, University of Maribor, Slovenia; and Zdravko Kačič, University of Maribor, Slovenia...... 1467
Statistical Simulations on Perceptron-Based Adders / Snorre Aunet, University of Oslo, Norway & Centers for Neural Inspired Nano Architectures, Norway; and Hans Kristian Otnes Berge, University of Oslo, Norway...... 1474
Stochastic Approximation Monte Carlo for MLP Learning / Faming Liang, Texas A&M University, USA...... 1482
Stream Processing of a Neural Classifier I /M. Martínez-Zarzuela, University of Valladolid, Spain; F. J. Díaz Pernas, University of Valladolid, Spain; D. González Ortega, University of Valladolid, Spain; J. F. Díez Higuera, University of Valladolid, Spain; and M. Antón Rodríguez, University of Valladolid, Spain...... 1490 Stream Processing of a Neural Classifier II /M. Martínez-Zarzuela, University of Valladolid, Spain; F. J. Díaz Pernas, University of Valladolid, Spain; D. González Ortega, University of Valladolid, Spain; J. F. Díez Higuera, University of Valladolid, Spain; and M. Antón Rodríguez, University of Valladolid, Spain...... 1497
Study of the Performance Effect of Genetic Operators, A / Pi-Sheng Deng, California State University at Stanislaus, USA...... 1504
Supervised Learning of Fuzzy Logic Systems / M. Mohammadian, University of Canberra, Australia...... 1510
Support Vector Machines / Cecilio Angulo, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain; and Luis Gonzalez-Abril, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain...... 1518
Survey on Neural Networks in Automated Negotiations, A / Ioannis Papaioannou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece; Ioanna Roussaki, National Technical University of Athens, Greece; and Miltiades Anagnostou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece...... 1524
Swarm Intelligence Approach for Ad-Hoc Networks / Prayag Narula, University of Delhi, India; Sudip Misra, Yale University, USA; and Sanjay Kumar Dhurandher, University of Delhi, India...... 1530
Swarm Robotics / Amanda J.C. Sharkey, University of Sheffield, UK...... 1537
Symbol Grounding Problem / Angelo Loula, State University of Feira de Santana, Brazil & State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil; and João Queiroz, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil & Federal University of Bahia, Brazil...... 1543
Symbolic Search / Stefan Edelkamp, University of Dortmund, Germany...... 1549
Synthetic Neuron Implementations / Snorre Aunet, University of Oslo, Norway & Centers for Neural Inspired Nano Architectures, Norway...... 1555
Teaching Machines to Find Names / Raymond Chiong, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus, Malaysia...... 1562
Thermal Design of Gas-Fired Cooktop Burners Through ANN / T.T. Wong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong; and C.W. Leung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong...... 1568
2D Positioning Application in PET Using ANNs, A / Fernando Mateo, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain; Ramón J. Aliaga, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain; Jorge D. Martínez, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain; José Mª Monzó, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain; and Rafael Gadea, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain...... 1576
2D-PAGE Analysis Using Evolutionary Computation / Pablo Mesejo, University of A Coruña, Spain; Enrique Fernández-Blanco, University of A Coruña, Spain; Diego Martínez-Feijóo, University of A Coruña, Spain; and Francisco J. Blanco, Juan Canalejo Hospital, Spain...... 1583
Visualizing Cancer Databases Using Hybrid Spaces / Julio J. Valdés, National Research Council Canada, Canada; and Alan J. Barton, National Research Council Canada, Canada...... 1589 Voltage Instability Detection Using Neural Networks / Adnan Khashman, Near East University, Turkey; Kadri Buruncuk, Near East University, Turkey; and Samir Jabr, Near East University, Turkey...... 1596
Wave Reflection at Submerged Breakwaters / Alberte Castro Ponte, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Gregorio Iglesias Rodriguez, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Francisco Taveira Pinto, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; and Rodrigo Carballo Sanchez, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain...... 1603
Web-Based Assessment System Applying Many-Valued Logic / Sylvia Encheva, Haugesund University College, Norway; and Sharil Tumin, University of Bergen, Norway...... 1610
Workflow Management Based on Mobile Agent Technology /Marina Flores-Badillo, CINVESTAV Unidad Guadalajara, Mexico; and Ernesto López-Mellado, CINVESTAV Unidad Guadalajara, Mexico....1615