(aoos)TIB/UB Hannover

2005 IEEE InternationalConference on Fuzzy Systems

Reno, NVMay 22-25,2005

IEEE Catalog Number: 05CH37680ISBN: 0-7803-9158-6

Table of Contents

Tutorials:

Data Mining 1Thomas A. Runkler

Support Vector Machines and Other Kernel Methods 2Kristin Bennett

Soft Computing in Bioinformatics 3Jim Keller and Mihail Popescu

On Computing with Spatial Data 4Pascal Matsakis

Plenary Sessions

1965 "Fuzzy Sets" Appear - A Contribution to the 40th Anniversary 5Rudolf Seising

Are Humans at War with a Nano Species? 11Tom Reichert

Iterative Solutions Using Programmable Graphics Processing Units 12Karen Haines

Oral Session Papers

Special Session on Fuzzy Logic in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime Analysis Using Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Systems 19Haining Shu and Qilian Liang

Sensed Signal Strength Forecasting for Wireless SensorsUsing Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic System 25

Qilian Liang and Lingming Wang

Supporting QoS in MANET by a Fuzzy Priority Scheduler andPerformance Analysis with Mixed Traffic 31

C. Gomathy and S. Shanmugavel

Using Fuzzy Logic to Mitigate IEEE 802.11 Handoff Latency 37Chi-Yuan Chang, Hong-Jie Wang and Han-Chieh Chao

Fuzzy and Neural Systems for Tracking and Control

Path Tracking and Obstacles Avoidance of UAVs - Fuzzy Logic Approach 43Tao Dong, X. H. Liao, Ran Zhang, Zhao Sun and Y. D. Song

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A Trajectory Tracking of Piezo-Driven X-Y Table System Using FuzzyT-S Model-Based Variable Structure Decentralized Control 49

Chih-Lyang Hwang, Ming-Ching Hsieh and Song-Yu Han

Intelligent Decision Support System for Eye-Hand Coordination Assessment 55Janos L. Grantner, Ramakrishna Gottipati, Norali Pernalete, George A. Fodor and Sandra Edwards

A Network-Based Fuzzy Decentralized Sliding-Mode Control for Car-Like Mobile Robots 61Chih-Lyang Hwang, Song-Yu Han and Yuan-Sheng Yu

A Fuzzy-Neural Variable Structure Control for Nonlinear Time-Varying Delay Systems 67Chih-Lyang Hwang and Li-Jui Chang

Pattern Recognition I

Relational Gustafson Kessel Clustering Using Medoids and Triangulation 73Thomas A. Runkler

Similarity Classifier with Generalized mean Applied to MedicalData Using Different Preprocessing Methods 79

Pasi Luukka and Tapio Leppala'mpi

A Fast Iterative Algorithm for Identifying Feature Scales and Signed FuzzyMeasures in Generalized Choquet Integrals 85

Xutao Deng and Zhenyuan Wang

Unsupervised Identification of Points of Interest for Semi-Supervised Learning 91Hichem Frigui

FCM-SVM-RFE Gene Feature Selection Algorithm for Leukemia Classificationfrom Microarray Gene Expression Data 97

Yuchun Tang, Yan-Qing Zhang and Zhen Huang

Information Retrieval I

Complexity Control in Semantic Identification 102M. Falelakis, C. Diou, A. Valsamidis and A. Delopoulos

Gene Ontology Automatic Annotation Using a Domain Based Gene Product Similarity Measure 108Mihail Popescu, James M. Keller and Joyce A. Mitchell

Semantic Relatedness Measures in Ontologies Using Information Content and Fuzzy Set Theory .... 114Valerie Cross and Youbo Wang

Sphere of Influence Model in Information Retrieval 120Annabelle Mercier and Michel Beigbeder

Fuzzy Pseudo-Thesaurus Based Clustering of a Folkloristic Corpus 126S. Szaszkd, L T. Kdczy and T. D. Gedeon

Granular Computing

Granular Computing: A Problem Solving Paradigm 132Tsau Young Lin

Granular Support Vector Machines Using Linear Decision Hyperplanes forFast Medical Binary Classification 138

Yuchun Tang, Bo Jin, Yan-Qing Zhang, Hao Fang and Binghe Wang

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Fuzzy Methodology for Enhancement of Context Semantic Understanding 143Yu Sun, Fakhri Karray, Otman Basir, Jiping Sun and Mohamed Kamel

