Keynote Speech---Computing with Words as a Basis for an Enlargement of the Role of Natural Languages in Information Processing, Decision, and Control 1(1) Lotfi A. Zadeh Keynote Speech---The Evolution of Data Mining 2(1) Jacek Myczkowski Pioneer Speech---Stability and Stabilization of Mamdani-like Fuzzy Systems 3(1) Michio Sugeno Keynote Speech---Engineering Intelligence 4(1) James Albus Panel Discussion---Soft Computing Techniques for an Intelligent Use of Internet Resources 5(2) J. Kacprzyk L. Zadeh R. Yager D. Kraft T. Whalen E. Damiani T. Vila G. Pasi D. Nauck Session MA1---Adaptive and Optimal Control 1 Direct Adaptive Fuzzy Control for MIMO Processes 7(6) Edy Bertolissi Antoine Duchateau Hugues Bersini Frank Vanden Berghen A Self-Organized Rule Generation Scheme for Fuzzy Controllers 13(6) Tandra Pal Nikhil R. Pal S. Deb Ray Cell State Space Based Incremental Best Estimate Directed Search Algorithm for Takagi-Sugeno Type Fuzzy Logic Controller Automatic Optimization 19(6) Feijun Song Samuel M. Smith Adaptive Critic Based Approximate Dynamic Programming for Tuning Fuzzy Controllers 25(5) Thaddeus T. Shannon George G. Lendaris Optimization of Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Controllers Using a Genetic Algorithm 30(6) Marcio A. T. de Sousa Marconi K. Madrid Session MA2---Fuzzy Clustering and Pattern Classification Generalized Min-Max Classifier 36(6) A. Rizzi F. M. Frattale Mascioli G. Martinelli A Staged Approach for Generation and Compression of Fuzzy Classification Rules 42(6) Giovanna Castellano Anna Maria Fanelli K-Means-Based Fuzzy Classifier Design 48(5) Ching-Chang Wong Chia-Chong Chen Shih-Liang Yeh Using Fuzzy Clustering to Improve Naive Bayes Classifiers and Probabilistic Networks 53(6) Christian Borgelt Heiko Timm Rudolf Kruse Effect of Rule Weights in Fuzzy Rule-Based Classification Systems 59(6) Hisao Ishibuchi Tomoharu Nakashima Session MA3---Fuzzy Set Theory and Algebra Minimizing Fuzzy Finite Automata 65(6) Hsuan-Shih Lee A Method for Ranking Fuzzily Fuzzy Numbers 71(6) Jee-Hyong Lee Hyung Lee-Kwang The Inclusion Variation of Nonadditive Set Functions 77(6) Qiang Zhang Ziyou Gao Information Granulation: Percepts and Their Stability 83(973) Witold Pedrycz Michael H. Smith Session MA4---Soft and Intelligent Computing Efficient Learning by Symbol Emergence in Multi-layered Network and, Agent Collaboration 1056(6) S. Tano D. Futamura Y. Uemura Extraction of Quantified Fuzzy Rules from Numerical Data 1062 Motohide Umano Takahiro Okada Itsuo Hatono Hiroyuki Tamura Differentiation of Choquet Integral for Nonnegative Measurable Function and Its Application to Capital Investment Decision Making 89(5) Toshihiro Kaino Kaoru Hirota Data Retrieval Using Conceptual Fuzzy Sets 94(6) Tomohiro Takagi Kazushi Kawase Kazuhiko Otsuka Toru Yamaguchi Pattern Recognition Using Fuzzy Inference with Lacked Input Data 100(5) Shuji Sato Yoshinori Arai Kaoru Hirota Session MA5---Industrial Application 1 Target Value Computing in Paper Machine Grade Changes by Fuzzy System 105(5) Pauli Viljamaa Heikki Peltonen Heikki N. Koivo Recurrent Neuro-Fuzzy Predictor for Multi-Step Prediction of v-i Characteristics of Electric Arc Furnaces 110(6) A. R. Sadeghian J. D. Lavers A Neuro-Fuzzy Supervisory Control System for Industrial Batch Processes 116(6) Chr. W. Frey M. Sajidman H. -B. Kuntze Fuzzy Modeling of a Magnetorheological Damper Using ANFIS 122(6) Kyle C. Schurter Paul N. Roschke A Mixed-Signal Fuzzy Controller and Its Application to Soft Start of DC Motors 128(6) Rafael Navas-Gonzalez Fernando Vidal-Verdu Angel Rodriguez-Vazquez Session MM1---Adaptive and Optimal Control 2 A Direct Model Reference Adaptive Fuzzy Control for MIMO Takagi-Sugeno Model Young-Wan Cho Sang-Hyung Lee Mignon Park The Regression-Type Fuzzy Controllers Design by GA Jin-Jye Lin Danny Liu Hung-Yuan Chung How Blind Can a Blind Fuzzy Logic Controller Design Be?