Ebook: Soft Computing Models in Industrial and Environmental Applications, 6th International Conference SOCO 2011

This volume of Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing contains accepted papers presented at SOCO 2011 held in the beautiful and historic city of Salamanca, Spain, April 2011. This volume presents the papers accepted for the 2011 edition, both for the main event and the Special Sessions. SOCO 2011 Special Sessions are a very useful tool in order to complement the regular program with new or emerging topics of particular interest to the participating community. Four special sessions were organized related to relevant topics as: Optimization and Control in Industry, Speech Processing and Soft Computing, Systems, Man & Cybernetics and Soft Computing for Medical Applications.

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This volume of Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing contains accepted papers presented at SOCO 2011 held in the beautiful and historic city of Salamanca, Spain, April 2011. This volume presents the papers accepted for the 2011 edition, both for the main event and the Special Sessions. SOCO 2011 Special Sessions are a very useful tool in order to complement the regular program with new or emerging topics of particular interest to the participating community. Four special sessions were organized related to relevant topics as: Optimization and Control in Industry, Speech Processing and Soft Computing, Systems, Man & Cybernetics and Soft Computing for Medical Applications.

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This volume of Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing contains accepted papers presented at SOCO 2011 held in the beautiful and historic city of Salamanca, Spain, April 2011. This volume presents the papers accepted for the 2011 edition, both for the main event and the Special Sessions. SOCO 2011 Special Sessions are a very useful tool in order to complement the regular program with new or emerging topics of particular interest to the participating community. Four special sessions were organized related to relevant topics as: Optimization and Control in Industry, Speech Processing and Soft Computing, Systems, Man & Cybernetics and Soft Computing for Medical Applications.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Sequence Package Analysis and Soft Computing: Introducing a New Hybrid Method to Adjust to the Fluid and Dynamic Nature of Human Speech....Pages 1-10
Controller Tuning Using a Cauchy Mutated Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm....Pages 11-18
Automatic Detection of White Grapes in Natural Environment Using Image Processing....Pages 19-26
Securing Patients Medical Images and Authentication System Based on Public Key Infrastructure....Pages 27-34
Image Segmentation Using Ant System-Based Clustering Algorithm....Pages 35-45
Validation of a Hyperspectral Content-Based Information Retrieval (RS-CBIR) System Upon Scarce Data....Pages 47-56
A Robust Algorithm for Enhancement of Remotely Sensed Images Based on Wavelet Transform....Pages 57-65
ARIAS: Automated Retinal Image Analysis System....Pages 67-76
Contrast Enhancement of Breast MRI Images Based on Fuzzy Type-II....Pages 77-83
Tree Generation Methods Comparison in GAP Problems with Low Quality Data....Pages 85-93
Neural-Network- Based Modeling of Electric Discharge Machining Process....Pages 95-103
An Adaptive Sigmoidal Activation Function Cascading Neural Networks....Pages 105-116
Loop Strategies and Application of Rough Set Theory in Robot Soccer Game....Pages 117-125
Learning Patterns from Data by an Evolutionary-Fuzzy Approach....Pages 127-135
A Predictive Control System for Concrete Plants. Application of RBF Neural Networks for Reduce Dosing Inaccuracies....Pages 137-145
Weighted Cross-Validation Evolving Artificial Neural Networks to Forecast Time Series....Pages 147-154
Role Playing Games and Emotions in Dispute Resolution Environments....Pages 155-162
Image Processing to Detect and Classify Situations and States of Elderly People....Pages 163-172
Soft Computing Models for the Development of Commercial Conversational Agents....Pages 173-182
Regulatory Model for AAL....Pages 183-192
Austenitic Stainless Steel EN 1.4404 Corrosion Detection Using Classification Techniques....Pages 193-201
Prediction of Peak Concentrations of PM10 in the Area of Campo de Gibraltar (Spain) Using Classification Models....Pages 203-212
A Rough Clustering Algorithm Based on Entropy Information....Pages 213-222
Credit Scoring Data for Information Asset Analysis....Pages 223-232
Improving Steel Industrial Processes Using Genetic Algorithms and Finite Element Method....Pages 233-241
Genetic Algorithms Combined with the Finite Elements Method as an Efficient Methodology for the Design of Tapered Roller Bearings....Pages 243-252
An Interactive Genetic Algorithm for the Unequal Area Facility Layout Problem....Pages 253-262
Combining Evolutionary Generalized Radial Basis Function and Logistic Regression Methods for Classification....Pages 263-270
