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  Francesco Masulli, Riccardo Parenti (Eds.): Proceedings of the Third ICSC Symposia on Intelligent Industrial Automation (IIA'99) and Soft Computing (SOCO'99), June 1-4, 1999, Genova, Italy. ICSC Academic Press, Rochester, NY, USA 1999 ISBN 3-906454-16-9

Keynote Papers

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  Lakhmi C. Jain: Fusion of Knowledge-based Intelligent Paradigms and their Applications.
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  N. Lanza: Soft-Computing Techniques applied to the Stock Market Forecast: A Real-World Test.
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  Antonio di Nola: Algebraic Methods in Foundation of Soft Computing.

Acoustics Speech Analysis and Synthesis

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  Oscar Mayora-Ibarra, Francesco Curatelli, L. Motta: Speech Parameter Extraction by a Cooperative Feature & Pattern Selector Approach.
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  G. Calzada i Roca, Josep Maria Garrel i Guiu, R. Barti i Domingo: ModelGP: A GP-based Platform for Predictive Model Construction.
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  Dario Bianchi, E. Baricchi, Giovanni Adorni: Optimization of the Parameters of a Formant Speech Synthesizer Using Genetic Algorithms.

Advanced Robotics

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  H. C. Wang: Adaptive Neural-Fuzzy Control for Robot Force Control.
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  R. Bostelman, Adam Jacoff, R. Bunch: Delivery of an Advanced Double-Hull Ship Welding System using RoboCrane.
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  C. Alvarez, M. I. Ribeiro, Daniel Jolly, Anne-Marie Jolly-Desodt: Multisensorial Data Fusion with Fuzzy Integrals: Environment 2D Reconstruction in Mobile Robotics.
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  Riccardo Manzotti, Giorgio Metta, Giulio Sandini: The Role of Emotions in Sensor-Motor Learning.
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  A. Almansa-Martin, M. De La Sen-Parte: Supervised Adaptive Control of a 3R Planar Manipulator.
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  P. Dini, D. Machacek, S. Case: Computer Architecture for the Mobile Worker.
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  Hani Hagras, Victor Callaghan, Martin Colley, Malcolm Carr-West: Developing an Outdoor Fuzzy Logic Controlled Agricultural Vehicle for Crop Following and Harvesting.
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  John C. Clarke, J. L. Nunes: Colour Vision for Robot Navigation.
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  C. C. Cheng, J. S. Chen: Application of Optical Flow to Stationkeeping of Underwater Vehicles.
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  A. Bruno, Giorgio Cannata: A New Tactile Sensor for Robotic Underwater Applications.
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  H. Weber: Handwritten Sketches as User Interface in Movement Orders for Mobile Robots.
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  P. Nigrowsky, P. J. Turner: Hybrid Controller Algorithms for the Purpose of Fast Tracking of a Non-linearly Actuated Robotic Arm.

Biometry - Face Recognition

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  Luis Miguel Bergasa, Alfredo Gardel, Manuel Mazo, Miguel Ángel Sotelo: Face Tracking using an Adaptive Skin Color Model.

Climate

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  J. van Zyl, J. B. Schoeman: Towards a National Security Threat Assessment System.

Computer Vision

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  Libero Bertucco, Giuseppe Nunnari: A Multi-layer Cellular Neural Network Simulator for Image Processing Application.
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  L. Lohmann, Christoph Nowack, Javier Ruiz-del-Solar: A robust Architecture for the Automatic Edge Detection in real-world Scenes.
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  Y. Liu, M. A. Rodrigues: On the Geometric Analysis of Rigid Body Rotations.

Data Mining

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  C. Intrasai, Vichit Avatchanakorn: Data Mining Algorithm Using Messy GA's.
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  Donald MacDonald, Colin Fyfe: Data Mining using Unsupervised Neural Networks.

