Soft Computing, Volume 21

Volume 21, Number 1, January 2017

Special Issue In memoriam Franco Montagna

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  Aldo Ursini:
  Franco Montagna (1948-2015). 1-7
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  Antonio di Nola, Daniele Mundici, Carlo Toffalori, Aldo Ursini:
  Preface. 9
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  Claudio Bernardi:
  Graphs of real functions with pathological behaviors. 11-15
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  Peter Jipsen:
  On generalized hoops, homomorphic images of residuated lattices, and (G)BL-algebras. 17-27
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  Luca Spada:
  An expansion of Basic Logic with fixed points. 29-37
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  Albert Visser:
  On Q. 39-56
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  Tomás Kroupa, Vincenzo Marra:
  Generalised states: a multi-sorted algebraic approach to probability. 57-67
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  Zuzana Haniková:
  Complexity of some language fragments of fuzzy logics. 69-77
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  Stefano Aguzzoli, Simone Bova, Diego Valota:
  Free weak nilpotent minimum algebras. 79-95
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  Rodolfo Cristian Ertola Biraben, Francesc Esteva, Lluis Godo:
  Expanding FL_ew with a Boolean connective. 97-111
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  Tommaso Flaminio, Lluis Godo:
  Layers of zero probability and stable coherence over Łukasiewicz events. 113-123
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  Amanda Vidal, Félix Bou, Francesc Esteva, Lluis Godo:
  On strong standard completeness in some MTL $$_\Delta $$ Δ expansions. 125-147
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  Juan P. Aguilera, Matthias Baaz:
  Ten problems in Gödel logic. 149-152
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  Paolo Aglianò:
  Varieties of BL-algebras I, revisited. 153-163
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  Almudena Colacito, Dick de Jongh, Ana Lucia Vargas:
  Subminimal negation. 165-174
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  George Metcalfe, Constantine Tsinakis:
  Density revisited. 175-189
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  Arnold Beckmann, Norbert Preining:
  Deciding logics of linear Kripke frames with scattered end pieces. 191-197
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  Maciej Kusy, Jacek Kluska:
  Assessment of prediction ability for reduced probabilistic neural network in data classification problems. 199-212
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  Lizhe Wang, Jiabin Zhang, Peng Liu, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Fang Huang:
  Spectral-spatial multi-feature-based deep learning for hyperspectral remote sensing image classification. 213-221
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  Sibo Ding:
  Uncertain minimum cost multicommodity flow problem. 223-231
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  Yeqin Shao, Marcello Trovati, Quan Shi, Olga Angelopoulou, Eleana Asimakopoulou, Nik Bessis:
  A hybrid spam detection method based on unstructured datasets. 233-243
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  Ye Tian, Jian Luo:
  A new branch-and-bound approach to semi-supervised support vector machine. 245-254
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  Qinkun Xiao, Ren Song:
  Motion retrieval based on Motion Semantic Dictionary and HMM inference. 255-265
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  Qinkun Xiao, Siqi Liu:
  Motion retrieval based on Dynamic Bayesian Network and Canonical Time Warping. 267-280