---Analysis of Cell State Space Based Incremental Best Estimate Directed Search Algorithm 134(6) Feijun Song Samuel M. Smith Behaviour Based Decision Control in Autonomous Vehicles: A Fuzzy Approach Using Khepera 140(6) Antonio Abreu Luis Correia On Tuning Nonlinear Fuzzy Control Systems 146(6) Carlos Pinheiro Fernando Gomide Session MM2---Fuzzy Clustering and Pattern Classification 2 Fuzzy Entropy Clustering 152(6) Dat Tran Michael Wagner Simultaneous Clustering and Attribute Discrimination 158(6) Hichem Frigui Olfa Nasraoui A C-Fuzzy Means Algorithm for Prototype Induction 164(6) J. F. Baldwin J. Lawry A Novel Approach to Unsupervised Robust Clustering Using Genetic Niching 170(6) Olfa Nasraoui Raghu Krishnapuram Weighted Possibilistic c-means Clustering Algorithms 176(5) Adam Schneider Session MM3---Fuzzy Logic and Reasoning An Application of Fuzzy Hypothesis Testing to Signal Integration 181(4) S. W. Leung J. W. Minett M. K. Lee A Study on Fuzzy Reasoning Mechanism Based on Extension Principle 185(6) Xu Yang E. E. Kerre Da Ruan Song Zhenming A Resolution Procedure Based on a Fuzzy Logic 191(6) Liu Jun Song Zhenming Qin Keyun On Implicative Closure Operators in Approximate Reasoning 197(6) R. O. Rodriguez F. Esteva P. Garcia L. Godo Incoherence Detection and Approximate Solving of Equations Using Fuzzy Qualitative Reasoning 203(6) Didier Dubois Allel Hadj-Ali Henri Prade Session MM4---Decision Making Soft Decision Trees: A New Approach Using Non-linear Fuzzification 209(7) Keeley A. Crockett Zuhair Bandar Akeel Al-Attar Fuzzy Interval Ranking Evaluation 216(6) Ladislav J. Kohout Eunjin Kim Decision Making Process via Constraint-Oriented Fuzzy Logic Based on Chu Space Theory 222(6) Ken Sato Tadashi Horiuchi Toshihiro Hiraoka Hiroshi Kawakami Osamu Katai Specifying Fuzzy Constraints Interactions Without Using Aggregation Operators 228(6) Joao Moura-Pires Henri Prade Intervals (Pairs of Fuzzy Values), Triples, etc.: Can We Thus Get an Arbitrary Ordering? 234(5) Vladik Kreinovich Masao Mukaidono Session MM5---Industrial Application 2 Design of a Dynamic Fuzzy Controller IC with Application to Garage Parking Control 239(6) Tzuu-Hseng S. Li Cheng-Seng Hsu Yu-Ji Su Automated Simulation of Robotic Dynamic Systems Using a New Fuzzy-Fractal-Genetic Approach 245(6) Oscar Castillo Patricia Melin Fuzzy Reasoning Based Motion Estimation from Range Images 251(6) Marcos A. Rodrigues Yonghuai Liu A Pipeline Parallel Architecture for a Fuzzy Inference Processor 257(811) Giuseppe Ascia Vincenzo Catania Sensor Selected Fusion Using Selection Rules Acquired by ES (Application to Inference of Surface Roughness in Grinding System) 1068 Futoshi Kobayashi Fumihito Arai Toshio Fukuda Makoto Onoda Yuzo Hotta Session MP1---Fuzzy Control (Invited) Systematically Constructing Stabilization Fuzzy Controllers for Single and Double Pendulum Systems 263(6) Jianqiang Yi Naoyoshi Yubazaki Kaoru Hirota Design of Fuzzy Controller via Universal Regulators for the Incomplete Information Nonlinear Systems 269(5) Jin-Tsong Jeng Tsu-Tian Lee Highway Ramp Control via Fuzzy