Development Systems for Soft Computing and Applications

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  V. Agresta, A. Cavallone, L. Di Mauro, Marco Marsella, Sergio Miranda, Saverio Salerno: A Symbolic Language to Design Neural Networks based on Mathematica.
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  Giorgio Valentini, Francesco Masulli: NEURObjects: A Set of Library Classes for Neural Networks Development.
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  Riccardo Parenti, Carla Penno, A. Di Vita, A. Rebizzo: An Automated Approach for the Development of a Neural Networks Based System for Steam Turbine Vibration Diagnostic.
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  Tommaso Bozzo, Andrea Caffaz, S. Reto: On the Design of Task Level Control Architecture for the DIST Robotic Hand.
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  V. Lúcia da Silva, R. de Oliveira Alves, C. de Renna e Souza: A Method for the Construction and Documentation of Expert Systems.

Distributed Intelligence

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  Daniel Livingstone, Colin Fyfe: Dialect and Learned Systems of Communication in Multi-Agent Systems.
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  N. Yoshida: Track Estimation of Multiple Targets from Bearing Sensor Data by Cooperative Processing.
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  Viviana Mascardi, Emanuela Merelli: Agent-Oriented and Constraint Technologies for Distributed Transaction Management.
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  Bruno Maione, David Naso: Multi-Agent Routing Control in Heterarchical Manufacturing Systems.

Economy and Business Modelling

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  Giancarlo Succi, Paolo Predonzani, Tullio Vernazza: Object Oriented Business Process Modeling.
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  John K. Debenham: Adaptive Plans for Business Process Control.
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  Tzai-Der Wang, J. P. Marney, Colin Fyfe: Cooperation in Oligopolies.
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  K. Geggus, P. N. Lamprecht, D. J. Steenkamp, J. van Zyl: Agile: A Sophisticated Interactive Business Simulation.
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  Klaus Turowski, Uwe Weng: Building Business Applications with Fuzzy Components.

GIS

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  J. van Zyl, J. Helberg: The Use of Rule-based Systems in Real-Time Command and Control Support Systems.

ICA - Pattern Recognition

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  Colin Fyfe, Darryl Charles, Stephen McGlinchey: Learning Independent Causes of a Visual Data Set using the Rectified Gaussian Distribution.

Image Compression

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  Lifeng He, Yuyan Chao, Hidenori Nakamura, Hidenori Itoh: Genetic Algorithm and Fuzzy Reasoning for TPP Image Compression.

Innovative Control

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  Evgeny E. Dudnikov: Stability Analysis of Nonlinear Control System by Using Model of Neural Network with Feedbacks.
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  Giovanna Castellano, Anna Maria Fanelli: Modeling Fuzzy Controllers using a Neuro-Genetic Hybrid Approach.
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  Kok Kiong Tan, Tong Heng Lee, Sunan Huang, H. L. Seet, H. F. Dou, K. Y. Lim: Probabilistic Approach Towards Error Compensation for Precision Machines.
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  Kok Kiong Tan, Tong Heng Lee, Sunan Huang, H. L. Seet: Adaptive GPC Control of Melt Temperature in Injection Moulding.
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  B. Porter, S. L. Kwong: Evolutionary Design of Fuzzy-Logic Controllers for Manufacturing Systems with Production Time-Delays.

Innovative Fault Diagnosis

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  Yonghong Tan, Mehrdad Saif: Manifold Pressure Modelling and Sensor Failure Diagnosis in Automotive Engines using Neural Networks.
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  S. N. Omkar, J. Nagabhushanam: Memory Autoassociative Neural Network.
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  M. Corte, Francesco Masulli, M. Raini, Matteo Pardo, G. Faglia, Giorgio Sberveglieri: Reliability Neuro-Control of an Array of Sensors by Cross-Monitoring of Working-State.

Innovative Modeling - Identification

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  L. Peyrodie, Anne-Marie Jolly-Desodt, Daniel Jolly: A Method of Modelling: Application to an Ultrasonic Sensor.
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  Aldo Balestrino, Andrea Caiti, G. Zanobini: Neural/Laguerre Networks for the Identification of Wiener Systems.

