FINAL PROGRAM

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Monday, May 23, 8:30AM-10:10AM

Special Session on Fuzzy Logic in Ad hoc and Sensor Networks, Chair: Qilian Liang, Room: Rosso/Sangiovese

8:30AM Wireless Sensor Network Lifetime Analysis Using Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Systems
Haining Shu and Qilian Liang

8:50AM Sensed Signal Strength Forecasting for Wireless Sensors Using Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic System
Qilian Liang and Lingming Wang

9:10AM Supporting QoS in MANET by a Fuzzy Priority Scheduler and Performance Analysis with Mixed Traffic
C. Gomathy and S. Shanmugavel

9:30AM Using Fuzzy Logic to Mitigate IEEE 802.11 Handoff Latency
Chi-Yuan Chang, Hong-Jie Wang and Han-Chieh Chao

Fuzzy and Neural Systems for Tracking and Control, Chair: Janos L Grantner, Room: Ballroom D

8:30AM Path Tracking and Obstacles Avoidance of UAVs _Fuzzy Logic Approach
Tao Dong, X. H. Liao, Ran Zhang, Zhao Sun and Y. D. Song

8:50AM A Trajectory Tracking of Piezo-Driven X-Y Table System Using Fuzzy T-S Model-Based Variable Structure Decentralized Control
Chih-Lyang Hwang, Ming-Ching Hsieh and Song-Yu Han

9:10AM Intelligent Decision Support System for Eye-Hand Coordination Assessment
Janos L. Grantner, Ramakrishna Gottipati, Norali Pernalete, George A. Fodor and Sandra Edwards

9:30AM A Network-Based Fuzzy Decentralized Sliding-Mode Control for Car-Like Mobile Robots
Chih-Lyang Hwang, Song-Yu Han and Yuan-Sheng Yu

9:50AM A Fuzzy-Neural Variable Structure Control for Nonlinear Time-Varying Delay Systems
Chih-Lyang Hwang and Li-Jui Chang

Pattern Recognition I, Chair: V Cross, Room: Ballroom E

8:30AM Relational Gustafson Kessel Clustering Using Medoids and Triangulation
Thomas A. Runkler

8:50AM Similarity Classifier with Generalized Mean Applied to Medical Data Using Different Preprocessing Methods
Pasi Luukka and Tapio Leppalampi

9:10AM A Fast Iterative Algorithm for Identifying Feature Scales and Signed Fuzzy Measures in Generalized Choquet Integrals
Xutao Deng and Zhenyuan Wang

9:30AM Unsupervised Identification of Points of Interest for Semi-Supervised Learning
Hichem Frigui

9:50AM FCM-SVM-RFE Gene Feature Selection Algorithm for Leukemia Classification from Microarray Gene Expression Data
Yuchun Tang, Yan-Qing Zhang and Zhen Huang

Information Retrieval I, Chair: J Keller, Room: Brunello

8:30AM Complexity Control in Semantic Identification
M. Falelakis, C. Diou, A. Valsamidis and A. Delopoulos

8:50AM Gene Ontology Automatic Annotation Using a Domain Based Gene Product Similarity Measure
Mihail Popescu, James M. Keller and Joyce A. Mitchell

9:10AM Semantic Relatedness Measures in Ontologies Using Information Content and Fuzzy Set Theory
Valerie Cross and Youbo Wang

9:30AM Sphere of Influence Model in Information Retrieval
Annabelle Mercier and Michel Beigbeder

9:50AM Fuzzy Pseudo-Thesaurus Based Clustering of a Folkloristic Corpus
Sandor Szaszko, Laszlo T. Koczy and Tamas D. Gedeon

Monday, May 23, 10:40AM-12:00PM

Granular Computing, Chair: T Y Lin, Room: Rosso/Sangiovese

10:40AM Granular Computing: A Problem Solving Paradigm
Tsau Young Lin

11:00AM Granular Support Vector Machines Using Linear Decision Hyperplanes for Fast Medical Binary Classification
Yuchun Tang, Bo Jin, Yan-Qing Zhang, Hao Fang and Binghe Wang

11:20AM Fuzzy Methodology for Enhancement of Context Semantic Understanding
Yu Sun, Fakhri Karray, Otman Basir, Jiping Sun and Mohamed Kamel