Volume 21, Number 2, January 2017

Special Issue on Soft Computing for Knowledge Management and Web Applications

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  Chang-Shing Lee, Hung-Yu Kao:
  Special issue on soft computing for knowledge management and web applications. 281-282
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  Wei Song, Wei Ma, Yingying Qiao:
  Particle swarm optimization algorithm with environmental factors for clustering analysis. 283-293
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  Michael Kampouridis, Fernando E. B. Otero:
  Heuristic procedures for improving the predictability of a genetic programming financial forecasting algorithm. 295-310
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  Wei-Jie Huang, Chao-Lin Liu:
  Exploring lexical, syntactic, and semantic features for Chinese textual entailment in NTCIR RITE evaluation tasks. 311-330
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  Daisuke Kitakoshi, Takuya Okano, Masato Suzuki:
  An empirical study on evaluating basic characteristics and adaptability to users of a preventive care system with learning communication robots. 331-351
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  Parisa D. Hossein Zadeh, Mahsa D. Hossein Zadeh, Marek Z. Reformat:
  Feature-driven linguistic-based entity matching in linked data with application in pharmacy. 353-368
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  Yamine Aït Ameur, Mickaël Baron, Ladjel Bellatreche, Stéphane Jean, Eric Sardet:
  Ontologies in engineering: the OntoDB/OntoQL platform. 369-389
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  Yung-Chun Chang, Yu-Lun Hsieh, Cen-Chieh Chen, Wen-Lian Hsu:
  A semantic frame-based intelligent agent for topic detection. 391-401
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  Rajaganapathy Chinna Gounder Dhanajayan, Subramani Appavu Pillai:
  SLMBC: spiral life cycle model-based Bayesian classification technique for efficient software fault prediction and classification. 403-415
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  Elham Majd, Vimala Balakrishnan:
  A trust model for recommender agent systems. 417-433
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  Yaoming Zhou, Yongchao Wang, Xuzhi Chen, Lei Zhang, Kan Wu:
  A novel path planning algorithm based on plant growth mechanism. 435-445
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  Lixia Zhang, Kangshun Li, Zhaoming Ou, Fubin Wang:
  Seam warping: a new approach for image retargeting for small displays. 447-457
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  Pantelimon George Popescu, Radu Poenaru, Florin Pop:
  New third-order Newton-like method with lower iteration number and lower TNFE. 459-466
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  Ting Wang, Junde Song, Meina Song:
  A three-stage global optimization method for server selection in content delivery networks. 467-475
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  Min-Yuan Cheng, Jui-Sheng Chou, Minh-Tu Cao:
  Nature-inspired metaheuristic multivariate adaptive regression splines for predicting refrigeration system performance. 477-489
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  Hongxin Cao, Shouqian Sun, Kejun Zhang:
  Modified EMG-based handgrip force prediction using extreme learning machine. 491-500
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  Ali Ahrari, Oliver Kramer:
  Finite life span for improving the selection scheme in evolution strategies. 501-513
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  Peng Zhang, Lei Liu, Rui Zhang, Guangli Li:
  Loss evaluation analysis of illegal attack in SCSKP. 515-524
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  H. Shayeghi, A. Ghasemi, M. Moradzadeh, M. Nooshyar:
  Day-ahead electricity price forecasting using WPT, GMI and modified LSSVM-based S-OLABC algorithm. 525-541
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  Sai-Ho Ling, Phyo Phyo San, Hak-Keung Lam, Hung T. Nguyen:
  Hypoglycemia detection: multiple regression-based combinational neural logic approach. 543-553

Volume 21, Number 3, February 2017

Special issue on Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2014 and 2015

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  Hiram Ponce-Espinosa, Miguel González-Mendoza, María de Lourdes Martínez-Villaseñor:
  Special issue on Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2014 and 2015. 555-556
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  Miguel Angel Medina-Pérez, Raúl Monroy, J. Benito Camiña, Milton García-Borroto:
  Bagging-TPMiner: a classifier ensemble for masquerader detection based on typical objects. 557-569
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  Carlos A. Rodriguez, Pedro Ponce, Arturo Molina:
  ANFIS and MPC controllers for a reconfigurable lower limb exoskeleton. 571-584
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  Ángel Hernández-Castañeda, Hiram Calvo, Alexander F. Gelbukh, Jorge J. García Flores:
  Cross-domain deception detection using support vector networks. 585-595
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  Angel Kuri-Morales:
  Closed determination of the number of neurons in the hidden layer of a multi-layered perceptron network. 597-609
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  María Celeste Ramírez Trujillo, Teresa E. Alarcón, Oscar S. Dalmau, Adalberto Zamudio Ojeda:
  Segmentation of carbon nanotube images through an artificial neural network. 611-625
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  Juan Pablo Posadas-Durán, Helena Gómez-Adorno, Grigori Sidorov, Ildar Z. Batyrshin, David Pinto, Liliana Chanona-Hernández:
  Application of the distributed document representation in the authorship attribution task for small corpora. 627-639
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  Ricardo Zavala-Yoé, Ricardo Ambrocio Ramírez-Mendoza, Silverio García-Lara:
  A 3-SPS-1S parallel robot-based laser sensing for applications in precision agriculture. 641-650
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  Luis Miralles Pechuán, Dafne Rosso, Fernando Jiménez, José M. García:
  A methodology based on Deep Learning for advert value calculation in CPM, CPC and CPA networks. 651-665
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  Jonathan Pérez, Fevrier Valdez, Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melin, Claudia I. González, Gabriela Martinez:
  Interval type-2 fuzzy logic for dynamic parameter adaptation in the bat algorithm. 667-685
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  Somayeh Motamed, Lida Torkzadeh:
  A new class of BL-algebras. 687-698
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  Chengde Zheng, Yongjin Xian, Zhanshan Wang:
  Third-order reciprocally convex approach to stability of fuzzy cellular neural networks under impulsive perturbations. 699-720
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  Konstantinos Liagkouras, Kostas S. Metaxiotis:
  An experimental analysis of a new two-stage crossover operator for multiobjective optimization. 721-751
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  Jun Chen, Hong Zhao, Jufeng Yang, Jian Zhang, Tao Li, Kai Wang:
  An intelligent character recognition method to filter spam images on cloud. 753-763
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  Xueqin Sui, Zhumin Chen, Lei Guo, Kai Wu, Jun Ma, Guanghui Wang:
  Social media as sensor in real world: movement trajectory detection with microblog. 765-779
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  Xingxing Hao, Jing Liu:
  A multiagent evolutionary algorithm with direct and indirect combined representation for constraint satisfaction problems. 781-793
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  Hui Tian, Yanpeng Wu, Yiqiao Cai, Yongfeng Huang, Jin Liu, Tian Wang, Yonghong Chen, Jing Lu:
  Distributed steganalysis of compressed speech. 795-804
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  Dujuan Wang, Yunqiang Yin, Wen-Hsiang Wu, Wen-Hung Wu, Chin-Chia Wu, Peng-Hsiang Hsu:
  A two-agent single-machine scheduling problem to minimize the total cost with release dates. 805-816
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  Jun Ye:
  Single-valued neutrosophic similarity measures based on cotangent function and their application in the fault diagnosis of steam turbine. 817-825