Inspection / Defect Detection

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  Radovan D. Stojanovic, Stavros A. Koubias, George D. Papadopoulos: A Comparison of Statistical and Spectral Analytical Methods for Feature Extraction in the Process of Web Defect Detection.
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  L. Di Stefano, L. Giusti, E. Zanni: Inspection of Ceramic Tiles Using Machine Vision.

Intelligent Plant Monitoring

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  Davide Roverso: Event Identification in Dynamic Processes by Neural Transient Classification.
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  Robert J. Howlett, M. M. de Zoysa, Simon D. Walters, Peter A. Howson: Neural Networks Techniques for Monitoring and Control of Internal Combustion Engines.
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  G. Jha, S. C. Hui, S. Foo: A Hybrid Case-Based Reasoning and Neural Network Approach to Online Intelligent Fault Diagnosis.
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  R. de Oliveira Alves, C. de Renna e Souza: A Prototype of an Expert System for the Support to the Operation and Maintenance of OILI S 1000 Ballast Monitor for Oil Tankers.
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  Mauro Annunziato, Ilaria Bertini, Stefano Pizzuti: An Expert System Based on Soft Computing Techniques for Monitoring Multiphase Flows.
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  C. Bozzanca, S. Licitra, Luigi Fortuna, Maria Gabriella Xibilia: Neural Networks for Benzene Percentage Monitoring in Distillation Columns.
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  Libero Bertucco, Giuseppe Nunnari: Quality Control Through Image Processing: New Opportunities Offered by CNNs.

Knowledge Base Systems

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  John K. Debenham: Knowledge Base Simplification.

Machine Tools

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  R. Minges, Fabio Tamburini: Measuring the Size and Shape of Milling Tools at High Spindle Speeds in the Workspace of the Machine Tool.

Medicine/Biology

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  Federico M. Stefanini, A. Camussi: Feature Extraction from Simulated Datasets of Molecular Profiles Using a Genetic Algorithm.
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  Giuseppina C. Gini, Emilio Benfenati, Paola Grasso, Marco Lorenzini: Predictive Toxicology Results Integrating Different AI Paradigms: The Carcinogenicity Case.
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  M. Fry, Hadar Ziv: A Well-Defined Process for Requirements-Based Software Development.
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  Les M. Sztandera, Charles Bock, Mendel Trachtman: A Soft Computing Approach to the Design of Non-Carcinogenic Azo Dyes.

Microelectronics

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  C. Yongmei, Xiangdong Wang, Shoujue Wang, S. Linchu: Neural Networks-Based Optimization of VLSI Wafer Fabrication.
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  Riccardo Parenti, Carla Penno, Daniela Baratta, Francesco Masulli, M. Tausel: A Very High Speed Industrial Neural Network Classification System Based on Custom VLSI Implementation.
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  N. Yoshida, T. Yasuoka, T. Moriki: Parallel and Distributed Processing in VLSI Impelentation of Genetic Algorithms.
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  R. Poluzzi, G. Reverberi, C. Mione, M. Dragoni, F. Menotti: SOFTRON ENGINE A Hardware and Software Architecture for Soft Computing.
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  Wenjun Wang, Claudio Moraga: Design of CMOS 4-valued Circuits using Evolutionary Methods.
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  W. Peng, M. ter Brugge, J. A. G. Nijhuis, Lambert Spaanenburg: Mapping a Trained Neural Network on Hardware.

Non Linear Temporal Series Chaotic Analysis

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  J. Poljak, Leo Budin: A Reliable Method for Determining the Minimum Embedding Dimension from a Time Series 3.
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  Mauro Annunziato, Henry D. I. Abarbanel: Nonlinear Dynamics for Classification of Multiphase Flow Regimes.

