15. ICONIP 2008: Auckland, New Zealand
Mario Köppen, Nikola K. Kasabov, George G. Coghill (Eds.): Advances in Neuro-Information Processing, 15th International Conference, ICONIP 2008, Auckland, New Zealand, November 25-28, 2008, Revised Selected Papers, Part II. Springer 2009 Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN 978-3-642-03039-0
Neural Network Based Semantic Web, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

Renata M. C. R. de Souza, Diogo R. S. Salazar: A Non-linear Classifier for Symbolic Interval Data Based on a Region Oriented Approach. 11-18
Marco A. O. Domingues, Renata M. C. R. de Souza, Francisco José de A. Cysneiros: A Symmetrical Model Applied to Interval-Valued Data Containing Outliers with Heavy-Tail Distribution. 19-26
Md. Shiblee, Prem Kumar Kalra, B. Chandra: Time Series Prediction with Multilayer Perceptron (MLP): A New Generalized Error Based Approach. 37-44
Marcelo Nunes Ribeiro, Manoel J. R. Neto, Ricardo Bastos Cavalcante Prudêncio: Local Feature Selection in Text Clustering. 45-52
Haiqin Yang, Irwin King: Sprinkled Latent Semantic Indexing for Text Classification with Background Knowledge. 53-60
Tina Geweniger, Frank-Michael Schleif, Alexander Hasenfuss, Barbara Hammer, Thomas Villmann: Comparison of Cluster Algorithms for the Analysis of Text Data Using Kolmogorov Complexity. 61-69
Pawel Matykiewicz, Wlodzislaw Duch, Paul M. Zender, Keith A. Crutcher, John Pestian: Neurocognitive Approach to Clustering of PubMed Query Results. 70-79
Chandra Shekhar Dhir, Soo-Young Lee: Search-In-Synchrony: Personalizing Web Search with Cognitive User Profile Model. 80-87
Maciej Pilichowski, Wlodzislaw Duch: Neurocognitive Approach to Creativity in the Domain of Word-Invention. 88-96
Armando Vieira, João Duarte, Bernardete Ribeiro, João Carvalho das Neves: Improving Personal Credit Scoring with HLVQ-C. 97-103
Hassab Elgawi Osman: Architecture of Behavior-Based Function Approximator for Adaptive Control. 104-111
Dimitrios A. Karras: On Efficient Content Based Information Retrieval Using SVM and Higher Order Correlation Analysis. 112-119
Neural Networks Learning Paradigm
Luis Fernando de Mingo López, Nuria Gómez Blas, Miguel Angel Díaz: A String Measure with Symbols Generation: String Self-Organizing Maps. 123-130
Vladimir Vasilyev, Ildar Nugaev: Neural Network Smoothing of Geonavigation Data on the Basis of Multilevel Regularization Algorithm. 131-138
Chihli Hung: Knowledge-Based Rule Extraction from Self-Organizing Maps. 139-146
Kunikazu Kobayashi, Masanao Obayashi, Takashi Kuremoto: A Bayesian Local Linear Wavelet Neural Network. 147-154
Hideyuki Matsui, Toshiyuki Tanaka: Analysis on Equilibrium Point of Expectation Propagation Using Information Geometry. 155-162
Ryotaro Kamimura: Partially Enhanced Competitive Learning. 163-170
Ryotaro Kamimura: Feature Detection by Structural Enhanced Information. 171-178
Jirí Síma: Gradient Learning in Networks of Smoothly Spiking Neurons. 179-186
Katsuyuki Hagiwara: Orthogonalization and Thresholding Method for a Nonparametric Regression Problem. 187-194
Kazuyuki Hara, Seiji Miyoshi, Tatsuya Uezu, Masato Okada: Analysis of Ising Spin Neural Network with Time-Dependent Mexican-Hat-Type Interaction. 195-202
Atsushi Shimizu, Yuko Osana: Reinforcement Learning Using Kohonen Feature Map Associative Memory with Refractoriness Based on Area Representation. 212-219
Masashi Sekino, Katsumi Nitta: Automatic Model Selection via Corrected Error Backpropagation. 220-227