Short-Term Wind Energy Forecasting Using Support Vector Regression....Pages 271-280
An Efficient Hybrid Soft Computing Approach to the Generalized Vehicle Routing Problem....Pages 281-289
Visualization Tool and Its Integration in a Gateway for Astronomy and Astrophysics....Pages 291-297
Shopping Center Tracking and Recommendation Systems....Pages 299-308
Eco-Efficiency Measurement by Implementing DEA Models with Weight Restrictions....Pages 309-318
An Information Extraction Process for Semi-automatic Ontology Population....Pages 319-328
Extracting Non-taxonomic Relationships of Ontologies from Texts....Pages 329-338
MaxiMin MOPSO Design of Parallel Robotic Manipulators....Pages 339-347
Analyzing Gene Expression Data on a 3D Scatter Plot....Pages 349-356
A Review of SCADA Anomaly Detection Systems....Pages 357-366
Evolution of Information Efficiency in Emerging Markets....Pages 367-377
Sound Source Identification in Vehicles Using a Combined Linear-Evolutionary Product Unit Neural Network Model....Pages 379-386
Predicting the Passenger Request in the Elevator Dispatching Problem....Pages 387-394
A Genetic Algorithm to Solve the Static Transmission System Expansion Planning....Pages 395-404
Thermal Efficiency Supervision by NN Based Functional Approximation Techniques....Pages 405-414
Interactive Fuzzy Goal Programming Model Based on Differential Evolution for Regional Sustainability Development under Climate....Pages 415-426
A Novel Method to Prevent Control System Instability Based on a Soft Computing Knowledge System....Pages 427-436
Dysarthric Speech Classification Using Hierarchical Multilayer Perceptrons and Posterior Rhythmic Features....Pages 437-444
Real-Time Bayesian Inference: A Soft Computing Approach to Environmental Learning for On-Line Robust Automatic Speech Recognition....Pages 445-452
Experiments on ANN Based ASR Systems Using Limited Arabic Vocabulary....Pages 453-463
Prosodic Features and Formant Contribution for Arabic Speech Recognition in Noisy Environments....Pages 465-474
Language Identification for Under-Resourced Languages in the Basque Context....Pages 475-483
Cross-Lingual Approaches: The Basque Case....Pages 485-493
Experiments for the Selection of Sub-Word Units in the Basque Context....Pages 495-504
An Agent-Based Platform for Traffic Simulation....Pages 505-514
Further Results on Alzheimer Disease Detection on Structural MRI Features....Pages 515-522
A System for Multi-label Classification of Learning Objects....Pages 523-531
On the Improvements of Computational Individualism of an IBM....Pages 533-542
Optimal Hyperbox Shrinking in Dendritic Computing Applied to Alzheimer’s Disease Detection in MRI....Pages 543-550
A Climatologycal Analysis by Means of Soft Computing Models....Pages 551-559
Visualization of Misuse-Based Intrusion Detection: Application to Honeynet Data....Pages 561-570
Use of Dynamic Time Warping for a Personalized Tracheal Stent Design....Pages 571-578
Annotation System for Medical Domain....Pages 579-587
Identification of Masses in Mammograms by Image Sub-segmentation....Pages 589-598
Machine Parameters Optimisation Using Soft Computing Techniques for a Dental Milling Process....Pages 599-609
Computational Intelligence Techniques Application to Enhance Controlled Training for People with Cardiovascular Problems....Pages 611-619
Back Matter....Pages -

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This volume of Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing contains accepted papers presented at SOCO 2011 held in the beautiful and historic city of Salamanca, Spain, April 2011. This volume presents the papers accepted for the 2011 edition, both for the main event and the Special Sessions. SOCO 2011 Special Sessions are a very useful tool in order to complement the regular program with new or emerging topics of particular interest to the participating community. Four special sessions were organized related to relevant topics as: Optimization and Control in Industry, Speech Processing and Soft Computing, Systems, Man & Cybernetics and Soft Computing for Medical Applications.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Sequence Package Analysis and Soft Computing: Introducing a New Hybrid Method to Adjust to the Fluid and Dynamic Nature of Human Speech....Pages 1-10
Controller Tuning Using a Cauchy Mutated Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm....Pages 11-18
Automatic Detection of White Grapes in Natural Environment Using Image Processing....Pages 19-26
Securing Patients Medical Images and Authentication System Based on Public Key Infrastructure....Pages 27-34
Image Segmentation Using Ant System-Based Clustering Algorithm....Pages 35-45
Validation of a Hyperspectral Content-Based Information Retrieval (RS-CBIR) System Upon Scarce Data....Pages 47-56
A Robust Algorithm for Enhancement of Remotely Sensed Images Based on Wavelet Transform....Pages 57-65
ARIAS: Automated Retinal Image Analysis System....Pages 67-76
Contrast Enhancement of Breast MRI Images Based on Fuzzy Type-II....Pages 77-83
Tree Generation Methods Comparison in GAP Problems with Low Quality Data....Pages 85-93
