Neural Information Processing, 16th International Conference, ICONIP 2009, Bangkok, Thailand, December 1-5, 2009, Proceedings, Part I

Computer Vision.- Obstacle Categorization Based on Hybridizing Global and Local Features.- Defect Detection and Classification in Citrus Using Computer Vision.- Superresolution from Occluded Scenes.- Generating Self-organized Saliency Map Based on Color and Motion.- Co-occurrence of Intensity and Gradient Features for Object Detection.- Control and Robotics.- Adaptive Sensor-Driven Neural Control for Learning in Walking Machines.- A Method to Switch Multiple CAN2s for Variable Initial Temperature in Temperature Control of RCA Cleaning Solutions.- Vision-Motor Abstraction toward Robot Cognition.- Adaptively Coordinating Heterogeneous Robot Teams through Asynchronous Situated Coevolution.- RL-Based Memory Controller for Scalable Autonomous Systems.- A Semantic SLAM Model for Autonomous Mobile Robots Using Content Based Image Retrieval Techniques.- Evolutionary Computation.- Parameter Estimation Using a SCE Strategy.- A Novel Evolving Clustering Algorithm with Polynomial Regression for Chaotic Time-Series Prediction.- A Multi-strategy Differential Evolution Algorithm for Financial Prediction with Single Multiplicative Neuron.- Boosted Neural Networks in Evolutionary Computation.- Improving Prediction Interval Quality: A Genetic Algorithm-Based Method Applied to Neural Networks.- Involving New Local Search in Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for Feature Selection.- Pareto Optimal Based Evolutionary Approach for Solving Multi-Objective Facility Layout Problem.- Other Emerging Computational Methods.- Swarm Reinforcement Learning Algorithm Based on Particle Swarm Optimization Whose Personal Bests Have Lifespans.- Effectiveness of Intrinsically Motivated Adaptive Agent for Sustainable Human-Agent Interaction.- RAST: A Related Abstract Search Tool.- An Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for the Quadratic Knapsack Problem.- Universal Learning Machines.- Swarm Diversity Based Text Summarization.- A Fuzzy Bi-level Pricing Model and a PSO Based Algorithm in Supply Chains.- Growing Particle Swarm Optimizers with a Population-Dependent Parameter.- An Efficient Feature Selection Using Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm.- Stable Training Method for Echo State Networks Running in Closed-Loop Based on Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm.- Signal, Data and Text Processing.- A Concept Generation Method Based on Mutual Information Quantity among Multiple Self-organizing Maps.- Decoding Ambisonic Signals to Irregular Loudspeaker Configuration Based on Artificial Neural Networks.- Document Clustering with Cluster Refinement and Non-negative Matrix Factorization.- Hierarchical Multi-view Fisher Discriminant Analysis.- Auditory Temporal Assimilation: A Discriminant Analysis of Electrophysiological Evidence.- Web Snippet Clustering Based on Text Enrichment with Concept Hierarchy.- Maintaining Footprint-Based Retrieval for Case Deletion.- Investigation of Neonatal EEG Time Series Using a Modified Nonlinear Dynamical Analysis.- Solving Fuzzy Linear Regression with Hybrid Optimization.- Automatic Document Tagging in Social Semantic Digital Library.- Text Mining with an Augmented Version of the Bisecting K-Means Algorithm.- Ontology Based Personalized Modeling for Type 2 Diabetes Risk Analysis: An Integrated Approach.- Artificial Spiking Neural Systems: Nonlinear Dynamics and Engineering Applications.- A Pulse-Coupled Network of SOM.- A Simple Spiking Neuron with Periodic Input: Basic Bifurcation and Encoding Function.- Exploiting Temporal Noises and Device Fluctuations in Enhancing Fidelity of Pulse-Density Modulator Consisting of Single-Electron Neural Circuits.- Bifurcation Analysis of a Resonate-and-Fire-Type Digital Spiking Neuron.- Strange Responses to Fluctuating Inputs in the Hindmarsh-Rose Neurons.- Towards Brain-Inspired Systems.- Evaluation of Color Constancy Vision Algorithm for Mobile Robots.- Surprise-Driven Exploration with Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filters for Efficiently Constructing Occupancy Grid Maps.- Retrieving Emotion from Motion Analysis: In a Real Time Parallel Framework for Robots.- Using Biologically Inspired Visual Features and Mixture of Experts for Face/Nonface Recognition.- Diagnosis Support System for Mucous Membrane Diseases in Oral Cavity.