11:40AM PNL Applied to Economics
Barbara Diaz, Tomohiro Takagi and Sema E. Alptekin

Fuzzy Sets in Medical Diagnosis, Chair: Sunanda Mitra, Room: Ballroom D

10:40AM Breast Abnormality Detection in Mammograms Using Fuzzy Inference System
Sansanee Auephanwiriyakul, Siripen Attrapadung, Sutasinee Thovutikul and Nipon Theera-Umpon

11:00AM Fuzzy Patterns and Classification of Functional Brain Images for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
Tang-Kai Yin and Nan-Tsing Chiu

11:20AM A Fuzzy Discrete Event System for HIV/AIDS Treatment
Xiaodong Luan, Hao Ying, Feng Lin, Rodger D. MacArthur, Jonathan A. Cohn, Daniel C. Barth-Jones, Hong Ye and Lawrence R. Crane

11:40AM Segmentation and Classification of Cervix Lesions by Pattern and Texture Analysis
Bhakti Tulpule, Shuyu Yang, Yeshwanth Srinivasan, Sunanda Mitra and Brian Nutter

Pattern Recognition II, Chair: H Frigui, Room: Ballroom E

10:40AM Validity of Fuzzy Clustering Using Entropy Regularization
Hichem Sahbi and Nozha Boujemaa

11:00AM A New Method for Feature Subset Selection for Handling Classification Problems
Shyi-Ming Chen and Jen-Da Shie

11:20AM A Hybrid Real-Time System for Fault Detection and Sensor Fusion Based on Conventional Fuzzy Clustering Approach
Mohammad Abdel Kareem Jaradat and Reza Langari

11:40AM Fuzzy Learning Vector Quantization with Size and Shape Parameters
Christian Borgelt, Andreas Nurnberger and Rudolf Kruse

Special Session on Uncertainty in Image and Video Processing, Chair: Manolis Wallace, Room: Brunello

10:40AM Fuzzy Filters for Noise Reduction: The Case of Gaussian Noise
M. Nachtegael, S. Schulte, D. Van der Weken, V. De Witte and E. E. Kerre

11:00AM Confidence-Based Fusion of Multiple Feature Cues for Facial Expression Recognition
Spiros Ioannou, Manolis Wallace, Kostas Karpouzis, Amaryllis Raouzaiou and Stefanos Kollias

11:20AM Handling Uncertainty in Video Analysis with Spatiotemporal Visual Attention
Konstantinos Rapantzikos, Yannis Avrithis and Stefanos Kollias

11:40AM Fuzzy Homogeneity Measures for Path-Based Colour Image Segmentation
J. Chamorro-Martinez, D. Sanchez, B. Prados-Suarez and E. Galan-Perales

Monday, May 23, 2:30PM-4:10PM

Special Session on Theory and Applications of Type-2 Fuzzy Logic I, Chair: Robert John, Room: Rosso/Sangiovese

2:30PM The Association between Non-Stationary and Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Sets: A Case Study
Jonathan M. Garibaldi, Salang Musikasuwan and Turhan Ozen

2:50PM Interval Type-2 TSK Fuzzy Logic Systems Using Hybrid Learning Algorithm
G. M. Mendez and O. Castillo

3:10PM Towards More Efficient Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Systems
Simon Coupland and Robert John

3:30PM Type-2 FLS Modeling Capability Analysis
Dongrui Wu and Woei Wan Tan

3:50PM Handling Uncertainty in Controllers Using Type-2 Fuzzy Logic
Roberto Sepulveda, Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melin, Antonio Rodriguez-Diaz and Oscar Montiel

Fuzzy Control I, Chair: Xiao-Jun Zeng, Room: Ballroom D

2:30PM Robust Stochastic Stabilization and Robust H_infinite Control for Uncertain Stochastic Fuzzy Systems
Liangjian Hu, Weiguo Zhao and Shihuang Shao

2:50PM Non-Quadratic Discrete Fuzzy Controller Design Performing Decay Rate
Miguel Bernal

3:10PM Discrete-Time Fuzzy Control System Design with State Observer
Hugang Han

3:30PM Fuzzy Controller for MIMO Systems using Defuzzification based on Boolean Relations (DBR)
Jairo Soriano, Andres Olarte and Miguel Melgarejo

3:50PM Design of Distance-Based Two-Layer Fuzzy Sliding Mode Control
Wen-Shyong Yu