Volume 21, Number 4, February 2017

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  Yadong Qin, Jun Ma, Shuai Gao:
  Efficient influence maximization under TSCM: a suitable diffusion model in online social networks. 827-838
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  Zhaowen Li, Ningxin Xie, Ninghua Gao:
  Rough approximations based on soft binary relations and knowledge bases. 839-852
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  Eszter K. Horváth, Branimir Seselja, Andreja Tepavcevic:
  Cut approach to invariance groups of lattice-valued functions. 853-859
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  Adriana Menchaca-Mendez, Carlos A. Coello Coello:
  An alternative hypervolume-based selection mechanism for multi-objective evolutionary algorithms. 861-884
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  Radhia Azzouz, Slim Bechikh, Lamjed Ben Said:
  A dynamic multi-objective evolutionary algorithm using a change severity-based adaptive population management strategy. 885-906
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  He Fang, Li Xu, Xinyi Huang:
  Self-adaptive trust management based on game theory in fuzzy large-scale networks. 907-921
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  Yang Li, Shuqiang Huang, Rensheng Fan, Zhen Zhang, Yuyu Zhou:
  Research on gateway deployment of WMN based on maximum coupling subgraph and PSO algorithm. 923-933
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  Longxin Lin, Weiwei Lin, Weijun Xiao, Sibin Huang:
  An optimized video synopsis algorithm and its distributed processing model. 935-947
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  Alejandro Hidalgo-Paniagua, Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez, Joaquin Ferruz, Nieves Pavón:
  Solving the multi-objective path planning problem in mobile robotics with a firefly-based approach. 949-964
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  Khalid Almohammadi, Hani Hagras, Bo Yao, Abdulkareem Alzahrani, Daniyal M. Al-Ghazzawi, Ghadah Aldabbagh:
  A type-2 fuzzy logic recommendation system for adaptive teaching. 965-979
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  Damjan Strnad, Stefan Kohek:
  Novel discrete differential evolution methods for virtual tree pruning optimization. 981-993
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  Ramón Alberto Carrasco, Juan Sánchez-Fernández, Francisco Muñoz-Leiva, María Francisca Blasco, Enrique Herrera-Viedma:
  Evaluation of the hotels e-services quality under the user's experience. 995-1011
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  M. G. H. Akbari, M. Chahkandi:
  Fuzzy record values. 1013-1020
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  Asghar Khan, Raees Khan, Young Bae Jun:
  Uni-soft structure applied to ordered semigroups. 1021-1030
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  Yung-Fa Huang, Tan-Hsu Tan, Chia-Hsin Cheng, Wei-Cheng Lai, Hsing-Chung Chen:
  Performance of a novel evolutionary genetic-based multi-user detector for multi-carrier CDMA communication systems. 1031-1039
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  Guoqing Yang, Wansheng Tang, Ruiqing Zhao:
  An uncertain furniture production planning problem with cumulative service levels. 1041-1055
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  Sefa Anil Sezer, Ibrahim Çanak:
  Power series methods of summability for series of fuzzy numbers and related Tauberian Theorems. 1057-1064
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  Kyung-Joong Kim, Sung-Bae Cho:
  Ensemble bayesian networks evolved with speciation for high-performance prediction in data mining. 1065-1080
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  Shu-Hua Teng, Fan Liao, Yanxin Ma, Mi He, Yongjian Nian:
  Uncertainty measures of rough sets based on discernibility capability in information systems. 1081-1096

