IFSA 2007

Cancun, Mexico June, 18-21, 2007

FINAL PROGRAM

TIME

Sunday

JUNE 17, 2007

Monday

JUNE 18, 2007

Tuesday

JUNE 19, 2007

Wednesday

JUNE 20, 2007

Thursday

JUNE 21, 2007

7:30-8:00

Registration

Registration

Registration

8:00-8:15

Opening Ceremony

8:15-9:00

Plenary Speaker

LOTFI ZADEH

University of California at Berkeley, USA

“Fuzzy Logic as the Logic of Natural Languages”

Plenary Speaker

Kaoru Hirota

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan “Control/Robotics Applications based on Soft Computing Technology”

Plenary Speaker

Witold Pedrycz

University of Alberta, Canada

“Dynamic and Distributed (D2) Fuzzy Modeling”

Plenary Speaker

Guoqing chen

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

“Uncertainty and Fuzziness in Knowledge Discovery from Large Databases”

9:00-10:30

Parallel Sessions

PS1, PS2,1SS, 6SS

Parallel Sessions

PS7, PS8, 3SS, 12SS

Parallel Sessions

PS13, PS14, 3SS 8SS,

Parallel Sessions

PS16, PS17, 9SS, 10SS

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

11:00-12:30

Parallel Sessions

PS3, PS4, PS21, 2SS,

Parallel Sessions

PS9, PS10, 3SS, 12SS

Parallel Sessions

5SS, 13SS, PS15, PS24

Parallel Sessions

PS18, PS19, 11SS, 15SS

12:30-13:00

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

13:00-14:15

on your own

on your own

on your own

on your own

14:15-15:00

Plenary Speaker

RONALD YAGER

Iona College, New Rochelle, USA

“Computing with Words and Granules”

Plenary Speaker

JANUSZ KACPRZYK

Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

“Computing with words, usuality qualification and linguistic quantifiers: tools for human-centric computing?”

Plenary Speaker

JERRY MENDEL

University of Southern California, USA

“Novel Weighted Averages as a Computing With Words Engine”

Parallel Sessions

PS20, PS22 PS25, PS26

15:00-15:30

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

15:30-17:00

Registration

Parallel Sessions

PS5, PS6, 2SS, 4SS

Parallel Sessions

PS11, PS12, 7SS, PS23

Parallel Sessions

5SS, 8SS, 9SS, 13SS

Invited Lecture

James Keller

University of Missouri, USA

“OWA Operators for Gene Product Similarity, Clustering, and Knowledge Discovery”

17:00-18:30

Welcome Reception

Panel 1 : A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE

Moderator: Masoud Nikravesh

Panel 3: SOFT COMPUTING: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE (GLOBAL ISSUE) Moderators: Janusz Kacprzyk, Vesa A. Niskanen

Panel 2: FUZZY SETS IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Moderator: Masoud Nikravesh

Parallel Sessions

Monday, June 18, 2007

Session

Parallel Sessions

1SS

Relation between interval and fuzzy techniques

Chair: Vladik Kreinovich and Hung T. Nguyen

Room: Luna

9:00-10:30

Estimating Variance under Interval and Fuzzy Uncertainty: Case of Hierarchical Estimation

Gang Xiang and Vladik Kreinovich

Testing stochastic arithmetic and CESTAC method via polynomial computation

Rene Alt, Jean-Luc Lamotte, and Svetoslav Markov

Friction model by using fuzzy differential equations

Barnabas Bede, Imre J. Rudas, and Janos Fodor

From Interval Computations to Constraint-Related Set Computations: Towards Faster Estimation of Statistics and ODEs under Interval, p-Box, and Fuzzy Uncertainty

Martine Ceberio, Vladik Kreinovich, Andrzej Pownuk, and Barnabas Bede

Non-commutative System of Fuzzy Interval Logic Generated by the Checklist Paradigm Measure m3 Containing Early Zadeh Implication

Eunjin Kim and Ladislav J. Kohout

Points With Type-2 Operations

Carol L. Walker and Elbert A. Walker

6SS

Fuzzy Trees

Chair: Zhiheng Huang and Masoud Nikravesh

Room: Mar

9:00-10:30

Weighted Pattern Trees: A Case Study with Customer Satisfaction Dataset

Zhiheng Huang, Masoud Nikravesh, Ben Azvine, and Tamas D. Gedeon

Decision-Based Questionnaire Systems

M. Nikravesh

Fuzzy Signature and Cognitive Modelling for Complex Decision Model

K. Wai Wong, T. D. Gedeon, L. T. Kóczy

Fuzziness and Performance: An Empirical Study with Linguistic Decision Trees

Zengchang Qin and Jonathan Lawry

PS1

Fuzzy Logic Theory I

Chair: Beloslav Riecan

Room: Arena

9:00-10:30

A Causal Model with UncertainTime-series Effect Based on Evidence Theory

V. Kimala, K. Yamada

Cognitive Map Learning Strategy for Fuzzy Logic Control Fine-Tuning

Jose Luis Gonzalez, Luis T. Aguilar, Oscar Castillo

Lattice Ordered Monoids and Left Continuous Uninorms and t-norms

M. Takacs

Discrete fuzzy numbers defined on a subset of natural numbers

J. Casasnovas,  J.Vicente Riera

On the Probability Theory on IF-events

Beloslav Riecan

PS2

Fuzzy Logic Applications I

Chair: Zen Bien

Room: Brisa

9:00-10:30

Fuzzy Flip-Flops Revisited

L. T. Kóczy, R. Lovassy

Customized query response for an improved Web Search

V. Loia and S. Senatore

An Effective Inductive Learning Structure to Extract Probabilistic Fuzzy Rule Base from Inconsistent Data Pattern