Johane Takeuchi, Osamu Shouno, Hiroshi Tsujino: Self-Referential Event Lists for Self-Organizing Modular Reinforcement Learning. 228-235
Suisin Khoo, Tom Gedeon: Generalisation Performance vs. Architecture Variations in Constructive Cascade Networks. 236-243
Vincent Berenz, Kenji Suzuki: Synchronized Oriented Mutations Algorithm for Training Neural Controllers. 244-251
André L. D. Rossi, Carlos Soares, André C. P. L. F. Carvalho: Bioinspired Parameter Tuning of MLP Networks for Gene Expression Analysis: Quality of Fitness Estimates vs. Number of Solutions Analysed. 252-259
Thammakorn Saethang, Santitham Prom-on, Asawin Meechai, Jonathan Hoyin Chan: Sample Filtering Relief Algorithm: Robust Algorithm for Feature Selection. 260-267
Ryotaro Kamimura: Enhanced Visualization by Combing SOM and Mixture Models. 268-275
Pedro G. de Oliveira, André L. V. Coelho: Genetic Versus Nearest-Neighbor Imputation of Missing Attribute Values for RBF Networks. 276-283
Stefan Babinec, Jiri Pospichal: Combination of Dynamic Reservoir and Feedforward Neural Network for Time Series Forecasting. 284-291
Igor Farkas: Learning Nonadjacent Dependencies with a Recurrent Neural Network. 292-299
Kaname Iwasa, Mauricio Kugler, Susumu Kuroyanagi, Akira Iwata: A Back-Propagation Training Method for Multilayer Pulsed Neural Networks Using Principle of Duality. 300-307
Stavros Adam, Dimitrios A. Karras, Michael N. Vrahatis: Revisiting the Problem of Weight Initialization for Multi-Layer Perceptrons Trained with Back Propagation. 308-315
Chi-Sing Leung, Pui-Fai Sum, Hongjiang Wang: Analysis on Generalization Error of Faulty RBF Networks with Weight Decay Regularizer. 316-323
Kernel Methods and SVM
Lu Ren, Artur S. d'Avila Garcez: Symbolic Knowledge Extraction from Support Vector Machines: A Geometric Approach. 335-343
Yoshitaka Moriguchi, Kazuhiro Hotta, Haruhisa Takahashi: Asbestos Detection from Microscope Images Using Support Vector Random Field of Local Color Features. 344-352
Hinata Kuba, Kazuhiro Hotta, Haruhisa Takahashi: Automatic Particle Detection and Counting by One-Class SVM from Microscope Image. 361-368

Adriana da Costa F. Chaves, Marley B. R. Vellasco, Ricardo Tanscheit: Fuzzy Rules Extraction from Support Vector Machines for Multi-class Classification with Feature Selection. 386-393
A. Vijaya Rama Raju, C. Chandra Sekhar: An SVM Based Approach to Cross-Language Adaptation for Indian Languages. 394-401
Ignacio Álvarez, Míriam López, Juan Manuel Górriz, Javier Ramírez, Diego Salas-Gonzalez, Carlos García Puntonet, Fermín Segovia: Automatic Classification System for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease Using Component-Based SVM Aggregations. 402-409
Javier Ramírez, Juan Manuel Górriz, Míriam López, Diego Salas-Gonzalez, Ignacio Álvarez, Fermín Segovia, Carlos García Puntonet: Early Detection of the Alzheimer Disease Combining Feature Selection and Kernel Machines. 410-417
Diego Salas-Gonzalez, Juan Manuel Górriz, Javier Ramírez, Míriam López, Ignacio Álvarez, Fermín Segovia, Carlos García Puntonet: Computer Aided Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease Using Support Vector Machines and Classification Trees. 418-425
Lisha Sun, Lanxin Lin, Chunhao Lin: Modeling and Prediction of Nonlinear EEG Signal Using Local SVM Method. 426-433
Neural Networks as a Soft Computing Technology
Abraham Gutierrez, Soledad Delgado, Luis Fernández: Suitability of Using Self-Organizing Neural Networks in Configuring P-System Communications Architectures. 437-444