PNL Applied to Economics 149Barbara Diaz, Tomohiro Takagi and Sema E. Alptekin

Fuzzy Sets in Medical Diagnosis

Breast Abnormality Detection in Mammograms Using Fuzzy Inference System 155Sansanee Auephanwiriyakul, Siripen Attrapadung, Sutasinee Thovutikul and Nipon Theera-Umpon

Fuzzy Patterns and Classification of Functional Brain Imagesfor the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease 161

Tang-Kai Yin and Nan-Tsing Chiu

A Fuzzy Discrete Event System for HIV/AIDS Treatment 167Xiaodong Luan, Hao Ying, Feng Lin, Rodger D. MacArthur, Jonathan A. Cohn,Daniel C. Barth-Jones, Hong Ye and Lawrence R. Crane

Segmentation and Classification of Cervix Lesions by Pattern and Texture Analysis 173Bhakti Tulpule, Shuyu Yang, Yeshwanth Shnivasan,Sunanda Mitra, Brian Nutter

Pattern Recognition II

Validity of Fuzzy Clustering Using Entropy Regularization 177Hichem Sahbi and Nozha Boujemaa

A New Method for Feature Subset Selection for Handling Classification Problems 183Shyi-Ming Chen and Jen-Da Shie

A Hybrid Real-Time System for Fault Detection and Sensor FusionBased on Conventional Fuzzy Clustering Approach 189

Mohammad Abdel Kareem.Jaradat and Reza Langari

Fuzzy Learning Vector Quantization with Size and Shape Parameters 195Christian Borgelt, Andreas Nurnberger and Rudolf Kruse

Special Session on Uncertainty in Image and Video Processing *

Fuzzy Filters for Noise Reduction: The Case of Gaussian Noise 201M. Nachtegael, S. Schulte, D. Van der Weken, V. De Witte and E. E. Kerre

Confidence-Based Fusion of Multiple Feature Cues for Facial Expression Recognition 207Spiros loannou, Manolis Wallace, Kostas Karpouzis, Amaryllis Raouzaiou and Stefanos Kollias

Handling Uncertainty in Video Analysis with Spatiotemporal Visual Attention 213Konstantinos Rapantzikos, Yannis Avrithis and Stefanos Kollias

Fuzzy Homogeneity Measures for Path-Based Colour Image Segmentation 218J. Chamorro-Martinez, D. S&nchez, B. Prados-Su&ez and E. Galan-Perales

Special Session on Theory and Application of Type-2 Fuzzy Logic I

The Association between Non-Stationary and Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Sets: A Case Study 224Jonathan M. Garibaldi, Salang Musikasuwan and Turhan Ozen

Interval Type-2 TSK Fuzzy Logic Systems Using Hybrid Learning Algorithm 230G. M. M6ndez and O. Castillo

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Towards More Efficient Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Systems 236Simon Coupland and Robert John

Type-2 FLS Modeling Capability Analysis 242Dongrui Wu and Woei Wan Tan

Handling Uncertainty in Controllers Using Type-2 Fuzzy Logic 248Roberto Sepulveda, Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melin, Antonio Rodriguez-Diaz and Oscar Montiel

Fuzzy Control I

Robust Stochastic Stabilization and Robust H» Control for Uncertain Stochastic Fuzzy Systems 254Liangjian Hu, Weiguo Zhao and Shihuang Shao

Non-Quadratic Discrete Fuzzy Controller Design Performing Decay Rate 260Miguel Bernal

Discrete-Time Fuzzy Control System Design with State Observer 265Hugang Han

Fuzzy Controller for MIMO Systems using Defuzzification based on Boolean Relations (DBR) 271Jairo Soriano, Andres Olarte and Miguel Melgarejo

Design of Distance-Based Two-Layer Fuzzy Sliding Mode Control 276Wen-Shyong Yu

Fuzzy Image Analysis

Template Tracking using Generalized Modus Tollens 282Olivier Strauss and Frederic Comby

Multivariate Fuzzy Hidden Markov Chains Model Applied toUnsupervised Multiscale SAR Image Segmentation 288

Cyril Carincotte, St&phane Derrode and Salah Bourennane

Fuzzy Transforms and Their Applications to Data Compression 294Irina Perfilieva

Fuzzy Hamming Distance Based Banknote Validator 300Mircea lonescu andAnca Ralescu

