EUFIT '98 - Table of Content

Volume 2

6. Fuzzy Databases and Information Retrieval

Incomplete Functional Dependencies Versus Knowledge Discovery in Databases
Juan Carlos Cubero, F. Cuenca, I. Blanco, M.A. Vila

731

Fundamentals of Fuzzy Databases

Extended Functional Dependencies, Redundancy and Update Management
Patrick Bosc, Oliver Pivert

744

Querying in Object Oriented Fuzzy Databases
M.A. Vila, Juan Carlos Cubero, O. Pons, J.M. Medina

749

Formalizing Fuzziness and Uncertainty in Object-Oriented Databases Using Generalised Constraints
Guy de Tre, Rita de Caluwe

754

Applications of Fuzzy Databases

The Fuzzy Deductive Model - A Real Implementation
Ana Isabel Aguilera Faraco, Leonid José Tineo Rodriguez

759

An Approach to Multiple Inheritance in a Fuzzy Object Modeling
Nilson R. Modro, Rodrigo de S. Vieira, Roberto C.S. Pacheco, Alejandro Martins, Ricardo M. Barcia

765

Learning Similarity Functions in Information Retrieval
Thomas Mandl

771

7. Fuzzy Control - Methodology and Applications

Next Generation Fuzzy-Systems
Harro Kiendl

779

Fuzzy Adaptive Control

State Feedback Fuzzy Control for Pulse Width Modulated Systems
Alberto Cavallo, Franco Garofalo, Francesco Vasca, Gabriella Zitano

789

Adaptive and Self-Learning Fuzzy Controllers in Real Time
Ignacio Rojas, H. Pomares, F.J. Pelayo, M. Anguita, A. Prieto

793

Neuro-Fuzzy Adaptive System for the Navigation of Mobile Robot
Samia Nefti, K. Djouani, J. Pontnau

798

Adaptive Fuzzy Control via Perpetual Evolution with Memory
Athula Rajapakse, Kazuo Furuta, Shunsuke Kondo

806

Learning Rule Premises Containing Incomplete Structure Based on Evolutionary Algorithm
Ning Xiong, Lothar Litz

811

Automotive Applications With Fuzzy Logic Toolchain

Fuzzy ABS for a New Electromechanical Braking System Using the Fuzzy Coprocessor SAE 81C99A
Anno Mertens, Armin Arnold, Herbert Eichfeld, Thomas Brandmeier

816

Hardware Based Fuzzy Acceleration for Embedded Systems
Reiner Lederle, M. Waidelich

821

Designing Mixed Fuzzy Logic and PID Embedded Automotive Control Systems With FLDG AUTOSTUDIO
Alexandros C. Papaspyridis, J. Janetis, R. Berger, G.D. Magoulas

826

System Level Debugging Using Cross View Pro
Peter Hoogenboom

831

Fuzzy Model Based Control

Fuzzy Inverse Model Control (Inv MC) of an Underwater Vehicle
Andrzej Piegat, Marcin Plucinski

834

Fuzzy Control Based on Self-Tuning Inverse Fuzzy Model
Gancho Vachkov, Toshio Fukuda

839

Fuzzy Equation-Based Simulation in Control
Uwe Keller, Nigel Hickey, Donald Reay, Roy Leitch

844

Towards Identification of Fuzzy Hybrid Systems
Rainer Palm, Dr. Dimiter Driankov

849

Fuzzy Controller Design Based on a Fuzzy Process Model
Jens Jäkel

855

Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks for Solar Building Control

New Approaches in Smart Solar Building Control - A Joint EC Project
Ute Schramm, Dirk Christoffers

860

Development of Intelligent Algorithms for Visual Comfort Control Through Selective Solar Control Strategies
Gordon Sutherland, G. Eftaxias, D. Santamouris, M. Asimakopoulos

863

Short Term Weather Forecasting for Solar Building Optimal Control
Michael Kummert, Phlippe Andre

868

Predicting Energy Demand of Single Solar Houses Using Artificial Neural Networks
Ioannis Bellas-Velidis, Athanassios Argiriou, Constantinos Balaras, Simon Kontoyanidis

873

Optimisation of Solar Building Control Using Predictive Methodologies
Ian R. Williamson, Sean Danaher, Carolyn Craggs