H.E. Lee,  Z. Z. Bien

Robust Stability Analysis of a Fuzzy Vehicle Lateral Control System Using Describing Function Method

J.W. Perng, B.F. Wu, T.Y. Liao, T.T. Lee

An Adaptive Location Service on the basis of Fuzzy Logic for MANETs

I.H. Bae, Y.J. Kim

2SS

Philosophical and Human-scientific aspects of Soft Computing I

Chair: Vesa A. Niskanen

Room: Mar

11:00-12:30

Between Empiricism and Rationalism: A Layer of Perception Modeling Fuzzy Sets as Intermediary in Philosophy of Science

R. Seising

Ontological and Epistemological Grounding of Fuzzy Theory

I. Burhan Türkşen

Designing representative bodies when the voter preferences are fuzzy

Hannu Nurmi and Janusz Kacprzyk

Possibility Based Modal Semantics for Graded Modiffiers

Jorma K. Mattila

PS3

Fuzzy Logic Theory II

Chair: Luis Martinez

Room: Arena

11:00-12:30

How to construct formal systems for fuzzy logics

S. Wang  Z. Lu

A logical framework for fuzzy quantifiers Part I: Basic properties

S. Wang, B. Zhao, P. Wang

The Compositional Rule of Inference and Zadeh's Extension Principle for Non-normal Fuzzy Sets

P. Broek,  J. Noppen

Satisfiability in a Linguistic-Valued Logic and Its Quasi-Horn Clause Inference Framework

J. Liu, L. Martinez, Y. Xu, Z. Lu

Coordination Uncertainty of Belief Measures in Information Fusion

Zhenyuan Wang and George J. Klir

PS4

Fuzzy Logic Applications II

Chair: J. Chamorro-Martinez

Room: Brisa

11:00-12:30

Self-Tunable Fuzzy Inference System: A comparative study for a drone

H. Maaref, K. Meguenni Zemalache,  L. Beji

A Kind of Embedded Temperature Controller Based on Self-turning PID for Texturing Machine

T. Dapeng, L. Peiyu, P. Xiaohong

Trajectory Tracking Using Fuzzy-Lyapunov Approach: Application to a Servo Trainer

J. A. Ruz-Hernandez, J. L. Rullan-Lara, R. Garcia-Hernandez, E. Reyes-Pacheco , E. Sanchez

Using Fuzzy Sets for Coarseness Representation in Texture Images

J. Chamorro-Martinez, E. Galvan-Perales, J.M. Soto-Hidalgo, B. Prados-Suarez

Pattern Classification Model with T -fuzzy Data

Cao Bing-yuan

PS21

Neural Networks Theory

Chair: Eduardo Gomez-Ramirez

Room: Luna

11:00-12:30

The Game of Life using Polynomial Discrete Time Cellular Neural Networks

Eduardo Gomez-Ramirez, Giovanni Egidio Pazienza

Reinforcement Learning in Continuous Systems: Wavelet Networks Approach

I. S. Razo-Zapata, J. Waissman-Vilanova and L. E. Ramos-Velasco

Support Vector Machine-Based ECG Compression

S. M. Szilágyi, L. Szilágyi, Z. Benyó

Tuning FCMP to Elicit Novel Time Course Signatures in fMRI Neural Activation Studies

Mark D. Alexiuk, Nick J. Pizzi, Witold Pedrycz

2SS

Philosophical and Human-scientific aspects of Soft Computing II

Chair: Vesa A. Niskanen

Room: Mar

15:30-17:00

Application of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to Business Planning Models

V. A. Niskanen

New Perspective for Structural Learning Method of Neural Networks

Junzo Watada

Perceptions for making sense, Description Language for Meaning Articulation

T. Joronen

PS5

Neural Networks

Chair: Bernard De Baets

Room: Luna

15:30-17:00

New Method of Learning and Knowledge Management in Type-I Fuzzy Neural Networks

T. A. Jilani, S. M. Aqil Burney

Gear Fault Diagnosis in Time Domains by Using   Bayesian Networks

Y. Kang, C.C. Wang, Y.P. Chang

Improving a Fuzzy ANN Model using Correlation Coefficients

Y. Rodriguez, B. De Baets, M. M. Garcia Ricardo Grau,  C. Morell, R. Bello

A Method for Creating Ensemble Neural Networks using a Sampling Data Approach

Miguel Lopez, Patricia Melin and Oscar Castillo

Real Time Automatic Recognition of Automobile’s Plates using  Neural Networks

Patricia Melin, Melchor Carranza, Mario Gracia

PS6

Pattern Recognition I

Chair: Bogusaw Cyganek

Room: Arena

15:30-17:00

Rotated Coin Recognition Using Neural Networks

Adnan Khashman, Boran Sekeroglu, Kamil Dimililer

3-D Object Recognition Using an Ultrasonic Sensor Array and Neural Networks

Keeseong Lee

Characterize the parameters of genetic algorithms based on Zernike polynomials for recovery of  the phase of interferograms of closed fringes using hybrid technique

