Qiang Yang Geoff Webb (Eds.)

PRICAI2006: Trends in Artificial Intelligence

9th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Guilin, China, August 7-11, 2006 Proceedings

Springer

Table of Contents

Keynote Speech

Learning, Logic, and Probability: A Unified View Pedro Domingos 1

Impending Web Intelligence (WI) and Brain Informatics (BI) Research Ning Zhong 2

Learmng with Unlabeled Data and Its Application to Image Retrieval

Zhi-Hua Zhou 5

Regulär P a p er s

Intelligent Agent s Learning as Abductive Deliberations

Budhitama Subagdja, Iyad Rahwan, Liz Sonenberg 11

Using a Constructive Interactive Activation and Competition Neural Network to Construct a Situated Agent's Experience

Wei Peng, John S. Gero 21

Rule-Based Agents in Temporalised Defeasible Logic Guido Governatori, Vineet Padrnanabhan, Antonino Rotolo 31

Compact Preference Representation for Boolean Games Elise Bonzon, Marie-Christine Lagasquie-Schiex, Jeröme Lang 41

Agent-Based Flexible Videoconference System with Automatic QoS Parameter Tuning

Sungdoke Lee, Sanggil Kang, Dongsoo Han 51

Kaiman Filter Based Dead Reckoning Algorithm for Minimizing Network TrafRc Between Mobile Game Users in Wireless GRID

Seong- Whan Kim, Ki-Hong Ko 61

Affective Web Service Design Insu Song, Guido Governatori 71

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An Empirical Study of Data Smoothing Methods for Memory-Based and Hybrid Collaborative Filtering

Dingyi Han, Gui-Rong Xue, Yong Yu , 81

Elimiiiate R.edundancy in Parallel Search: A Multhagcnt Coordination Approach

Jiewen Luo, Zhongzhi Shi 91

Intelligent Market Based Learner Modeling Mary am Ashoori, Chun Yan Miao, Angela Eck Soong Goh, Wang Qiong 101

User Preference Through Bayesian Catcgorizatioii for Recommendation Kyung- Yong Jung 112

Automated Reasoning

A Stochastic Non-CNF SAT Solver Rafi,q Muhammad, Peter J. Stuckey 120

Reasoning About Hybrid Probabilistic Knowledge Bases Kedian Mu, Zuoquan Lin, Zhi Jin, Ruqian Lu 130

Update R.ules for Parameter Estimation in Continuous Time Bayesian Network

Dongyu Shi, Jinyuan You 140

On Constructing Fibred Tableaux for BDI Logics Vineet Padmanabhan, Guido Governatori 150

The Representation of Multiplication Operation on Fuzzy Nürnberg and Application to Solving Fuzzy Multiple Criteria Decision Making Problems

Chien-Chang Chou 161

Finding a Natural-Looking Path by Using Generalized Visibility Graphs Kyeonah Yu 170

Comparison Between Two Languagcs Used to Express Planning Goals: CTL and EAGLE .

Wei Huang, Zhonghua Wen, Yunfei Jiang, Aixiang Chen 180

Trajectory Modifikation Using Elastic Force for Collision Avoidance of a Mobile Manipulator

Nah Yong Ko, Reid G. Simmons, Dong Jin Seo 190

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A Hybrid Architecture Combining Reactive Plan Execution and Reactive Learning

Samin Karim, Liz Sonenberg, Ah-Hwee Tan 200

A Knowledge-Based Modeling System for Time-Critical Dynamic Decision-Making

Yanping Xiang, Kim-Leng Poh 212

Machine Learning and Da ta Mining

Mining Frequcnt Itemsets for Protein Kinase Regulation Qingfeng Chen, Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen, Chengqi Zhang, Lianggang Li 222

Constructing Bayesian Networks from Association Analysis Ohm Sornü, Sunatashee Poonvutthikul 231

Bayesian Approaches to R.anking Sequential Patterns Interestingness Kuralmani Vellaisamy, Jinyan Li 241

Mining Multi-dimensional Frequcnt Patterns Without Data Cube Construction

Chuan Li, Changjie Tang, Zhonghua Yu, Yintian Liu, Tianqing Zhang, Qihong Liu, Mingfang Zhu, Yongguang Jiang 251

A New Approach to Symbolic Classification Rule Extraction Based on SVM

Dexian Zhang, Tiejun Yang, Ziqiang Wang, Yanfeng Fan 261

Feature Selection for Bagging of Support Veetor Machines Guo-Zheng Li, Tian- Yu Liu 271

