Applications and Science in Soft Computing

1. Front Matter

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2. Artificial Neural Networks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A Recurrent Self-Organizing Map for Temporal Sequence Processing

      • T. A. McQueen, A. A. Hopgood, J. A. Tepper, T. J. Allen

      Pages 3-8

   3. Optimisation of Neural Network Topology and Input Parameters for Prosody Modelling of Synthetic Speech

      • Václav Šebesta, Jana Tuckova

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   4. Using ART1 Neural Networks to Determine Clustering Tendency

      • Louis Massey

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   5. High Performance Associative Memories and Structured Weight Dilution

      • S. P. Turvey, S. P. Hunt, N. Davey, R. J. Frank

      Pages 23-30

   6. Neural Network Analysis of Estimation of Data

      • Endang Triastuti, Robin Crockett, Phil Picton, Alasdair Crockett

      Pages 31-38

   7. A Compiler and Simulator for Partial Recursive Functions over Neural Networks

      • João Pedro Neto, José Félix Costa, Paulo Carreira, Miguel Rosa

      Pages 39-46

   8. Multistage Neural Networks: Adaptive Combination of Ensemble Results

      • Shuang Yang, Antony Browne, Philip Picton

      Pages 47-52

   9. On the Fuzzy Spatio-temporal Specification of Multimedia Synchronisation Scenarios

      • André L. V. Coelho, Ivan L. M. Ricarte

      Pages 53-60

3. Evolutionary Computing

   1. Front Matter

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   2. An Approach to On-line Design of Fuzzy Controllers with Evolving Structure

      • P. P. Angelov

      Pages 63-68

   3. Can a Parallel Agent Approach to Genetic Algorithms Reduce Search Times

      • Martin Lefley, Ian D. McKew

      Pages 69-74

   4. Comparison of Domination Approaches for Diploid Binary Genetic Algorithms

      • Sima Uyar, A. Emre Harmanci

      Pages 75-80

   5. New Heuristics for Flowshop Scheduling

      • Uday K. Chakraborty

      Pages 81-86

   6. Temporal Rule Discovery using Genetic Programming and Specialized Hardware

      • Magnus Lie Hetland, Pål Sætrom

      Pages 87-94

   7. Genetic Programming with Guaranteed Constraints

      • Colin G. Johnson

      Pages 95-100

4. Fuzzy Systems

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Precisiated Natural Language and Protoforms for Human Consistent Data Mining

      • Janusz Kacprzyk, Sławomir Zadrożny

      Pages 103-110

   3. Design and Synthesis of Piecewise-Linear Fuzzy Systems

      • Inés Del Campo, Javier Echanobe, José M. Tarela

      Pages 111-118

Soft computing techniques have reached a significant level of recognition and - ceptance from both the academic and industrial communities. The papers collected in this volume illustrate the depth of the current theoretical research trends and the breadth of the application areas in which soft computing methods are making c- tributions. This volume consists of forty six selected papers presented at the Fourth Inter- tional Conference on Recent Advances in Soft Computing, which was held in N- th th tingham, United Kingdom on 12 and 13 December 2002 at Nottingham Trent University. This volume is organized in five parts. The first four parts address mainly the f- damental and theoretical advances in soft computing, namely Artificial Neural Networks, Evolutionary Computing, Fuzzy Systems and Hybrid Systems. The fifth part of this volume presents papers that deal with practical issues and ind- trial applications of soft computing techniques. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the authors who submitted contributions for inclusion. We are also indebted to Janusz Kacprzyk for his - vices related to this volume. We hope you find the volume an interesting refl- tion of current theoretical and application based soft computing research.

• Multi-agent system
• cognition
• computational intelligence
• data mining
• genetic algorithm
• genetic programming
• heuristics
• kernel
• knowledge
• machine learning
• modeling
• modelling
• multimedia
• optimization
• verification

• School of Computing and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

  Ahamad Lotfi

• Automated Scheduling, Optimisation and Planning Group, School of Computer Science and IT, Universtiy of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

  Jonathan M. Garibaldi

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