Luis Ernesto Mancilla Espinosa, Juan Martin Carpio Valadez, F.J Cuevas

Soft System for Road Sign Detection

Bogusaw Cyganek

Nonlinear Neuro-Fuzzy Network for Channel Equalization

Rahib Abiyev, Fakhreddin Mamedov , Tayseer Al-shanableh

4SS

Fuzzy Multi-Objective Programming/ Fuzzy Logic Applications

Chair: Irfan Ertugrul

Room: Brisa

15:30-17:00

Generalized Reinforcement Learning Fuzzy Control with Vague States

Mohammad Hossein Fazel Zarandi, Javid Jouzdani, Ismail Burhan Turksen

New Cluster Validity Index with Fuzzy Functions

Asli Çelikyilmaz , I. Burhan Türksen

A Fuzzy Model for Supplier Selection and Development

M. H. Fazel Zarandi, Mahmood Rezaei Sadrabadi, and I. Burhan Turksen

A Neuro-Fuzzy Multi-Objective Design of Shewhart Control Charts

Mohammad Hossein Fazel Zarand, Adel Alaeddini, I. Burhan Turksen, Mahdi Ghazanfari

Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method for Machine Selection

Irfan Ertugrul, Mustafa Günes

Fuzzy Goal Programming and an Application Of Production Process

Irfan Ertugrul, Mustafa Günes

The Usage of Fuzzy Quality Control Charts to Evaluate Product Quality and an Application

Irfan Ertugrul, Mustafa Günes

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

PS7

Fuzzy Logic Theory III

Chair: Esko Turunen

Room: Arena

9:00-10:30

Semi-Boolean and Hyper-Archimedean BL-algebras

Esko Turunen

A Fuzzy Hahn-Banach Theorem

Wesley Kotze and Andrew Pinchuck

The algebraic properties of linguistic value \Truth" and its reasoning

Zheng Pei

Fuzzy Subgroups with Meet Operation in the connection of Mobius Transformations

Paavo Kukkurainen

A Method for Automatic Membership Function Estimation Based on Fuzzy Measures

Grzegorz Nieradka and Bohdan Butkiewicz

How to Solve a System of Linear Equations with Fuzzy Numbers

Rostislav Horcik

PS8

Fuzzy Logic Applications III

Chair: Sankar K. Pal

Room: Brisa

9:00-10:30

An Approach to Theory of Fuzzy Discrete Signals

Bohdan S. Butkiewicz

A Fuzzy Model for Olive Oil Sensory Evaluation

Luis Martinez, Luis G. Perez, Jun Liu, and Macarena Espinilla

Fuzzy Cognitive Layer in RoboCupSoccer

Susana Muñoz-Hernandez and Wiratna Sari Wiguna

Using gradual numbers for solving fuzzy-valued combinatorial

optimization problems

Adam Kasperski and Pawel Zielinski

Rough-fuzzy Case Generation, Rough-fuzzy Clustering and Image Segmentation

Sankar K. Pal

3SS

The application of fuzzy logic and soft computing in flexible quering I

Chair: Guy DeTre and Slawomir Zadrozny

Room: Mar

9:00-10:30

Towards Vague Query Answering in Logic Programming for Logic-based

Information Retrieval

Umberto Straccia

On Browsing Domain Ontologies for Information Base Content

Troels Andreasen and Henrik Bulskov

Algorithm for Interpretation of Multi-Valued Taxonomic Attributes in Similarity-Based Fuzzy Databases

M. Shahriar Hossain, R. A. Angryk

Fuzzy Tree Mining: Go soft on your nodes

Federico Del Razo Lopez, Anne Laurent, Pascal Poncelet, and Maguelonne Teisseire

Flexible Location-Based Spatial Queries

G. Bordogna M. Pagani G. Pasi  G. Psaila

Numerical Properties of Fuzzy Regions: Surface Area

Jorg Verstraete and Axel Hallez

12 SS

Soft Computing in Petroleum Applications I

Chair: Leonid Sheremetov and Masoud Nikravesh

Room: Luna

9:00-10:30

Estimating Monthly Production of Oil Wells

R. Goteti, A. Tamilarasan, R.S. Balch, S. Mukkamala, A. H. Sung

IRESC: Reservoir Characterization

M. Nikravesh

A Fuzzy Approach to the Study of Human Reliability in the Petroleum Industry

J. Domech More, R. Tanscheit, M.M. Vellasco, M.A. Pacheco, D.M. Swarcman

Evolutionary Computation for Valves Control Optimization in Intelligent Wells under Uncertainties

L. Faletti Almeida, Y. J. Túpac Valdivia, J. G. Lazo Lazo, M. A. C. Pacheco, M. M.B.R. Vellasco

A Genetic Algorithm for the Pickup and Delivery Problem: an Application to the Helicopter Offshore Transportation

M. Romero, L. Sheremetov, A. Soriano

PS9

Fuzzy Logic Theory IV

Chair: Martina Dankova

Room: Arena

11:00-12:30

Counting Finite Residuated Lattices

Radim Belohlavek and Vilem Vychodil

On Proofs and Rule of Multiplication in Fuzzy Attribute Logic

Radim Belohlavek and Vilem Vychodil

Graded fuzzy rules

Martina Dankova

On External Measures for Validation of Fuzzy Partitions

Alessandro G. Di Nuovo and Vincenzo Catania

Coherence Index of Radial Conjunctive Fuzzy Systems

David Coufal

Bags and Data Clustering: Relations and Differences with Traditionals Methods

Sadaaki Miyamoto

PS10

Fuzzy Logic Applications IV

Chair: Jim Baldwin

Room: Brisa

11:00-12:30

Fuzzy Classiffier with Probabilistic IF-THEN Rules

Hexin Lv, Bin Zhu, and Yongchuan Tang

A Fuzzy Approach for the Sequencing of Didactic Resources in Educational Adaptive Hypermedia Systems

