Table of Contents
Data Analysis Applications
Data-Driven Design of Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Systems for Predicting NOx Emissions Edwin Lughofer Vicente Macián Carlos Guardiola Erich Peter Klement 1
Coping with Uncertainty in Temporal Gene Expressions Using Symbolic Representations Silvana Badaloni Marco Falda 11
Olive Trees Detection in Very High Resolution Images Juan Moreno-Garcia Luis Jimenez Linares Luis Rodriguez-Benitez Cayetano J. Solana-Cipres 21
A Fast Recursive Approach to Autonomous Detection, Identification and Tracking of Multiple Objects in Video Streams under Uncertainties Pouria Sadeghi-Tehran Plamen Angelov Ramin Ramezani 30
Soft Concept Hierarchies to Summarise Data Streams and Highlight Anomalous Changes Trevor Martin Yun Shen Andrei Majidian 44
Using Enriched Ontology Structure for Improving Statistical Models of Gene Annotation Sets Frank Rügheimer 55
Predicting Outcomes of Septic Shock Patients Using Feature Selection Based on Soft Computing Techniques André S. Fialho Federico Cismondi Susana M. Vieira João M.C. Sousa Shane R. Reti Michael D. Howell Stan N. Finkelstein 65
Obtaining the Compatibility between Musicians Using Soft Computing Teresa Leon Vicente Liern 75
Consistently Handling Geographical User Data: Context-Dependent Detection of Co-located POIs Guy De Tré Antoon Bronselaer Tom Matthé Nico Van de Weghe Philippe De Maeyer 85
Intelligent Databases
A Model Based on Outranking for Database Preference Queries Patrick Bosc Olivier Pivert Grégory Smits 95
Incremental Membership Function Updates Narjes Hachani Imen Derbel Habib Ounelli 105
A New Approach for Comparing Fuzzy Objects Yasmina Bashon Daniel Neagu Mick J. Ridley 115
Generalized Fuzzy Comparators for Complex Data in a Fuzzy Object-Relational Database Management System Juan Miguel Medina Carlos D. Barranco Jesús R. Campaña Sergio Jaime-Castillo 126
The Bipolar Semantics of Querying Null Values in Regular and Fuzzy Databases: Dealing with Inapplicability Tom Matthé Guy De Tré 137
Describing Fuzzy DB Schemas as Ontologies: A System Architecture View Carmen Martínez-Cruz Ignacio J. Blanco M. Amparo Vila 147
Using Textual Dimensions in Data Warehousing Processes M.J. Martín-Bautista C. Molina E. Tejeda M. Amparo Vila 158
Information Fusion
Uncertainty Estimation in the Fusion of Text-Based Information for Situation Awareness Kellyn Rein Ulrich Schade Silverius Kawaletz 168
Aggregation of Partly Inconsistent Preference Information Rudolf Felix 178
Risk Neutral Valuations Based on Partial Probabilistic Information Andrea Capotorti Giuliana Regoli Francesca Vattari 188
A New Contextual Discounting Rule for Lower Probabilities Sebastien Destercke 198
The Power Average Operator for Information Fusion Ronald R. Yager 208
Performance Comparison of Fusion Operators in Bimodal Remote Sensing Snow Detection Aureli Soria-Frisch Antonio Repucci Laura Moreno Marco Caparrini 221
Color Recognition Enhancement by Fuzzy Merging Vincent Bombardier Emmanuel Schmitt Patrick Charpentier 231
Towards a New Generation of Indicators for Consensus Reaching Support Using Type-2 Fuzzy Sets Witold Pedrycz Janusz Kacprzyk Stawomir Zadrozny 241
Decision Support
Modelling Collective Choices
Multiagent Decision Making, Fuzzy Prevision, and Consensus Antonio Maturo Aldo G.S. Ventre 251
A Categorical Approach to the Extension of Social Choice Functions Patrik Eklund Mario Fedrizzi Hannu Nurmi 261
Signatures for Assessment, Diagnosis and Decision-Making in Ageing Patrik Eklund 271
Fuzzy Decision Theory
A Default Risk Model in a Fuzzy Framework Hiroshi Inoue Masatoshi Miyake 280
On a Fuzzy Weights Representation for Inner Dependence AHP Shin-ichi Ohnishi Takahiro Yamanoi Hideyuki Imai 289
Different Models with Fuzzy Random Variables in Single-Stage Decision Problems Luis J. Rodríguez-Muñiz Miguel López-Díaz 298
Applications in Finance
A Neuro-Fuzzy Decision Support System for Selection of Small Scale Business Rajendra Akerkar Priti Srinivas Sajja 306
Bond Management: An Application to the European Market José Manuel Brotons 316
Estimating the Brazilian Central Bank's Reaction Function by Fuzzy Inference System Ivette Luna Leandro Maciel Rodrigo Lanna F. da Silveira Rosangela Ballini 324
Fuzzy Systems
Philosophical Aspects
Do Uncertainty and Fuzziness Present Themselves (and Behave) in the Same Way in Hard and Human Sciences? Settimo Termini 334
Some Notes on the Value of Vagueness in Everyday Communication Nora Kluck 344
On Zadeh's "The Birth and Evolution of Fuzzy Logic" Yücel Yüksel 350
Complexity and Fuzziness in 20th Century Science and Technology Rudolf Seising 356
Educational Software of Fuzzy Logic and Control José Galindo Enrique León-González 366
Fuzzy Numbers
A Fuzzy Distance between Two Fuzzy Numbers Saeid Abbasbandy Saeide Hajighasemi 376