878

A Real-Time Fuzzy Controller Based on Inference Break-Up Method
Marjan Golob, Boris Tovornik

880

Applying High Level Synthesis to FLC*
José Ignacio Martinez Torre, Jean-Pierre Deschamps, Milagros Fernandez Centeno

885

Fuzzy PI+D Controller With a Normalised Universe
Petr Pivonka

890

Load Handling Control of Forklift Truck by Pressure Compensation and Fuzzy Reasoning
Shinichiro Endo, Masami Konishi, Masaaki Toda

895

Fuzzy Model of Building
Pierre Yves Glorennec

901

Fuzzy Control by Interpolation in Mamdani Type Look-Up Tables
Lucian Mastacan, Iosif Olah

905

Comparison of Different Fuzzy Controller Approaches for a Ball and Plate System
Jens Lüdemann, Sven Rebeschieß

909

Adaptive Fuzzy Governor for Monitoring Distance Between Moving Objects
E.V. Finaeva

914

Fuzzy Control in the Rock Engineering Field
Wolfgang Kastner, A. Zettler, R. Poisel, J. Reichl

919

Torque Adjustment and Switching Reduction by Fuzzy Logic in Sensorless Vector Control of Induction Motors
Mohammad Bagher Menhaj, K. Abbaszadeh, J. Milimonfared

924

Tuning of Fuzzy Rules for Nonlinear Objects Identification with Discrete and Continuous Output
Alexander P. Rotshtein, Denis I. Katelnikov

929

Optimal Control and Fuzzy Control of Water Temperature in a Recirculating Aquacultural System
Xavier Francois, Patric Glouannec

935

Stability of Nonlinear Control Systems by Sugeno Type Fuzzy State Space Controllers
Oliver van Laak, Thomas Möllers, Hans-Jörg Wenz

940

An Application of Fuzzy Logic to Energy Optimization in Adjustable Speed Drive/Induction Motor Combinations
M. Wayne Turner, Ronald J. Spiegel, V.E. McCormick

945

Modular Fuzzy Inference Systems and Their Application to a Nonlinear System Control
Jong-Soo Choi, Hyongsuk Kim, Oh-Shin Kwon

949

The Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Systems' Stability - A Genetic Algorithm Approach
Marius Giuclea

954

Stability of Fuzzy Controllers: A Criterion Based on Algebraic Riccati Equations
Thomas Möllers

958

8. Decision Support Systems

Rough Sets in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

Evaluation of Some Properties of the Human Auditory System Using Rough Sets
Andrzej Czyzewski, B. Kostek, H. Skarzynski, R. Krolikowski

965

Representation of Medical Knowledge Based on Rough Sets
Shusaku Tsumoto

970

A Description of a Strategy for Building Rough Set Classifiers Using Performance Filtering of Reducts
Staal Vinterbo, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Hamish Fraser

975

Rough Set Based Data Mining in Diabetes Mellitus Data Table
Jaroslaw Stepaniuk

980

Modeling Real-Time Decision-Making Systems with Rough Fuzzy Petri Nets
James F. Peters, A. Skowron, Z. Suraj, Sheela Ramanna, A. Paryzek

985

Intelligent Techniques in Engineering Design Applications

Example-Based Know-How Recycling Applied also to Heterogeneous Tasks with a Sparse Knowledge Background: Improving the Handling Comfort of Car Doors
Rudolf Stricker

990

Uncertainty within the Design of a Wind Turbine
Ralph Brehm

995

An Intelligent Technique in Fuzzy Engineering Design
Ralf Schleiffer

1001

Including Prior Information in Knowledge Discovery in Databases

Forecast Models in Finance
Martin Kührer

1006

Further Developments of Learning Bayesian Networks with the Integration of Expert Knowledge
Matthias Hunscher

1009

Data Mining Systems to Identify Target Groups for a Large Publishing Company
Johannes Ruhland, Thomas Wittmann, Matthias Hunscher

1014

A Countryrisk Assessment Framework Using Neural Multitask Learning
Kai Bartlmae

1019

Decision Support Systems I

Linguistic Values, Concepts and Similarity
Jon Williams, Nigel Steele

1024

Fuzzy Satisfactional Method by Fuzzy Multi-Objective Linear Problem Introducing two Fuzzy Goals From Possibility Production Function Into DEA
Yoshiki Uemura