Logic 274(5) Shing-Fei Lee You-Wei Teng Wen-June Wang An Uncertain Structure on Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Model 279(6) Ji-Chang Lo Min-Long Lin Continuous Time-Invariant Optimal Fuzzy Tracker Design Based on Local Concept Approach 285(6) Shinq-Jen Wu Ching-Teng Lin Session MP2---Fuzzy Clustering and Pattern Classification 3 Using Fuzzy Logic to Recognize Geometric Shapes Interactively 291(6) Manuel J. Fonseca Joaquim A.. Jorge Design of Fuzzy Classification System Using Genetic Algorithms 297(5) Ching-Chang Wong Chia-Chong Chen Bo-Chen Lin A Fuzzy Clustering Model of Data and Fuzzy c-Means 302(6) S. Nascimento B. Mirkin F. Moura-Pires Building Adaptive User Profiles by a Genetic Fuzzy Classifier with Feature Selection 308(5) Maria J. Martin-Bautista Maria-Amparo Vila Henrik L. Larsen Integrating Quality in Fuzzy Reasoning Edge Detection 313(6) Vincent Bombardier Oliver Perez-Oramas Jacques Bremont Session MP3---Fuzzy Logic Foundations Fuzzy Integral Equation 319(5) James J. Buckley Thomas Feuring Yoichi Hayashi Pseudo Rule-Driven Model for a Programmable T-norm 324(4) Enrique Frias-Martinez Julio Gutierrez-Rios Felipe Fernandez-Hernandez Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Systems 328(6) Qilian Liang Jerry M. Mendel On the Representation of Veristic Variables 334(6) Ronald R. Yager Shadows of Fuzzy Sets---A Natural Way Towards Describing 2-D and Multi-D Fuzzy Uncertainty in Linguistic Terms 340(6) Hung T. Nguyen Berlin Wu Vladik Kreinovich Session MP4---Scheduling and Operations Research A Fuzzy Solution Approach for the Roster Planning Problem 346(6) W. El Moudani F. Mora-Camino Solving Fuzzy Problems in Operations Research: Inventory Control 352(6) James J. Buckley Thomas Feuring Yoichi Hayashi New Methods for Traffic Signal Control---Development of Fuzzy Controller 358(5) Ville Kononen Jarkko Nuttymaki Palmer-based Flexible Flow-Shop Scheduling for Continuous Fuzzy Domains 363(6) Tzung-Pei Hong Tzu-Ting Wang Shyue-Liang Wang Extension of Petri Nets and Its Applications to Model Systems with Imprecise Task Duration 369(6) Stanislav Kurkovsky Rasiah Loganantharaj Session MP5---Data Mining & Information Retrieval Combining Fuzzy Clustering and Fuzzy Inferencing in Information Retrieval 375(6) Donald H. Kraft Jianhua Chen Andreja Mikulcic A Fuzzy-Based Instance Selection Approach for Data Mining 381(6) Peggy Wright Julia Hodges Linguistic Classifiers with Application to Management Questionnaires 387(6) James M. Keller Sansanee Auephanwiriyakul Allyson Adrian Uncertainty Handling in the Datamining Process with Fuzzy Logic 393(6) Michalis Varzigiannis Maria Halkidi An Ordinal Framework for Data Mining of Fuzzy Rules 399(6) John W. T. Lee Session TA1---Fuzzy Control 1 Fuzzy Tracking Control Design for Nonlinear Discrete-Time Dynamic Systems via TS Fuzzy Model 405(6) Chung-Shi Tseng Bor-Sen Chen Generalized Predictive Control with Fuzzy Sift Constraints 411(6) Shaoyuan Li Yugeng Xi Decoupling MBPC uUsing Fuzzy Models 417(6) S. Mollov R. Babuska H. B. Verbruggen Performance Evaluation of a Fuzzy Rule Base for Control Purpose 423(6) D. Passaquay M. Bross R. Babuska S. Boverie A. Titli Improved Lyapunov Function Based Stability Analysis Method for Fuzzy Logic Control Systems 429(6) L. K. Wong Frank H. F. Leung Peter K. S. Tam Session TA2---Hierarchial, Multi-stage and Complex Systems A Fuzzy Approach for Modeling Chaotic Dynamics with Assigned Properties 435(6) M. Porto P. Amato Extended Fuzzy Petri Net