Fuzzy Image Analysis, Chair: Anca Ralescu, Room: Ballroom E

2:30PM Template Tracking using Generalized Modus Tollens
Olivier Strauss and Frederic Comby

2:50PM Multivariate Fuzzy Hidden Markov Chains Model Applied to Unsupervised Multiscale SAR Image Segmentation
Cyril Carincotte, Stephane Derrode and Salah Bourennane

3:10PM Fuzzy Transforms and Their Applications to Data Compression
Irina Perfilieva

3:30PM Fuzzy Hamming Distance Based Banknote Validator
Mircea Ionescu and Anca Ralescu

3:50PM On the Reliability Degree of Hue and Saturation Values of a Pixel for Color Image Classification
S. Romani, P. Sobrevilla and E. Montseny

Applications of Hybrid Systems, Chair: K Tanaka, Room: Brunello

2:30PM Predicting the Best Units within a Fleet: Prognostic Capabilities Enabled by Peer Learning, Fuzzy Similarity, and Evolutionary Design Process
Piero P. Bonissone and Anil Varma

2:50PM An Embedded Real-Time Neuro-Fuzzy Controller for Mobile Robot Navigation
Nian Zhang, Daryl Beetner, Donald C. Wunsch, Brian Hemmelman and Abul Hasan

3:10PM A Framework for Hybrid Fuzzy Logic Intrusion Detection Systems
Aly El--Semary, Janica Edmonds, Jesus Gonzalez and Mauricio Papa

3:30PM Ontology-based Genetic Fuzzy Agent for Meeting Scheduling System
Chang-Shing Lee, Zhi-Wei Jian and Tung-Cheng Hsieh

3:50PM A Switched-Resistor Approach to Hardware Implementation of Neural Networks
Nian Zhang and Donald Wunsch

Monday, May 23, 4:40PM-6:40PM

Special Session on Theory and Applications of Type-2 Fuzzy Logic II, Chair: Hani Hagras, Room: Rosso/Sangiovese

4:40PM Properties of the Centroid of an Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Set, Including the Centroid of a Fuzzy Granule
Jerry M. Mendel and Hongwei Wu

5:00PM Embedded Type-2 FLC for Real-Time Speed Control of Marine and Traction Diesel Engines
Christopher Lynch, Hani Hagras and Victor Callaghan

5:20PM Computationally Efficient Type-Reduction Strategies for a Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Controller
Dongrui Wu and Woei Wan Tan

5:40PM A Type-2 Fuzzy Controller for Tracking Mobile Objects in the Context of Robotic Soccer Games
John Figueroa, Jorge Posada, Jairo Soriano, Miguel Melgarejo and Sergio Rojas

6:00PM Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Controller Design for Buck DC-DC Converters
Ping-Zong Lin, Chun-Fei Hsu and Tsu-Tian Lee

6:20PM Medical Differential Diagnosis Through Type-2 Fuzzy Sets
Luigi Di Lascio, Antonio Gisolfi and Aniello Nappi

Fuzzy Control II, Chair: R Palm, Room: Ballroom D

4:40PM Polar Coordinate Fuzzy Controller Design based on Parameter-Dependent Lyapunov Function
Hiroshi Ohtake, Kazuo Tanaka and Hua O. Wang

5:00PM Observer-Based Control for Sampled-Data Fuzzy Systems
Ji-Chang Lo and Li-Tsun Hsieh

5:20PM Fuzzy Functional Observers for Dynamic TSK Systems
M. Sami Fadali

5:40PM Analysis of One and Two Dimensional Fuzzy Controllers
Xiaojun Ban, X. Z. Gao, Xianlin Huang and T. B. Wu

6:00PM Observer Based Iterative Neural Network Model Inversion
Annamaria R. Varkonyi-Koczy and Andras Rovid

6:20PM Increasing the Flexibility and Intelligence of Material Handling through the Factory by Integrated FuzzyLogic Controller with Programmable Logic Controller
Mehdi Yahyaei and Ashraf W Labib

Fuzzy Classification, Chair: H Ishibuchi, Room: Ballroom E

4:40PM Kernelized Non-Euclidean Relational Fuzzy c-Means Algorithm
Richard J. Hathaway, Jacalyn M. Huband and James C. Bezdek

