Recent Developments and New Directions in Soft Computing

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Model of the Applicability of Expert System Based on Neural Networks Technology and Hybrid Systems for Decision Making....Pages 3-18
Group Multiple Criteria Decision Making: Multiset Approach....Pages 19-33
Knowledge Fusion in Context-Aware Decision Support: Ontology-Based Modeling and Patterns....Pages 35-51
Preference Function Reconstruction for Multiple Criteria Decision Making Based on Machine Learning Approach....Pages 53-63
A Multi Criteria Group Decision Making Process Based on the Soft Fusion of Coherent Evaluations of Spatial alternatives....Pages 65-79
Distributed Manufacturing Scheduling Based on a Dynamic Multi-criteria Decision Model....Pages 81-93
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Probabilistic Reasoning in a Fuzzy Context....Pages 97-115
Approximate Z-number Evaluation Based on Categorical Sets of Probability Distributions....Pages 117-134
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Spatiotemporal Human Brain Activities on Recalling Names of Body Parts II....Pages 137-147
Novel Image Fusion Based on F-transform....Pages 149-164
Improving the Accuracy of a Fuzzy-Based Single-Stroke Character Recognizer by Antecedent Weighting....Pages 165-179
The Development of an Algorithmic Model of Object Recognition Using Visual and Sound Information Based on Neuro-fuzzy Logic....Pages 181-193
Image Thresholding by Grouping Functions: Application to MRI Images....Pages 195-208
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Noise Technologies for Operating the System for Monitoring of the Beginning of Violation of Seismic Stability of Construction Objects....Pages 211-232
Analytical Structure Characterization and Stability Analysis for a General Class of Mamdani Fuzzy Controllers....Pages 233-247
Fuzzy Control as the Entrance Door to Control Theory....Pages 249-261
Nonlinear Control for Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output Nonlinear Systems with PB Models Based on I/O Linearization....Pages 263-278
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Improving the Model Convergence Properties of Classifier Feed-Forward MLP Neural Networks....Pages 281-293
Chaotic Systems Predictability Using Neuro-Fuzzy Systems and Neural Networks with Bred Vectors....Pages 295-313
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Creation the Model of Educational and Methodical Support Based on Fuzzy Logic....Pages 317-330
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Decision-Making Based on Fuzzy Estimation of Quality Level for Cargo Delivery....Pages 331-344
Efficacy of Selected Soft Computing Techniques in Ranking of Sites for Hazardous Industrial Installation....Pages 345-359
Fuzzy Resolution with Similarity-Based Reasoning....Pages 361-378
Development of Environment Friendly Air Conditioner Using Fuzzy logic....Pages 379-391
A Fuzzy Stochastic Programming Approach for Multi-level Capacitated Lot-Sizing Problem Under Uncertainty....Pages 393-407
Context-Dependent Interpretation of Medical Data....Pages 409-425
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Time Series Trend Extraction and Its Linguistic Evaluation Using F-Transform and Fuzzy Natural Logic....Pages 429-442
Using Artificial Neural Networks in Fuzzy Time Series Analysis....Pages 443-451
Using Zadeh’s Granulation Concept: Granular Logics and Their Application to Sensor Data Analysis....Pages 453-466