On the Reliability Degree of Hue and Saturation Values of a Pixel for Color Image Classification 306S. Roman!, P. Sobrevilla and E. Montseny

Applications of Hybrid Systems

Predicting the Best Units within a Fleet: Prognostic Capabilities Enabled by Peer Learning,Fuzzy Similarity, and Evolutionary Design Process 312

Piero P. Bonissone and Anil Varma

An Embedded Real-Time Neuro-Fuzzy Controller for Mobile Robot Navigation 319Nian Zhang, Daryl Beetner, Donald C. Wunsch, Brian Hemmelman andAbul Hasan

A Framework for Hybrid Fuzzy Logic Intrusion Detection Systems 325Aly El-Semary, Janica Edmonds, Jesus Gonzalez and Mauricio Papa

Ontology-Based Genetic Fuzzy Agent for Meeting Scheduling System 331Chang-Shing Lee, Zhi-WeiJian and Tung-Cheng Hsieh

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A Switched-Resistor Approach to Hardware Implementation of Neural Networks 336Man Zhang and Donald C. Wunsch

Special Session on Theory and Application of Type-2 Fuzzy Logic II

Properties of the Centroid of an Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Set,Including the Centroid of a Fuzzy Granule 341

Jerry M. Mendel and Hongwei Wu

Embedded Type-2 FLC for Real-Time Speed Control of Marine and Traction Diesel Engines 347Christopher Lynch, Hani Hagras and Victor Callaghan

Computationally Efficient Type-Reduction Strategies for a Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Controller 353Dongrui Wu and Woei Wan Tan

A Type-2 Fuzzy Controller for Tracking Mobile Objects in the Context of Robotic Soccer Games 359John Figueroa, Jorge Posada, Jairo Soriano, Miguel Melgarejo and Sergio Rojas

Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Controller Design for Buck DC-DC Converters 365Ping-Zong Lin, Chun-Fei Hsu and Tsu-Tian Lee

Medical Differential Diagnosis through Type-2 Fuzzy Sets 371Luigi Di Lascio, Antonio Gisolfi and Aniello Nappi

Fuzzy Control II

Polar Coordinate Fuzzy Controller Design Based on Parameter-Dependent Lyapunov Function 377Hiroshi Ohtake, Kazuo Tanaka and Hua 0. Wang

Observer-Based Control for Sampled-Data Fuzzy Systems 383Ji-Chang Lo and Li-Tsun Hsieh

Fuzzy Functional Observers for Dynamic TSK Systems 389M. Sami Fadali

Analysis of One and Two Dimensional Fuzzy Controllers 395Xiaojun Ban, X. Z. Gao, Xianlin Huang and T. B. Wu

Observer Based Iterative Neural Network Model Inversion 402Annamaria R. V&rkonyi-K6czy and Andres ROvid

Increasing the Flexibility and Intelligence of Material Handling through the Factory byIntegrated Fuzzy Logic Controller with Programmable Logic Controller 408

Mehdi Yahyaei and Ashraf W. Labib

Fuzzy Classification

Kernelized Non-Euclidean Relational Fuzzy c-Means Algorithm 414Richard J. Hathaway, Jacalyn M. Huband and James C. Bezdek

Support Vector Machine with the Fuzzy Hybrid Kernel for ProteinSubcellular Localization Classification 420

Bo Jin, Yuchun Tang, Yan-Qing Zhang, Chung-Dar Lu and Irene Weber

A Kind of Fuzzily Combinative Classifiers for Solving Large-Scale Learning Problems 424Gao Daqi and Zhu Shangming

Comparison between Fuzzy and Interval Partitions in Evolutionary MultiobjectiveDesign of Rule-Based Classification Systems 430

Hisao Ishibuchi and Yusuke Nojima

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On the Use of Fuzzy Trees for Solving Classification Problems with Numeric Outcomes 436JayFowdar, Keeley Crockett, Zuhair Bandar and James O'Shea

Special Session on Fuzzy Logic Applications I

Fuzzy Structural Dependency Constraints in Software Release Planning 442An Ngo-The and Moshood Omolade Saliu

Quality of Service Control in IP Networks Using Fuzzy Logic for Policy Condition Evaluation 448Raulison A. Resende, Nadia A. Nassif, Marcos A. de Siqueira,Ademilson E. da Silva and Mamede Lima-Marques

A Fuzzy Logic Approach to the Evaluation of Material Recyclability 454Yannis A. Phillis, Vassilis S. Kouikoglou and Xiaomin Zhu

