Expert Systems with Applications, Volume 39

Volume 39, Number 1, January 2012

Papers of 1st International Symposium on Computing in Science and Engineering, June 3-5, Kusadasi, Aydin, Turkey

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  Dursun Delen, Asil Oztekin, Aziz Kolkiran:
  Intelligent Computational Techniques in Science, Engineering and Business. 1-2
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  Serkan Altuntas, Hasan Selim:
  Facility layout using weighted association rule-based data mining algorithms: Evaluation with simulation. 3-13
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  Mehmet Sevkli, Asil Oztekin, Özgür Uysal, Gökhan Torlak, Ali Turkyilmaz, Dursun Delen:
  Development of a fuzzy ANP based SWOT analysis for the airline industry in Turkey. 14-24
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  János D. Pintér:
  Calibrating artificial neural networks by global optimization. 25-32
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  Bahadir Karasulu, Serdar Korukoglu:
  Moving object detection and tracking by using annealed background subtraction method in videos: Performance optimization. 33-43
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  Ahmet Alkan, Mücahid Günay:
  Identification of EMG signals using discriminant analysis and SVM classifier. 44-47
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  Ekrem Duman, Yeliz Ekinci, Aydin Tanriverdi:
  Comparing alternative classifiers for database marketing: The case of imbalanced datasets. 48-53
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  Oguz Karan, Canan Bayraktar, Halûk Gümüskaya, Bekir Karlik:
  Diagnosing diabetes using neural networks on small mobile devices. 54-60
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  Ahmet Can Kutlu, Mehmet Ekmekçioglu:
  Fuzzy failure modes and effects analysis by using fuzzy TOPSIS-based fuzzy AHP. 61-67
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  Jafar Zarei:
  Induction motors bearing fault detection using pattern recognition techniques. 68-73
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  Vildan Özkir, Tufan Demirel:
  A fuzzy assessment framework to select among transportation investment projects in Turkey. 74-80
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  Tuncer I. Ören, Levent Yilmaz:
  Synergies of simulation, agents, and systems engineering. 81-88
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  Esra Ruzgar, Kayhan Erciyes:
  Clustering based distributed phylogenetic tree construction. 89-98
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  Erkan Bayraktar, Ekrem Tatoglu, Ali Turkyilmaz, Dursun Delen, Selim Zaim:
  Measuring the efficiency of customer satisfaction and loyalty for mobile phone brands with DEA. 99-106

Regular Articles

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  José Miguel Barrón-Adame, Maria Guadalupe Cortina-Januchs, Antonio Vega-Corona, Diego Andina:
  Unsupervised system to classify SO₂ pollutant concentrations in Salamanca, Mexico. 107-116
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  (Withdrawn) An empirical test to measure the effectiveness of online advertising in online marketplaces using a hierarchical Bayes model. 117-128
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  Siva S. Sivatha Sindhu, S. Geetha, Arputharaj Kannan:
  Decision tree based light weight intrusion detection using a wrapper approach. 129-141
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  Gülçin Büyüközkan, Jbid Arsenyan, Da Ruan:
  Logistics tool selection with two-phase fuzzy multi criteria decision making: A case study for personal digital assistant selection. 142-153
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  Pei-Yan Pai, Chin-Chen Chang, Yung-Kuan Chan:
  Nucleus and cytoplast contour detector from a cervical smear image. 154-161
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  Long Wu, Kit-lun Yick, Sun-pui Ng, Joanne Yip, Kang-hoi Kong:
  Parametric design and process parameter optimization for bra cup molding via response surface methodology. 162-171
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  Jesús Bobadilla, Fernando Ortega, Antonio Hernando, Jesus Bernal:
  Generalization of recommender systems: Collaborative filtering extended to groups of users and restricted to groups of items. 172-186
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  Chun-Cheng Hsu:
  Evaluation criteria for blog design and analysis of causal relationships using factor analysis and DEMATEL. 187-193
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  Huimin Jiang, C. K. Kwong, Zengqiang Chen, Y. C. Ysim:
  Chaos particle swarm optimization and T-S fuzzy modeling approaches to constrained predictive control. 194-201
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  Nicoletta Nicolaou, Julius Georgiou:
  Detection of epileptic electroencephalogram based on Permutation Entropy and Support Vector Machines. 202-209
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  Zoran Jeremic, Jelena Jovanovic, Dragan Gasevic:
  Student modeling and assessment in intelligent tutoring of software patterns. 210-222
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  Behnam Ganji, Abbas Z. Kouzani:
  Combined quasi-static backward modeling and look-ahead fuzzy control of vehicles. 223-233
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  Luciano Boquete, Juan Manuel Miguel-Jiménez, Sergio Ortega, José Manuel Rodríguez Ascariz, C. Pérez-Rico, Roman Blanco:
  Multifocal electroretinogram diagnosis of glaucoma applying neural networks and structural pattern analysis. 234-238
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  Jing Li, Yuejin Zhou:
  The evolution of rules for conflicts resolution in self-organizing teams. 239-246
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  Chi-Chun Lo, Wan-Jia Chen:
  A hybrid information security risk assessment procedure considering interdependences between controls. 247-257
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  Fernando Bobillo, Miguel Delgado, Juan Gómez-Romero:
  DeLorean: A reasoner for fuzzy OWL 2. 258-272
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  Parag C. Pendharkar:
  Game theoretical applications for multi-agent systems. 273-279
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  Xin W. Chen, Shimon Y. Nof:
  Agent-based error prevention algorithms. 280-287
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  Xinyu Li, Liang Gao, Weidong Li:
  Application of game theory based hybrid algorithm for multi-objective integrated process planning and scheduling. 288-297
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  Ali Azadeh, B. Ziaei, Mohsen Moghaddam:
  A hybrid fuzzy regression-fuzzy cognitive map algorithm for forecasting and optimization of housing market fluctuations. 298-315
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  Hakki Murat Genç, Osman Kaan Erol, Ibrahim Eksin, Mehmet Fatih Berber, Binnur Onaran Güleryüz:
  A stochastic neighborhood search approach for airport gate assignment problem. 316-327
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  Craig D'Souza, S. N. Omkar, J. Senthilnath:
  Pickup and delivery problem using metaheuristics techniques. 328-334
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  Junying Zhang, Liuqing Peng, Xiaoxue Zhao, Ercan E. Kuruoglu:
  Robust data clustering by learning multi-metric Lq-norm distances. 335-349
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  Nese Yalçin Seçme, Ali Bayrakdaroglu, Cengiz Kahraman:
  Application of fuzzy multi-criteria decision making methods for financial performance evaluation of Turkish manufacturing industries. 350-364
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  Xiangyong Li, Stephen C. H. Leung, Peng Tian:
  A multistart adaptive memory-based tabu search algorithm for the heterogeneous fixed fleet open vehicle routing problem. 365-374
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  Ezutah Udoncy Olugu, Kuan Yew Wong:
  An expert fuzzy rule-based system for closed-loop supply chain performance assessment in the automotive industry. 375-384
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  Cicero Ferreira Fernandes Costa Filho, Dayse Aparecida Rivera Rocha, Marly Guimarães Fernandes Costa, Wagner Coelho de Albuquerque Pereira:
  Using Constraint Satisfaction Problem approach to solve human resource allocation problems in cooperative health services. 385-394
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  Sunney Yung-Sun Leung, Yang Tang, Wai Keung Wong:
  A hybrid particle swarm optimization and its application in neural networks. 395-405
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  Soonhwang Choi, Sooyong Park, Vijayan Sugumaran:
  A rule-based approach for estimating software development cost using function point and goal and scenario based requirements. 406-418
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  Sungho Mun, Yoon-Ho Cho:
  Modified harmony search optimization for constrained design problems. 419-423
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  Yinhui Li, Jingbo Xia, Silan Zhang, Jiakai Yan, Xiaochuan Ai, Kuobin Dai:
  An efficient intrusion detection system based on support vector machines and gradually feature removal method. 424-430
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  Ehsan Hajizadeh, Abbas Seifi, M. H. Fazel Zarandi, I. Burhan Türksen:
  A hybrid modeling approach for forecasting the volatility of S&P 500 index return. 431-436
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  Igor Santos, Carlos Laorden, Borja Sanz, Pablo García Bringas:
  Enhanced Topic-based Vector Space Model for semantics-aware spam filtering. 437-444
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  Sung Seek Moon, Suk-Young Kang, Weerawat Jitpitaklert, Seoung Bum Kim:
  Decision tree models for characterizing smoking patterns of older adults. 445-451
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  Iwan Tri Riyadi Yanto, Prima Vitasari, Tutut Herawan, Mustafa Mat Deris:
  Applying variable precision rough set model for clustering student suffering study's anxiety. 452-459