- Using Long and Short Term Memories in Solving Optimization Problems.- Computational Advances in Bioinformatics.- Overlap-Based Similarity Metrics for Motif Search in DNA Sequences.- An Evolutionary Artificial Neural Network for Medical Pattern Classification.- Coevolutionary Method for Gene Selection and Parameter Optimization in Microarray Data Analysis.- An Omnibus Permutation Test on Ensembles of Two-Locus Analyses for the Detection of Purely Epistatic Multi-locus Interactions.- Protein Fold Prediction Problem Using Ensemble of Classifiers.- Combination of Multiple Features in Support Vector Machine with Principal Component Analysis in Application for Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis.- Data Mining for Cybersecurity.- Hierarchical Core Vector Machines for Network Intrusion Detection.- String Kernel Based SVM for Internet Security Implementation.- Automated Log Analysis of Infected Windows OS Using Mechanized Reasoning.- HumanBoost: Utilization of Users' Past Trust Decision for Identifying Fraudulent Websites.- A Methodology for Analyzing Overall Flow of Spam-Based Attacks.- A Proposal of Malware Distinction Method Based on Scan Patterns Using Spectrum Analysis.- Evolutionary Neural Networks: Theory and Practice.- A Transductive Neuro-Fuzzy Force Control: An Ethernet-Based Application to a Drilling Process.- Sentiment Classification with Support Vector Machines and Multiple Kernel Functions.- Improving the Performance of Fuzzy ARTMAP with Hybrid Evolutionary Programming: An Experimental Study.- "Dead" Chromosomes and Their Elimination in the Neuro-Genetic Stock Index Prediction System.- String Pattern Recognition Using Evolving Spiking Neural Networks and Quantum Inspired Particle Swarm Optimization.- Fault Condition Recognition Based on PSO and KPCA.- Evaluation of Distance Measures for Speciated Evolutionary Neural Networks in Pattern Classification Problems.- Emergence of Different Mating Strategies in Artificial Embodied Evolution.- Hybrid and Adaptive Systems for Computer Vision and Robot Control.- A Markov Model for Multiagent Patrolling in Continuous Time.- Hybrid Framework to Image Segmentation.- On the Robustness of Fuzzy-Genetic Colour Contrast Fusion with Variable Colour Depth.- Navel Orange Blemish Identification for Quality Grading System.- A Cyclostationarity Analysis Applied to Scaled Images.- Intelligent Data Mining.- Non-segmented Document Clustering Using Self-Organizing Map and Frequent Max Substring Technique.- A Visual Method for High-Dimensional Data Cluster Exploration.- An Algorithm Based on the Construction of Braun's Cathode Ray Tube as a Novel Technique for Data Classification.- Fuzzy Decision Tree Induction Approach for Mining Fuzzy Association Rules.- AdaIndex: An Adaptive Index Structure for Fast Similarity Search in Metric Spaces.- Neural Networks for Data Mining.- The Application of Wavelet Neural Network Optimized by Particle Swarm in Localization of Acoustic Emission Source.- Speaker Recognition Based on GMM with an Embedded TDNN.- Finding Appropriate Turning Point for Text Sentiment Polarity.- Research on Natural Disaster Risk Assessment Model Based on Support Vector Machine and Its Application.- Identifying Tobacco Control Policy Drivers: A Neural Network Approach.- Intrusion Detection Using Neural Networks: A Grid Computing Based Data Mining Approach.- SOM and Related Subjects and Its Applications.- Recurrent Neural Networks as Local Models for Time Series Prediction.- Construction of the General Physical Condition Judgments System Using Acceleration Plethysmogram Analysis Results.- Decision of Class Borders on Spherical SOM and Its Visualization.- Quantifying the Path Preservation of SOM-Based Information Landscapes.- Self-Organizing Neural Grove and Its Parallel and Distributed Performance.- The Finding of Weak-Ties by Applying Spherical SOM and Association Rules.- Analysis of Robustness of Pareto Learning SOM to Variances of Input Vectors.- Interactive Hierarchical SOM for Image Retrieval Visualization.- Evaluation Patterns of Japanese Representative Athletes in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games: Visualization of Social Expectation and Satisfaction by Use of Self-Organizing Maps.- Temporal Signal Processing by Feedback SOM: An Application to On-line Character Recognition Task.- A Study on Clustering Method by Self-Organizing Map and Information Criteria.