Neural Classification of Lung Sounds Using Wavelct Packet Coefficients Energy

Yi Liu, Caiming Zhang, Yuhua Peng 278

Wireless Comnrunication Quality Monitoring with Artific'ial Neural Networks

Dauren F. Akhmetov, Minoru KotoM s 288

Prediction of MPEG Video Source Traffic Using BiLinear Rccurrent Neural Networks

Dong-Chul Park, Chung Nguyen Tran, Young-Soo Song, Yunsik Lee 298

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Dynamic Neural Network-Based Fault Diagnosis for Attitudc Control Subsystem of a Satellite

Z.Q. Li, L. Ma, K. Khorasani 308

Gauss Chaotic Neural Networks Yao-qun Xu, Ming Sun, Ji-hong Shen 319

Short-Tcrm Load Forecasting Using Mnltiscale BiLinear Recurrent Neural Network

Dong-Chul Park, Chung Nguyen Tran, Yunsik Lee 329

A Comparison of Selected Training Algorithms for Recurrent Neural Networks

Suwat PoMamavorakun, Suwarin Pattamavorakun 339

Neural Network Recognition of Scanning Electron Microscope Image for Plasma Diagnosis

Byungwhan Kirn, Wooram Ko, Seung Soo Han 350

A New Multi-constrained QoS Routing Algorithm in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Hu Bin, Litt Hui 358

Sparse Kernel Ridge Regression Using Backward Dcletion Ling Wang, Lief eng Bo, Licheng Jiao 365

Using Locally Wcighted Learning to Improve SMOreg for Regression Chaoqun Li, Liangxiao Jiang 375

Palmprint Recognition Using Wavelet and Support Vector Machines Xinhong Zhou, Yuhua Peng, Ming Yang 385

Context Awarcness System Modeliug and Classifier Combination Mi Young Nam, Suman Sedai, Phül Kyu Rhee 394

Non-negative Matrix Factorization on Kernels Daoqiang Zhang, Zhi-Hua Zhou, Songcan Ghen 404

Modelling Citation Networks for Improving Scientific Paper Classification Performance

Mengjie Zhang, Xiaoying Gao, Minh Duc Cao, Yuejin Ma 413

Analysis on Classification Performance of Rough Set Based Reducts Qinghua Hu, Xiaodong Li, Daren Yu 423

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Parameter Optimization of KernebBased One-Class Classifier on Imbalance Text Learning

Ling Zhuang, Honghua Dai 434

Clustering-Bascd Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction on Manifold Guihua Wen, Lijun Jiang, Jun Wen,, Nigel R. Shadbolt 444

Sparse Kernel PCA by Kernel K-Means and Preimage Reconstruction Algorithms

Sanparith Marukatat AKA

Clustering-Based Relevance Feedback for Web Pages Seung Yeol Yoo, Achim, Hoffmann 4 6 4

Building Clusters of Related Words: An Unsupcrvised Approach Deepak P, Delip Rao, Deepak Khemani 474

Natural Language Processing and Speech Recognition

Eecognition of Simultaneous Speech by Estimating R.eliability of Separated Signals for Robot Audition

Shun'ichi Yamamoto, Ryu Takeda, Kazuhiro Nakadai, Mikio Nakano, Hiroshi Tsujino, Jean-Marc Valin, Kazunori Komatani, Tetsuya Ogata, Hiroshi G. Okuno 4g4

Chinese Abbreviation-Definition Identification: A SVM Approach Using Context Information

Xu Sun, Houfeng Wang, Yu Zhang 4gg

Clause Boundary Recognition Using Support Vector Machines Hyun-Ju Lee, Seong-Bae Park, Sang-Jo Lee, Sc- Young Park 505

Large Quantity of Text Classification Based on the Improved Feature-Line Method

XianFei Zhang, BiCheng Li, WenBin Mu, Yin Liu 515

Automatic Multi-level Summarizations Generation Based on Basic Semantic Unit for Sports Video

Jianyun Chen, Xinyu Zhao, Miyi Duan, Tingting Wu, Songyang Lao ,-94

Query-Topic Focused Web Pages Summarization Seung Yeol Yoo, Achim Hoffmann MQ

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Computer Vision

Invariant Color Model-Based Shadow Removal in Traffic Image and a New Metrie for Evaluating the Performance of Shadow Removal Methods