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  Marjan Ceh, Kauko Viitanen, Iztok Perus:
  A non-parametric CAE approach to office rents: Identification of Helsinki metropolitan area submarkets. 460-471
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  Pagavathigounder Balasubramaniam, Vembarasan Vaitheeswaran, R. Rakkiyappan:
  Delay-dependent robust asymptotic state estimation of Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy Hopfield neural networks with mixed interval time-varying delays. 472-481
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  Seung-Ho Yang, Jaewook Lee:
  Multi-basin particle swarm intelligence method for optimal calibration of parametric Lévy models. 482-493
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  Yen-Lin Chen, Zeng-Wei Hong, Cheng-Hung Chuang:
  A knowledge-based system for extracting text-lines from mixed and overlapping text/graphics compound document images. 494-507
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  Binod Shaw, V. Mukherjee, S. P. Ghoshal:
  Solution of economic dispatch problems by seeker optimization algorithm. 508-519
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  You-Yin Chen, Chien-Wen Cho, Sheng-Huang Lin, Hsin-Yi Lai, Yu-Chun Lo, Shin-Yuan Chen, Yuan-Jen Chang, Wen-Tzeng Huang, Chin-Hsing Chen, Fu-Shan Jaw, Siny Tsang, Sheng-Tsung Tsai:
  A vision-based regression model to evaluate Parkinsonian gait from monocular image sequences. 520-526
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  Zhi-gang Su, Pei-hong Wang:
  Minimizing neighborhood evidential decision error for feature evaluation and selection based on evidence theory. 527-540
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  Flavio Fortes Camargo, Cláudia Maria de Almeida, Gilson Alexandre Ostwald Pedro da Costa, Raul Queiroz Feitosa, Dário Augusto Borges Oliveira, Christian Heipke, Rodrigo S. Ferreira:
  An open source object-based framework to extract landform classes. 541-554
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  Robert C. Green II, Lingfeng Wang, Mansoor Alam:
  Training neural networks using Central Force Optimization and Particle Swarm Optimization: Insights and comparisons. 555-563
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  Chun-Fei Hsu, Chien-Jung Chiu, Jang-Zern Tsai:
  Indirect adaptive self-organizing RBF neural controller design with a dynamical training approach. 564-573
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  Sombut Foitong, Ouen Pinngern, Boonwat Attachoo:
  Feature subset selection wrapper based on mutual information and rough sets. 574-584
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  Victoria Pachón Álvarez, Jacinto Mata Vázquez:
  An evolutionary algorithm to discover quantitative association rules from huge databases without the need for an a priori discretization. 585-593
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  Cookhwan Kim, Sungsik Park, Kwiseok Kwon, Woojin Chang:
  How to select search keywords for online advertising depending on consumer involvement: An empirical investigation. 594-610
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  Pei-Chann Chang, Di-di Wang, Changle Zhou:
  A novel model by evolving partially connected neural network for stock price trend forecasting. 611-620
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  Elena Gaudioso, Miguel Montero, Félix Hernández-del-Olmo:
  Supporting teachers in adaptive educational systems through predictive models: A proof of concept. 621-625
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  (Withdrawn) The analytic network process for managing inter-enterprise collaboration: A case study in a collaborative enterprise network. 626-637
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  S. Ali Torabi, Hamed Rafiei:
  An optimization framework towards prioritization in fuzzy comparison matrices. 638-646
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  Artzai Picón, Sergio Rodríguez-Vaamonde, Javier Jaén Martínez, José A. Mocholí, David García, Alejandro Cadenas:
  A statistical recommendation model of mobile services based on contextual evidences. 647-653
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  Luis Daniel Otero, Carlos E. Otero:
  A fuzzy expert system architecture for capability assessments in skill-based environments. 654-662
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  Wanpeng Zhang, Tianjiang Hu, Jing Chen, Lincheng Shen:
  BioDKM: Bio-inspired domain knowledge modeling method for humanoid delivery robots' planning. 663-672
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  Ray-Shine Run, Shi-Jinn Horng, Jui-Lin Lai, Tzong-Wann Kao, Rong-Jian Chen:
  An improved SVD-based watermarking technique for copyright protection. 673-689
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  Reza Ezzati, Tofigh Allahviranloo, Saeid Khezerloo, Masoume Khezerloo:
  An approach for ranking of fuzzy numbers. 690-695
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  Bo Cheng, Junliang Chen, Min Deng:
  Petri net based formal analysis for multimedia conferencing services orchestration. 696-705
