Engineering Applications of Bio-Inspired Artificial Neural Networks: International Work-Conference on Artificial and Natural Neural Networks, IWANN'99 Alicante, Spain, June 2–4, 1999 Proceedings, Volume II

A unified model for the simulation of artificial and biology-oriented neural networks....Pages 1-10
Weight freezing in constructive neural networks: A novel approach....Pages 11-20
Can general purpose micro-processors simulate neural networks in real-time?....Pages 21-29
Large neural net simulation under Beowulf-like systems....Pages 30-39
A constructive cascade network with adaptive regularisation....Pages 40-49
An agent-based operational model for hybrid connectionist-symbolic learning....Pages 50-57
Optimal discrete recombination: Hybridising evolution strategies with the A algorithm....Pages 58-67
Extracting rules from artificial neural networks with kernel-based representations....Pages 68-77
Rule improvement through decision boundary detection using sensitivity analysis....Pages 78-84
The role of dynamic reconfiguration for implementing artificial neural networks models in programmable hardware....Pages 85-94
An associative neural network and its special purpose pipeline architecture in image analysis....Pages 95-106
Effects of global perturbations on learning capability in a CMOS analogue implementation of synchronous Boltzmann machine....Pages 107-116
Beta-CMOS artificial neuron and implementability limits....Pages 117-128
Using on-line arithmetic and reconfiguration for neuroprocessor implementation....Pages 129-138
Digital implementation of artificial neural networks: From VHDL description to FPGA implementation....Pages 139-148
Hardware implementation using DSP\'s of the neurocontrol of a wheelchair....Pages 149-156
Forward-backward parallelism in on-line backpropagation....Pages 157-165
A VLSI approach for spike timing coding....Pages 166-175
An artificial dendrite using active channels....Pages 176-187
Analog electronic system for simulating biological neurons....Pages 188-197
Neural addition and fibonacci numbers....Pages 198-207
Adaptive cooperation between processors in a parallel Boltzmann machine implementation....Pages 208-218
Adaptive Brain Interfaces....Pages 219-227
Identifying mental tasks from spontaneous EEG: Signal representation and spatial analysis....Pages 228-237
Independent component analysis of human brain waves....Pages 238-247
EEG-based brain-computer interface using subject-specific spatial filters....Pages 248-254
Multi-neural network approach for classification of brainstem evoked response auditory....Pages 255-264
EEG-based cognitive task classification with ICA and neural networks....Pages 265-272
Local pattern of synchronization in extraestriate networks during visual attention....Pages 273-278
A bioinspired hierarchical system for speech recognition....Pages 279-288
A neural network approach for the analysis of multineural recordings in retinal ganglion cells....Pages 289-298
Challenges for a real-world information processing by means of real-time neural computation and real-conditions simulation....Pages 299-311
A parametrizable design of the mechanical-neural transduction system of the auditory brainstem....Pages 312-320
Development of a new space perception system for blind people, based on the creation of a virtual acoustic space....Pages 321-330
Application of the Fuzzy Kohonen Clustering Network to biological macromolecules images classification....Pages 331-340
Bayesian VQ image filtering design with fast adaption competitive neural networks....Pages 341-350
Neural networks for coefficient prediction in wavelet image coders....Pages 351-360
A neural network architecture for trademark image retrieval....Pages 361-372
Improved automatic classification of biological particles from electron-microscopy images using genetic neural nets....Pages 373-382
Pattern recognition using neural network based on multi-valued neurons....Pages 383-392
Input pre-processing for transformation invariant pattern recognition....Pages 393-401
Method for automatic karyotyping of human chromosomes based on the visual attention system....Pages 402-411
Adaptive adjustment of the CNN output function to obtain contrast enhancement....Pages 412-421
Application of ANN techniques to automated identification of bovine livestock....Pages 422-431
An investigation into cellular neural networks internal dynamics applied to image processing....Pages 432-441
Autopoiesis and image processing: Detection of structure and organization in images....Pages 442-451
Preprocessing of radiological images: Comparison of the application of polynomic algorithms and artificial neural networks to the elimination of variations in background luminosity....Pages 452-459
Feature extraction with an associative neural network and its application in industrial quality control....Pages 460-466
Genetic algorithm based training for multilayer discrete-time cellular neural networks....Pages 467-476
How to select the inputs for a multilayer feedforward network by using the training set....Pages 477-486
Neural implementation of the JADE-algorithm....Pages 487-496
Variable selection by recurrent neural networks. Application in structure activity relationship study of cephalosporins....Pages 497-505
Optimal use of a trained neural network for input selection....Pages 506-515
Applying evolution strategies to neural networks robot controller....Pages 516-525
On virtual sensory coding: An analytical model of the endogenous representation....Pages 526-539
Using temporal information in ANNs for the implementation of autonomous robot controllers....Pages 540-547
Learning symbolic rules with a reactive with tags classifier system in robot navigation....Pages 548-557
Small sample discrimination and professional performance assessment....Pages 558-566
SOM based analysis of pulping process data....Pages 567-577
Gradient descent learning algorithm for hierarchical neural networks: A case study in industrial quality....Pages 578-587
Application of neural networks for automated X-ray image inspection in electronics manufacturing....Pages 588-595
Forecasting financial time series through intrinsic dimension estimation and non-linear data projection....Pages 596-605
Parametric characterization of hardness profiles of steels with neuro-wavelet networks....Pages 606-614
Study of two ANN digital implementations of a radar detector candidate to an on-board satellite experiment....Pages 615-624
Curvilinear component analysis for high-dimensional data representation: I. Theoretical aspects and practical use in the presence of noise ....Pages 625-634
Curvilinear Component Analysis for high-dimensional data representation: II. Examples of additional mapping constraints in specific applications ....Pages 635-644
Image motion analysis using scale space approximation and simulated annealing....Pages 645-654
Blind inversion of Wiener systems....Pages 655-664
Separation of speech signals for nonlinear mixtures....Pages 665-673
Nonlinear blind source separation by pattern repulsion....Pages 674-682
Text-to-text machine translation using the RECONTRA connectionist model....Pages 683-692
An intelligent agent for brokering problem-solving knowledge....Pages 693-705
A system for facilitating and enhancing web search....Pages 706-714
Applying Ontology to the web: A case study....Pages 715-724
How to find suitable ontologies using an ontology-based WWW broker....Pages 725-739
Towards personalized distance learning on the web....Pages 740-749
Visual knowledge engineering as a cognitive tool....Pages 750-758
Optimizing web newspaper layout using simulated annealing....Pages 759-768
Artificial neural network-based diagnostic system methodology....Pages 769-777
Neural networks in automatic diagnosis malignant brain tumors....Pages 778-787
A new evolutionary diagram: Application to BTGP and information retrieval....Pages 788-794
Artificial neural networks as useful tools for the optimization of the relative offset between two consecutive sets of traffic lights....Pages 795-804
ASGCS: A new self-organizing network for automatic selection of feature variables....Pages 805-813
Adaptive hybrid speech coding with a MLP/LPC structure....Pages 814-823
Neural predictive coding for speech signal....Pages 824-832
Support vector machines for multi-class classification....Pages 833-842
Self-organizing yprel network population for distributed classification problem solving....Pages 843-852
An accurate measure for multilayer perceptron tolerance to additive weight deviations....Pages 853-862
Fuzzy inputs and missing data in similarity-based heterogeneous neural networks....Pages 863-873
A neural network approach for generating solar irradiation artificial series....Pages 874-883
Color recipe specification in the textile print shop using radial basis function networks....Pages 884-892
Predicting the speed of beer fermentation in laboratory and industrial scale....Pages 893-901