Soft Computing Applications: Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop Soft Computing Applications (SOFA 2014), Volume 2

✍ Scribed by Valentina Emilia Balas, Lakhmi C. Jain, Branko Kovačević (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 647
• Series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 357
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

These volumes constitute the Proceedings of the 6^th International Workshop on Soft Computing Applications, or SOFA 2014, held on 24-26 July 2014 in Timisoara, Romania. This edition was organized by the University of Belgrade, Serbia in conjunction with Romanian Society of Control Engineering and Technical Informatics (SRAIT) - Arad Section, The General Association of Engineers in Romania - Arad Section, Institute of Computer Science, Iasi Branch of the Romanian Academy and IEEE Romanian Section.

The Soft Computing concept was introduced by Lotfi Zadeh in 1991 and serves to highlight the emergence of computing methodologies in which the accent is on exploiting the tolerance for imprecision and uncertainty to achieve tractability, robustness and low solution cost. Soft computing facilitates the use of fuzzy logic, neurocomputing, evolutionary computing and probabilistic computing in combination, leading to the concept of hybrid intelligent systems. The combination of such intelligent systems tools and a large number of applications introduce a need for a synergy of scientific and technological disciplines in order to show the great potential of Soft Computing in all domains.

The conference papers included in these proceedings, published post conference, were grouped into the following area of research:

· Image, Text and Signal Processing

• Intelligent Transportation
• Modeling and Applications
• Biomedical Applications
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Neural Network and Applications

Knowledge-Based Technologies for Web Applications, Cloud Computing, Security, Algorithms and Computer Networks

• Knowledge-Based Technologies
• Soft Computing Techniques for Time Series Analysis
• Soft Computing and Fuzzy Logic in Biometrics
• Fuzzy Applications Theory and Fuzzy Control
• Business Process Management
• Methods and Applications in Electrical Engineering

The volumes provide useful information to professors, researchers and graduated students in area of soft computing techniques and applications, as they report new research work on challenging issues.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 725-725
DuPont Financial Ratio Analysis Using Logical Aggregation....Pages 727-739
Testing Biorthogonal Wavelets on Magnetocardiogram Processing Algorithms....Pages 741-752
Modeling and Simulation of Hearing with Cochlear Implants: A Proposed Method for Better Auralization....Pages 753-767
Vessel Tracking and Anomaly Detection Using Level 0/1 and High-Level Information Fusion Techniques....Pages 769-780
On the Long-Range Dependence Property of the Electrical Signals Collected in Cavitation Field....Pages 781-789
Front Matter....Pages 791-791
Iris Recognition—Selecting a Fuzzy Region of Interest in Standard Eye Images....Pages 793-804
Establishing PNN-Based Iris Code to Identity Fuzzy Membership for Consistent Enrollment....Pages 805-817
Best Practices in Reporting Iris Recognition Results....Pages 819-828
Data Classification Based on Fuzzy-RBF Networks....Pages 829-840
Fuzzy Correlational Direction Multidimensional Scaling....Pages 841-850
New Method of Iris Recognition Using Dual Tree Complex Wavelet Transform....Pages 851-862
Recognition of Pedestrian Active Events by Robust to Noises Boost Algorithm....Pages 863-873
Optic Disc Recognition Method for Retinal Images....Pages 875-889
Fast Fingerprint Orientation Field Estimation Incorporating General Purpose GPU....Pages 891-902
Rotation Invariant Texture Retrieval Using Dual Tree Complex Wavelet Transform....Pages 903-911
Emotion Recognition from Images Under Varying Illumination Conditions....Pages 913-921
Front Matter....Pages 923-923
Fuzzy Scoring Algorithm and Long Term Job Performance....Pages 925-937
Expert Control for the Coupled Tanks Greenhouse....Pages 939-947
Wireless Programmable Thermostat Using Raspberry Pi....Pages 949-957
Cooperative Task Scheduler for Entry Level Microcontrollers....Pages 959-968
Front Matter....Pages 969-969
Management, Traceability and Control of Industrial Processes....Pages 971-980
Aspects of Forecasting for the European Automotive Industry....Pages 981-992
Switching the Center of Software Development from IT to Business Experts Using Intelligent Business Process Management Suites....Pages 993-1001
Software Platform Modelling for Utility, Time and Personal Management....Pages 1003-1013
Innovative Computerized Techniques for Individual Management Optimization....Pages 1015-1024
Supply Chain Collaboration Model Based on Drum-Buffer-Rope Philosophy....Pages 1025-1035
Implementing the Agile Marketing Audit Using the A-Marketing Balance Scorecard System....Pages 1037-1045
Technological Implications in the Development and Modelling of the Intellectual Capital....Pages 1047-1058
Optimizing Processes Among Companies Using Decision Support Technologies....Pages 1059-1068
Proposed KPIs for Optimization and Value Determination of an e-Business....Pages 1069-1076
Competency Training in Wind Power Projects....Pages 1077-1085
Opportunity Analysis of Change Requests in Automotive Projects....Pages 1087-1095
Research of Automotive Change Management and Supportive Risk Management....Pages 1097-1108
Early-Warning of Financial Crises Based on Fuzzy Logic....Pages 1109-1118
Front Matter....Pages 1119-1119
Device for Automatic Control of the Petersen Coil....Pages 1121-1137
Novel Topology Flyback Inverter for a Microgrid System....Pages 1139-1148
Driving of the Electro-Energetic Systems in the Optimal Zone....Pages 1149-1160
Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation of the Dual Winded Induction Generator’s Operating Regimes....Pages 1161-1170
Voltage and Current Signals Processing in Functioning of Nonlinear Loads....Pages 1171-1184
Centring in Magnetic Field of the Hydro Generator Rotors Using Orbit Diagram....Pages 1185-1197
Front Matter....Pages 1119-1119
Traffic Behavior Simulator SIMULO with Sensor Coverage Computation....Pages 1199-1211
Determination of Reference Mechanical Angular Speed for Wind Power Systems....Pages 1213-1222
Study of Encoders with Data Transmission Binary Channels Without Interference. Simulation of the Encoder Functioning Using the Electronic Workbench Software....Pages 1223-1243
The Study of a Data Transmission Channel Decoder Without Interference Using the Electronic Workbench Software....Pages 1245-1254
Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Optimal Power Flow....Pages 1255-1269
Applying Intelligent Optimization Algorithms for Evaluation of Transformer Black Box Model....Pages 1271-1286
Givens Orthogonal Transformation-Based Estimator Versus RLS Estimator—Case Study for an Induction Generator Model....Pages 1287-1299
Integrated Supervision and Control System for Air-electrical Aggregates....Pages 1301-1313
Maximum Power Point Control Approach for Wind Generators....Pages 1315-1324
Equivalent Speed and Equivalent Power of the Wind Systems that Works at Variable Wind Speed....Pages 1325-1336
Behavior of the Wind Systems Optimally Controlled at Variable Wind Speeds....Pages 1337-1351
An Overview of Automation in Distribution Systems....Pages 1353-1365
Smart Grid Technology in Power Systems....Pages 1367-1381

✦ Subjects

Computational Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)