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DESCRIPTION.

Neural Networks is the archival journal of the world's three oldest neural modeling societies: theInternational Neural Network Society (INNS), the European Neural Network Society (ENNS), and theJapanese Neural Network Society (JNNS). A subscription to the journal is included with membershipin each of these societies.

Neural Networks provides a forum for developing and nurturing an international community of scholarsand practitioners who are interested in all aspects of neural networks and related approaches tocomputational intelligence. Neural Networks welcomes high quality submissions that contribute tothe full range of neural networks research, from behavioral and brain modeling, learning algorithms,through mathematical and computational analyses, to engineering and technological applications ofsystems that significantly use neural network concepts and techniques. This uniquely broad rangefacilitates the cross-fertilization of ideas between biological and technological studies, and helps tofoster the development of the interdisciplinary community that is interested in biologically-inspiredcomputational intelligence. Accordingly, Neural Networks editorial board represents experts infields including psychology, neurobiology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, and physics.The journal publishes articles, letters and reviews, as well as letters to the editor, editorials, currentevents, software surveys, and patent information. Articles are published in one of five sections:Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Learning Systems, Mathematical and Computational Analysis,Engineering and Applications.

The journal is published twelve times a year. Neural Networks can be accessed electronically viaScience Direct (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/08936080), which is used by overeight million individuals world-wide.

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Computer scientists, artificial intelligence developers, electronic engineers, neuroscientists andpsychologists.

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IMPACT FACTOR.

2013: 2.076 © Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports 2014

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING.

Artificial Intelligence AbstractsBIOSISBioengineering AbstractsElsevier BIOBASECMCICambridge Scientific AbstractsCurrent Contents/Engineering, Computing & TechnologyCurrent Contents/Science Citation IndexInformation Science AbstractsOperations Research & Management ScienceZentralblatt MATHScopus

EDITORIAL BOARD.

Co-Editors-in-Chief:

Kenji Doya, Okinawa Inst. of Science & Tech., Onna, Okinawa, JapanDeLiang Wang, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Founding Editor-in-Chief:

Current Events Editor:

Paul Pang, UNITEC Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

Editorial Board:

B. Apolloni, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, ItalyFields of specialization: Mathematical computational analysis, computational learning theory,statistical foudations of learning algorithm, Boltzmann machines, hybrid symbolic-subsymboliclearning systemsP. Baldi, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, USAFields of specialization: Supervised and unsupervised learning, recursive neural networks, deeparchitectures, bioinformatics applicationsD. Bernhardt-Walther, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USAFields of specialization: Attention, object recognition, visual perception, fMRI analysis, cognitiveneuroscienceR. Borisyuk, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UKFields of specialization: Computational neuroscience, nonlinear systems, oscillations andsynchronization, neural network models of cognitive functionsS. Bressler, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USAFields of specialization: Neurocognitive networks, cerebral cortex, event-related potentials, EEG, MEG,local field potentialsJ. Cao, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaFields of specialization: Neurodynamics, chaos synchronization, complex networks, collectivedynamics, consensus, secure communication, bifurcation controlG.A. Carpenter, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USAFields of specialization: Machine learning, memory, vision, ARTD.P. Casasent, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAFields of specialization: Pattern recognition, classifier neural networks, optical neural networkJ. H. Chan, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, ThailandFields of specialization: Modeling and simulation, computational systems biology, bioinformatics,machine learningK. Chen, University of Manchester, Manchester, England, UKFields of Specialization: Machine Learning, speech processingV. Cherkassky, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA


Fields of specialization: Statistical aspects of neural networks, statistical learning theory (VC-theory),model complexity control (model selection), self-organizing maps (SOM)Y. Choe, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USAFields of Specialization: Visual and tactile processing, natural statistics, sensorimotor learning, self-organizing models, thalamocortical circuit models, temporal processing, neuroinformaticsJ. Contreras-Vidal, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USAFields of specialization: Brain-machine interfaces, neuroscience, large-scale neural network models,movement disorders, EEG/MEG/fMRI, neural decoding, sensorimotor controlJ.-M. Fellous, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USAFields of specialization: Computational neuroscience, emotion and motivation, spatial navigation,neuromodulationG. Francis, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USAFields of specialization: Visual perception, cognitive psychology, human factorsX. Gu, Fudan University, Shanghai, ChinaFields of specialization: Spatial-temporal coding neural networks, pulse coupled neural networks,oscillations and synchronizationP. Guo, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaFields of specialization: Machine learning, pattern recognition, brain-machine interface, computervision, EEG data analysisM. Haruno, NICT Center for Information and Neural Networks, Osaka, JapanFields of specialization: Computational neuroscience, social neuroscience, decision makingZ.-G. Hou, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, ChinaFields of specialization: Intelligent control, robotic systems, biomedical engineeringD. Hu, National University of Defense Technology, Hunan, ChinaFields of specialization: Neural networks, Identification and control, cognitive neuroscience, roboticsD.S. Huang, Tongji University, Shanghai, ChinaFields of specialization: Feedforward networks, pattern recognition, bioinformaticsG.-B. Huang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SingaporeSupport vector machines, feedforward networks, brain computer interface, human computerinterface, EEG signal based machine learningK. Ikeda, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, JapanFields of specialization: Learning theory, neurodynamics, adaptive systemsS. Ishii, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanFields of specialization: Statistical learning, reinforcement learning, bioinformatics, dynamicalsystemsH. Jaeger, Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, GermanyFields of specialization: Reservoir computing, recurrent neural network learning architectures, agentarchitectures, machine learning applicationsN. Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New ZealandFields of specialization: Novel connectionist learning methods, evolving connectionist systems, neuro-fuzzy systems, computational neuro-genetic modeling, EEG data analysis, bioinformatics, gene dataanalysis, quantum neuro-computation, spiking neural networks, multimodal information processingin the brain, multimodal neural network models for pattern recognition, connectionist-based decisionsupport systemsI. King, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaFields of specialization: Machine learning, social computing, data mining, information retrievalS. Kitazawa, Osaka University, Osaka, JapanFields of specialization: Neurophysiology, motor control, mental timing, social neuroscienceC. Koch, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USAFields of specialization: Neuroscience, biophysicsR. Kozma, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USAFields of specialization: Autonomous adaptive systems, mathematical and computational modelingof spatio-temporal dynamics of cognitive processes, chaos, neuro-fuzzy systems, computationalintelligenceJ. Krichmar, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, USAFields of specialization: Embodied cognition, neurorobotics, computational neuroscienceV. Kùrková, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech RepublicFields of specialization: Mathematical theory of feedforward neural networks, learning theoryD.D. Lee, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USAFields of specialization: Machine learning, roboticsM. Lee, Kyungpook National University, Buk-Gu, Dae-gu, South KoreaField of specialization: Visual perceptionD.S. Levine, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA


Fields of specialization: Modelling of higher level cognitive function, modelling of mental illness,neurodynamics, classical conditioningQ. Liu, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaFields of specialization: Neurodynamics, recurrent neural networks, computational intelligenceS.-C. Liu, Universität Zürich, Zürich, SwitzerlandFields of specialization: Neuromorphic systems, sensory systems, event-driven processing andhardwareX. Liu, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USAFields of specialization: Machine learning, pattern recognition, computational models of vision,stochastic optimization, statistical inferenceB.L. Lu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaFields of specialization: Supervised learning, brain-computer interfaceA. Minai, University of Cincinnati, CincinnatiFields of specialization: Computational neuroscience, neurodynamical models of cognition & behavior,attractor networks, sequence learning, semantic cognition, motor controlF.C. Morabito, University Mediterranea, Reggio C., ItalyFields of specialization: Engineering applications of computational intelligence (industrial inspection,biomedical signal processing, environmental data modeling), nonlinear systems and complexityH. Nakahara, RIKEN, Saitama, JapanFields of specialization: Computational neuroscience, reinforcement learning, neural codingT. Poggio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAFields of specialization: Approximation theory, visionD. Prokhorov, Toyota Research Institute NA, TRD, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USAFields of specialization: Recurrent neural networks, gradient-based learning algorithms, approximatedynamic programming, intelligent control, diagnostics, computer vision, autonomous systemsA. R. Rao, IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, New York, USAFields of specialization: Visual perception, self-organization, oscillatory networksA. Reeves, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USAFields of specialization: Human vision and vision perceptionA. Roy, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USAFields of specialization: Radial basis function networks, autonomous learning, semantic cognition,complexity of learning, machine learningS. Sato, Tohoku University, Sendai, JapanFields of specialization: Semiconductor devices and LSI circuits for implementationS. Satoh, RIKEN, Wako, JapanFields of specialization: Vision, neural network, neuroinformaticsS. Schaal, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USAFields of specialization: Statistical learning, neuro-motor control, robotics, humanoid robotics,behavioral motor psychophysics, computational neuroscienceT.J. Sejnowski, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USAField of specialization: NeuroscienceT. Shi, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USAFields of specialization: Machine learning, statistical learning theoryT. Shibata, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, JapanFields of specialization: Learning robotics, assistive robotics, human-machine cooperation,computational neuroscience, brain-computer interface, motor controlJ. Si, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USAFields of specialization: Approximate dynamic programming, cortical neural control and neural controland neural signal processingA. Sperduti, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, ItalyFields of specialization: Learning in structured domains, recursive neural networks, deeparchitectures, kernel methodsN. Srinivasa, Hughes Research Laboratories (HRL), Malibu, California, USAFields of specialization: Sensory-motor control, robotics, brain architecturesS. Srinivasan, Robert Bosch LLC, Palo Alto, California, USAFields of specialization: Pattern recognition, time series analysis, data mining, applicationsM. Sugiyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JapanFields of specialization: statistical machine learning, data miningR. Sun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USAFields of specialization: Psychological modeling, cognitive architectures, neural network models ofconsciousness, skill acquisition, reasoning, neuro-symbolic systems, social simulationA. Thakoor, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA


Field of specialization: Electronic/optoelectonic hardware implementations of neural networkarchitecturesR. Tomioka, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USAFields of specialization: Statistical machine learning, optimization, brain-computer interfaceT. Toyoizumi, RIKEN, Saitama, JapanFields of specialization: Computational neuroscience, synaptic plasticityJ. Triesch, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyFields of specialization: Vision, recurrent neural networks, unsupervised learning, reinforcementlearningK. Tsuda, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo, JapanFields of specialization: Machine learning, bioinformaticsM. Ursino, Università di Bologna, Bologna, ItalyFields of specialization: Models of cognitive functions, brain rhythms, multisensory integration,semantic memory and object recognition, neural mass models, computational neuroscienceM. M. R. B. Vellasco, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rio de Janeiro, BrazilFields of specialization: hybrid intelligent systems (neuro-fuzzy, neuro-evolutonairy, etc.), time seriesforecasting, computational intelligenceJ. Wang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaFields of sepcialization: Neurodynamic analysis and optimization, intelligent control, roboticsZ. Wang, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UKFields of specialization: Intelligent data analysis (bioinformatics, neural networks, etc.), signalprocessing (filter designs, etc.), real-time systems (control of nonlinear and multi-dimensionalsystems)S. Wu, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, ChinaFields of specialization: Computational neuroscience, machine learningX. Wu, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaFields of specialization: Speech perception, computational audition, automatic speech recognition,humanoid roboticsR.P. Wurtz, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, GermanyFields of specialization: Object recognition, artificial vision systems, autonomous learning, organiccomputingL. Xu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaFields of specialization: Finite mixture, mixture of experts, EM algorithm, clustering and self-organizing algorithms, RBF net, PCA & ICA, independent factor analysis, state space modeling, HiddenMarkov model, model selection, evidence combination, computational finance/financial engineeringZ.G. Zeng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaFields of specialization: Nonlinear dynamics, hybrid systems, associative memoriesL. Zhao, Universidade de São Paulo at São Carlos, São Paulo, BrazilFields of specialization: Machine learning, oscillatory networks, chaotic neural networksZ.-H. Zhou, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaFields of specialization: Machine learning, data mining, pattern recognitionJ.M. Zurada, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USAFields of specialization: Unsupervised learning especially PCA and ICA, associative memories,application of neural networks for drug dosing, multimodal image registration, secondary proteinsequence prediction, adaptive virtual organizations, virtual communities in computational intelligence


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Reference styleText: Citations in the text should follow the referencing style used by the AmericanPsychological Association. You are referred to the Publication Manual of the American PsychologicalAssociation, Sixth Edition, ISBN 978-1-4338-0561-5, copies of which may be ordered fromhttp://books.apa.org/books.cfm?id=4200067 or APA Order Dept., P.O.B. 2710, Hyattsville, MD20784, USA or APA, 3 Henrietta Street, London, WC3E 8LU, UK.List: references should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically ifnecessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified bythe letters 'a', 'b', 'c', etc., placed after the year of publication.Examples:


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