5:00PM Support Vector Machine with the Fuzzy Hybrid Kernel for Protein Subcellular Localization Classification
Bo Jin, Yuchun Tang, Yan-Qing Zhang, Chung-Dar Lu and Irene Weber

5:20PM A Kind of Fuzzily Combinative Classifiers for Solving Large-Scale Learning Problems
Gao Daqi and Zhu Shangming

5:40PM Comparison between Fuzzy and Interval Partitions in Evolutionary Multiobjective Design of Rule-Based Classification Systems
Hisao Ishibuchi and Yusuke Nojima

6:00PM On the Use of Fuzzy Trees for Solving Classification Problems with Numeric Outcomes
Jay Fowder, Keeley Crockett, Zuhair Bandar and James O'Shea

Special Session on Fuzzy Logic Applications I, Chair: Mohammed Fadali, Room: Brunello

4:40PM Fuzzy Structural Dependency Constraints in Software Release Planning
An Ngo-The and Moshood Omolade Saliu

5:00PM Quality of Service control in IP Networks using Fuzzy Logic for Policy Condition Evaluation
Marcos Siqueira, Raulison Resende, Nadia Nassif, Ademilson Silva and Mamede Marques

5:20PM A Fuzzy Logic Approach to the Evaluation of Material Recyclability
Yannis Phillis, Vassilis Kouikoglou and Xiaomin Zhu

5:40PM Fuzzy Logic Control of a Projectile Smart Fin
Mohamed Trabia, Surya Parimi and Woosoon Yim

6:00PM Using Fuzzy Technology in Ambient Intelligence Environments
Vincenzo Loia and Giovanni Acampora

6:20PM Dynamic Queue Scheduling using Fuzzy Systems for Internet Routers
Hyun C. Cho, Mohammed Sami Fadali and Hyunjeong Lee

Tuesday, May 24, 8:30AM-10:10AM

Model Selection and Rule Extraction I, Chair: J Sousa, Room: Rosso/Sangiovese

8:30AM A Hierarchical Fuzzy System with Automatical Rule Extraction
Shuqing Zeng, Yongbao He and Jie Jiang

8:50AM Modified Regularity Criterion in Dynamic Fuzzy Modeling Applied to Industrial Processes
Susana M. Vieira, Luis F. Mendonca and Joao M. C. Sousa

9:10AM A Simple Technique for Generation and Minimization of Fuzzy Rules
Zaheer Uddin and Md. Jazib Anwer

9:30AM Identification of Enhanced Fuzzy Models with Multidimensional Fuzzy membership Fuctions
Ozer Ciftcioglu and Sevil Sariyildiz

9:50AM Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Model Structure Selection based on New Sensitivity Analysis
Doris Saez and Roberto Zuniga

Adaptive Fuzzy Control, Chair: T. T. Lee, Room: Ballroom D

8:30AM Adaptive Fuzzy Sliding-mode Control for Linear Piezoelectric Ceramic Motor
Chun-Fei Hsu, Chih-Min Lin and Tsu-Tian Lee

8:50AM A Gain-adjusted Fuzzy PI/PD Adaptive Controller Based on the Accumulated Genetic Algorithm
Chin-Chin Lin, Leehter Yao and Chien-Hsing Chou

9:10AM Integration of Kinematical and Robust Dynamical Controllers with Adaptive Fuzzy Elimination Scheme for Wheeled Vehicles Tracking Control
Chi-Kuang Hwang, Chih-Hu Wang and Kun-Sheng Bai

9:30AM Fuzzy Controller Design By Hybrid Evolutionary Learning Algorithms
Chia-Feng Juang and Chun-Feng Lu

9:50AM Adaptive Fuzzy Control with PI Learning Algorithm for Induction Servomotor Systems
Guan-Ming Chen, Chun-Fei Hsu and Tsu-Tian Lee

Fuzzy Optimization, Chair: B Liu, Room: Ballroom E

8:30AM A SPSA Algorithm for Solving Fuzzy Random Expected Value Models
Yunqi Zhang, Ruiqing Zhao and Yufu Ning

8:50AM Fuzzy Dependent-Chance Bilevel Programming with Application to Resource Allocation Problem
Jinwu Gao and Baoding Liu

9:10AM Analytic Hierarchy Process Based on Fuzzy Simulation
Yufu Ning, Wansheng Tang and Yunqi Zhang