Young Sung Soh, Hwanju Lee, Yakun Wang 544

Uncontrolled Face Recognition by Individual Stablc Neural Network Xm, Geng, Zhi-Hua Zhou, Honghua Dai 553

Fuzzy Velocity-Based Temporal Dependency for SVM-Driven Realistic Facial Animation

Pith Xie, Yiqiang Chen, Junfa Litt, Dongrong Xiao 563

Re-ordering Methods in Adaptive Rank-Based Re-indexing Scheme Kang Soo You, Jae Ho Chol Hoon Sung Kwak 573

Use of Nested K-Means for Robust Head Location in Visual Surveillance System

Hyun Jea Joo, Bong Won Jang, Surnan Sedai, Phill Kyu Rhee 583

Appearaiice Bascd Multiple Agent Trackmg Under Complex Occlusions Pmthwijü Guha, Amitabha Mukerjee, K.S. Venkatesh 593

Perception and Animation

Variable Duration Motion Texture for Human Motion Modeling Tianyu Huang, Fengxia Li, Shouyi Zhan, Jianyuan Min 603

A Novel Motion Blending Approaeh Based on Fuzzy Clustering Xiangbin Zhu 6 1 3

Efficient Optimization of Inpainting Scheme and Line Scratch Detection for Old Film Restoration

Seong-Whan Kim,, Ki-Hong Ko 6 2 3

Partial Encryption of Digital Contents Using Face Detection Algorithrn Kwangjin Hang, Keechul Jung 6 3 2

Relevance Feedback Using Adaptive Clustering for Region Based Image Similarity Retrieva.l

Deok-Hwan Kim, Seok-Lyong Lee . . . . 641

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Evolutionary Computing

Learning and Evolution Affected by Spatial Structure Masahiro Ono, Mitsuru Ishizuka 651

Immune Clonal Selection Evolutionary Strategy for Constrained Optimization

Wenping Ma, Licheng Jiao, Maoguo Gong, Ronghua Shang 661

An. Intelligent System for Supporting Personal Creativity Based on Genetic Algorithm

Heng-Li Yang, Gheng-Hwa Lee 671

Generating Creative Ideas Through Patents Guihua Wen, Lijun Jiang, Jim Wen, Nigel R. Shadbolt 681

An Improved Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Dominating Tree

Chuan Shi, Qingyong Li, Zhiyong Zhang, Zhongzhi Shi 691

Fuzzy Genetic System for Modclling Investment Portfolio Rahib H. Abiyev, Mustafa Menekay 701

Fuzzy Genetic Algorithms for Pairs Mining Longbing Cao, Dan Luo, Chenggi Zhang 711

A Novel Feature Selection Approach by Hybrid Genetic Algorithm Jinjie Huang, Ning Lv, Wenlong Li 721

Evolutionary Ensemble Based Pattern Recognition by Data Context Definition

Mi Young Nam, In Ja Jeon, Phill Kyu Rhee 730

Quantum-Behaved Particle Swarm Optimization with a Hybrid Probability Distribution

Jun Sun, Wenbo Xu, Wei Fang 737

A Selection Scheme for Excluding Defective Rules of Evolutionary Fuzzy Path Planning

Jong-Hwan Park, Jong-Hwan Kim, Byung-Ha Ahn, Moon-Gu Jeon 747

An Improved Genetic-Based Particle Swarm Optimization for No-Idle Permutation Flow Shops with Fuzzy Processing Time

Niu Qun, Xingsheng Gu 757

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Industrial Applications

Determinants of E-CRM in Influencing Customer Satisfaction Yan hin, Chang-Feng Zhou, Ying-Wu Chen 767

Penalty Guided PSO for Reliability Design Problems Ta-Cheng Chen 777

Developing Methodologies of Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining to Investigate Metropolitan Land Use Evolution

Yongliang SM, Jin hin, Rusong Wang, Min Chen 787

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Vibration Control of Suspension System Based on a Hybrid Intelligent Control Algorithm

Ke Zhang, Shiming Wang

Short Papers Part

Intelligent Agents An Intelligent Conversational Agent as the Web Virtual Representative Using Semantic Bayesian Networks

Kyoung-Min Kim, Jin-Hyuk Hong, Sung-Bae Cho

Three-Tier Multi-agent Approach for Solving Traveling Salesman Problern

Shi-Liang Yan, Ke-Feng Zhou 8 1 3

Adaptive Agent Selection in Large-Scale Multi-Agent Systems Toshiharu Sugawara, Kensuke Fukuda, Toshio Hirotsu, Shin-ya Sato, Satoshi Kurihara 8 1 8