M. Garcia, G. Licea Sandoval, O. Castillo, A. Alanis

Fuzzy Controller for Robot Manipulators

Basil M. Al-Hadithi, Fernando Matia, and Agustin Jimenez

Collaboration between Hyperheuristics to solve Strip-Packing Problems

Pablo Garrido and Maria Cristina Riff

Conditional Dempster-Shafer Theory for Uncertain Knowledge Updating

Hexin Lv, Bin Zhu, and Yongchuan Tang

3SS

The application of fuzzy logic and soft computing in flexible quering II

Chair: Guy DeTre and Slawomir Zadrozny

Room: Mar

11:00-12:30

Qualification of Fuzzy Statements under Fuzzy Certainty

A. Gonzalez, N. Marin, O. Pons, and M.A Vila

Complex Quantified Statements Evaluated using Gradual Numbers

Ludovic Liétard, Daniel Rocacher

Properties of Local Andness/Orness

J. J. Dujmovic

Weighted Conjunctive and Disjunctive Aggregation of Possibilistic Truth Values

Tom Matthe, Guy De Tre and Axel Hallez

Bipolar queries using various interpretations of logical connectives :

Slawomir Zadrozny and Janusz Kacprzyk

A hierarchical approach to object comparison

Axel Hallez and Guy De Tre

12 SS

Soft Computing in Petroleum Applications II

Chair: Leonid Sheremetov and Masoud Nikravesh

Room: Luna

11:00-12:30

Real Options and Genetic Algorithms to Approach of the Optimal Decision Rule for Oil field Development under Uncertainties

J. G. Lazo Lazo, M. A. C. Pacheco, M. M. B. R. Vellasco

Documenting Visual Quality Controls on the Evaluation of Petroleum Reservoir-rocks through Ontology-based Image Annotation

F. I. Victoreti , M. Abel, L, F. De Ros, M. M. Oliveira

Event Ordering Reasoning Ontology applied to Petrology and Geological Modelling

L. S. Mastella, M. Abel, L. F. De Ros, M. Perrin, Jean-François Rainaud

Optimization to manage supply chain disruptions using the NSGA-II

V. Serrano, M. Alvarado, C. A. Coello Coello

PS11

Intelligent agents, knowledge and ant colony

Chair: Joao M. C. Sousa

Room: Arena

15:30-17:00

On fuzzy projection-based utility decomposition in compound multi-agent negotiations

Jakub Brzostowski and Ryszard Kowalczyk

Ant colony optimization applied to feature selection in fuzzy classiffiers

Susana M. Vieira, Joao M. C. Sousa, and Thomas A. Runkler

Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) Optimization Algorithm for Solving Constrained Optimization Problems

Dervis Karaboga and Bahriye Basturk

Beam-ACO Distributed Optimization Applied to Supply-Chain Management

Joao Caldeira, Ricardo Azevedo, Carlos A. Silva and Joao M. C. Sousa

A Cultural Algorithm with Operator Parameters Control for Solving Timetabling Problems

Carlos Soza, Ricardo Landa, Maria Cristina Riff, and Carlos Coello

On control for agents formation

Rafael Kelly, Eusebio Bugarin and Carmen Monroy

PS12

Neural networks and control

Chair: Debrup Chakraborty

Room: Brisa

15:30-17:00

Discrete-time Recurrent High Order Neural Observer for Induction Motors

Edgar N. Sanchez, Alma Y. Alanis, and Alexander G. Loukianov

Strict Generalization in Multilayered Perceptron Networks

Debrup Chakraborty and Nikhil R. Pal

Fault tolerant control of a three tank benchmark using weighted predictive control

L. F. Mendonca, J.M.C. Sousa, and J.M.G. Sa da Costa

Synchronization in Arrays of Chaotic Neural Networks

C. Posadas-Castillo and C. Cruz-Hernandez R.M. Lopez-Gutierrez

7SS

Perception Based Data Mining and Decision Making

Chair: I. Batyrshin, J. Kacprzyk, R. Yager

Room: Mar

15:30-17:00

Extracting fuzzy linguistic summaries based on including degree theory and FCA

Li Zhang, Zheng Pei, and Honghua Chen

Linguistic summarization of time series by using the Choquet integral

Janusz Kacprzyk, Anna Wilbik, and Slawomir Zadrozny

Looking for dependencies in short time series using imprecise statistical data

O. Hryniewicz

Perception Based Time Series Data Mining for Decision Making

I. Batyrshin and L. Sheremetov

Visualization of Possibilistic Potentials

Matthias Steinbrecher and Rudolf Kruse

Data mining for fuzzy relational data servers

A.P. Velmisov, A.A. Stetsko, N.G. Yarushkina

Computational Intelligence  Models of the Distributed Technological Complexes

A. Sadovnychyy, S. Sadovnychiy , V. Ponomaryov

PS23

Intelligent Agents and Fuzzy Logic

Chair: Joao P. Carvalho

Room: Luna

15:30-17:00

An Intelligent Belief-Desire-Intention Agent for Digital Game-Based Learning

Christian Anthony L. Go and Won-Hyung Lee

Improved Scheme for Telematics Fault Tolerance with Agents

Woonsuk Suh, Seunghwa Lee, and Eunseok Lee

Multi-agent based Integration of Production and Distribution Planning using Genetic Algorithm in the Supply Chain Management