1028

Possibility Distributions of Fuzzy Decision Variables in Upper Level Decision Problems
Peijun Guo, Hideo Tanaka, Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann

1033

Multiobjective Optimization with Linguistic Variables
Christer Carlsson, Robert Fullér

1038

Decision Support Systems II

Interactive Decision Making System Based on FISM/Fuzzy
Tamotsu Mitamura

1043

Fuzzy Rule-Based Techniques to Link El Nino and Regional Drought
Rita Pongracz, Istvan Bogardi, Lucien Duckstein, Judit Bartholy

1048

An Evaluation of Air Transportation Network: Analytic Hierarchy Process vs Fuzzy Preference Relation 1052
Rakhmat Ceha, Hiroshi Ohta, Marimin

Optimal Location of Intermodal Terminals in Europe: An Evaluation Model
Ana M. D. Moreira, Rita Almeida Ribeiro, Eddy Declercq, Paulo Pereira, Orestis Schinas, Pedro Guerreiro, Gerrit Jansens

1057

A Fuzzy Rule-Based Approach for Decision Making in Commercial Food Chains
G. D. Dounias, S. Havellas, Giorgios Tselentis

1062

Decision Support Systems III

Fuzzy DEA with Interval Efficiency
Yutaka Maeda, Tomoe Entani, Hideo Tanaka

1067

Structural Safety as a Fuzzy Event - Numerical Example
Ewa Szeliga

1072

Application of the Fel-Expert System in Diagnostics of Vestibular Organ
Lenka Lhotska, Milan Sorf, Tomas Vlcek

1077

Parameter Arrangement in Multivariable FLC-Tuning
Alberto Soria Lopez, Jean-Claude Lafont, Claude Barret

1082

Decision Support Systems IV

A Simulation-Based Learning Tool to Design Crop Management Strategies
Frédérick Garcia, Seydina M. Ndiaye

1088

Neurofuzzy Systems Applied to Tool Life Prediction for Single Point Cutting Tools
Christos Emmanouilidis, P.G. Maropoulos, J.R. Bumby

1093

Fuzzy Set Based Industrial Decision Support System for Evaluation of Pollution Prevention Methods
Wayne E. Woldt, Mohamed F. Dahab, Daniel W. Crist

1098

Technology of Influence Diagram Construction for Large Scale Decision Making Problems
Arkady Borisov, Clara Savchenko

1103

Some Practical Issues on Constructing Hybrid Decision Support System
Roman Siminski

1107

Recognition of Facial Expressions by Means of an Auto-Correlational Boltzmann Machine
Masahide Yoneyama, Akira Ohtake, Katsuhiko Shirai

1111

Fuzzy Logical Structures as a Tool for Multivariate Decision Making
Mark Burgin

1116

The Decision Problem in a Hybrid (Neuro-Symbolic) Diagnosis
Cornelia Tudorie, Cristina Segal, Luminita Dumitriu

1121

Fuzzy Technology in the Design, Planning and Control of Power Systems and Subsystems
P. Ekel, Luiz Terra, Marcio Junges, Vladimir Popov

1126

Towards a Flexible Application Framework for Data Fusion Using Real-Time Design Patterns
Chinmay R. Parikh, Michael J. Pont, Yu-Hua Li, N. Barrie Jones, John A. Twiddle

1131

Decision Making on the Basis of Monotonic Expert Information
Leonid S. Bershtein, Alexander V. Bozhenuk, Igor N. Rozenberg

1136

First Experiences with Ergonomic-Cognitive Structures for the WWW-Presentation of the University of Clausthal
Matthias Reuter, D. Doebner, Dietmar P.F. Möller

1141

9. Data Analysis and Signal Processing

Fuzzy-Wavelets: Theory and Applications
Marc Thuillard

1149

Business Applications of Fuzzy and Neuro-Fuzzy-Systems

The Application of Fuzzy Technology and Data Mining for the Early Warning of Material Losses
Lutz Schmidt, Torsten Munkelt

