Advances in Soft Computing

Invited Paper.- Discovering Role of Linguistic Geometry.- Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition.- Elkan's k-Means Algorithm for Graphs.- A Simple Approach to Incorporate Label Dependency in Multi-label Classification.- Methods and Algorithms of Information Generalization in Noisy Databases.- Object Class Recognition Using SIFT and Bayesian Networks.- Boosting Based Conditional Quantile Estimation for Regression and Binary Classification.- A Fast Fuzzy Cocke-Younger-Kasami Algorithm for DNA and RNA Strings Analysis.- A Fast Implementation of the CT_EXT Algorithm for the Testor Property Identification.- Supervised Probabilistic Classification Based on Gaussian Copulas.- Text-Independent Speaker Identification Using VQ-HMM Model Based Multiple Classifier System.- Towards One-Class Pattern Recognition in Brain Activity via Neural Networks.- Real Time Tracking of Musical Performances.- Recognizing Dactylogical Symbols with Image Segmentation and a New Differentiated Weighting Scheme.- Automatic Learning for Natural Language Processing.- Selecting Candidate Labels for Hierarchical Document Clusters Using Association Rules.- Recognizing Textual Entailment Using a Machine Learning Approach.- Detection of Different Authorship of Text Sequences through Self-organizing Maps and Mutual Information Function.- Supervised Machine Learning for Predicting the Meaning of Verb-Noun Combinations in Spanish.- Hybrid Intelligent Systems and Neural Networks.- On the Structure of Elimination Trees for Bayesian Network Inference.- CBR and Neural Networks Based Technique for Predictive Prefetching.- Combining Neural Networks Based on Dempster-Shafer Theory for Classifying Data with Imperfect Labels.- Stability and Topology in Reservoir Computing.- A Radial Basis Function Redesignedfor Predicting a Welding Process.- Dynamic Neural Networks Applied to Melody Retrieval.- Recognition of Huffman Codewords with a Genetic-Neural Hybrid System.- Fraud Detection Model Based on the Discovery Symbolic Classification Rules Extracted from a Neural Network.- Hardware Implementation of Artificial Neural Networks for Arbitrary Boolean Functions with Generalised Threshold Gate Circuits.- Evolutionary Algorithms and Other Naturally-Inspired Algorithms.- Solving No-Wait Flow Shop Scheduling Problems by a Hybrid Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm.- Reducing the Search Space in Evolutive Design of ARIMA and ANN Models for Time Series Prediction.- Routing Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks Using Ant Colony Optimization.- Approximating Multi-Objective Hyper-Heuristics for Solving 2D Irregular Cutting Stock Problems.- Particle Swarm Optimization with Gravitational Interactions for Multimodal and Unimodal Problems.- Particle Swarm Optimization with Resets - Improving the Balance between Exploration and Exploitation.- MiTS: A New Approach of Tabu Search for Constructing Mixed Covering Arrays.- On the Best Evolutionary Wavelet Based Filter to Compress a Specific Signal.- Fuzzy Logic.- Financial Time Series Prediction in Cooperating with Event Knowledge: A Fuzzy Approach.- The Fuzzy Syllogistic System.- Big Five Patterns for Software Engineering Roles Using an ANFIS Learning Approach with RAMSET.- New Proposal for Eliminating Interferences in a Radar System.- Type-2 Fuzzy Inference System Optimization Based on the Uncertainty of Membership Functions Applied to Benchmark Problems.- Fuzzy Logic for Parameter Tuning in Evolutionary Computation and Bio-inspired Methods.- Fuzzy Logic Controllers Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms and Particle Swarm Optimization.-FPGA Implementation of Fuzzy System with Parametric Membership Functions and Parametric Conjunctions.- Fuzzy Logic Hardware Implementation for Pneumatic Control of One DOF Pneumatic Robot.