9:30AM A Multi-Objective Fuzzy Assignment Problem: New Model and Algorithm
Lixing Yang and Baoding Liu

9:50AM Geometric Programming with Fuzzy Relation Equation Constraints
Ji-hui Yang Ji-hui Yang and Bing-yuan Cao Bing-yuan Cao

Information Retrieval II, Chair: Olivier Pivert, Room: Brunello

8:30AM Approximate inclusion between Fuzzy Sets - Application to the Division of Fuzzy Relations
Patrick Bosc and Olivier Pivert

8:50AM Dynamic Semantic Identification with Complexity Constraints as a Knapsack Problem
M. Falelakis, C. Diou, A. Valsamidis and A. Delopoulos

9:10AM Flexible Querying with Argued Answers
Leila Amgoud, Henri Prade and Manuel Serrut

9:30AM Derivation Principle in Advanced Fuzzy Queries
M. Goncalves and L. Tineo

9:50AM Querying the SaintEtiQ Summaries - Dealing with Null Answers
W. A. Voglozin, G. Raschia, L. Ughetto and N. Mouaddib

Tuesday, May 24, 10:40AM-12:00PM

Data Analysis and Mining, Chair: D Nauck, Room: Rosso/Sangiovese

10:40AM Protoforms of Linguistic Database Summaries as a Tool for Human-consistent Data Mining
Janusz Kacprzyk and Slawomir Zadrozny

11:00AM On Choosing an Appropriate Data Analysis Algorithm
Martin Spott and Detlef Nauck

11:20AM SPSA Algorithm for Fuzzy Block Replacement
Guoyong Wang, Ruiqing Zhao and Yun Huaili

11:40AM Some Applications of Hybrid Fuzzy Modeling
Mercedes Valdes Vela, Juan A. Botia Blaya and Antonio F. Gomez Skarmeta

Hybrid Systems for Learning, Chair: C L Hwang, Room: Ballroom D

10:40AM Fuzzy Inductive Logic Programming: Learning Fuzzy Rules with Their Implication
Mathieu Serrurier, Tom Sudkamp, Henri Prade and Didier Dubois

11:00AM Evolutionary Development of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
Wojciech Stach, Lukasz Kurgan, Witold Pedrycz and Marek Reformat

11:20AM Fuzzily Modular Multilayer Perceptron classifiers for Large-Scale Learning Problems
Gao Daqi and Yang Yunfan

11:40AM A Fuzzy Evolutionary System for Concept Formation and Adaptive Behaviour in Software Agents
Elise Langham

Special Session on Future Directions of Fuzzy Clustering I, Chair: Sadaaki Miyamoto, Room: Ballroom E

10:40AM Kernel-based Fuzzy Competitive Learning Clustering
Kiyotaka Mizutani and Sadaaki Miyamoto

11:00AM Robust PCA with Intra-sample Outlier Process Based on Fuzzy Mahalanobis Distances and Noise Clustering
Hidetomo Ichihashi, Katsuhiro Honda and Noboru Wakami

11:20AM Fuzzy c-means for Fuzzy Hierarchical Clustering
Vicenc Torra

11:40AM Cluster-Weighted Modeling as a basis for Non-additive GFM
Hanmandlu Madasu, Nishchal K. Verma, Nesar Ahmad and Shantaram Vasikarla

Theoretical Concepts I, Chair: Larry Hall, Room: Brunello

10:40AM A Similarity-based Approach to Aggregation
Joan Jacas and Jordi Recasens

11:00AM Reducing the Size of Fuzzy Concept Lattices by Hedges
Radim Belohlavek and Vilem Vychodil

11:20AM Some Comments on LexiT Orderings for Strict t-norms
Carol Walker, Elbert Walker and Ron Yager

11:40AM A Generalized Inference Method for Natural Language Propositions Involving Fuzzy Quantifiers and Truth Qualifiers
Wataru Okamoto, Shun'ichi Tano, Atsushi Inoue and Ryosuke Fujioka

Tuesday, May 24, 2:30PM-4:10PM

Model Selection and Rule Extraction II, Chair: Piero Bonissone, Room: Rosso/Sangiovese

2:30PM On-line Clustering for Nonlinear System Identification Using Fuzzy Neural Networks
Wen Yu and Andres Ferreyra