Fuzzy Logic Control of a Projectile Smart Fin 459Mohamed B. Trabia, Surya Kiran Pahmi and Woosoon Yim

Using Fuzzy Technology in Ambient Intelligence Environments 465Giovanni Acampora and Vincenzo Loia

Dynamic Queue Scheduling Using Fuzzy Systems for Internet Routers 471Hyun C. Cho, M. Sami Fadali and Hyunjeong Lee

Model Selection and Rule Extraction I

A Hierarchical Fuzzy System with Automatical Rule Extraction 477Shuqing Zeng, Yongbao He and Jie Jiang

Modified Regularity Criterion in Dynamic Fuzzy Modeling Applied to Industrial Processes 483S. M. Vieira, L. F. Mendonga and J. M. C. Sousa

A Simple Technique for Generation and Minimization of Fuzzy Rules 489Zaheer Uddin and Jazib Anwer

Identification of Enhanced Fuzzy Models with Multidimensional Fuzzy Membership Functions 495Ozer Ciftcioglu and I. S. Sariyildiz

Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Model Structure Selection Based on New Sensitivity Analysis 501Doris S&ez and Roberto Zurliga

Adaptive Fuzzy Control

Adaptive Fuzzy Sliding-Mode Control for Linear Piezoelectric Ceramic Motor 507Chun-Fei Hsu, Chih-Min Lin and Tsu-Tian Lee

A Gain-Adjusted Fuzzy PI/PD Adaptive Controller Based on the Accumulated Genetic Algorithm 513Chin-Chin Lin, Leehter Yao and Chien-Hsing Chou

Integration of Kinematical and Robust Dynamical Controllers with AdaptiveFuzzy Elimination Scheme for Wheeled Vehicles Tracking Control 519

Chi-Kuang Hwang, Chih-Hu Wang and Kun-Sheng Bai

Fuzzy Controller Design by Hybrid Evolutionary Learning Algorithms 525Chia-Feng Juang and Chun-Feng Lu

Adaptive Fuzzy Control with PI Learning Algorithm for Induction Servomotor Systems 530Guan-Ming Chen, Chun-Fei Hsu and Tsu-Tian Lee

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Fuzzy Optimization

A SPSA Algorithm for Solving Fuzzy Random Expected Value Models 536Yunqi Zhang, Ruiqing Zhao and Yufu Ning

Fuzzy Dependent-Chance Bilevel Programming with Application to Resource Allocation Problem 541Jinwu Gao and Baoding Liu

Analytic Hierarchy Process Based on Fuzzy Simulation 546Yufu Ning, Wansheng Tang and Yunqi Zhang

A Multi-Objective Fuzzy Assignment Problem: New Model and Algorithm 551Lixing Yang and Baoding Liu

Geometric Programming with Fuzzy Relation Equation Constraints 557Ji-hui Yang and Bing-yuan Cao

Information Retrieval II

Approximate Inclusion Between Fuzzy Sets - Application to the Division of Fuzzy Relations 561Patrick Bosc and Olivier Pivert

Dynamic Semantic Identification with Complexity Constraints as a Knapsack Problem 567M. Falelakis, C. Diou, A. Valsamidis and A. Delopoulos

Flexible Querying with Argued Answers 573Leila Amgoud, Henri Prade and Manuel Serrut

Derivation Principle in Advanced Fuzzy Queries 579M. Goncalves and L. Tineo

Querying the SaintEtiQ Summaries - Dealing with Null Answers 585W. A. Voglozin, G. Raschia, L. Ughetto and N. Mouaddib

Data Analysis and Mining

Protoforms of Linguistic Database Summaries as a Tool for Human-Consistent Data Mining 591Janusz Kacprzyk and Sfawomir Zadrozny

On Choosing an Appropriate Data Analysis Algorithm 597Martin Spott and DetlefNauck

SPSA Algorithm for Fuzzy Block Replacement Policy 603Guoyong Wang, Ruiqing Zhao and Huaili Yun

Some Applications of Hybrid Fuzzy Modeling 607Mercedes Vald6s, Juan A. Botii Blaya and Antonio F. Gdmez-Skarmeta

Hybrid Systems for Learning

Fuzzy Inductive Logic Programming: Learning Fuzzy Rules with their Implication 613Mathieu Serrurier, Tom Sudkamp, Didier Dubois and Henri Prade