Neural-Network- Based Modeling of Electric Discharge Machining Process....Pages 95-103
An Adaptive Sigmoidal Activation Function Cascading Neural Networks....Pages 105-116
Loop Strategies and Application of Rough Set Theory in Robot Soccer Game....Pages 117-125
Learning Patterns from Data by an Evolutionary-Fuzzy Approach....Pages 127-135
A Predictive Control System for Concrete Plants. Application of RBF Neural Networks for Reduce Dosing Inaccuracies....Pages 137-145
Weighted Cross-Validation Evolving Artificial Neural Networks to Forecast Time Series....Pages 147-154
Role Playing Games and Emotions in Dispute Resolution Environments....Pages 155-162
Image Processing to Detect and Classify Situations and States of Elderly People....Pages 163-172
Soft Computing Models for the Development of Commercial Conversational Agents....Pages 173-182
Regulatory Model for AAL....Pages 183-192
Austenitic Stainless Steel EN 1.4404 Corrosion Detection Using Classification Techniques....Pages 193-201
Prediction of Peak Concentrations of PM10 in the Area of Campo de Gibraltar (Spain) Using Classification Models....Pages 203-212
A Rough Clustering Algorithm Based on Entropy Information....Pages 213-222
Credit Scoring Data for Information Asset Analysis....Pages 223-232
Improving Steel Industrial Processes Using Genetic Algorithms and Finite Element Method....Pages 233-241
Genetic Algorithms Combined with the Finite Elements Method as an Efficient Methodology for the Design of Tapered Roller Bearings....Pages 243-252
An Interactive Genetic Algorithm for the Unequal Area Facility Layout Problem....Pages 253-262
Combining Evolutionary Generalized Radial Basis Function and Logistic Regression Methods for Classification....Pages 263-270
Short-Term Wind Energy Forecasting Using Support Vector Regression....Pages 271-280
An Efficient Hybrid Soft Computing Approach to the Generalized Vehicle Routing Problem....Pages 281-289
Visualization Tool and Its Integration in a Gateway for Astronomy and Astrophysics....Pages 291-297
Shopping Center Tracking and Recommendation Systems....Pages 299-308
Eco-Efficiency Measurement by Implementing DEA Models with Weight Restrictions....Pages 309-318
An Information Extraction Process for Semi-automatic Ontology Population....Pages 319-328
Extracting Non-taxonomic Relationships of Ontologies from Texts....Pages 329-338
MaxiMin MOPSO Design of Parallel Robotic Manipulators....Pages 339-347
Analyzing Gene Expression Data on a 3D Scatter Plot....Pages 349-356
A Review of SCADA Anomaly Detection Systems....Pages 357-366
Evolution of Information Efficiency in Emerging Markets....Pages 367-377
Sound Source Identification in Vehicles Using a Combined Linear-Evolutionary Product Unit Neural Network Model....Pages 379-386
Predicting the Passenger Request in the Elevator Dispatching Problem....Pages 387-394
A Genetic Algorithm to Solve the Static Transmission System Expansion Planning....Pages 395-404
Thermal Efficiency Supervision by NN Based Functional Approximation Techniques....Pages 405-414
Interactive Fuzzy Goal Programming Model Based on Differential Evolution for Regional Sustainability Development under Climate....Pages 415-426
A Novel Method to Prevent Control System Instability Based on a Soft Computing Knowledge System....Pages 427-436
Dysarthric Speech Classification Using Hierarchical Multilayer Perceptrons and Posterior Rhythmic Features....Pages 437-444
Real-Time Bayesian Inference: A Soft Computing Approach to Environmental Learning for On-Line Robust Automatic Speech Recognition....Pages 445-452
Experiments on ANN Based ASR Systems Using Limited Arabic Vocabulary....Pages 453-463
Prosodic Features and Formant Contribution for Arabic Speech Recognition in Noisy Environments....Pages 465-474
Language Identification for Under-Resourced Languages in the Basque Context....Pages 475-483
Cross-Lingual Approaches: The Basque Case....Pages 485-493
Experiments for the Selection of Sub-Word Units in the Basque Context....Pages 495-504
An Agent-Based Platform for Traffic Simulation....Pages 505-514
Further Results on Alzheimer Disease Detection on Structural MRI Features....Pages 515-522
A System for Multi-label Classification of Learning Objects....Pages 523-531
On the Improvements of Computational Individualism of an IBM....Pages 533-542
Optimal Hyperbox Shrinking in Dendritic Computing Applied to Alzheimer’s Disease Detection in MRI....Pages 543-550
A Climatologycal Analysis by Means of Soft Computing Models....Pages 551-559
Visualization of Misuse-Based Intrusion Detection: Application to Honeynet Data....Pages 561-570
Use of Dynamic Time Warping for a Personalized Tracheal Stent Design....Pages 571-578
Annotation System for Medical Domain....Pages 579-587
Identification of Masses in Mammograms by Image Sub-segmentation....Pages 589-598
Machine Parameters Optimisation Using Soft Computing Techniques for a Dental Milling Process....Pages 599-609
Computational Intelligence Techniques Application to Enhance Controlled Training for People with Cardiovascular Problems....Pages 611-619
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