Byung Joo Park, Hyung Rim Choi and Moo Hong Kang

Two-Input Fuzzy TPE Systems

Joao P. Carvalho, Jose Tome, Daniel Chang-Yan

Intelligent Decision Support System

Janos L. Grantner, George A. Fodor, Ramakrishna Gottipati, Norali Pernalete and Sandra Edwards

An Adaptive Location Service on the basis of Fuzzy Logic for MANETs

Ihn-Han Bae and Yoon-Jeong Kim

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

PS13

Fuzzy Logic Theory V

Chair: Etienne Kerre

Room: Arena

9:00-10:30

Topology in Fuzzy Class Theory: Basic Notions

Libor Behounek and Tomas Kroupa

Features of Mathematical Theories in Formal Fuzzy Logic

Libor Behounek and Petr Cintula

A new method to compare Dynamical Systems

Juan Moreno-Garcia, Jose Jesus Castro-Sanchez, Luis Jimenez

Advances in the Geometrical Study of Rotation-Invariant T-norms

Koen C. Maes and Bernard De Baets

Fuzzy Reversed Posynomial Geometric Programming and Its Dual Form

Bing-yuan Cao

Posynomial Fuzzy Relation Geometric Programming

Ji-hui Yang and Bing-yuan Cao

PS14

Type-2 Fuzzy Logic

Chair: Oscar Castillo

Room: Brisa

9:00-10:30

A Vector Similarity Measure for Type-1 Fuzzy Sets

Dongrui Wu and Jerry M. Mendel

On Approximate Representation of Type-2 Fuzzy Sets using Triangulated Irregular Network

Long Thanh Ngo, Long Pham The, Phuong Hoang Nguyen, and Kaoru Hirota

Fuzzy Subsethood for Type-2 Fuzzy Sets

John T. Rickard, Janet Aisbett, Greg Gibbon

Hybrid Control for an Autonomous Wheeled Mobile Robot under Perturbed Torques

Leslie Astudillo, Oscar Castillo, Luis T. Aguilar, and Ricardo Martinez

Type-2 Fuzzy Logic for Improving Training Data and Response Integration in Modular Neural Networks for Image Recognition

Olivia Mendoza, Patricia Melin, Oscar Castillo, and Guillermo Licea

A Method for Response Integration in Modular Neural Networks with Type-2 Fuzzy Logic for Biometric Systems

Jérica Urías, Denisse Hidalgo, Patricia Melin, Oscar Castillo

3SS

The application of fuzzy logic and soft computing in fexible querying III

Chair: Guy DeTre and Slawomir Zadrozny

Room: Mar

9:00-10:30

FuzzyXPath: using fuzzy logic an IR features to approximately query

XML documents.

Ernesto Damiani, Stefania Marrara, and Gabriella Pasi

A New Approach for Boolean Query Processing in Text Information Retrieval

L. Baird and D. H. Kraft

Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms in the Automatic Learning of Boolean Queries. A Comparative Study

A.G. Lopez-Herrera, E. Herrera-Viedma, F. Herrera, C. Porcel, and S. Alonso

Interactions between Decision Goals Applied to the Calculation of Context Dependent Re-Rankings of Results of Internet Search Engines

R. Felix

Using fuzzy logic to handle the users’ semantic descriptions in a music retrieval system

M. Lesaffre and M. Leman

Optimized Algorithm of Discovering Functional Dependencies with Degrees of Satisfaction based on Attribute Pre-scanning Operation

Qiang Wei, Guoqing Chen, Xiaocang Zhou

8SS

Fuzzy /Possibilistic Optimization

Chair: Masahiro Inuiguchi and Weldon A. Lodwick

Room: Luna

9:00-10:30

Possibilistic Worst Case Distance and applications to circuit sizing

E. Sciacca, S. Spinella, A. Marcello Anile

An Algorithm to Solve Two-person Non-zero Sum Fuzzy Games

W. Amaral, F. Gomide

One-Shot Decision with Possibilistic information

P. Guo

Portfolio selection problem based on possibility theory using the scenario model with ambiguous future returns

T. Hasuike, H. Ishii

Optimization of Fuzzy Objective Functions in Fuzzy (Multicriteria) Linear Programs - a Critical Survey

H. J. Rommelfanger

5SS

Intuitionistic fuzzy sets and their applications I

Chair: Eulalia Szmidt and Janusz Kacprzyk

Room: Mar

11:00-12:30

Atanassov's intuitionistic fuzzy sets as a classiffication model

J. Montero, D. Gomez, and H. Bustince

Classiffication with nominal data using intuitionistic fuzzy sets

Eulalia Szmidt and Janusz Kacprzyk

Intuitionistic Fuzzy Histograms of an Image

Ioannis K. Vlachos, George D. Sergiadis

Image Threshold using A-IFSs based on Bounded Histograms

P.Couto, H.Bustince, V.Filipe, E.Barrenechea, M.Pagola, P.Melo-Pinto

13SS FLINT

Search Engine and Information Processing and Retrieval I

Chair: Masoud Nikravesh

Room: Luna

11:00-12:30

FCBIR: A Fuzzy Matching Technique for Content-Based Image Retrieval

V.. S. Tseng, J.H. Su, and W.J. Huang

Web Usage Mining via Fuzzy Logic Techniques

Victor H. Escobar-Jeria, Maria J. Martin-Bautista, Daniel Sanchez and Maria-Amparo Vila