Evolutionary Development of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps 619Wojciech Stach, Lukasz Kurgan, Witold Pedrycz and Marek Reformat

Fuzzily Modular Multilayer Perceptron Classifiers for Large-Scale Learning Problems 625Gao Daqi and Yang Yunfan

A Fuzzy Evolutionary System for Concept Formation and Adaptive Behaviour in Software Agents 631Elise Langham

Special Session on Future Directions of Fuzzy Clustering I

Kernel-Based Fuzzy Competitive Learning Clustering 636Kiyotaka Mizutani and Sadaaki Miyamoto

Robust PCA with Intra-Sample Outlier Process Based onFuzzy Mahalanobis Distances and Noise Clustering 640

Hidetomo Ichihashi, Katsuhiro Honda and Noboru Wakami

Fuzzy c-means for Fuzzy Hierarchical Clustering 646Viceng Torra

Cluster-Weighted Modeling as a Basis for Non-Additive GFM 652Madasu Hanmandlu, Nishchal K. Verma, Nesar Ahmad and Shantaram Vasikaria

Theoretical Concepts I

A Similarity-Based Approach to Aggregation 658Joan Jacas and Jordi Recasens

Reducing the Size of Fuzzy Concept Lattices by Hedges 663Radim Belohtevek and Vilem Vychodil

Some Comments on LexiT Orderings for Strict t-norms 669Carol Walker, Elbert Walker and Ron Yager

A Generalized Inference Method for Natural Language PropositionsInvolving Fuzzy Quantifiers and Truth Qualifiers 672

Wataru Okamoto, Shun'ichi Tano, Atsushi Inoue and Ryosuke Fujioka

Model Selection and Rule Extraction II

On-Line Clustering for Nonlinear System Identification Using Fuzzy Neural Networks 678Wen Yu and Andres Ferreyra

Your Fuzzy Relational Neural Network Parameters Optimization with a Genetic Algorithm 684Sandra E. Barajas and Carios A. Reyes

A Building-Block Approach to Hybrid Fuzzy Modeling 690Mercedes Vald6s Vela, Antonio F. Gdmez Skarmeta and Juan A. Botia Blaya

Focusing on Interpretability and Accuracy of a Genetic Fuzzy System 696Pablo A. D. Castro and Heloisa A. Camargo

Using Ant Colony Optimization for Learning Maximal Structure Fuzzy Rules 702Pablo Carmona and Juan Luis Castro

Fuzzy Control III

H» State Feedback Controller Design for T-S Fuzzy Systems Based onPiecewise Lyapunov Function 708

Chung-Chun Kung, Ti-Hung Chen and Chien-Hung Chen

Shared Nonlinear Control in Internet-Based Remote Stabilization 714Kazuo Tanaka, Hiroshi Ohtake and Hua O. Wang

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Fuzzy Logic Controlled Multi-Objective Differential Evolution 720Feng Xue, Arthur C. Sanderson, Piero P.Bonissone and Robert J. Graves

Analysis of the Stability of a Fuzzy Control System Developed to Control a Simulated Robot 726Patrick B. Moratori, Adriano J. O. Cruz, Marcia V. Pedro, Emilia B. Ferreira, Laci Mary B. Manhaes,Leila C. V. de Andrade and Cabral Lima

Hardware Based Fuzzy Logic Controllers Using Frequency Domain Singleton Fuzzification 731Samuel A. Lopez and Miguel A. Melgarejo

Pattern Recognition III

Facial Emotional Expression Recognition with Soft Computing Techniques 737Dae-Jin Kim, Sang-Wan Lee and Zeungnam Bien

Describing Topological Relationships in Words: Refinements 743L Wawrzyniak, D. Nikitenko and P. Matsakis

The Effect of Imbalanced Data Class Distribution on Fuzzy Classifiers - Experimental Study 749Sofia Visa and Anca Ralescu

Subsethood-based Fuzzy Rule Models and their Application toStudent Performance Classification 755

Khairul A. Rasmani and Q. Shen

Improving the Learning Accuracy of Fuzzy Decision Trees by Direct Back Propagation 761Rajen B. Bhatt and M. Gopal

Fuzzy Association Rules

Iterative vs Simultaneous Fuzzy Rule Induction 767Michelle Galea and Qiang Shen

Mining Calendar-Based Asynchronous Periodical AssociationRules with Fuzzy Calendar Constraints 773