A Mobile Agent Approach to Support Parallel Evolutionary Computation

Wei-Po Lee 8 2 3

The Design of Fuzzy Controller by Means of Genetic Algorithms and NFN-Based Estimation Technique

Sung-Kwun Oh, Jeoung-Nae Choi, Seong- Whan .lang 829

GA-Based Polynomial Neural Networks Architecture and Its Application to Multi-variable Software Process

Sung-Kwun Oh, Witold Pedrycz, Wan-Su Kim, Hyun-Ki Kim 834

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Topical and Temporal Visualization Using Wavelets T. Mala, T. V. Geetha, Sathish Kumar 839

LP-TPOP: Integrating Planning and Scheduling Throngh Constraint Programming

Yuechang Liu, Yunfei Jiang 844

Integrating Insurance Services, Trust and Risk Mechanisms into Multi-agent Systems

Yuk-Hei Larn, Zili Zhang, Kok-Leong Ong 849

Cat Swarm Optinüzation Shu-Chuan Chu, Pei-wei Tsai, Jeng-Shyang Pan 854

Heuristic Information Based Improved Fuzzy Discrete PSO Method for Solving TSP

Bin Shen, Min Yao, Wensheng Yi 859

Automated Reasoning

A Network Event Correlation Algorithm Based on Fault Filtration Qiuhua Zheng, Yuntao Qian, Min Yao 864

CPR Localization Using the RFID Tag-Floor Jung-Wook Choi, Dong-Ik Oh, Seung-Woo Kim 870

Development of a Biologically-Inspircd Mesoscale Robot Abdul A. Yumaryanto, Jaebum An, Sangyoon Lee 875

Timed Petri-Not(TPN) Based Scheduling Holon and Its Solution with a Hybrid PSO-GA Based Evolutionary Algorithm(HPGA)

Fuqing Zhao, Yahong Yang, Qiuyu Zhang, Huawei Yi 880

Recognition Rate Prediction for Dysarthric Speech Disorder Via Speech Consistency Score

Prakasith Kayasith, Thanaruk Theeramunkong, Nuttakorn Thubthong 885

An Emotion-Driven Musical Piecc Generator for a Constructive Adaptive User Interface

Roberto Legaspi, Yuya Hashimoto, Masayuki Numao 890

An Adaptive Inventory Control Model for a Supply Chain with Nonstationary Customer Demands

Jun-Gcol Back, Chang Ouk Kim, Ick-Hyun Kwon 895

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Context-Aware Product Bundling Architecturc in Ubiquitous Computing Environments

Hyun Jung Lee, Mye M. Sohn 901

A Relaxation of a Semiring Constraint Satisfaction Problem Using Combined Semirings

Louise Leenen, Thomas Meyer; Peter Harvey, Aditya Ghose 907

Causal Difference Detection Using Bayesian Networks Tomoko Murakami, Ryohei Orihara 912

Tabu Search for Generalized Minimum Spanning Tree Problem Zhenyu Wang, Chan Hou Che, Andrew Lim 918

Evolutionary Computing

Investigation of Brood Size in GP with Brood Recombination Crossover for Object Recognition

Mengjie Zhang, Xiaoying Gao, Wcijun Lou, Dongping Qian 923

An Immune Algorithm for the Optimal Maintenance of New Consecutive-Component Systems

Y.-C. Hsieh, P.S. You 929

Immune Genetic Algorithm and Its Application in Optimal Design of Intelligent AC Contactors

Li-an Chen, Peiming Zhang ; 934

The Paramctric Design Based on Organizational Evolutionary Algorithm

Chunhong Cao, Bin Zhang, Limin Wang, Wenhui Li 940

Buying and Selling with Insurance in Open Multi-agent Marketplace Yuk-Hei Lam, Zili Zhang, Kok-Leong Ong 945

Game

Ensemble Evolution of Checkers Players with Knowledge of Opening, Middle and Endgame

Kyung-Joong Kim, Sung-Bae Cho 950

Dynamic Game Level Design Using Gaussian Mixture Model Sangkyung Lee, Keechul Jung 955

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Machine Learning and Da ta Mining

Application Architecture of Data Mining in Telecom Customer Rclationship Management Based on Swarm Intelligence

