Applied Soft Computing Technologies: The Challenge of Complexity (Paperback, 2006)

Plenary Presentations.- Applying Fuzzy Sets to the SemanticWeb: The Problem of Retranslation.- Granular Computing: An Overview.- Classification and Clustering.- Parallel Neuro Classifier for Weld Defect Classification.- An Innovative Approach to Genetic Programming?based Clustering.- An Adaptive Fuzzy Min-Max Conflict-Resolving Classifier.- A Method to Enhance the ‘Possibilistic C-Means with Repulsion’ Algorithm based on Cluster Validity Index.- Optimization.- Design Centering and Tolerancing with Utilization of Evolutionary Techniques.- Curve Fitting with NURBS using Simulated Annealing.- Multiobjective Adaptive Representation Evolutionary Algorithm (MAREA) - a new evolutionary algorithm for multiobjective optimization.- Adapting Multi-Objective Meta-Heuristics for Graph Partitioning.- Diagnosis and Fault Tolerance.- Genetic Algorithms for Artificial Neural Net-based Condition Monitoring System Design for Rotating Mechanical Systems.- The Applications of Soft Computing in Embedded Medical Advisory Systems for Pervasive Health Monitoring.- Application of Fuzzy Inference Techniques to FMEA.- Bayesian Networks Approach for a Fault Detection and Isolation Case Study.- Tracking and Surveillance.- Path Planning Optimization for Mobile Robots Based on Bacteria Colony Approach.- An Empirical Investigation of Optimum Tracking with Evolution Strategies.- Implementing a Warning System for Stromboli Volcano.- Scheduling and Layout.- A Genetic Algorithm with a Quasi-local Search for the Job Shop Problem with Recirculation.- A Multiobjective Metaheuristic for Spatial-based Redistricting.- Solving Facility Layout Problems with a Set of Geometric Hard-constraints using Tabu Search.- Complexity Management.- Empathy: A Computational Framework for Emotion Generation.- Intelligent Forecast with Dimension Reduction.- Stochastic Algorithm Computational Complexity Comparison on Test Functions.- Nonlinear Identification Method of a Yo-yo System Using Fuzzy Model and Fast Particle Swarm Optimisation.- Manufacturing and Production.- Hybrid Type-1-2 Fuzzy Systems for Surface Roughness Control.- Comparison of ANN and MARS in Prediction of Property of Steel Strips.- Designing Steps and Simulation Results of a Pulse Classification System for the Electro Chemical Discharge Machining (ECDM) Process ? An Artificial Neural Network Approach.- Signal Processing.- Hybrid Image Segmentation based on Fuzzy Clustering Algorithm for Satellite Imagery Searching and Retrieval.- Boosting the Performance of the Fuzzy Min-Max Neural Network in Pattern Classification Tasks.- A Genetic Algorithm for Solving BSS-ICA.- Computer Security.- RDWT Domain Watermarking based on Independent Component Analysis Extraction.- Towards Very Fast Modular Exponentiations Using Ant Colony.- Taming the Curse of Dimensionality in Kernels and Novelty Detection.- Bioinformatics.- A Genetic Algorithm with Self?sizing Genomes for Data Clustering in Dermatological Semeiotics.- MultiNNProm: A Multi-Classifier System for Finding Genes.- An Overview of Soft Computing Techniques Used in the Drug Discovery Process.- Text Processing.- Ontology-Based Automatic Classification of Web Pages.- Performance Analysis of Na?ve Bayes Classification, Support Vector Machines and Neural Networks for Spam Categorization.- Sentence Extraction Using Asymmetric Word Similarity and Topic Similarity.- Algorithm Design.- Designing Neural Networks Using Gene Expression Programming.- Particle Swarm Optimisation from lbest to gbest.- Multiobjective 0/1 Knapsack Problem using Adaptive ?-Dominance.- Control.- Closed Loop Control for Common Rail Diesel Engines based on Rate of Heat Release.- A MIMO Fuzzy Logic Autotuning PID Controller: Method and Application.- Performance of a Four Phase Switched Reluctance Motor Speed Control Based On an Adaptive Fuzzy System: Experimental Tests,Analysis and Conclusions.- Hybrid Intelligent Systems using Fuzzy Logic,Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms.- Modular Neural Networks and Fuzzy Sugeno Integral for Face and Fingerprint Recognition.- Evolutionary Modeling Using A Wiener Model.- Evolutionary Computing for Topology Optimization of Fuzzy Systems in Intelligent Control.- Recent Developments in Support Vector and Kernel Machines.- Analyzing Magnification Factors and Principal Spread Directions in Manifold Learning.- Bag Classification Using Support Vector Machines.- The Error Bar Estimation for the Soft Classification with Gaussian Process Models.- Research of Mapped Least Squares SVM Optimal Configuration.- Classifying Unlabeled Data with SVMs.- Robotics.- Car Auxiliary Control System Using Type-II Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks.- Evolving Neural Controllers for Collective Robotic Inspection.- A Self-Contained Traversability Sensor for Safe Mobile Robot Guidance in Unknown Terrain.- Fuzzy Dispatching of Automated Guided Vehicles.- Soft Computing and Hybrid Intelligent Systems in Product Design and Development.- Application of Evolutionary Algorithms to the Design of Barrier Screws for Single Screw Extruders.- Soft Computing in Engineering Design: A Fuzzy Neural Network for Virtual Product Design.- Internet Server Controller Based Intelligent Maintenance System for Products.- A Novel Genetic Fuzzy/Knowledge Petri Net Model and Its Applications.- Individual Product Customization Based On Multi-agent Technology.- An Intelligent Design Method of Product Scheme Innovation.- Communication Method for Chaotic Encryption in Remote Monitoring Systems for Product e-Manufacturing and e-Maintenance.