for Multi-Stage Fuzzy Logic Inference 441(6) Hung-Pin Chen Zong-Mu Yeh Evolutionary Design of Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Systems: A Modular and Hierarchical Approach 447(6) Myriam Regattieri Delgado Fernando Von Zuben Fernando Gomide Multilevel Composite Fuzzy Models 453(6) Gancho Vachkov Toshio Fukuda Fuzzy Global Control for Complex Systems 459(6) Q. P. Ha D. C. Rye H. F. Durrant-Whyte H. Trinh Session TA3---Fuzziness in Interpolative Reasoning (invited) Fuzzy Interpolation by Convex Completion of Sparse Rule Bases 465(6) Laurent Ughetto Didier Dubois Henri Prade Interpolation in Hierarchical Fuzzy Rule Bases 471(7) Laszlo T. Koczy Kaoru Hirota Leila Muresan Alpha-Cut Interpolation Technique in the Space of Regular Conclusion 478(5) Peter Baranyi Domonkos Tikk Tamas D. Gedeon Laszlo T. Koczy Interpolative Reasoning Based on Graduality 483(5) B. Bouchon-Meunier C. Marsala M. Rifqi A Fuzzy Rule Interpolation Technique Based on Bi-Splines in Multiple Input Systems 488(5) Mayuka F. Kawaguchi Masaaki Miyakoshi Session TA4---Forecasting, Resource Management and Multimedia Dynamic Financial Forecasting with Automatically Induced Fuzzy Associations 493(6) Yazann Romahi Qiang Shen A Fuzzy Modeling Approach for the Long Term Management of Water Resource Systems 499(6) R. M. Faye S. Sawadogo F. Mora-Camino A. K. Achaibou Soft Computing Applied to Irrigation in Farming Environments 505(5) Juan A. Botia Antonio F. Gomez-Skarmeta Gracia Sanchez Mercedes Valdes Juan A. Lopez Morales Tools of Soft Computing as Applied to the problem of Facilities Layout Planning Essam Zaneldin Fakhri Karray Tarek Hegazy Abdulkarim Shabeeb Emad Elbetagi Design of Multimedia Web Server Using a Neuro-Fuzzy Framework 510(6) Zafar Ali C. S. George Lee Arif Ghafoor Session TA5---Biological and Biosystems A Lightweight Fuzzy Process to Support Early Diagnosis of Confusable Diseases Using Causation and Time Relationships 516(6) P. R. Innocent A Fuzzy Linguistic Model for Ambulatory Systolic Blood Pressure Variation Prediction 522(6) Sylvie Galichet Sylvie Charbonnier Gilles Mauris Jean-Philippe Siche A Time-Varying Fuzzy On-Off Control System with Application to the Control of Tissue Temperature during Laser Heating 528(6) Yongsheng Ding Hao Ying Shihuang Shao Fuzzy Self-Tuning Immune Feedback Controller for Tissue Hyperthermia 534(5) Yongsheng Ding Lihong Ren Session TM1---Fuzzy Control 2 Relaxed Stability Conditions for Takagi-Sugenos Fuzzy Models 539(5) Yann Blanco Wilfrid Perruquetti Pierre Borne Predictive Fuzzy PID Control for Complex Processes 544(5) Jialiang Lu Rayanallur S. Ranganathan Guanrong Chen Heidar A. Malki T-S Fuzzy Model with Linear Rule Consequence and PDC Controller: A Universal Framework for Nonlinear Control Systems 549(6) Hua O. Wang Jing Li David Niemann Kazuo Tanaka Switching Controller for Fuzzy Systems Subject to Unknown Parameters: Analysis and Design Based on a Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI) Approach 555(5) H. K. Lam F. H. F. Leung P. K. S. Tam An Analytical Approach for Choosing the Right Fuzzy Implication Based on Performance Criteria for the Fuzzy Control 560(6) Tarek Chenaina Jamel Jilani Session TM2---NeuroFuzzy Modeling and Control Nonlinear Combination of Forecasts Using Artificial Neural Network, Fuzzy Logic and Neuro-Fuzzy Approaches 566(6) Ajoy Kumar Palit D. Popovic A Fuzzy Kohonen Classifier 572(5) U. Sprekelmeyer A. Tenhagen Wolfram-M. Lippe Adaptive Arrangement Classifier via Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling 577(4) Kenpei Shiina Implementation of Fuzzy Controllers with Radial Basis Neural Networks 581(6) Anthony Little Leonid Reznik Adaptive Control of Nonlinear MIMO Systems with Transport Delay: Conventional, Rule Based or Neural? 