Peng Jin, Yunlong Zhu, Sufen Li, Kimyuan Hu 960

Mining Image Sequence Similarity Patterns in Brain Images Haiwei Pari, Xiaoqin Xie, Wei Zhang, Jianzhong Li . . . . 965

Weightily Averaged One-Dependcnce Estimators Liangxiao Jiang, Harry Zhang 970

SV-kNNC: An Algorithm for Improving the Efficiency of k-Nearest Neighbor

Anantaporn Srisawat, Tanasanee Phienthrakul, Boonserm Kijsirikul 975

A Novel Support Vector Macbine Metamodel for Business Risk Identification

Kin Keung Lai, Lean Yu, Wei Huang, Shouyang Wang 980

Performing Locally Linear Embedding with Adaptable Neighborhood Size on Manifold

Guihua Wen, Lijun Jiang, Jun Wen, Nigel R. Shadbolt 985

Stroke Number and Order Free Handwriting Recognition for Nepali K.C. Santosh, Cholwich Nattee 990

Diagnosis Model of Radio Frequency Impedance Matching in Plasma Equipment by Using Neural Network and Wavelets

Byungwhan Kim, Jae Young Park, Dong Hwan Kirn, Seung Soo Hn.n 995

Program Plagiarism Detection Using Parse Tree Kernels Jeong-Woo Son, Seong-Bae Park, Se-Young Park 1000

Detcrmine the Optimal Parameter for Information Bottleneck Method Gang Li. Dong Liu, Yangdong Ye, Jia Rong 1005

Optinhzcd Parameters for Missing Data Imputation Shichao Zhang, Yongsong Qin, Xiaofeng Zhu, Jilian Zhang, Chengqi Zhang 1010

Expediting Model Selection for Support Vector Machines Based on an Advanced Data Reduction Algorithm

Yu-Yen Ou. Guan-Hau Chen, Yen-Jen Oyang 1017

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Study of the SMO Algorithm Applied in Power System Load Forecasting

Jingmin Wang, Kanzhang Wu 1022

Filtering Objectionable Image Based 011 Image Content Zhiwei Jiang, Min Yao, Wensheng Yi 1027

MRA Kernel Matching Pursuit Machine Qing Li, Licheng Jiao, Shuyuan Yang 1032

Multiclass Microarray Data Classification Using GA/ANN Method Tsun-Chen Lin, Ru-Sheng Liu, Ya-Ting Chao, Shu-Yuan Chen 1037

Texture Classification Using Finite Ridgelet Transform and Support Vector Machines

Yunxia Liu. Yuhua Pcng, Xinhong Zhou 1042

Reduction of the Multivariate Input Dimension Using Principal Component Analysis

Jianhui Xi, Min Han , . 1047

Dcsigning Prolog Semantics for a Class of Observables Lingzhong Zhao, Tianlong Gu, Junyan Qian, Guoyong Cai 1052

A Fingerprint. Captuie System and the Corresponding Image Quality Evaluation Algorithm Bascd on FPS200

Hong Huang, Jianwei Li, Wei He 1058

Multi-agent Motion Tracking Using the Particle Filter in ISpace with DINDs

TaeSeok Jin, GhangHoon Park, Soo-hong Park 1063

Combining Multiple Sets of Rules for Improving Classification Via Measuring Their Closencsses

Yaxin Bi, Shengli Wu, Xuming Huang, Gongde Guo 1068

Industrial Applications

Multiple SVMs Enabled Sales Forecasting Support System Yukun Bao, Zhiiao Liu, Hui Zhang, Wei Huang 1073

The Application of B-Spline Neurofuzzy Networks for Condition Monitoring of Metal Cutting Tool

Pan Fu, A.D. Hope 1078

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Simplified Fuzzy-PID Controller of Data Link Antenna System for Moving Vchicles

Jong-kwon Kirn, Soo-hong Park, TaeSeok Jin 1083

Neuron Based Nonlinear PID Control Ning Wang, Jinmei Yu 1089

Information Retrieval

An Image Retrieval System Bascd on Colors and Sliapes of Objects Kuo-Lung Hong, Yung-Fu Chen, Yung-Kuan Chan. Chung-Chuan Cheng > 1094

A Hybrid Mood Classification Approach for Blog Text Yuchul Jung, Hogun Park, Sung Hyon Myaeng 1099

Modeling and Classification of Audio Signals Using Gradient-Based Fuzzy C-Means Algorithm with a Mercer Kernel