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  Zhaojun Zhang, Zuren Feng:
  Two-stage updating pheromone for invariant ant colony optimization algorithm. 706-712
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  Erik Cuevas, Valentín Osuna-Enciso, Fernando Wario, Daniel Zaldivar, Marco Antonio Pérez Cisneros:
  Automatic multiple circle detection based on artificial immune systems. 713-722
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  Natarajan Sriraam:
  EEG based automated detection of auditory loss: A pilot study. 723-731
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  Pagavathigounder Balasubramaniam, Gnaneswaran Nagamani:
  Global robust passivity analysis for stochastic fuzzy interval neural networks with time-varying delays. 732-742
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  Yu-Sen Yang, Wesley Huang:
  A grey-fuzzy Taguchi approach for optimizing multi-objective properties of zirconium-containing diamond-like carbon coatings. 743-750
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  Tung-Ching Lin, Sheng Wu, Chun-Tai Lu:
  Exploring the affect factors of knowledge sharing behavior: The relations model theory perspective. 751-764
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  Cheng Hua Li, Ju Cheng Yang, Soon Cheol Park:
  Text categorization algorithms using semantic approaches, corpus-based thesaurus and WordNet. 765-772
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  Min Jin, Xiang Zhou, Zhi M. Zhang, Manos M. Tentzeris:
  Short-term power load forecasting using grey correlation contest modeling. 773-779
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  Juan Gómez-Sanchís, José David Martín-Guerrero, Emilio Soria-Olivas, Marcelino Martínez-Sober, José Rafael Magdalena Benedicto, José Blasco:
  Detecting rottenness caused by Penicillium genus fungi in citrus fruits using machine learning techniques. 780-785
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  Chi-Kuang Chen, An-Jin Shie, Chang-Hsi Yu:
  A customer-oriented organisational diagnostic model based on data mining of customer-complaint databases. 786-792
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  Yi-Kuei Lin:
  A method to evaluate the routing policy with two minimal paths within time threshold. 793-799
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  Aysun Tasyapi Çelebi, Sarp Ertürk:
  Visual enhancement of underwater images using Empirical Mode Decomposition. 800-805
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  Indre Zliobaite, Jorn Bakker, Mykola Pechenizkiy:
  Beating the baseline prediction in food sales: How intelligent an intelligent predictor is? 806-815
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  Bingang Xu:
  Intelligent fault inference for rotating flexible rotors using Bayesian belief network. 816-822
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  Jieh-Haur Chen:
  Developing SFNN models to predict financial distress of construction companies. 823-827
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  Wentao Fan, Nizar Bouguila:
  Novel approaches for synthesizing video textures. 828-839
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  Okan Duru, Emrah Bulut, Shigeru Yoshida:
  A fuzzy extended DELPHI method for adjustment of statistical time series prediction: An empirical study on dry bulk freight market case. 840-848
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  Zhao Zhang, Tommy W. S. Chow:
  Maximum Margin Multisurface Support Tensor Machines with application to image classification and segmentation. 849-860
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  T. K. Ho, Chi Wai Tsang, Kwan Ho Ip, K. S. Kwan:
  Train service timetabling in railway open markets by particle swarm optimisation. 861-868
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  José M. Merigó, Anna Maria Gil Lafuente, Onofre Martorell:
  Uncertain induced aggregation operators and its application in tourism management. 869-880
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  Nirod C. Sahoo, Sanjib Ganguly, D. Das:
  Fuzzy-Pareto-dominance driven possibilistic model based planning of electrical distribution systems using multi-objective particle swarm optimization. 881-893
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  Aydín Eresen, Nevrez Imamoglu, Mehmet Önder Efe:
  Autonomous quadrotor flight with vision-based obstacle avoidance in virtual environment. 894-905
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  Xiangpei Hu, Lijun Sun:
  Knowledge-based modeling for disruption management in urban distribution. 906-916
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  Sumona Mukhopadhyay, Santo Banerjee:
  Global optimization of an optical chaotic system by Chaotic Multi Swarm Particle Swarm Optimization. 917-924
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  Mohammad Babaesmailli, Behrooz Arbabshirani, Vahid Golmah:
  Integrating analytical network process and fuzzy logic to prioritize the strategies - A case study for tile manufacturing firm. 925-935