Computing with Words Using Fuzzy Logic: Possibilities for Application in Automatic Text Summarization

S. Liu

Concept-Based Questionnaire System

M. Nikravesh

Deduction Engine Design for PNL-based Question Answering System

Zengchang Qin, Marcus Thint and M.M. Sufyan Beg

PS15

Type-2 Fuzzy Logic: Theory and Applications

Chair: Patricia Melin

Room: Arena

11:00-12:30

Evolving Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Controllers for Autonomous Mobile Robots

Christian Wagner and Hani Hagras

Adaptive Type-2 Fuzzy Logic for Intelligent Home Environment

Sunghoi Huh, Seung-Eun Yang, Kwang-Hyun Park, JunHyeong Do, Hyoyoung Jang, and Z. Zenn Bien

Interval Type-1 Non-Singleton Type-2 TSK Fuzzy Logic Systems Using the Hybrid Training Method RLS-BP

G. M. Mendez

An Efficient Computational Method to Implement Type-2 Fuzzy Logic in Control Applications

Roberto Sepúlveda, Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melin, Oscar Montiel

Building Fuzzy Inference Systems with the Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Toolbox

J.R. Castro, Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melin, L.G. Martínez, S. Escobar, I. Camacho

Intelligent Control for a Perturbed Autonomous Wheeled Mobile Robot using a Type-2 Fuzzy Logic and Genetic Algorithms

Ricardo Martinez, Luis Tupak Aguilar, Oscar Castillo

PS24

Evolutionary Computation I

Chair: Hisao Ishibuchi

Room: Brisa

11:00-12:30

An Ant Colony Optimization plug-in to enhance the interpretability of fuzzy rule bases with exceptions

P. Carmona, J.L. Castro

Performance Improvement of the Attitude Estimation System using Fuzzy Inference and Genetic Algorithms

Min-Soo Kim

Multi Objective Optimization in Machining Operations

Orlando Durán, Roberto Barrientos, Luiz Airton Consalter

Use of Pareto-Optimal and Near Pareto-Optimal Candidate Rules in Genetic Fuzzy Rule Selection

Hisao Ishibuchi, Isao Kuwajima, and Yusuke Nojima

Evolutionary Computing for the Optimization of Mathematical Functions

Fevrier Valdez, Patricia Melin and Oscar Castillo

Providing Intelligence to Evolutionary Computational Methods

Oscar Montiel, Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melin, Roberto Sepúlveda

5SS

Intuitionistic fuzzy sets and their applications II

Chair: Eulalia Szmidt and Janusz Kacprzyk

Room: Mar

15:30-17:00

The Role of Entropy in Intuitionistic Fuzzy Contrast Enhancement

Ioannis K. Vlachos, George D. Sergiadis

On Imprecision Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets & OLAP – The Case for KNOLAP

E. Rogova, P. Chountas

Representation of rough sets based on intuitionistic fuzzy special sets

Zheng Pei, Li Zhang, and Honghua Chen

8SS

Fuzzy possibilistic optimization

Chair: Masahiro Inuiguchi and Weldon A. Lodwick

Room: Arena

15:30-17:00

On Possibilistic/Fuzzy Optimization

Masahiro Inuiguchi

The Use of Interval-Valued Probability Measures in Optimization Under Uncertainty for Problems Containing a Mixture of Fuzzy, Possibilisitic, and Interval Uncertainty :

Weldon A. Lodwick and K. David Jamison

On selecting an algorithm for fuzzy optimization

Elizabeth Untiedt and Weldon Lodwick

A Risk-Minimizing Model under Uncertainty in Portfolio

Yuji Yoshida

9SS

Algebraic Foundations of Soft Computing I

Chair: Irina Perfilieva, Vilém Novák

Room: Brisa

15:30-17:00

On Extension of LI-ideal in Lattice Implication Algebra

L. Jiajun, X. Yang, J. Ma

Congruence Relations Induced by Filters and LI-ideals

Z. Chang, Y. Xu

Sub-Algebras of Finite Lattice Implication Algebra

Y. Xu, J. Ma, J. Lai

Semantics Properties of Compound Evaluating Syntagms

Z. Pei, B. Jiang, L. Yi, Y. Xu

Characteristic morphisms and models of fuzzy logic in a category of sets with similarities

J. Mockor

13SS FLINT

Search Engine and Information Processing and Retrieval II

Chair: Masoud Nikravesh

Room: Luna

15:30-17:00

Granular Computing and Modeling the Human Thoughts in Web Documents

Tsau Young Lin

A Hybrid Model for Document Clustering based on a Fuzzy Approach of Synonymy and Polysemy

