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Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization (NICSO 2007)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 520

Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization (NICSO 2007)

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008-06-03
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  • Publisher: Springer

Biological and natural processes have been a continuous source of inspiration for the sciences and engineering. For instance, the work of Wiener in cybernetics was influenced by feedback control processes observable in biological systems; McCulloch and Pitts description of the artificial neuron was instigated by biological observations of neural mechanisms; the idea of survival of the fittest inspired the field of evolutionary algorithms and similarly, artificial immune systems, ant colony optimisation, automated self-assembling programming, membrane computing, etc. also have their roots in natural phenomena. The second International Workshop on Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Opt...

Communications and Discoveries from Multidisciplinary Data
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 341

Communications and Discoveries from Multidisciplinary Data

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  • Published: 2008-08-17
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  • Publisher: Springer

This book collects selected papers by authors for CODATA 2006, which are relevant to the acquisition of knowledge and the assessment of risk and opportunity that comes from combining data from a number of different disciplines.

Statistical Implicative Analysis
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 511

Statistical Implicative Analysis

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008-07-06
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  • Publisher: Springer

Statistical implicative analysis is a data analysis method created by Régis Gras almost thirty years ago which has a significant impact on a variety of areas ranging from pedagogical and psychological research to data mining. Statistical implicative analysis (SIA) provides a framework for evaluating the strength of implications; such implications are formed through common knowledge acquisition techniques in any learning process, human or artificial. This new concept has developed into a unifying methodology, and has generated a powerful convergence of thought between mathematicians, statisticians, psychologists, specialists in pedagogy and last, but not least, computer scientists specialized in data mining. This volume collects significant research contributions of several rather distinct disciplines that benefit from SIA. Contributions range from psychological and pedagogical research, bioinformatics, knowledge management, and data mining.

Computational Intelligence Paradigms
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 281

Computational Intelligence Paradigms

This book features research on the innovative applications of advanced computational intelligence paradigms. Coverage includes architectures of computational intelligence paradigms, knowledge discovery, pattern classification, and gene linkage analysis.

New Challenges in Applied Intelligence Technologies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 394

New Challenges in Applied Intelligence Technologies

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  • Published: 2008-06-17
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  • Publisher: Springer

To built intelligent systems that can cope with real world problems we need to - velop computational mechanisms able to deal with very large amounts of data, gen- ate complex plans, schedules, and resource allocation strategies, re-plan their actions in real time, provide user friendly communication for human-device interactions, and perform complex optimization problems. In each of these tasks intelligence techno- gies play an important role, providing designers and creators with effective and adequate computational models. The field of intelligence technologies covers a variety of computational approaches that are often suggested and inspired by biological systems, exhibiting functional ri...

Evolution of the Web in Artificial Intelligence Environments
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 284

Evolution of the Web in Artificial Intelligence Environments

The Web has revolutionized the way we seek information on all aspects of education, entertainment, business, health and so on. The Web has evolved into a publishing medium, global electronic market and increasingly, a platform for conducting electronic commerce. A part of this success can be attributed to the tremendous advances made in the Artificial Intelligence field. The popularity of the Web has opened many opportunities to develop smart Web-based systems using artificial intelligence techniques. There exist numerous Web technology and applications that can benefit with the application of artificial intelligence techniques. It is not possible to cover them all in one book with a require...

Adaptive and Multilevel Metaheuristics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 276

Adaptive and Multilevel Metaheuristics

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  • Published: 2008-06-17
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  • Publisher: Springer

One of the keystones in practical metaheuristic problem-solving is the fact that tuning the optimization technique to the problem under consideration is crucial for achieving top performance. This tuning/customization is usually in the hands of the algorithm designer, and despite some methodological attempts, it largely remains a scientific art. Transferring a part of this customization effort to the algorithm itself -endowing it with smart mechanisms to self-adapt to the problem- has been a long pursued goal in the field of metaheuristics. These mechanisms can involve different aspects of the algorithm, such as for example, self-adjusting the parameters, self-adapting the functioning of int...

Integral Methods in Low-Frequency Electromagnetics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 424

Integral Methods in Low-Frequency Electromagnetics

A modern presentation of integral methods in low-frequency electromagnetics This book provides state-of-the-art knowledge on integral methods in low-frequency electromagnetics. Blending theory with numerous examples, it introduces key aspects of the integral methods used in engineering as a powerful alternative to PDE-based models. Readers will get complete coverage of: The electromagnetic field and its basic characteristics An overview of solution methods Solutions of electromagnetic fields by integral expressions Integral and integrodifferential methods

Metaheuristics for Scheduling in Industrial and Manufacturing Applications
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 362

Metaheuristics for Scheduling in Industrial and Manufacturing Applications

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008-08-22
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  • Publisher: Springer

During the past decades scheduling has been among the most studied op- mization problemsanditisstillanactiveareaofresearch!Schedulingappears in many areas of science, engineering and industry and takes di?erent forms depending on the restrictions and optimization criteria of the operating en- ronments [8]. For instance, in optimization and computer science, scheduling has been de?ned as “the allocation of tasks to resources over time in order to achieve optimality in one or more objective criteria in an e?cient way” and in production as “production schedule, i. e. , the planning of the production or the sequence of operations according to which jobs pass through machines and is optimal...

Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications 2009
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 900