Mohd Hafez Hilmi Harun, Muhammad Murtadha Othman, Ismail Musirin: Short Term Load Forecasting (STLF) Using Artificial Neural Network Based Multiple Lags of Time Series. 445-452
Miroslaw Kordos: Neural Network Regression for LHF Process Optimization. 453-460
Marcelo F. Corrêa, Marley Maria Bernardes Rebuzzi Vellasco, Karla Figueiredo, Pedro C. G. da S. Vellasco: Trading Strategy in Foreign Exchange Market Using Reinforcement Learning Hierarchical Neuro-Fuzzy Systems. 461-468
Zainal Ahmad, Rabiatul Adawiah Mat Noor: Improving Multi Step-Ahead Model Prediction through Backward Elimination Method in Multiple Neural Networks Combination. 469-476
Kuncup Iswandy, Andreas König: A Novel Adaptive Resource-Aware PNN Algorithm Based on Michigan-Nested Pittsburgh PSO. 477-484
Nthabiseng Hlalele, Fulufhelo Vincent Nelwamondo, Tshilidzi Marwala: Imputation of Missing Data Using PCA, Neuro-Fuzzy and Genetic Algorithms. 485-492
Yongming Li, Xiaoping Zeng: Feature Selection Method with Multi-Population Agent Genetic Algorithm. 493-500
Fengqin Yang, Changhai Zhang, Tieli Sun: Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution in Fuzzy Clustering. 501-508
Patrick Low Tiong Kie, Lau Bee Theng: Intelligent Control of Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Systems. 509-516
Lesedi Melton Masisi, Fulufhelo Vincent Nelwamondo, Tshilidzi Marwala: Investigating Ensemble Weight and the Certainty Distributions for Indicating Structural Diversity. 517-524
Neural Networks and Pattern Recognition

Linlu Wang, Xiaodong Gu, Yuanyuan Wang, LiMing Zhang: Happy-Sad Expression Recognition Using Emotion Geometry Feature and Support Vector Machine. 535-542
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Sriparna Saha: A New Principal Axis Based Line Symmetry Measurement and Its Application to Clustering. 543-550
Nicolau Gonçalves, Janne Nikkilä, Ricardo Vigário: Partial Clustering for Tissue Segmentation in MRI. 559-566
Sven Hellbach, Julian Eggert, Edgar Körner, Horst-Michael Gross: Time Series Analysis for Long Term Prediction of Human Movement Trajectories. 567-574
V. M. M. Vieira, Gavin J. Kane, Rüdiger Marmulla, Jörg Raczkowsky, Georg Eggers: Error Analysis of a Sub-millimeter Real-Time Target Recognition System with a Moving Camera. 575-582
Eiji Uchino, Noriaki Suetake, Takanori Koga, Shohei Ichiyama, Genta Hashimoto, Takafumi Hiro, Masunori Matsuzaki: Automatic Plaque Boundary Extraction in Intravascular Ultrasound Image by Fuzzy Inference with Adaptively Allocated Membership Functions. 583-590
Lau Bee Theng: Gabor Neural Network Based Facial Expression Recognition for Assistive Speech Expression. 591-598
Ee Lee Ng, Mei Kuan Lim, Tomás Maul, Weng-Kin Lai: Investigations into Particle Swarm Optimization for Multi-class Shape Recognition. 599-606
Katarzyna Musial, Krzysztof Juszczyszyn, Bogdan Gabrys, Przemyslaw Kazienko: Patterns of Interactions in Complex Social Networks Based on Coloured Motifs Analysis. 607-614
Wim De Mulder, Stefan Schliebs, René K. Boel, Martin Kuiper: Initialization Dependence of Clustering Algorithms. 615-622
Jun Ma: Boundary Detection from Spectral Information. 623-630
Mohamad Faizal Bin Samsudin, Katsunari Shibata: Improvement of Practical Recurrent Learning Method and Application to a Pattern Classification Task. 631-638
Xiao-Chen Lian, Bao-Liang Lu: Gender Classification by Combining Facial and Hair Information. 647-654