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  Nima Hatami:
  Thinned-ECOC ensemble based on sequential code shrinking. 936-947
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  Ying Wen, Lianghua He:
  A classifier for Bangla handwritten numeral recognition. 948-953
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  Chao Chung Ho:
  Construct factor evaluation model of Health Management Center selected by customers with Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process. 954-959
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  Mohammad Bagher Javanbarg, Charles Scawthorn, Junji Kiyono, Babak Shahbodaghkhan:
  Fuzzy AHP-based multicriteria decision making systems using particle swarm optimization. 960-966
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  Jirapond Tadrat, Veera Boonjing, Puntip Pattaraintakorn:
  A new similarity measure in formal concept analysis for case-based reasoning. 967-972
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  Loris Nanni, Sheryl Brahnam, Alessandra Lumini:
  Random interest regions for object recognition based on texture descriptors and bag of features. 973-977
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  Mario Rodríguez-Molins, Miguel A. Salido, Federico Barber:
  Intelligent planning for allocating containers in maritime terminals. 978-989
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  Seyed Jafar Sadjadi, Roya Soltani:
  Alternative design redundancy allocation using an efficient heuristic and a honey bee mating algorithm. 990-999
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  Yun-Chi Yeh, Che Wun Chiou, Hong-Jhih Lin:
  Analyzing ECG for cardiac arrhythmia using cluster analysis. 1000-1010
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  Cecilio Angulo, Joan Cabestany, Pablo Rodríguez, Montserrat Batlle, Antonio González, Sergio de Campos:
  Fuzzy expert system for the detection of episodes of poor water quality through continuous measurement. 1011-1020
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  Ho-Sung Park, Witold Pedrycz, Y.-D. Chung, Sung-Kwun Oh:
  Modeling of the charging characteristic of linear-type superconducting power supply using granular-based radial basis function neural networks. 1021-1039
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  Mohammad Davoud Heidari, Mahmoud Omid, Ali Mohammadi:
  Measuring productive efficiency of horticultural greenhouses in Iran: A data envelopment analysis approach. 1040-1045
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  Woei-Jiunn Tsaur:
  Secure communication for electronic business applications in mobile agent networks. 1046-1054
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  Wei-Yen Hsu:
  Fuzzy Hopfield neural network clustering for single-trial motor imagery EEG classification. 1055-1061
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  M. Muthu Rama Krishnan, Chandan Chakraborty, Ranjan Rashmi Paul, Ajoy Kumar Ray:
  Hybrid segmentation, characterization and classification of basal cell nuclei from histopathological images of normal oral mucosa and oral submucous fibrosis. 1062-1077
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  Ming-Huwi Horng:
  Vector quantization using the firefly algorithm for image compression. 1078-1091
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  Ibrahim Dogan:
  Analysis of facility location model using Bayesian Networks. 1092-1104
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  Ligang Zhou, Huayou Chen, José M. Merigó, Anna Maria Gil Lafuente:
  Uncertain generalized aggregation operators. 1105-1117
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  Yan Luo, Gongbing Bi, Liang Liang:
  Input/output indicator selection for DEA efficiency evaluation: An empirical study of Chinese commercial banks. 1118-1123
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  Mehdi Piltan, Erfan Mehmanchi, S. F. Ghaderi:
  Proposing a decision-making model using analytical hierarchy process and fuzzy expert system for prioritizing industries in installation of combined heat and power systems. 1124-1133
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  Aída Jiménez, Fernando Berzal Galiano, Juan Carlos Cubero Talavera:
  Mining frequent patterns from XML data: Efficient algorithms and design trade-offs. 1134-1140
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  Girish Singh Ramlugun, Vivek Krishna Nagarajan, Chandan Chakraborty:
  Small retinal vessels extraction towards proliferative diabetic retinopathy screening. 1141-1146
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  Lam Hong Lee, Dino Isa, Wou Onn Choo, Wen Yeen Chue:
  High Relevance Keyword Extraction facility for Bayesian text classification on different domains of varying characteristic. 1147-1155
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  Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson:
  A context-aware data mining process model based framework for supporting evaluation of data mining results. 1156-1164
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