1159

Aspects of Rule Understandability in Neurofuzzy Data Mining
Thomas Wittmann, Johannes Ruhland

1165

The Use of Fuzzy Logic in Dependency Analysis
Dietrich Eherler, Thomas Wittmann

1170

Concept Learning and Causal Models
Peter Kischka

1175

Advanced Methods in Data Analysis

Similarity of Functions as a Basis for Dynamic Fuzzy Data Analysis: New Approaches and Variants
Arno Joentgen, Lara Mikenina, Richard Weber, Peter Wischnewski, Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann

1180

Fuzzy Approximation Models with Non-Symmetric Fuzzy Coefficients for Crisp and Fuzzy Data
Hideo Tanaka, Haekwan Lee

1185

Fuzzy Kora-Omega Algorithm
Lucia-Angelika De-La-Vega-Doria, Jesus-Ariel Carrasco-Ochoa, Jose Ruiz-Shulcloper

1190

A Short Note About the Application of Self-Organizing Neural Networks to Clustering
Ingo Jossa

1195

Electronic Noses

INTESA Project: Development and Performance Evaluation of Processing Techniques for Knowledge Extraction From OLF Active Sensor Data
Giulio Di Bene, A. Cremoncini, L. Sensi

1200

Automatic Feature Selection Applied to Electronic Nose Data for Classifying Odours
Manfred Fochem, Torsten Schrötter, Giorgios Tselentis, Peter Wischnewski

1205

Electronic Nose Based on Linguistic Fuzzy Classification
F. Di Francesco, Beatrice Lazzerini, A. Maggiore, F. Marcelloni, D. De Rossi

1211

Incremental Learning in a Fril-Based Odour Classifier
James F. Baldwin, Trevor P. Martin, S.A. McCoy

1216

Diagnosis and Classifier Design

An Integrated, Soft Computing Approach for Machine Condition Diagnosis
Christos Emmanouilidis, J. MacIntyre, C. Cox

1221

Fuzzy Implications Handling Fault Detection and Isolation Problems
Patrick Ripoll, Denis Caillet, Eric Benoit, Laurent Foulloy

1226

A Heuristic Algorithm for Pruning Fuzzy Rule Bases and its Application in the Design of Classifiers
Thomas Müller

1232

Identifying Dangerous States in Chemical Plants Using Neural Networks
Günther Hessel, Joachim Neumann, Stefan Schlüter, Wilfried Schmitt, Nurelegne Tefera, Klaus van der Vorst

1237

Applications of Signal Processing

Chaotic Neurons to Process Very Noisy Periodic Signals: Application to a Flame Detector
Marc Thuillard

1243

Detection Classification and Identification of Helicopters out of Their Acoustic Signature by Soft-Computing-Based Algorithm
Matthias Reuter, Dietmar P.F. Möller

1247

Some Aspects of Analysis in Spectrums Compression with Neural Networks
Constantin Miholca, Dorel Aiordachioaie, Emil Ceanga

1252

A System Theoretical Characterization of Factor Analysis
Shiro Ishikawa, Takahisa Iida

1257

Application of Fuzzy Sets in Natural Language Processing
Olgierd Unold

1262

Influence of T-Norm Choice in Possibilistic Dissymmetric Data Fusion Rule
Gilles Zunino, Anne-Marie Jolly-Desodt, D. Jolly

1267

Particles Approach to Non-Linear, Multicriterional Mapping of Multidimensional Data
Jan Blasiak, Witold Dzwinel

1272

Genetic Learning of Neural Networks in Approximation of Multi-Variable Functions
Guennadi A. Kleymenov, Alexandre I. Piskounov, S. Vdovichev

1277

Fuzzy Logic in Pitch Tracking of the Speech Signal
David Escudero, Valentin Cardenoso

1281

Inverse Problems Solved with Artificial Intelligence Methods
Edward Rydygier

1284

Fuzzy Diagnosis Methods for Production Optimization and Maintenance
Andreas Schubert, Jens Strackeljan

1289

Bioprocess Phase Detection by Fuzzy-C-Means Clustering and Principal Component Analysis
Reinhard Guthke, Wolfgang Schmidt-Heck