2:50PM Fuzzy Relational Neural Network Parameters Optimization with a Genetic Algorithm
Sandra E. Barajas and Carlos A. Reyes

3:10PM METHOD: A Building-Block Approach to Hybrid Fuzzy Modeling
Mercedes Valdes Vela, Juan A. Botia Blaya and Antonio F. Gomez Skarmeta

3:30PM Focusing on Interpretability and Accuracy of a Genetic Fuzzy System
Pablo A.D. Castro and Heloisa A. Camargo

3:50PM Using Ant Colony Optimization for Learning Maximal Structure Fuzzy Rules
Pablo Carmona and Juan Luis Castro

Fuzzy Control III, Chair: R Langari, Room: Ballroom D

2:30PM H-infinity State Feedback Controller Design for T-S Fuzzy Systems Based on Piecewise Lyapunov Function
Chung-Chun Kung, Ti-Hung Chen and Chien-Hung Chen

2:50PM Shared Nonlinear Control in Internet-Based Remote Stabilization
Kazuo Tanaka, Hiroshi Ohtake and Hua O. Wang

3:10PM Fuzzy Logic Controlled Multi-Objective Differential Evolution
Feng Xue, Arthur C. Sanderson, Piero P. Bonissone and Robert J. Graves

3:30PM Analysis of the Stability of a Fuzzy Control System Developed to Control a Simulated Robot
Patrick B. Moratori, Adriano J. O. Cruz, Marcia V. Pedro, Emilia B. Ferreira, Laci Mary B. Manhaes, Leila C. V. de Andrade and Cabral Lima

3:50PM Hardware based fuzzy logic controllers using frequency domain singleton fuzzification
Samuel A. Lopez and Miguel A. Melgarejo

Pattern Recognition III, Chair: P Matsakis, Room: Ballroom E

2:30PM Facial Emotional Expression Recognition with Soft Computing Techniques
Dae-Jin Kim, Sang-Wan Lee and Zeungnam Bien

2:50PM Describing Topological Relationships in Words: Refinements
L. Wawrzyniak, D. Nikitenko and P. Matsakis

3:10PM The Effect of Imbalanced Data Class Distribution on Fuzzy Classifiers - Experimental Study
Sofia Visa and Anca Ralescu

3:30PM Subsethood-based Fuzzy Rule Models and their Application to Student Performance Classification
Khairul A. Rasmani and Q. Shen

3:50PM Improving the Learning Accuracy of Fuzzy Decision Trees by Direct Back Propagation
Rajen Bhatt and M. Gopal

Fuzzy Association Rules, Chair: Qiang Shen, Room: Brunello

2:30PM Iterative vs Simultaneous Fuzzy Rule Induction
Michelle Galea and Qiang Shen

2:50PM Mining Calendar-based Asynchronous Periodical Association Rules with Fuzzy Calendar Constraints
Jung-Yi Jiang, Wan-Jui Lee and Shie-Jue Lee

3:10PM Fuzzy Association Rules discovered on Effective Reduced Database Algorithm
Dong Xie

3:30PM Mining Multi-Level Associations with Fuzzy Hierarchies
Rafal Angryk and Frederick Petry

3:50PM A Novel Approach to Mining Inter-Transaction Fuzzy Association Rules from Stock Price Variation Data
Yo-Ping Huang and Li-Jen Kao

Tuesday, May 24, 4:40PM-6:20PM

Model Selection and Rule Extraction III, Chair: T. Sudkamp, Room: Rosso/Sangiovese

4:40PM Genetic Learning of the Knowledge Base of a Fuzzy System by Using the Linguistic 2-Tuples Representation
Rafael Alcala, Jesus Alcala-Fdez, Francisco Herrera and Jose Otero

5:00PM A Study on the Real-time Modeling Capabilities of the IDS Method
Masayuki Murakami and Nakaji Honda

5:20PM Modification of Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Algorithms for Multiobjective Design of Fuzzy Rule-Based Classification Systems
Kaname Narukawa, Yusuke Nojima and Hisao Ishibuchi

5:40PM Possibilistic Evaluation of Extended Fuzzy Rules in the Presence of Uncertainty
Manolis Wallace and Stefanos Kollias

6:00PM Transformation Based Interpolation with Generalized Representative Values
Zhiheng Huang and Qiang Shen