Volume 21, Number 5, March 2017

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  Alexandru Mihai Bica, Shokrollah Ziari:
  Iterative numerical method for fuzzy Volterra linear integral equations in two dimensions. 1097-1108
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  Ruimin Shen, Jinhua Zheng, Miqing Li, Juan Zou:
  Many-objective optimization based on information separation and neighbor punishment selection. 1109-1128
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  Yingdong He, Zhen He, He Huang:
  Decision making with the generalized intuitionistic fuzzy power interaction averaging operators. 1129-1144
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  Shangwei Guo, Tao Xiang, Xiaoguo Li:
  Image quality assessment based on multiscale fuzzy gradient similarity deviation. 1145-1155
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  Anmol Pandey, Rituparna Datta, Bishakh Bhattacharya:
  Topology optimization of compliant structures and mechanisms using constructive solid geometry for 2-d and 3-d applications. 1157-1179
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  Giuseppe Casarano, Gilberto Castellani, Luca Passalacqua, Francesca Perla, Paolo Zanetti:
  Relevant applications of Monte Carlo simulation in Solvency II. 1181-1192
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  Shyam Sundar, Ponnuthurai N. Suganthan, Tay Jin Chua, Tian Xiang Cai, Chong Chin Soon:
  A hybrid artificial bee colony algorithm for the job-shop scheduling problem with no-wait constraint. 1193-1202
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  Basar Öztaysi, Sezi Çevik Onar, Kerim Goztepe, Cengiz Kahraman:
  Evaluation of research proposals for grant funding using interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets. 1203-1218
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  Dongyan Zhang, Hui He, Weihua Li, Pingxin Du:
  Rate control optimization for live streaming using fixed-time playback buffer. 1219-1228
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  Alexandru Mihai Bica, Constantin Popescu:
  Fuzzy trapezoidal cubature rule and application to two-dimensional fuzzy Fredholm integral equations. 1229-1243
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  Luigi Laura, Gianluigi Me:
  Searching the Web for illegal content: the anatomy of a semantic search engine. 1245-1252
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  Rodica Ioana Lung, Mihai Alexandru Suciu, Noémi Gaskó:
  Noisy extremal optimization. 1253-1270
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  Mohammadreza Farahmand, Mohammad Ishak Desa:
  RED: a new method for performance ranking of large decision making units. 1271-1290
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  Hang Wei, Li Lin, Honglai Zhang, Yangyang Xu, Shao-dong Deng, Jiajing Yu, Jiaming Hong, Rui Chen, Qinqun Chen:
  Fuzzy clustering algorithms for identification of Exocarpium Citrus Grandis through chromatography. 1291-1300
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  Weiwei Lin, Siyao Xu, Jin Li, Lingling Xu, Zhiping Peng:
  Design and theoretical analysis of virtual machine placement algorithm based on peak workload characteristics. 1301-1314
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  Wujian Ye, Kyungsan Cho:
  P2P and P2P botnet traffic classification in two stages. 1315-1326
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  Zhuoran Xu, Hiroyuki Iizuka, Masahito Yamamoto:
  Attraction basin sphere estimation approach for niching CMA-ES. 1327-1345
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  Filippo Maria Bianchi, Enrico Maiorino, Lorenzo Livi, Antonello Rizzi, Alireza Sadeghian:
  An agent-based algorithm exploiting multiple local dissimilarities for clusters mining and knowledge discovery. 1347-1369

