Conference Program

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Opening Session

1. Opening Notes

• Opening Note by WFSC Chair Person (Rajkumar Roy)
• Opening Note by General Chair and Program Chair (Erel Avineri and Mario Koppen)

2. Keynote Lectures

• Pareto-based Multi-Objective Machine Learning ( Yaochu Jin)
• Three Applications of Soft Computing and What They Teach Us (Lawrence "David" Davis)
  

General Sessions

1. Applied Soft Computing Algorithm (Chair: Antonio Gaspar-Cunha)

• An Efficient Algorithm for Large-Scale Text Categorization (Yu Changrui and Luo Yan)
• PSO-Optimized Negative Selection Algorithm for Anomaly Detection (Huimin Wang, X. Z. Gao, Xianlin Huang, and Zhuoyue Song)
• Use of Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms in Extrusion Scale-up (Jose Antonio Covas and Antonio Gaspar-Cunha)

2. Design of Soft Computing Techniques (Chair: Janos Abonyi)

• Adaptation of Learning Parameters for Choquet Integral Agent Network by using Genetic Algorithms (Santoso Handri and Kazuo Nakamura)
• Comparison of Effective Assessment Functions for Optimized Sensor System Design (Kuncup Iswandy and Andreas Konig)
• Visualization and Complexity Reduction of Neural Networks (T. Kenesei, B. Feil, and J. Abonyi)

3. Modelling, Control and Optimization (Chair: Leandro Coelho)

• Linguistic Information in Dynamical Fuzzy Systems ? An Overview (X. Z. Gao, S. J. Ovaska, and X. Wang)
• A Novel Modelling & Optimisation Technique for Business Processes: An Evolutionary Computing Based Approach (
  Mark Stelling, Rajkumar Roy, and Ashutosh Tiwari)
• Scheduling of Tasks in Multiprocessor System using Hybrid Genetic Algorithms (Betzy Varghes, Alamgir Hossain, and Keshav Dahal)
• Artificial Immune Network Combined with Normative Knowledge for Power Economic Dispatch of Thermal Units (Leandro dos Santos Coelho and Viviana Cocco Mariani)
  

4. Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition (Chair: Chee Peng Lim)

• Error Compensation Based Directional Interpolation Algorithm for Video Error Concealment (Naizhang Feng, Liyong Ma, and Yude Sun)
• A Multi-Agent Classifier System based on the TNC Model (Anas Quteishat, Chee Peng Lim, Jeffrey Tweedale and Lakhmi C Jain)
• An Evolutionary Approach to Digitalized Hand Signs Recognition (I. De Falco, A. Della Cioppa, D. Maisto, U. Scafuri, and E. Tarantino)

Special Sessions

1. SpS Civil Engineering (Chair: Sudhirkumar Barai)

• Prediction of ultimate capacity of laterally loaded piles in clay: a relevance vector machine approach (Pijush Samui, Gautam Bhattacharya, and Deepankar Choudhury)
• Air Quality Forecaster: Moving Window Based Neuro Models (S K Barai , A K Gupta , Jayachandar Kodali)

2. SpS Computer Graphics, Imaging and Vision (Chair: Muhammad Sarfraz)

• Automatic 3D modeling of skulls by scatter search and heuristic features (L. Ballerini, O. Cordon, S. Damas, and J. Santamaria)
• Multi-modal Registration Using a Combined Similarity Measure (Juan Wachs, Helman Stern, Tom Burks, and Victor Alchanatis)
• An investigation into neural networks for the detection of exudates in retinal images (Gerald Schaefer and Edmond Leung)
• An optimisation approach to palette reordering for indexed image compression (Gerald Schaefer and Lars Nolle)
  

3. SpS Production, Manufacturing, and Design (Chairs: Ashutosh Tiwari and Christopher Turner)

• An Exploration of Genetic Process Mining (Chris Turner and Ashutosh Tiwari)
• Weighted Tardiness Scheduling with Sequence-Dependent Setups: A Benchmark Problem for Soft Computing (Vincent A. Cicirello)

4. SpS Traffic and Transportation Systems (Chairs: Mauro Dell'Orco and Michele Ottomanelli)

• An Adaptive Differential Evolution Algorithm Applied to Highway Network Capacity Optimization (Andrew Koh)
• Incorporating Fuzzy Reference Points into Applications of Travel Choice Modeling (Erel Avineri)
• The role of the uncertainty in ATIS applications (Gennaro Nicola Bifulco, Fulvio Simonelli, and Roberta Di Pace)
• Human-like Adaptive Cruise Control systems through a learning machine approach (Fulvio Simonelli, Vincenzo Punzo, Gennaro Nicola Bifulco, and Valerio De Martinis)
• Fuzzy Evaluation of Contra-flow Evacuation Plans in Texas Medical Center (Fengxiang Qiao, Ruixin Ge, and Lei Yu)
• Arrow Exit Sign Placement on Highway Using Fuzzy Table Look-Up Scheme (Fengxiang Qiao, Xiaoyue Liu, and Lei Yu)

Closing Session (available on 26 October 2007)