Fuzzy Logic Applications II, Chair: U Kaymak, Room: Ballroom D

4:40PM Fuzzy Modelling of Farmer Motivations for Integrated Farming in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta
R. Bosma, U. Kaymak, J. van den Berg and H. M. J. Udo

5:00PM Ancient Document Recognition Using Fuzzy Methods
J. M. C. Sousa, J. R. C. Pinto, C. S. Ribeiro and J. M. Gil

5:20PM Minutia Verification using Fuzzy Logic and Geographic Points of Reference
G. Vert and S. Nasser

5:40PM Dynamic Case Based Reasoning in Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis
Hamid Berenji, Yan Wang and Abhi Saxena

6:00PM Fault Detection and Isolation of Industrial Processes Using Optimized Fuzzy Models
L. F. Mendonca, J. M. C. Sousa and J. M. G. Sa' da Costa

Fuzzy Clustering, Chair: Hidetomo Ichihashi, Room: Ballroom E

4:40PM Participatory Learning in Fuzzy Clustering
L. Silva, F. Gomide and R. Yager

5:00PM Effects of Irrelevant Attributes in Fuzzy Clustering
Christian Doering, Christian Borgelt and Rudolf Kruse

5:20PM Semi-Supervised Fuzzy Clustering with Pairwise-Constraints Competitive Agglomeration
Nizar Grira, Michel Crucianu and Nozha Boujemaa

5:40PM FCM Clustering from the View Point of Iteratively Reweighted Least Squares
Hidetomo Ichihashi and Katsuhiro Honda

6:00PM Mixture Model Clustering of Uncertain Data
Hani Hamdan and Gerard Govaert

Special Session on Relation between Fuzzy and Interval Techniques, Chair: Vladik Kreinovich, Room: Brunello

4:40PM The Empirical Variance of a Set of Fuzzy Intervals
Didier Dubois, Helene Fargier and Jerome Fortin

5:00PM Exact Bounds for Interval and Fuzzy Functions Under Monotonicity Constraints, with Potential Applications to Biostratigraphy
Emil Platon, Kavitha Tupelly, Vladik Kreinovich, Scott A. Starks and Karen Villaverde

5:20PM Comparing Attacks: an Approach Based on Interval Computation and Fuzzy Integration
Martine Ceberio, Francois Modave and Xiaojing Wang

5:40PM Non-Commutative Fuzzy Interval Logics with Approximation Semantics Based on the Checklist Paradigm and Their Group Transformations
Ladislav J. Kohout and Eunjin Kim

6:00PM Interval t-norms as Interval Representations of t-norms
Benjamin Rene Callejas Bedregal and Adriana Takahashi

Wednesday, May 25, 8:30AM-10:10AM

Fuzzy Systems, Chair: L Koczy, Room: Rosso/Sangiovese

8:30AM FLEXFIS: A Variant for Incremental Learning of Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Systems
Edwin Lughofer and Erich Peter Klement

8:50AM Fuzzy Adaptive Controller Design Methodology for Robotics Systems
Youcef Touati and El Hadi Rebaa

9:10AM Fuzzy Model Identification of a Biological Process based on Input-Output Data Clustering
Victor Hugo Grisales, Alain Gauthier and Gilles Roux

9:30AM Model-free Control Design for Hybrid Magnetic Levitation System
Rong-Jong Wai, Jeng-Dao Lee and Chiung-Chou Liao

9:50AM Conditions for Equivalence of Hierarchical Fuzzy Systems and Zero-Order TS Fuzzy Systems
Xinyu Du, Hao Ying and Naiyao Zhang

Special Session on New Approaches to Fuzzy System Modeling and Control I, Chair: Gary Feng, Room: Ballroom D

8:30AM Multi-step-ahead prediction with Gaussian Processes and TS-Fuzzy Models
Rainer Palm

8:50AM Separable Approximation Property of Hierarchical Fuzzy Systems
Xiao-Jun Zeng and John A. Keane

9:10AM New Generalized Stability Conditions for Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Time-Delay Systems
Jun Yoneyama

9:30AM Radial Implicative Fuzzy Systems
David Coufal

9:50AM A Comparative Study Between Two Relaxed LMI-Based Fuzzy Control Designs
Marcelo C. M. Teixeira, Maurilio F. R. Catharino, Edvaldo Assuncao and Erica R. M. Daruichi