Volume 21, Number 6, March 2017

Special Issue on Quantum, Logic & Music

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  Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara, Roberto Giuntini, Eleonora Negri, Giuseppe Sergioli, Sonja Smets:
  Preface. 1371-1372
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  Hector Freytes, Christian de Ronde, Graciela Domenech:
  Semilattices global valuations in the topos approach to quantum mechanics. 1373-1379
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  Giuseppe Sergioli, Roberto Leporini:
  Quantum approach to epistemic semantics. 1381-1390
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  Giuseppe Sergioli, Antonio Ledda:
  A note on many valued quantum computational logics. 1391-1400
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  Reinhard Blutner:
  Modelling tonal attraction: tonal hierarchies, interval cycles, and quantum probabilities. 1401-1419
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  Jort Martinus Bergfeld, Joshua Sack:
  Deriving the correctness of quantum protocols in the probabilistic logic for quantum programs. 1421-1441
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  Antonino Salibra, Antonio Ledda, Francesco Paoli:
  Factor varieties. 1443-1454
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  Sandro Sozzo:
  Effectiveness of the quantum-mechanical formalism in cognitive modeling. 1455-1465
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  Volkmar Putz, Karl Svozil:
  Quantum music. 1467-1471
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  Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara, Roberto Giuntini, Antonino Riccardo Luciani, Eleonora Negri:
  A quantum-like semantic analysis of ambiguity in music. 1473-1481
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  Diederik Aerts, Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi:
  Do spins have directions? 1483-1504
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  Tomas Veloz, Pablo Razeto:
  The state context property formalism: from concept theory to the semantics of music. 1505-1513
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  Stefano Bonzio, Paola Verrucchi:
  The rhythm of quantum algorithms. 1515-1521
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  Alexandru Baltag, Sonja Smets:
  Modeling correlated information change: from conditional beliefs to quantum conditionals. 1523-1535
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  Huan-yu Zheng, Ling Wang, Xiaolong Zheng:
  Teaching-learning-based optimization algorithm for multi-skill resource constrained project scheduling problem. 1537-1548
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  Xiangshan Dai, Xiaofang Yuan, Liang-Hong Wu:
  A novel harmony search algorithm with gaussian mutation for multi-objective optimization. 1549-1567
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  Wu He, Jim X. Chen, Weihua Zhang:
  Low-rank representation with graph regularization for subspace clustering. 1569-1581
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  Luigi Troiano, Cosimo Birtolo, Roberto Armenise:
  Modeling and predicting the user next input by Bayesian reasoning. 1583-1600
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  Juan García-Rois, Juan C. Burguillo:
  Topology-based analysis of self-organizing maps for time series prediction. 1601-1618
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  Yong-sheng Hao, Zhi-gang Su, Pei-hong Wang, Ming Zhao:
  Constrained fuzzy evidential multivariate model identified by EM algorithm: a soft sensor to monitoring imprecise and uncertain process parameters. 1619-1642

Volume 21, Number 7, April 2017

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  Ningxin Xie, Gangqiang Zhang, Zhaowen Li:
  Similarity of binary relations based on complete Boolean lattices and related results. 1643-1652
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  Nilesh Mundlik, Vinayak Joshi, Radomír Halas:
  The hull-kernel topology on prime ideals in posets. 1653-1665
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  Jiao Liu, Di Ma, Teng-bo Ma, Wei Zhang:
  Ecosystem particle swarm optimization. 1667-1691
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  Anqi Pei, Jun Wang, Wen Fang:
  Predicting agent-based financial time series model on lattice fractal with random Legendre neural network. 1693-1708
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  Abdelkamel Ben Ali, Gabriel Luque, Enrique Alba, Kamal E. Melkemi:
  An improved problem aware local search algorithm for the DNA fragment assembly problem. 1709-1720
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  Santosh Kumar Singh, Nilotpal Sinha, Arup Kumar Goswami, Nidul Sinha:
  Optimal estimation of power system harmonics using a hybrid Firefly algorithm-based least square method. 1721-1734
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  Rachael Morgan, Marcus Gallagher:
  Analysing and characterising optimization problems using length scale. 1735-1752
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  Daniela Ambrosino, Massimo Paolucci, Anna Sciomachen:
  Computational evaluation of a MIP model for multi-port stowage planning problems. 1753-1763
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  Chellapilla Patvardhan, Sulabh Bansal, Anand Srivastav:
  Towards the right amount of randomness in quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithms. 1765-1784
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  Asad Abdi, Norisma Idris, Rasim M. Alguliyev, Ramiz M. Aliguliyev:
  Query-based multi-documents summarization using linguistic knowledge and content word expansion. 1785-1801
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