F. P. Romero, A. Soto, J. A. Olivas

Morphic Computing

G. Resconi  and M. Nikravesh

Morphic Computing: Web and Agents

G. Resconi  and M. Nikravesh

Thursday, June 21, 2007

PS16

Fuzzy Clustering: Theory and Applications

Chair: Frank Chung-Hoon Rhee

Room: Luna

9:00-10:30

Comparison of the Performance of Seven Classifiers as Effective Decision Support Tools for the Cytodiagnosis of Breast Cancer: a Case Study

Nicandro Cruz-Ramírez, Héctor-Gabriel Acosta-Mesa, Humberto Carrillo-Calve, Rocío-Erandi Barrientos-Martínez

MFCM for Nonlinear Blind Channel Equalization

Soowhan Han, Sungdae Park, and Witold Pedrycz

Fuzzy Rules Extraction from Support Vector Machines for Multi-class Classification

Adriana da Costa F. Chaves, Marley Maria B. R. Vellasco, Ricardo Tanscheit

Density based Fuzzy Support Vector Machines for Multicategory Pattern Classification

Frank Chung-Hoon Rhee, Jong Hoon Park and Byung In Choi

A Modified FCM Algorithm for Fast Segmentation of Brain MR Images

L. Szilágyi , S. M. Szilágyi, Z. Benyó

Incorporation of Non-Euclidean Distance Metrics into Fuzzy Clustering on Graphics Processing Units

Derek Anderson, Robert H. Luke, and  James M. Keller

PS17

Intelligent Identification and Control

Chair: Fernando Gomide

Room: Mar

9:00-10:30

A Fuzzy-Neural Hierarchical Multi-Model for Systems Identification and Direct Adaptive Control

Ieroham Baruch, Jose-Luis Olivares G., Carlos-Roman Mariaca-Gaspar, and Rosalíba Galvan Guerra

A Sliding Mode Control Using Fuzzy-Neural Hierarchical Multi-Model Identifier

I. Baruch, J. O. Guzman, C.R. Mariaca-Gaspar, R. Galvan-Guerra

Robust Speed Controller Design Method Based on Fuzzy Control for Torsional Vibration Suppression in Two-Mass System

Eun-Chul Shin, Tae-Sik Park, Ji-Yoon Yoo and Dong-Sik Kim

Self-Organizing Fuzzy Controller Based on Fuzzy Neural Network

Seongwon Cho, Jaemin Kim and Sun-Tae Chung

Decision Making Strategies for Real-Time Train Dispatch and Control

Alexandre Tazoniero, Rodrigo Gonçalves and Fernando Gomide

Soft Margin Training for Associative Memories Implemented by Recurrent Neural Networks

Jose A. Ruz-Hernandez, Edgar N. Sanchez  and Dionisio A. Suarez

9SS

Algebraic Foundations of Soft Computing II

Chair: Irina Perfilieva, Vilém Novák

Room: Brisa

9:00-10:30

Fixed points and Solvability of Systems of Fuzzy Relation Equations

I. Perfilieva

Towards a proof theory for Basic Logic

T. Vetterlein

MV-algebras with the Cantor–Bernstein property

A. Di Nola, M. Navara

On Lukasiewicz logic with truth constants

R. Cignoli, F. Esteva, L. Godo

EQ-algebras in progress

V. Novak

Weak Completeness of Resolution in a Linguistic Truth-Valued Propositional Logic

Y. Xu, S. Chen, J. Liu, D. Ruan

10SS

Joint model-based and data-based learning: The fuzzy logic approach

Chair: Joseph Aguilar-Martin and Julio Waissman Vilanova

Room: Arena

9:00-10:30

Selection Criteria for Fuzzy Unsupervised Learning: Applied to Market Segmentation

German Sanchez, Nuria Agell, Juan Carlos Aguado, Monica Sanchez, and Francesc Prats

Fuzzy backpropagation neural networks for nonstationary data prediction

Ramon Soto C.

Fuzzy model based iterative learning control for phenol biodegradation

Marco Marquez, Julio Waissman, and Olivia Gutu

Process Monitoring Using Residuals and Fuzzy Classification with Learning Capabilities

J. Aguilar-Martin, C. Isaza, E. Diez-Lledo, M. Veronique LeLann, J. Waissman Vilanova

Fuzzy Modelling Methodologies for Large Database

Virgilio Lopez Morales, Julio Cesar Ramos Fernandez, Gilles Enea and Jean Duplaix

PS19

Time Series Prediction

Chair: Eduardo Gomez Ramirez

Room: Brisa

11:00-12:30

Clustering and Classification of Agricultural Production Historical Data of Tomate in Mexico to Identificate Zones with Similar Behavior

Patricia Melin,  Wendy Lizeth Trujillo, Alejandra Mancilla

M-Factor High Order Fuzzy Time Series Forecasting for Road Accident Data

Tahseen Ahmed Jilani and Syed Muhammad Aqil Burney

Optimization of Artificial Neural Networks Architectures for Time Series Prediction using Paralel Genetic Algorithms

Salvador Gonzalez, Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melin,

Fuzzy Time Series: A Realistic Method To Forecast Gross Domestic Capital Of India

Mrinalini Shah

Intelligent System for Forecasting Tomato Prices in Mexico using Artificial Neural Networks

Jose Cota, Patricia Melin, Roberto Sepulveda

PS18

Fuzzy Modeling

Chair: J.L.Verdegay

Room: Luna

11:00-12:30

Representing fuzzy numbers for fuzzy calculus

Luciano Stefanini  and  Laerte Sorini

Fuzzy Parallel Processing of Hydro Power Plants – Why Not?