Pattern Recognition

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  Miguel Ángel Sotelo, Alexander Zelinsky, Francisco Javier Rodríguez, Luis Miguel Bergasa: Real-time Road Tracking using Templates Matching.
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  Giacomo Capizzi, Salvatore Coco, Giuseppe Pappalardo: Image Recognition by Wavelet Transforms.
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  Marco Muselli, Diego Liberati: Hamming Clustering: A New Approach to Rule Extraction.
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  E. Alessi, Giacomo Capizzi, Salvatore Coco, Giuseppe Pappalardo: A New Clustering Based System for Automated Object Recognition.
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  Francesco Diotalevi, Gian Marco Bo, Daniele D. Caviglia, Maurizio Valle: Evaluation and Validation of Local and Adaptive Weight Perturbation Learning Algorithms for Optical Characters Recognition Applications.
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  Miguel Angel Fernández, Antonio Fernández-Caballero, Juan Moreno García, Gabriel Sebastián: Object Classification on a Conveying Belt.

Power Electronic

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  Tadeusz Lobos, D. Ruhm, Zbigniew Waclawek: Signal Analysis in Converter-Fed Drives using Adaptive Neural Networks.

Scheduling

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  Antonio Reyes-Moro, Hongnian Yu, Gerry Kelleher: Petri Nets, Heuristic Search and Natural Evolution: A Promising Scheduling Algorithm for Job Shop Systems.

Simulated Annealing

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  P. Bogus, A. M. Massone, Francesco Masulli: A Simulated Annealing C-Means Clustering Algorithm.
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  M. W. Lim, C. J. Ong, Y. S. Wong, S. B. Tan: On Matching of Unstructured Objects Using Simulated Annealing.

Soft Computing based Design

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  A. Agosti, G. Mori, P. Podini: Design and Synthesis of Electrical Circuits using Evolutionary Programs, with Applications to Electrochemical and Aerial Impedance.
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  R. Tremsal, P. Furlani, Carlos Kavka: Self-adapting Fuzzy Scheduling for Threads.
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  Tohru Kawabe, Takanori Tagami: New Genetic Algorithm using Pareto Partitioning Method for Robust Partial Model Matching PID Design with Two Degrees of Freedom.
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  H. Tabuchi, T. Yamada, M. Usami, M. Nagao, K. Moki, T. Ochiai, M. Kawai: Extending the Application of a Neural Network for Failure Analysis of Electronic Circuit Boards.
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  J. Dirbach, A. Reimondez, R. Marín: Concept-Oriented Design of Industrial Systems for Support of Concurrent Engineering.
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  A. Reimondez, R. Marín, J. Dirbach: An Automated Documentation Tool as Part of a Framework for Design of Man-System Interfaces Based on STEP and EXPRESS.
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  S. Carmeli, A. Monti: A CAD Tool for Automatic Synthesis of Fuzzy Controllers in Electrical Drive Applications.
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  Benno Stein, Marcus Hoffmann: On Adaptation in Case-based Design.

Steel

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  Valentina Colla, Leonardo Maria Reyneri, Mirko Sgarbi: Neuro-Wavelet Networks applied to Parametric Characterization of Jominy Profiles of Steels.

Support Vector Machines

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  Davide Anguita, Andrea Boni, Sandro Ridella: Support Vector Machines: A Comparison of Some Kernel Functions.
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  Sethu Vijayakumar, S. Wu: Sequential Support Vector Classifiers and Regression.

Theory

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  Radim Belohlávek: Logical Precision in Conceptual Structures.
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  Karl-Heinz Temme: Fuzzy Inference Methods as Functional Operator Definitions.
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  Ivan Bruha, Pavel Kralik: Embedding a Genetic Algorithm in Attribute-based Rule-inducing Learning.
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  S. A. Velázquez Lerma, René Alquézar: Solving Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes by Neural Networks.
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  Daniel C. Fielder, M. R. Bicknell-Johnson: A Fast Algorithm For a Special Expansion.
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  Chunsheng Ye: Nonlinear Regression Function Identification Using Feedforward Neural Networks.
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  P. Simula, Ilkka Karanta, Mikko Hiirsalmi: Constrained Graph Drawing with Evolution Strategies.
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  Alex Bykat: Using a Genetic Algorithm to Triangulate.
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  Steffen Gutjahr: Improving Generalization Performance of Neural Networks by Constructing Orthonormal Weight Vectors.