Dong-Ghul Park, Chung Nguyen Tran, Byung-Jae Min, Sancho Park 1104

A Quick Rank Based on Web Structure Hongbo hin, Moxin Wang, Zehong Yang, Yixu Song 1109

A Biologically-inspired Computational Model for Perceiving the TROIs from Tcxture Images

Woobeom Lee, Wookhyun Kirn, 1114

A Computer-Assisted Environment on Referential Understanding to Enhance Academic Reading Comprehension

Wing-Kwong Wong, Jian-Hau Lee, Yu-Fen Yang, Hui-Chin Yeh, Chin-Pu Chiao, Sheng-Cheng Hsu 1119

An Object-Oriented Framework for Data Quality Management of Enterprise Data Warehouse

Li Wang, Lei Li r 1125

Natural Language Processing

Extending HPSG Towards HDS as a Fragment of pCLL Erging Xu 1130

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Chinese Multi-document Summarization Using Adaptive Clustering and Global Search Strategy

Dexi Diu, Yanxiang He, Donghong Ji, Hua Yang, Zhao Wu UV,

Genetic Algorithm Based Multi-document Summarization Dexi Diu, Yanxiang He, Donghong Ji, Hua Yang 1140

MaxMatcher: Biological Coiicept Extraction Using Approximate Dictionary Lookup

Xiaohua Zhou, Xiaodan Zhang, Xiaohua Hu 1145

Bootstrapping Word Sense Disambiguation Using Dynamic Web Knowledge

Yuanyong Wang, Achim Hoffmann 1150

Automatic Construction of Object Oriented Design Models [UML Diagrams] from Natural Language Requirements Specification

G.S. Anandha Mola, G. V. Uma 1155

A Multi-word Term Extraction System Jisong Chen, Ghung-Hsing Yeh, Rowena Chau 1160

Neural Networks

A Multiscale Self-growing Probabilistic Decision-Based Neural Network for Segmentation of SAR Imagery

Xian-Bin Wen, Hua Zhang, Zheng Tian HQQ

Face Detection Using an Adaptive Skin-Color Filter and FMM Neural Networks

Ho-Joon Kim, Tae- Wan Ryu, Juho Lee, Hyun-Seung Yang WJ\

GA Optimized Wavelet Neural Networks Jinhua Xu 1 1 T C

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The Optimal Solution of TSP Using the New Mixture Initialization and Sequential Transformation Method in Genetic Algorithm

Rae-Goo Kang, Chai-Yeoung Jung H g l

Steering Law Design for Single Gimbal Control Moment Gyroscopes Based on RBF Neural Networks

Zhong Wu, Wusheng Ghou, Kongming Wei H8g

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Automatic Design of Hierarchical RBF Networks for System Identification

Yuehui Chen, Bo Yang, Jin Zhou 1191

Dynamically Subsumed-OVA SVMs for Fingerprint Classification Jin-Hyuk Hang, Sung-Bae CJio 1196

Design on Supervised / Unsupervised Learning Reconfigurable Digital Neural Network Structure

In Gab Yu, Yong Min Lee, Seong Won Yeo, Chong Ho Lee 1201

Car Plate Localization Using Pulse Coupled Neural Network in Complicatcd Environment

Ming Guo, Lei Wang, Xin Yuan 1206

A Split-Step PSO Algorithm in Prcdicting Construction Litigation Outcome

Kwok-wing Cfiau 1211

Computer Vision

An Efficient Unsupervised MRF Image Clustering Method Yimin Hou, Lei Guo, Xiangmin Lun 1216

Robust Gaze Estimation for Human Computer Interaction Kang Ryoung Park 1222

A New Iris Control Mechanism for Traffic Monitoring System Young Sung Soh, Youngtak Kwon, Yakun Wang 1227

Invariant Object Recognition Using Circular Pairwise Convolutional Networks

Choon Hui Teo, Yong Haur Tay 1232

Face Detection Using Binary Template Matching and SVM Qiong Wang, Wankou Yang, Huan Wang, Jingyu Yang, Yujie Zheng 1237

Gain Field Correction Fast Fuzzy c-Means Algorithm for Segmenting Magnetic Rcsonance Images

Jtngjing Song, Qingjie Zhao, Yuanquan Wang, Jie Tian 1242

LVQ Based Distributed Video Coding with LDPC in Pixel Domain Anhong Wang, Yao Zhao, Hao Wang 1248

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Object Matching Using Generalized Hough Transforai and Chamfer Matching

Tai-Hoon Cho 1253

Author Index 1259