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Fuzzy Statistical Analysis and Estimation
In social science research, many decisions, evaluations, or purposes of evaluations are done by surveys or questionnaires to seek for people’s...
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Clustering Via Decision Tree Construction
Clustering is an exploratory data analysis task. It aims to find the intrinsic structure of data by organizing data objects into similarity groups or...
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A New Theoretical Framework for K-Means-Type Clustering
One of the fundamental clustering problems is to assign n points into k clusters based on the minimal sum-of-squares(MSSC), which is known to be...
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Rough Set Theory with Applications to Data Mining
This paper is an introduction to rough set theory with an emphasis on applications to data mining. First, consistent data are discussed, including...
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2 Hybrid Estimation at a Glance
One of our test applications is a simulation study of the BIO-Plex Test Complex at NASA Johnson Space Center, a five chamber facility for evaluating...
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1 Introduction
In control theory, the dynamic behavior of Continuous-State Systems (CSS) is typically modelled by differential or difference equations. A...
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2 State Tree Structures: Basics
Complex DES are often equipped with hierarchy and concurrency structure. It is often a challenge to incorporate these features into a compact and...
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4 Hybrid Estimation
Whenever we automate a complex physical artifact it is essential to know its operational state at each time. However, it is not always possible or...
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Intelligent Agents that Learn to Deliver Online Materials to Students Better: Agent Design, Simulation and Assumptions
In this chapter, we discuss an integrated framework of case-based learning (CBL) in an agent that intelligently delivers learning materials to...
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5 The Production Cell Example
This chapter explains how to model and control a benchmark example, the Production Cell, using the State Tree Structure (STS) methodology. We will...
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PERCEPTUAL BASES OF HEARING AND MUSIC PERCEPTION
The human auditory system pertains to the entire peripheral auditory mechanism. Classically, the peripheral auditory system has been divided into...
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COGNITIVE APPROACH TO MUSICAL DATA ANALYSIS
Digital signal processing is one of the most rapidly develo** areas of science. With the explosive expansion of the Internet, the number of very...
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9 On Observing Contact States in Overconstrained Manipulation
Estimation of contact state is important to any multi-point interaction that involves frictional stick/slip phenomena. In particular, when there are...
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6 Shared Control
Based on the successful implementations of the lateral balancing and tiltup motion, in this chapter, we are going to develop a shared control...
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An Algorithm to Calculate the Expected Value of an Ongoing User Session
The fiercely competitive web-based electronic commerce environment has made necessary the application of intelligent methods to gather and analyze...
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Continuous Reinforcement Learning Algorithm for Skills Learning in an Autonomous Mobile Robot
In the last years, one of the main challenges in robotics is to endow the robots with a grade of intelligence in order to allow them to extract...
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Decision Support versus Knowledge Creation Support
After introductory remarks on interactive computerized decision support and the concept of supporting creativity, this chapter briefly describes the...
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Basic Dimensions of Creative Space
This chapter, after introductory remarks, starts with a review of the diverse meanings of the concepts knowledge and technology, since Creative Space...
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Fast Color Texture-Based Object Detection in Images: Application to License Plate Localization
The current chapter presents a color texture-based method for object detection in images. A support vector machine (SVM) is used to classify each...
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Gas Sensing Using Support Vector Machines
In this chapter we deal with the use of Support Vector Machines in gas sensing. After a brief introduction to the inner workings of multisensor...