Vehicle Dispatching

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  Kok Kiong Tan, Kay Chen Tan, K. Z. Tang: Vehicle Dispatching System Based on Taguchi-tuned Fuzzy Rules.

Special session on 'Intelligent Systems in Control and Process Optimization'

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  P. Vercesi, L. F. D. Antoni, L. Zanardelli: Simulation of a Fuzzy System for an Autonomous Robot.
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  N. Bonavita, R. Martini: Industrial Applications of Neural Net-Based Control Strategies.
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  Francisco A. Cubillos, P. Maldonado, E. L. Lima: A Two Level Hybrid-Neural Approach for Wideplant Modeling.

Invited Session on 'Recent Issues on Flexible Databases'

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  Sara Comai, Ernesto Damiani, Letizia Tanca: Flexible Queries to Semistructured Datasources: The WG-log Approach.
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  Patrick Bosc, Olivier Pivert: A Formal Framework for Representation-based Querying of Databases Containing Ill-known Data.
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  Ramón Alberto Carrasco, José Galindo, María Amparo Vila Miranda, Juan Miguel Medina: Clustering and Fuzzy Classification in a Financial Data Mining Environment.
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  Gloria Bordogna, Gabriella Pasi: Linguistic Qualifiers of Vagueness and Uncertainty in a Fuzzy Object Oriented Data Model.

Invited Session on 'Soft Computing of Structured Information'

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  Franz J. Kurfess: Neural Networks for Information Retrieval from Structured Knowledge.
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  Alan B. Tickle, Frédéric Maire, Guido Bologna, Joachim Diederich: Extracting the Knowledge Embedded within Trained Artificial Neural Networks: Defining the Agenda.
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  Lokendra Shastri, Carter Wendelken: Soft Computing in SHRUTI - A Neurally Plausible Model of Reflexive Reasoning and Relational Information Processing.
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  Christoph Goller, Marco Gori: Feature Extraction and Learning Vector Quantization for Data Structures.

Invited Session on 'Soft Computing Technologies for Agent Development'

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  Jorge Gasós, Alessandro Saffiotti: Integrating Fuzzy Geometric Maps and Topological Maps for Robot Navigation.
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  Elizabeth Margaglio, Pierre-Yves Glorennec, A. Marchand, L. Guihard: Optimal Control of a Batch Distillation Column Using Fuzzy Inference Systems.
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  Luca Iocchi, Daniele Nardi: Design and Implementation of Robotic Soccer Behaviors: A User Viewpoint.
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  Andrea Bonarini, F. Ludovico: A Neuro-fuzzy Approach to Autonomous Navigation for Mobile Robots.

Invited Session on 'Vision-based Intelligent Systems for Surveillance and Traffic Control'

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  Elena Stringa, Carlo S. Regazzoni: A Video-based Surveillance System with Content-based Retrieval Capabilities for Railway Transport Applications.
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  Rita Cucchiara, Massimo Piccardi: Vehicle Detection under Day and Night Illumination.
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  Sandra Denasi, Giorgio Quaglia: Model Based Vehicle Detection on Highways.
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  Sergio A. Velastin, Boghos A. Boghossian, A. Lazzarato: Detection of Potentially Dangerous Situations involving Crowds using Image Processing.

Invited Session on 'Hybrid Approaches for Soft Computing'

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  Ugur Halici, Kemal Leblebicioglu, Lakhmi C. Jain: Training Radial Basis Function Neural Networks through Parabolic Evolutionary Algorithm.
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  Adem Yasar Mülayim, Volkan Atalay, Kemal Leblebicioglu, Ugur Halici: Texture Classification using Fuzzy Logic.
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  P. G. Anderson, W. T. Gustafson: Ordered Greed.
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  S. Tuncay, Kemal Leblebicioglu, Canan Özgen, Ugur Halici: Failure Diagnosis by using Fuzzy Petri Nets.