Jung-Yi Jiang, Wan-Jui Lee and Shie-Jue Lee

Fuzzy Association Rules Discovered on Effective Reduced Database Algorithm 779DongXie

Mining Multi-Level Associations with Fuzzy Hierarchies 785Ratal A. Angryk and Frederick E. Petry

A Novel Approach to Mining Inter-Transaction Fuzzy Association Rulesfrom Stock Price Variation Data 791

Yo-Ping Huang and Li-Jen Kao

Model Selection and Rule Extraction III

Genetic Learning of the Knowledge Base of a Fuzzy System byUsing the Linguistic 2-Tuples Representation 797

Rafael Alcala, Jesus Alcala-Fdez, Francisco Herrera and Jose Otero

A Study on the Real-Time Modeling Capabilities of the IDS Method 803Masayuki Murakami and Nakaji Honda

Modification of Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Algorithms forMultiobjective Design of Fuzzy Rule-Based Classification Systems 809

Kaname Narukawa, Yusuke Nojima and Hisao Ishibuchi

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Possibilistic Evaluation of Extended Fuzzy Rules in the Presence of Uncertainty 815Manolis Wallace and Stefanos Kollias

Transformation Based Interpolation with Generalized Representative Values 821Zhiheng Huang and Qiang Shen

Fuzzy Logic Applications II

Fuzzy Modelling of Farmer Motivations for Integrated Farming in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta 827R. Bosma, U. Kaymak, J. van den Berg and H. M. J. Udo

Ancient document recognition Using Fuzzy Methods 833J. M. C. Sousa, J. R. Caldas Pinto, C. S. Ribeiro and J. M. Gil

Minutia Verification using Fuzzy Logic and Geographic Points of Reference 839G. Vert and S. Nasser

Dynamic Case Based Reasoning in Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis 845Hamid Berenji, Yan Wang and Abhi Saxena

Fault Detection and Isolation of Industrial Processes Using Optimized Fuzzy Models 851L. F. Mendonga, J. M. C. Sousa and J. M. G. Sada Costa

Fuzzy Clustering

Participatory Learning in Fuzzy Clustering 857L. Silva, F. Gomide and R. Yager

Effects of Irrelevant Attributes in Fuzzy Clustering 862Christian D6ring, Christian Borgelt and Rudolf Kruse

Semi-Supervised Fuzzy Clustering with Pairwise-Constrained Competitive Agglomeration 867Nizar Grira, Michel Crucianu and Nozha Boujemaa

FCM Clustering from the View Point of Iteratively Reweighted Least Squares 873Hidetomo Ichihashi and Katsuhiro Honda

Mixture Model Clustering of Uncertain Data 879Hani Hamdan and G&rard Govaert

Special Session on Relation between Fuzzy and Interval Techniques

The Empirical Variance of a Set of Fuzzy Intervals 885Didier Dubois, H&ene Fargier and JGrome Fortin

Exact Bounds for Interval and Fuzzy Functions Under Monotonicity Constraints,with Potential Applications to Biostratigraphy 891

Emil Platon, Kavitha Tupelly, Vladik Kreinovich, Scott A. Starks and Karen Villaverde

Comparing Attacks: An Approach Based on Interval Computation and Fuzzy Integration 897Martine Ceberio, Frangois Modave andXiaojing Wang

Non-Commutative Fuzzy Interval Logics with Approximation Semantics Based on theChecklist Paradigm and their Group Transformations 903

Ladislav J. Kohout and Eunjin Kim

Interval t-norms as Interval Representations of t-norms 909Benjamin Ren6 Callejas Bedregal andAdriana Takahashi

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Fuzzy Systems

FLEXFIS: A Variant for Incremental Learning of Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Systems 915Edwin Lughofer and Erich Peter Klement

Fuzzy Adaptive Controller Design Methodology for Robotics Systems 921Youcef Touati and El Hadi Rebaa

Fuzzy Model Identification of a Biological Process Based on Input-Output Data Clustering 927Victor Hugo Grisales, Alain Gauthierand Gilles Roux

Model-Free Control Design for Hybrid Magnetic Levitation System 933Rong-Jong Wai, Jeng-Dao Lee and Chiung-Chou Liao

Conditions for Equivalence of Hierarchical Fuzzy Systems and Zero-Order TS Fuzzy Systems 939Xinyu Du, Hao Ying and Naiyao Zhang