On the Jaccard Index with Degree of Optimism in Ranking Fuzzy Numbers Nazirah Ramli Daud Mohamad 383
Negation Functions in the Set of Discrete Fuzzy Numbers Jaume Casasnovas J. Vicente Riera 392
Trapezoidal Approximation of Fuzzy Numbers Based on Sample Data Przemyslaw Grzegorzewski 402
Multiple Products and Implications in Interval-Valued Fuzzy Set Theory Glad Deschrijver 412
Fuzzy Ontology and Information Granulation: An Approach to Knowledge Mobilisation Christer Carlsson Matteo Brunelli Jozsef Mezei 420
Adjoint Pairs on Interval-Valued Fuzzy Sets Jesús Medina 430
Fuzzy Arithmetic
Optimistic Arithmetic Operators for Fuzzy and Gradual Intervals - Part I: Interval Approach Reda Boukezzoula Sylvie Galichet 440
Optimistic Arithmetic Operators for Fuzzy and Gradual Intervals - Part II: Fuzzy and Gradual Interval Approach Reda Boukezzoula Sylvie Galichet 451
Model Assessment Using Inverse Fuzzy Arithmetic Thomas Haag Michael Hanss 461
New Tools in Fuzzy Arithmetic with Fuzzy Numbers Luciano Stefanini 471
Fuzzy Equations
Application of Gaussian Quadratures in Solving Fuzzy Fredholm Integral Equations M. Khezerloo Tofigh Allahviranloo Soheil Salahshour M. Khorasani Kiasari S. Haji Ghasemi 481
Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions of Fuzzy Volterra Integro-differential Equations Saeide Hajighasemi Tofigh Allahviranloo M. Khezerloo M. Khorasany Soheil Salahshour 491
Expansion Method for Solving Fuzzy Fredholm-Volterra Integral Equations S. Khezerloo Tofigh Allahviranloo S. Haji Ghasemi Soheil Salahshour M. Khezerloo M. Khorasan Kiasary 501
Solving Fuzzy Heat Equation by Fuzzy Laplace Transforms Soheil Salahshour Elnaz Haghi 512
A New Approach for Solving First Order Fuzzy Differential Equation Tofigh Allahviranloo Soheil Salahshour 522
Soft Computing Applications
Image Processing
A Comparison Study of Different Color Spaces in Clustering Based Image Segmentation Aranzazu Jurio Miguel Pagola Mikel Galar Carlos Lopez-Molina Daniel Paternain 532
Retrieving Texture Images Using Coarseness Fuzzy Partitions Jesús Chamorro-Martínez Pedro Manuel Martínez-Jiménez Jose Manuel Soto-Hidalgo 542
A Fuzzy Regional-Based Approach for Detecting Cerebrospinal Fluid Regions in Presence of Multiple Sclerosis Lesions Francesc Xavier Aymerich Eduard Montseny Pilar Sobrevilla Alex Rovira 552
Probabilistic Scene Models for Image Interpretation Alexander Bauer 562
Motion Segmentation Algorithm for Dynamic Scenes over H.264 Video Cayetano J. Solana-Cipres Luis Rodriguez-Benitez Juan Moreno-Garcia L. Jimenez-Linares 572
Using Stereo Vision and Fuzzy Systems for Detecting and Tracking People Rui Paúl Eugenia Aguirre Miguel García-Silvente Rafael Muñoz-Salinas 582
Privacy and Security
Group Anonymity Oleg Chertov Dan Tavrov 592
Anonymizing Categorical Data with a Recoding Method Based on Semantic Similarity Sergio Martínez Aida Valls David Sánchez 602
Addressing Complexity in a Privacy Expert System Siani Pearson 612
Privacy-Protected Camera for the Sensing Web Ikuhisa Mitsugami Masayuki Mukunoki Yasutomo Kawanishi Hironori Hattori Michihiko Minoh 622
Bayesian Network-Based Approaches for Severe Attack Prediction and Handling IDSs' Reliability Karim Tabia Philippe Leray 632
The Sensing Web
Structuring and Presenting the Distributed Sensory Information in the Sensing Web Rin-ichiro Taniguchi Atsushi Shimada Yuji Kawaguchi Yousuke Miyata Satoshi Yoshinaga 643
Evaluation of Privacy Protection Techniques for Speech Signals Kazumasa Yamamoto Seiichi Nakagawa 653
Digital Diorama: Sensing-Based Real-World Visualization Takumi Takehara Yuta Nakashima Naoko Nitta Noboru Babaguchi 663
Personalizing Public and Privacy-Free Sensing Information with a Personal Digital Assistant Takuya Kitade Yasushi Hirano Shoji Kajita Kenji Mase 673
The Open Data Format and Query System of the Sensing Web Naruki Mitsuda Tsuneo Ajisaka 680
See-Through Vision: A Visual Augmentation Method for Sensing-Web Yuichi Ohta Yoshinari Kameda Itaru Kitahara Masayuki Hayashi Shinya Yamazaki 690
Manufacturing and Scheduling
Manufacturing Virtual Sensors at Caterpillar, Inc. Timothy J. Felty James R. Mason Anthony J. Grichnik 700
Modelling Low-Carbon UK Energy System Design through 2050 in a Collaboration of Industry and the Public Sector Christopher Heaton Rod Davies 709
A Remark on Adaptive Scheduling of Optimization Algorithms Krisztián Balázs László T. Kóczy 719
An Adaptive Fuzzy Model Predictive Control System for the Textile Fiber Industry Stefan Berlik Maryam Nasiri 729
Methodology for Evaluation of Linked Multidimensional Measurement System with Balanced Scorecard Yutaka Kigawa Kiyoshi Nagata Fuyume Sai Michio Amagasa 737
Predictive Probabilistic and Possibilistic Models Used for Risk Assessment of SLAs in Grid Computing Christer Carlsson Robert Fullér 747
Author Index 759