587(6) Dimitar Filev Lixing Ma Tomas Larsson Session TM3---Fuzzy Logic Some Comments on Fuzzy Normal Forms 593(6) Mai Gehrke Carol Walker Elbert Walker Basic Algebra of BK Products of Relations in t-norm Fuzzy Logics 599(6) Ladislav J. Kohout What do MP and GMP Really Mean? 605(10) Lu Jianping Zhao Shuxiang Canonical Forms of Fuzy Truthood I. B. Turksen Session TM4---Soft and Intelligent Computing 2 Mining Approximate Dependency to Answer Null Queries on Similarity-based Fuzzy Relational Databases 615(6) Shyue-Liang Wang Tzung-Pei Hong The Fuzzy Clustering on Market Segment 621(6) Tsuen-Ho Hsu Kao-Ming Chu Hei-Chun Chan Application of Adaptive Fuzzy Sliding Mode Control for Bridges Wei-Ling Chiang Ken Yeh Numerical Solution of Dynamic Optimization Problems with Flexible Constraints by Iterative Dynamic Programming 627(6) Cheng-Liang Chen Daim-Yuang Sun Chia-Yuan Chang Interpolative Model for Fuzzy Arithmetic 633(3) Arthur Ramer Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier Maria do Carmo Nicoletti Chrisophe Marsala Maria Rifqi Session TM5---Text Processing Automatic Keyword Extraction with Relational Clustering and Levenshtein Distances 636(5) Thomas A. Runkler James C. Bezdek Fuzzy Queries and Cross-Language Ontologies in Multilingual Document Exploitation 641(6) Valerie V. Cross Clare R. Voss Affect Analysis of Text Using Fuzzy Semantic Typing 647(6) Pero Subasic Alison Huettner A Fuzzy Similarity Approach in Text Classification Task 653(6) Dwi H. Widyantoro John Yen Session TP1---Fuzzy Control 3 Symbolic Stability Analysis Under Relaxed Non-separate Condition with New Fuzzy Inference Method 659(6) Hidehiro Yamamoto Takeshi Furuhashi Sliding Mode Observer for a Takagi Sugeno Fuzzy Systems 665(6) Rainer Palm Pontus Bergsten Thau-Luenberger Observers for TS Fuzzy Systems 671(6) Rainer Palm Pontus Bergsten Fuzzy State Feedback Controller for Nonlinear Systems: Stability Analysis and Design 677(5) H. K. Lam F. H. F. Leung P. K. S. Tam Stability and Robustness Analysis and Gain Design for Fuzzy Control Systems Subject to Parameter Uncertainties 682(6) H. K. Lam F. H. F. Leung P. K. S. Tam Session TP2---Rule Reduction in Fuzzy Modeling Generalized Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Systems: Rule Reduction and Robust Control 688(6) Kazuo Tanaka Tadanari Taniguchi Hua O. Wang A New Rule Reduction Method for Finding Interpretable Small Rule Bases in High Dimensional Search Spaces 694(6) A. Krone P. Krause T. Slawinski Orthogonal Transforms for Ordering and Reduction of Fuzzy Rules 700(6) Magne Setnes Hans Hellendoorn A Hybrid Fuzzy GBML Algorithm for Designing Compact Fuzzy Rule-Based Classification Systems 706(6) Hisao Ishibuchi Tomoharu Nakashima Tetsuya Kuroda SVD Based Reduction for Subdivided Rule Bases 712(5) Peter Baranyi Yeung Yam Chi-Tin Yang Annamaria Varkonyi-Koczy Session TP3---Possibility Theory Fuzzy PERT in Series-Parallel Graphs 717(6) Helene Fargier Vincent Galvagnon Didier Dubois On the Calculation of a Possibilistic Equivalent Value 723(6) Ronald R. Yager Using Consistency and Abduction Based Indices in Possibilistic Causal Diagnosis 729(6) O. De Mouzon D. Dubois H. Prade Similarity as a Foundation for Possibility 735(6) Thomas