Intelligent Systems Design and Applications Book

	New Model for Time-series Forecasting using RBFS and Exogenous Data	3
	On Improving Data Fitting Procedure in Reservoir Operation using Artificial Neural Networks	13
	Automatic Vehicle License Plate Recognition using Artificial Neural Networks	23
	Weather Forecasting Models Using Ensembles of Neural Networks	33
	Neural Network Predictive Control Applied to Power System Stability	43
	Identification of Residues Involved in Protein-Protein Interaction from Amino Acid Sequence - A Support Vector Machine Approach	53
	From Short Term Memory to Semantics - a Computational Model	63
	Axiomatization of Qualitative Multicriteria Decision Making with the Sugeno Integral	77
	A Self-learning Fuzzy Inference for Truth Discovery Framework	87
	Exact Approximations for Rough Sets	97
	Correlation Coefficient Estimate for Fuzzy Data	105
	A Framework for Multiagent-Based System for Intrusion Detection	117
	An Adaptive Platform Based Multi-Agents for Architecting Dependability	127
	Stochastic Distributed Algorithms for Target Surveillance	137
	What-if Planning for Military Logistics	149
	Effects of Reciprocal Social Exchanges on Trust and Autonomy	159
	Real Time Graphical Chinese Chess Game Agents Based on the Client and Server Architecture	173
	DIMS: an XML-Based Information Integration Prototype Accessing Web Heterogeneous Sources	183
	A Frame-Work for High-Performance Web Mining in Dynamic Environments using Honeybee Search Strategies	193
	Real-time Certificate Validation Service by Client's Selective Request	207
	Internet Attack Representation using a Hierarchical State Transition Graph	219
	A Secure Patch Distribution Architecture	229
	Intrusion Detection Using Ensemble of Soft Computing Paradigms	239
	NETMARK: Adding Hierarchical Object to Relational Databases	251
	Academic KDD Project LISp-Miner	263
	Performance Evaluation Metrics for Link Discovery Systems	273
	Generalizing Association Rules: A Theoretical Framework and Implementation	283
	New Geometric ICA Approach for Blind Separation of Sources	293
	A Taxonomy of Data Mining Applications Supporting Software Reuse	303
	Codifying the "Know How" Using CyKNIT Knowledge Integration Tools	313
	Data Mining Techniques in Materialised Projection View	321
	Data Mining Techniques in Index Techniques	331
	Decision Tree Induction from Distributed Heterogeneous Autonomous Data Sources	341
	Using IT To Assure a Culture For Success	353
	Gender Differences in Performance Feedback Utilizing an Expert System: A Replication and Extension	363
	Image Database Query Using Shape-Based Boundary Descriptors	373
	Image Retrieval by Auto Weight Regulation PCA Algorithm	383
	Improving the Initial Image Retrieval Set by Inter-Query Learning with One-Class SVMs	393
	Tongue Image Analysis Software	403
	2D Object Recognition Using the Hough Transform	413
	Population Size Adaptation for Differential Evolution Algorithm Using Fuzzy Logic	425
	Intelligent Management of QoS Requirements for Perceptual Benefit	437
	Integrating Random Ordering into Multi-heuristic List Scheduling Genetic Algorithm	447
	Scheduling to be Competitive in Supply Chains	459
	Contract Net Protocol for Cooperative Optimisation and Dynamic Scheduling of Steel Production	469
	A Peer-to-Peer System Architecture for Multi-Agent Collaboration	483
	A Soft Real-Time Agent-Based Peer-to-Peer Architecture	493
	Social Networks as a Coordination Technique for Multi-Robot Systems	503
	Biology-Inspired Approaches to Peer to Peer Computing in BISON	515
	UbAgent: A Mobile Agent Middleware Infrastructure for Ubiquitous/Pervasive Computing	523
	Enhanced Cluster Visualization Using the Data Skeleton Model	539
	Generating Concept Hierarchies for Categoriecal Attributes using Rough Entropy	549
	Learning from Hierarchical Attribute Values by Rough Sets	559
	Delivering Distributed Data Mining E-Services	569
	Maintenance of Discovered Functional Dependencies: Incremental Deletion	579
	Filtering Multilingual Web Content Using Fuzzy Logic	589
	A Comparison of Patient Classification Using Data Mining in Acute Health Care	599
	Criteria for a Comparative Study of Visualization Techniques in Data Mining	609
	Controlling the Spread of Dynamic Self Organising Maps	621
	Index of Contributors	631