1294

A Decision Tree Plug-In for DataEngine
Christian Borgelt

1299

A Fuzzy Cluster Analysis Plug-In for DataEngine
Heiko Timm

1304

10. Pattern Recognition and Image Processing

Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks in Medical Image Processing

CNN-Algorithms for Medical Image Processing
Igor N. Aizenberg, Naum Aizenberg, Claudio Moraga, Erdmuthe Meyer zu Bexten

1311

Using Iconic Fuzzy-Sets for Object Classification - Fuzzy Object Models (FOMs) -
Jens Hiltner, Madjid Fathi

1316

Cluster Analysis with SOFM for the Detection of Different Diseases in the Human Immune System
Stefan Schünemann, B. Michaelis, W. Schubert

1320

Improvement of Image Quality Based on Subjective Evaluation and Fuzzy Aggregation Techniques
Hamid Reza Tizhoosh, Bernd Michaelis

1325

Fuzzy Approach to Image Processing

Shape Description by Fuzzy Granulometries
Constantin Vertan, Vasile Buzuloiu

1330

Image Segmentation Through Fuzzy Feature Space Analysis
Alois Knoll, Markus Volkmer, Andre Wolfram

1335

An Original Approach to Obtain Membership Functions in Fuzzy Logic
Wilfried Lefebvre, Marc Engel

1340

A Fuzzy Model of the Audio-Visual Speech Relations
Vojko Pahor, Sergio Carrato

1345

A VLSI Architecture for High-Speed Fuzzy Image Processing
Gian Carlo Cardarilli, Marco Re, R. Lojacono, Maria D' Elena, Renato Scrimaglio

1350

Alternating Cluster Estimation

Regular Alternating Cluster Estimation
Thomas A. Runkler, James C. Bezdek

1355

Extended Fuzzy c-Means with Volume Prototypes and Cluster Merging
Magne Setnes, Uzay Kaymak

1360

Grid Clustering for Generating Fuzzy Rules
Frank Klawonn, Annette Keller

1365

A Fuzzy Vector Quantization Algorithm
Clemens Otte, Peter Jensch

1370

Pattern Recognition and Image Processing - Basics

An Information-Theoretical Approach to Saliency Maps Construction
Sebastiano Battiato, Giovanni Gallo

1375

Optimization of Template Trees Based on Information Theory
Eugen Ettelt, G.Schmidt

1380

Data Fusion to Improve Low Level Image Processings
Christiane Dujet, Nicole Vincent

1385

A Case Study on Two Groups of GNPC Classifiers
Ludmila I. Kuncheva

1389

EFCM as a New Approach for Isolated Handwritten Farsi Word Recognition
Mohammad Bagher Menhaj, Mehdi Dehghan

1394

Intelligent Sensing for Automatic Sorting in Industrial Processes
Rafaella Mattone, Maurizio Divona, Andreas Wolf

1399

A New Fuzzy Logic Based Approach for Image Sharpening
Mohammad Bagher Menhaj, Farzam Farbiz, Seyed Ahmad Motamedi

1403

Automatic Detection of Microcalcifications Using Mathematical Morphology
Viktor Gimenez, Daniel Manrique, Juan Rios, Amparo Vilarrasa

1407

Localization of Objects by a Hybrid System
Daniel Fischer, Peter Kohlhepp

1412

Edge Preserving Image Filtering Based on Fuzzy Logic
Mohammad Bagher Menhaj, Farzam Farbiz, Seyed Ahmad Motamedi

1417

Optimizing Certainty Factors in Address Interpretation Using Evolution Strategies
M.J.A.M. van Gerwen, J.N. Kok

1422

Handwriting Recognition in Reduced Scale Drawings
Ziran Liu, Wilhelm Benning

1427

An Adaptive Fixed Point Filter Design for Image Enhancement Using Fuzzy Logic
Mohammad Bagher Menhaj, Farzam Farbiz, Seyed Ahmad Motamedi

1432

A Robust Fuzzy Neural Net for Distinct Farasi Handwritten Characters Recognition
Mohammad Bagher Menhaj, Mojtaba Rouhani

1437

Ultrasonic Recognition Prototype for Quality Control of Foundry Pieces Using Neural Nets
A. Lázaro, I. Serrano, J. Perez Oria, C. de Miguel

1442

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