Dingyun Zhu, B. Sumudu U. Mendis, Tom Gedeon, Akshay Asthana, Roland Goecke: A Hybrid Fuzzy Approach for Human Eye Gaze Pattern Recognition. 655-662
Takashi Onoda, Norihiko Ito, Hironobu Yamasaki: Interactive Trouble Condition Sign Discovery for Hydroelectric Power Plants. 663-670
Atsuo Nomoto, Kazuhiro Hotta, Haruhisa Takahashi: An Asbestos Counting Method from Microscope Images of Building Materials Using Summation Kernel of Color and Shape. 671-678
Shunsuke Kobayakawa, Hirokazu Yokoi: Evaluation of Prediction Capability of Non-recursion Type 2nd-order Volterra Neuron Network for Electrocardiogram. 679-686
Tzu-Chao Lin, Mu-Kun Liu, Chien-Ting Yeh: A New ART-LMS Neural Network for the Image Restoration. 687-694
Tao Gao, Zheng-guang Liu, Wen-chun Gao, Jun Zhang: Moving Vehicle Tracking Based on SIFT Active Particle Choosing. 695-702
Nobuo Matsuda, Jorma Laaksonen, Fumiaki Tajima, Hideaki Sato: Classification of Fundus Images for Diagnosing Glaucoma by Self-Organizing Map and Learning Vector Quantization. 703-710
Liying Ma: Facial Expression Recognition Techniques Using Constructive Feedforward Neural Networks and K-Means Algorithm. 711-719
Matteo Cacciola, Maurizio Fiasché, Giuseppe Megali, Francesco Carlo Morabito, Mario Versaci: A Neural Network Based Classification of Human Blood Cells in a Multiphysic Framework. 720-727
Pretesh B. Patel, Tshilidzi Marwala: Caller Interaction Classification: A Comparison of Real and Binary Coded GA-MLP Techniques. 728-735
Tao Gao, Zheng-guang Liu, Wen-chun Gao, Jun Zhang: A Robust Technique for Background Subtraction in Traffic Video. 736-744
Jing Yi Tou, Yong Haur Tay, Phooi Yee Lau: Gabor Filters as Feature Images for Covariance Matrix on Texture Classification Problem. 745-751
Jaisheel Mistry, Fulufhelo Vincent Nelwamondo, Tshilidzi Marwala: Investigating Demographic Influences for HIV Classification Using Bayesian Autoassociative Neural Networks. 752-759
Hassab Elgawi Osman: Hardware-Based Solutions Utilizing Random Forests for Object Recognition. 760-767
Yu Ma, Xiaodong Gu, Yuanyuan Wang: A Neural Oscillation Model for Contour Separation in Color Images. 768-775
Hiroaki Kurokawa, Shuzo Kaneko, Masato Yonekawa: A Color Image Segmentation Using Inhibitory Connected Pulse Coupled Neural Network. 776-783
Satoru Morita: Generating Saliency Map Related to Motion Based on Self-organized Feature Extracting. 784-791
Paul C. Conilione, Dianhui Wang: Intelligent Face Image Retrieval Using Eigenpaxels and Learning Similarity Metrics. 792-799
Roberto Antonio Vázquez, Juan Humberto Sossa Azuela, Beatriz A. Garro: The Role of the Infant Vision System in 3D Object Recognition. 800-807
Yen San Yong, Hock Woon Hon, Yasir Salih Osman, Ching Hau Chan, Siu Jing Then, Sheau Wei Chau: Virtual Fence for a Surveillance System. 808-815
Stefan W. Roeder, Matthias Richter, Olf Herbarth: Application of mnSOM on Linking External Exposure to Internal Load. 816-823
Neuromorphic Hardware and Embedded Neural Networks
Andreas König: Automated and Holistic Design of Intelligent and Distributed Integrated Sensor Systems with Self-x Properties for Applications in Vision, Robotics, Smart Environments, and Culinary Assistance Systems. 827-834
Hiroomi Hikawa, Hirotada Fujimura: Hardware Design of Japanese Hand Sign Recognition System. 835-842
Michihiro Hori, Michihito Ueda: Blind Source Separation System Using Stochastic Arithmetic on FPGA. 843-850
Gessyca Maria Tovar, Tetsuya Asai, Yoshihito Amemiya: Noise-Tolerant Analog Circuits for Sensory Segmentation Based on Symmetric STDP Learning. 851-858