Dimitar Vasilev Lakov

A Dynamic Method of Experiment Design of Computer Aided Sensory Evaluation

Bin  Luo

Measure of Uncertainty in Regional Grade Variability

Bulent Tutmez, Uzay Kaymak

PC-TOPSIS method for the selection of a cleaning system for engine maintenance

Mª Socorro Garcia,  Mª Teresa Lamata, J.L.Verdegay

11SS

Soft Computing in Medical Sciences

Chair: Rudolf Seising, and Christian Schuh

Room: Mar

11:00-12:30

Similarity and distance – their paths from crisp to fuzzy concepts and an application in medical philosophy

R. Seising, J. Limberg

The Choquet and Sugeno Integral as Measures of Total Effectiveness of Medicines

E. Rakus-Andersson, C. Jogreus

Adjusting an Environment to Human Behaviors Based on Biopsy Information

J. Watada, Z. Binti Musa

Managing Uncertainty with Fuzzy- Automata and Control in an Intensive Care Environment

C. Schuh

15SS

Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing in Distributed Computing

Chair: Lifeng Xi and Kun Gao

Room: Arena

11:00-12:30

A Framework to Support Distributed Data Mining on Grid

K. Gao, L. Xi, J. Li

Adaptive Processing Scheme of Overflowed Buckets for Bucket Sort Algorithm

P. Liu, Y. Ma, J. Dong

A Novel Fractal Image Coding Based on Quadtree Partition of the Adaptive Threshold Value

L. Zhang, L. Xi

Towards the Application of Distributed Database in University MIS

X. Wang, Y. Fang

Fractal Interpolation Fitness Based on BOX Dimension’s Pretreatment

Q. Wang , M. Jin, L. Xi, Z. Meng

A Statistical Spam Filtering Scheme Based on Grid Platform

P. Liu, J. Dong, W. Zhao

An Approach to Web Prefetching Agent Based on Web Ontology with Hidden Markov Model

X. Jin

PS20

Intelligent Manufacturing and Scheduling

Chair: Eduardo Gomez Ramirez

Room: Brisa

14:00-15:30

Enhanced Genetic Algorithm-based Fuzzy Multiobjective Strategy to Multiproduct Batch Plant Design

Alberto A. Aguilar-Lasserre, Catherine Azzaro-Pantel, Luc Pibouleau, Serge Domenech

Fuzzy Logic based Replica Management Infrastructure for Balanced Resource Allocation and Efficient Overload Control of the Complex Service-Oriented Applications

Jun Wang, Di Zheng, Huai-Min Wang, Quan-Yuan Wu

Applying Genetic-Fuzzy Approach to Model Polyester Dyeing

Maryam Nasiri, S. Mahmoud Taheri, Hamed Tarkesh

Gear Fault Diagnosis in Time Domains by Using   Bayesian Networks

Yuan Kang, Chun-Chieh Wang, Yeon-Pun Chang

PS22

Robotics and Manufacturing

Chair: Hichem Maaref

Room: Arena

14:00-15:30

Moving Object Tracking using the Particle Filter and SOM in Robotic Space with Network Sensors

TaeSeok Jin, JinWoo Park

Robust Stability Analysis of a Fuzzy Vehicle Lateral Control System Using Describing Function Method

Jau-Woei Perng, Bing-Fei Wu, Tien-Yu Liao, Tsu-Tian Lee

Self-Tunable Fuzzy Inference System: A comparative study for a drone

Hichem Maaref, Kadda Meguenni Zemalache and Lotfi Beji

Modeling and Simulation by Petri Networks of a Fault Tolerant Agent Node

Arnulfo Alanis Garza, Juan José Serrano, Rafael Ors Carot, José Mario García Valdez

PS25

Pattern Recognition II

Chair: S. M. Szilágyi

Room: Luna

14:00-15:30

On the Possibility of Reliably Constructing a Decision Support System for the Cytodiagnosis of Breast Cancer

Nicandro Cruz-Ramírez, Héctor-Gabriel Acosta-Mesa, Humberto Carrillo-Calvet, Rocío-Erandi Barrientos-Martínez

Spatial Heart Simulation and Analysis Using Unified Neural Network

S. M. Szilágyi, L. Szilágyi ,Z. Benyó

Fuzzy C-Means, Gustafson-Kessel FCM, and Kernel-based FCM: A Comparative Study

Daniel Graves, Witold Pedrycz

Improved Fuzzy c-means Segmentation Algorithm for Images with Intensity Inhomogeneity

Qingjie Zhao, Jingjing Song, Yueyin Wu

PS26

Evolutionary Computation II

Chair: Luciano Stefanini

Room: Mar

14:00-15:30

A Differential Evolution Algorithm for Fuzzy Extension of Functions

Luciano Stefanini

Integration of Production and Distribution Planning using a Genetic Algorithm in Supply Chain Management

Byung Joo Park, Hyung Rim Choi and Moo Hong Kang

Optimal Path Planning for Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation Using Ant Colony Optimization and a Fuzzy Cost Function Evaluation

M.A. Porta García, Oscar Montiel, Oscar Castillo, Roberto Sepúlveda

Bacteria Swarm Foraging Optimization for Dynamical Resource Allocation in a Multizone Temperature Experimentation Platform

Mario A. Muñoz, Jesús A. López, Eduardo Caicedo