Special Session on New Approaches to Fuzzy System Modeling and Control I

Multi-Step-Ahead Prediction with Gaussian Processes and TS-Fuzzy Models 945RainerPalm

Separable Approximation Property of Hierarchical Fuzzy Systems 951Xiao-Jun Zeng and John A. Keane

New Generalized Stability Conditions for Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Time-Delay Systems 957Jun Yoneyama

Radial Implicative Fuzzy Systems 963David Coufal

A Comparative Study Between Two Relaxed LMI-Based Fuzzy Control Designs 969Marcelo C. M. Teixeira, Maurilio F. R. Catharino, Edvaldo Assungao and Erica R. M. Daruichi

Special Session on Future Directions of Fuzzy Clustering II

On Fuzzy Clustering Based Self-Organized Methods 973Mika Sato-llic and Tomoyuki Kuwata

Algorithms for Clustering Terms in Document Set Based on Fuzzy Neighborhoods 979Sadaaki Miyamoto and Erina Kataoka

Graded Possibilistic Approach to Variable Selection in Linear Fuzzy Clustering 985Katsuhiro Honda, Hidetomo Ichihashi, Francesco Masulli and Stefano Rovetta

Swarm Based Fuzzy Clustering with Partition Validity 991Lawrence 0. Hall and Parag M. Kanade

On Dynamic Clustering and Two Options 996Yasunori Endo and Hayato Iwata

Information Retrieval III

WWW Data Source Selection with SQLfi 1002M. Goncalves and L. Tineo

A Fuzzy-Based Approach for Text Representation in Text Categorization 1008SonDoan

Approximate Metrics for Autonomous Semantic Web Ontology Merging 1014Bartley Richardson and Lawrence Mazlack

An Extended Fuzzy Boolean Model of Information Retrieval Revisited 1020Slawomir Zadrozny and Janusz Kacprzyk

Eager Learning in Two-Stages for Precise and Complete Web Personalization 1026Olfa Nasraoui and Mrudula Pavuluri

Theoretical Concepts II

Perception-Based Logical Deduction as Alternative Approximate Reasoning Method 1032Vilem Novak

E-concavity for Fuzzy Sets 1038Yu-Ru Syau and E. Stanley Lee

To Properly Reflect Physicists' Reasoning about Randomness,We also Need a Maxitive (Possibility) Measure 1044

Andrei M. Finkelstein, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich, Scott A. Starks and Hung T. Nguyen

Implications from Data with Fuzzy Attributes vs. Scalled Binary Attributes 1050Radim Belohlavek and Vil§m Vychodil

Special Session on New Approaches to Fuzzy System Modeling and Control II

Delay-Dependent Piecewise Control for Time-Delay T-S Fuzzy Systems withApplication to Chaos Control 1056

Cailian Chen and Gang Feng

Fuzzy Instrumental Variable Concept and Identification Algorithm 1062Ginalber Serra and Celso Bottura

Simpl_eTS: A Simplified Method for Learning Evolving Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Models 1068Plamen Angelov and Dimitar Filev

Evaluation of Adaptive Fuzzy Controllers: A Real-World Experiment 1074Domenico Bellomo, David Naso and Robert BabuSka

Hybrid Fuzzy Systems for Pattern Recognition

Fuzzily Modular Single-Layer RBF Neural Networks for SolvingLarge-Scale Classification Problems 1080

Gao Daqi and Tong Zhen

Simulated Annealing Dynamic RPROP for Training Recurrent Fuzzy Systems 1086P. A. Mastorocostas and I. T. Rekanos

A Novel Evolution Learning for Recurrent Wavelet-Based Neuro-Fuzzy Networks 1092De-Yu Wang, Ho-Chin Chuang, Yong-JiXu and Cheng-Jian Lin

Maximum Likelihood Parameter Estimation in Probabilistic Fuzzy Classifiers 1098Ludo Waltman, Uzay Kaymak and Jan van den Berg

Solving Fuzzy Equations

Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations with Help of Fuzzy Transform 1104Martin Stepnicka and Radek Valasek

Exact Solving of the Fuzzy Equation: A.X2 + B.X = C 1110Reda Boukezzoula and Stephane Marteau

Exact Solving fora Class of Second Order Fuzzy Equation 1116Reda Boukezzoula and Stephane Marteau

On an Equation Coming from Fuzzy Association Rules 1122Enric Trillas and Claudi Alsina

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