Methods and Models in Artificial and Natural Computation. A Homage to Professor Mira’s Scientific Legacy: Third International Work-Conference on the Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2009, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 22-26, 2009, Proceedings, Part I

Front Matter....Pages -
A Model of Low Level Co-operativity in Cerebral Dynamic....Pages 1-20
On Bridging the Gap between Human Knowledge and Computers: A Personal Tribute in Memory of Prof. J. Mira....Pages 21-30
Personal Notes about the Figure and Legate of Professor Mira....Pages 31-37
Intelligent Patient Monitoring: From Hardware to Learnware ....Pages 38-45
A Look toward the Past of My Work with the Professor José Mira....Pages 46-52
Remembering José Mira....Pages 53-56
Revisiting Algorithmic Lateral Inhibition and Accumulative Computation....Pages 57-66
Detection of Speech Dynamics by Neuromorphic Units....Pages 67-78
Spatio-temporal Computation with Neural Sensorial Maps....Pages 79-86
Knowledge-Based Systems: A Tool for Distance Education....Pages 87-96
ANLAGIS: Adaptive Neuron-Like Network Based on Learning Automata Theory and Granular Inference Systems with Applications to Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning....Pages 97-106
Neural Prosthetic Interfaces with the Central Nervous System: Current Status and Future Prospects....Pages 107-113
Analytical Models for Transient Responses in the Retina....Pages 114-120
Analysis of Retinal Ganglion Cells Population Responses Using Information Theory and Artificial Neural Networks: Towards Functional Cell Identification....Pages 121-131
On Cumulative Entropies and Lifetime Estimations....Pages 132-141
Activity Modulation in Human Neuroblastoma Cultured Cells: Towards a Biological Neuroprocessor....Pages 142-154
A Network of Coupled Pyramidal Neurons Behaves as a Coincidence Detector....Pages 155-163
Characterisation of Multiple Patterns of Activity in Networks of Relaxation Oscillators with Inhibitory and Electrical Coupling....Pages 164-173
Scaling Power Laws in the Restoration of Perception with Increasing Stimulus in Deficitary Natural Neural Network....Pages 174-183
Neuron-Less Neural-Like Networks with Exponential Association Capacity at Tabula Rasa ....Pages 184-194
Brain Complexity: Analysis, Models and Limits of Understanding....Pages 195-204
Classifying a New Descriptor Based on Marr’s Visual Theory....Pages 205-212
Solving the Independent Set Problem by Using Tissue-Like P Systems with Cell Division....Pages 213-222
How to Do Recombination in Evolution Strategies: An Empirical Study....Pages 223-232
Serial Evolution....Pages 233-244
A Sensitivity Clustering Method for Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithms....Pages 245-254
A Genetic Algorithm for the Open Shop Problem with Uncertain Durations....Pages 255-264
Genetic Algorithm Combined with Tabu Search for the Job Shop Scheduling Problem with Setup Times....Pages 265-274
Prediction and Inheritance of Phenotypes....Pages 275-284
Controlling Particle Trajectories in a Multi-swarm Approach for Dynamic Optimization Problems....Pages 285-294
Clustering Ensembles Using Ants Algorithm....Pages 295-304
The k NN-TD Reinforcement Learning Algorithm....Pages 305-314
Recombination Patterns for Natural Syntax....Pages 315-324
Computing Natural Language with Biomolecules: Overview and Challenges....Pages 325-335
A Christiansen Grammar for Universal Splicing Systems....Pages 336-345
DNA Replication as a Model for Computational Linguistics....Pages 346-355
jNEPView: A Graphical Trace Viewer for the Simulations of NEPs....Pages 356-365
The Problem of Constructing General-Purpose Semantic Search Engines....Pages 366-374
Computational Agents to Model Knowledge - Theory, and Practice in Visual Surveillance....Pages 375-385
Knowledge and Event-Based System for Video-Surveillance Tasks....Pages 386-394
ARDIS: Knowledge-Based Dynamic Architecture for Real-Time Surface Visual Inspection....Pages 395-404
SONAR: A Semantically Empowered Financial Search Engine....Pages 405-414
KBS in Context Aware Applications: Commercial Tools....Pages 415-425
An Architecture Proposal for Adaptive Neuropsychological Assessment....Pages 426-436
A Study of Applying Knowledge Modelling to Evidence-Based Guidelines....Pages 437-446
Fuzzy Classification of Mortality by Infection of Severe Burnt Patients Using Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms....Pages 447-456
Knowledge Based Information Retrieval with an Adaptive Hypermedia System....Pages 457-463
Reveal the Collaboration in a Open Learning Environment....Pages 464-475
Reasoning on the Evaluation of Wildfires Risk Using the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve and MODIS Images....Pages 476-485
Optimised Particle Filter Approaches to Object Tracking in Video Sequences....Pages 486-495
Towards Interoperability in Tracking Systems: An Ontology-Based Approach....Pages 496-505
Multimodal Agents in Second Life and the New Agents of Virtual 3D Environments....Pages 506-516
Application of Artificial Neural Networks to Complex Dielectric Constant Estimation from Free-Space Measurements....Pages 517-526
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