Special Session on Future Directions of Fuzzy Clustering II, Chair: Saddaki Miyamoto, Room: Ballroom E

8:30AM On Fuzzy Clustering based Self-Organized Methods
Mika Sato-Ilic and Tomoyuki Kuwata

8:50AM Algorithms for Clustering Terms in Document Set Based on Fuzzy Neighborhoods
Sadaaki Miyamoto and Erina Kataoka

9:10AM Graded Possibilistic Approach to Variable Selection in Linear Fuzzy Clustering
Katsuhiro Honda, Hidetomo Ichihashi, Francesco Masulli and Stefano Rovetta

9:30AM Swarm Based Fuzzy Clustering with Partition Validity
Lawrence Hall and Parag Kanade

9:50AM On Dynamic Clustering and Two Options
Yasunori Endo and Hayato Iwata

Information Retrieval III, Chair: Janusz Kacprzyk, Room: Brunello

8:30AM WWW Data Source Selection with SQLfi
M. Goncalves Da Silva and L. Tineo

8:50AM A Fuzzy-Based Approach for Text Representation in Text Categorization
Son Doan

9:10AM Approximate Metrics For Autonomous Semantic Web Ontology Merging
Bartley Richardson and Lawrence Mazlack

9:30AM An Extended Fuzzy Boolean Model of Information Retrieval Revisited
Slawomir Zadrozny and Janusz Kacprzyk

9:50AM Eager Learning in Two-Stages for Precise and Complete Web Personalization
Olfa Nasraoui and Mrudula Pavuluri

Wednesday, May 25, 11:50AM-1:10PM

Theoretical Concepts II, Chair: J Mendel, Room: Rosso/Sangiovese

11:50AM Perception-based Logical Deduction as Alternative Approximate Reasoning Method
Vilem Novak

12:10PM E-concavity for fuzzy sets
Yu-Ru Syau and E. Stanley Lee

12:30PM To Properly Reflect physicists' Reasoning About randomness, We Also Need a Maxitive (Possibility) Measure
Andrei M. Finkelstein, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich, Scott A. Starks and Hung T. Nguyen

12:50PM Implications from Data with Fuzzy Attributes vs. Scalled Binary Attributes
Radim Belohlavek and Vilem Vychodil

Special Session on New Approaches to Fuzzy System Modeling and Control II, Chair: Gary Feng, Room: Ballroom D

11:50AM Delay-dependent Piecewise Control for Time-Delay T-S fuzzy Systems with Application to Chaos Control
Cailian Chen and Gang Feng

12:10PM Fuzzy Instrumental Variable Concept and Identification Algorithm
Ginalber Serra and Celso Bottura

12:30PM Simpl_eTS: A Simplified Method for Learning Evolving Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Models
Plamen Angelov and Dimitar Filev

12:50PM Evaluation of Adaptive Fuzzy Controllers: a Real-World Experiment
Domenico Bellomo, David Naso and Robert Babuska

Hybrid Fuzzy Systems for Pattern Recognition, Chair: T Runkler, Room: Ballroom E

11:50AM Fuzzily Modular Single-layer RBF Neural Networks for Solving Large-Scale Classification Problems
Gao Daqi and Tong Zhen

12:10PM Simulated Annealing Dynamic RPROP for Training Recurrent Fuzzy Systems
P. A. Mastorocostas and I. T. Rekanos

12:30PM A Novel Evolution Learning for Recurrent Wavelet-Based Neuro-Fuzzy Networks
De-Yu Wang, Ho-Chin Chuang, Yong-Ji Xu and Cheng-Jian Lin

12:50PM Maximum Likelihood Parameter Estimation in Probabilistic Fuzzy Classifiers
Ludo Waltman, Uzay Kaymak and Jan van den Berg

Solving Fuzzy Equations, Chair: E Trillas, Room: Brunello

11:50AM Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations with Help of Fuzzy Transform
Martin Stepnicka and Radek Valasek

12:10PM Exact Solving of the Fuzzy Equation: A.X² + B.X = C
Reda Boukezzoula and Stephane Marteau

12:30PM Exact Solving for a Class of Second Order Fuzzy Equation
Reda Boukezzoula and Stephane Marteau

12:50PM On an Equation comming from Fuzzy Association Rules
Enric Trillas and Claudi Alsina