Mauricio Kugler, Victor Alberto Parcianello Benso, Susumu Kuroyanagi, Akira Iwata: A Novel Approach for Hardware Based Sound Classification. 859-866
Bipin Kumar Tripathi, B. Chandra, Prem Kumar Kalra: The Generalized Product Neuron Model in Complex Domain. 867-876
Katsutoshi Saeki, Ryo Shimizu, Yoshifumi Sekine: Pulse-Type Hardware Neural Network with Two Time Windows in STDP. 877-884
Ruxandra L. Costea, Corneliu A. Marinov: Time Evaluation for WTA Hopfield Type Circuits Affected by Cross-Coupling Capacitances. 885-892
Victor J. Martínez, Abraham Gutierrez, Luis Fernando de Mingo López: Circuit FPGA for Active Rules Selection in a Transition P System Region. 893-900
Machine Learning and Information Algebra
Daisuke Kaji, Sumio Watanabe: Model Selection Method for AdaBoost Using Formal Information Criteria. 903-910
Alexandra Scherbart, Tim W. Nattkemper: The Diversity of Regression Ensembles Combining Bagging and Random Subspace Method. 911-918
Patrick Low Tiong Kie, Lau Bee Theng: Intelligent Control of Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Systems. 927-934
Ryotaro Kamimura: Collective Activations to Generate Self-Organizing Maps. 943-950
Junichiro Hirayama, Shin Ishii: A Closed-Form Estimator of Fully Visible Boltzmann Machines. 951-959
Sven Rebhan, Waqas Sharif, Julian Eggert: Incremental Learning in the Non-negative Matrix Factorization. 960-969
Hiroki Utsunomiya, Katsunari Shibata: Contextual Behaviors and Internal Representations Acquired by Reinforcement Learning with a Recurrent Neural Network in a Continuous State and Action Space Task. 970-978
François B. Vialatte, Jordi Solé i Casals, Monique Maurice, Charles-François Vincent Latchoumane, Nigel R. Hudson, Sunil Wimalaratna, Jaeseung Jeong, Andrzej Cichocki: Improving the Quality of EEG Data in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease Using ICA. 979-986
Zhijian Yuan: Global Minimization of the Projective Nonnegative Matrix Factorization. 987-993
Ling-Zhi Liao: Learning Sparse Representations Using a Parametric Cauchy Density. 994-1002
Qingshan Liu, Jun Wang: A One-Layer Recurrent Neural Network for Non-smooth Convex Optimization Subject to Linear Equality Constraints. 1003-1010
Brain-Computer Interface
Hiromu Takahashi, Tomohiro Yoshikawa, Takeshi Furuhashi: A Study on Application of Reliability Based Automatic Repeat Request to Brain Computer Interfaces. 1013-1020
Arao Funase, Motoaki Mouri, Tohru Yagi, Andrzej Cichocki, Ichi Takumi: Analysis on Saccade-Related Independent Components by Various ICA Algorithms for Developing BCI. 1021-1028
Tomoya Tamei, Tomohiro Shibata: Policy Gradient Learning of Cooperative Interaction with a Robot Using User's Biological Signals. 1029-1037
Li-Wei Ko, I-Ling Tsai, Fu-Shu Yang, Jen-Feng Chung, Shao-Wei Lu, Tzyy-Ping Jung, Chin-Teng Lin: Real-Time Embedded EEG-Based Brain-Computer Interface. 1038-1045
Neural Network Implementations
Andrew D. Brown, David R. Lester, Luis A. Plana, Steve Furber, Peter R. Wilson: SpiNNaker: The Design Automation Problem. 1049-1056
Alexander D. Rast, Xin Jin, Muhammad Mukaram Khan, Steve Furber: The Deferred Event Model for Hardware-Oriented Spiking Neural Networks. 1057-1064
Jun Igarashi, Satoshi Sonoh, Takanori Koga: Particle Swarm Optimization with SIMD-Oriented Fast Mersenne Twister on the Cell Broadband Engine. 1065-1071
Sun-Wook Choi, Chong Ho Lee: DNA Computing Hardware Design and Application to Multiclass Cancer Data. 1072-1079



