Nikhil R. Pal

Pattern recognition (PR) consists of three important tasks: feature analysis, clustering and classification. Image analysis can also be viewed as a PR task. Feature analysis is a very important step in designing any useful PR system because its effectiveness depends heavily on the set of features used to realise the system. A distinguishing feature of this volume is that it deals with all three aspects of PR, namely feature analysis, clustering and classifier design. It also encompasses image processing methodologies and image retrieval with subjective information. The other interesting aspect of the volume is that it covers all three major facets of soft computing: fuzzy logic, neural networks and evolutionary computing. Contents: Dimensionality Reduction Techniques for Interactive Visualization, Exploratory Data Analysis, and Classification (A KAnig); Feature Selection by Artificial Neural Network for Pattern Classification (B Chakraborty); A New Clustering with Estimation of Cluster Number Based on Genetic Algorithm (K Imai et al.); Minimizing the Measurement Cost in the Classification of New Samples by Neural-Network-Based Classifiers (H Ishibuchi & M Nii); Extraction of Fuzzy Rules from Numerical Data for Classifiers (N R Pal & A Sarkar); A Texture Image Segmentation Method Using Neural Networks and Binary Features (J Zhang & S Oe); Image Retrieval System Based on Subjective Information (K Yoshida et al.); and other papers. Readership: Graduate students, researchers and lecturers in pattern recognition and image analysis."

Pattern Recognition in Soft Computing Paradigm

Michio Sugeno

It is our great pleasure to welcome you all to the 2002 AFSS International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (AFSS 2002) to be held in Calcutta, the great City of Joy. AFSS 2002 is the ?fth conference in the series initiated by the Asian Fuzzy Systems Society (AFSS). AFSS 2002 is jointly being organized by theIndianStatisticalInstitute(ISI)andJadavpurUniversity(JU). Likeprevious conferencesinthisseries,wearesure,AFSS2002willprovideaforumforfruitful interaction and exchange of ideas between the participants from all over the globe. The present conference covers all major facets of soft computing such as fuzzy logic, neural networks, genetic algorithms including both theories and applications. Wehopethismeetingwillbeenjoyableacademicallyandotherwise. We are thankful to the members of the International Program Committee and the Area Chairs for extending their support in various forms to make a strong technical program. Each submitted paper was reviewed by at least three referees, and in some cases the revised versions were again checked by the ref- ees. As a result of this tough screening process we could select only about 50% of the submitted papers. We again express our sincere thanks to all referees for doing a great job. We are happy to note that 19 di?erent countries from all over the globe are represented by the authors, thereby making it a truly inter- tional conference. We are proud to have a list of distinguished speakers including Profs. Z. Pawlak, J. Bezdek, D. Dubois, and T. Yamakawa.

2002 AFSS International Conference on Fuzzy Systems. Calcutta, India, February 3-6, 2002. Proceedings

Advances in Soft Computing - AFSS 2002

Jagdish Chand Bansal

Pramod Kumar Singh

This book is a delight for academics, researchers and professionals working in evolutionary and swarm computing, computational intelligence, machine learning and engineering design, as well as search and optimization in general. It provides an introduction to the design and development of a number of popular and recent swarm and evolutionary algorithms with a focus on their applications in engineering problems in diverse domains. The topics discussed include particle swarm optimization, the artificial bee colony algorithm, Spider Monkey optimization algorithm, genetic algorithms, constrained multi-objective evolutionary algorithms, genetic programming, and evolutionary fuzzy systems. A friendly and informative treatment of the topics makes this book an ideal reference for beginners and those with experience alike.

Nikhil R. Pal

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