Sudkamp Session TP4---Evolutionary Computing An Accurate COG Defuzzier Design by the Co-adaptation of Learning and Evolution 741(7) Daijin Kim Genetic Evolution: A Dynamic Fuzzy Approach 748(5) S. K. Sharma M. O. Tokhi A Novel Learning Method for Intelligent Agents Using Biofunctionality 753(6) Abdollah Homaifar Hani Hawari Jalal Baghdadchi Asghar Iran-Nejad A Novel Bacterial Algorithm to Extract Rule Base from a Training Set 759(3) M. Salmeri M. Re E. Petongari G. C. Cardarilli Compact Fuzzy Models Through Complexity Reduction and Evolutionary Optimization 762(6) Hans Roubos Magne Setnes Session TP5---Computing and Granulation Towards Soft Computing Object-Oriented Logic Programming 768(6) J. F. Baldwin T. H. Cao T. P. Martin J. M. Rossiter Fuzzy Types: Softening Structures 774(6) N. Marin M. A. Vila O. Pons On Algebraic Foundations of Information Granulation I---The Crisp Case 780(6) Helmut Thiele Collective Choice Rules under Linguistic Preferences: An Example of the Computing with Words/Perceptions Paradigm 786(6) Janusz Kacprzyk Slawomir Zadrozny Session WA1---Mechanical System A Fuzzy PD-like Scheme for Two Underactuated Planar Mechanisms 792(6) Christian Melin Borislav Vidolov T-S Scheme for Trajectory Tracking of an Underactuated Robot 798(6) Ofelia Begovich Edgar N. Sanchez Marcos Maldonado Stable Switching Fuzzy Control and Its Application to an Hovercraft Type Vehicle 804(6) Kazuo Tanaka Masaaki Iwasaki Hua O. Wang A Scheme of Fuzzy Training and Learning Applied to Elebike Control System 810(7) Ping-Ho Chen Stabilization Fuzzy Control of Parallel-Type Double Inverted Pendulum System 817(6) Jianqiang Yi Naoyoshi Yubazaki Kaoru Hirota Session WA2---Fuzzy Modeling and System Identification Using the Transformed Data to Construct an Extension-Based Fuzzy Inference Model 823(6) Yo-Ping Huang Hung-Jin Chen Structure and Parameter Indentification of Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Models Using Input Space Partitions Matias Garcia-Rivera G. Poma Antonio Barreiro From Approximative to Descriptive Models 829(6) Javier G. Marin-Blazquez Qiang Shen A. F. Gomez-Skarmeta Local and Global Identification and Interpretation oaf Parameters in Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Models 835(6) J. Abonyi R. Babuska Fuzzy Based Sliding Manifolds for Identification of a Class of Nonlinear Systems 841(6) Abdel Latif Elshafei Fakhreddine Karray Session WA3---Learning Systems and Evolutionary Computing Incorporating Fuzzy Logic to Reinforcement Learning 847(6) Gedson Faria Roseli Francelin Romero Online Learning of Fuzzy Behaviour Coordination for Autonomous Agents Using Genetic Algorithms & Real-Time Interaction with the Environment 853(6) Hani Hagras Victor Callaghan Martin Colley Fuzzy Modeling Based on Premise Optimization 859(6) N. Xiong L. Litz Fuzzy Advantage Learning 865(6) X. W. Yan Z. D. Deng Z. Q. Sun Advantages of Cooperation Between Reinforcement Learning Agents in Difficult Stochastic Problems 871(6) Hamid Berenji David Vengerov Session WA4---Signal Processing/Communication A Generalized TSK Dynamic Fuzzy Neural Network: Application to Adaptive Noise Cancellation 877(6) P. Mastorocostas J. B. Theocharis Decision Feedback Equalizer for Nonlinear Time-Varying Channels Using Type-2 Fuzzy Adaptive Filters 883(6) Qilian Liang Jerry M. Mendel Fuzzy Service Selection in Active Networks 889(5) P. Bosc E. Damiani Image Compression Using Fuzzy Subband Decomposition 894(6) Sos Agaian David S. Choi Joseph Noonan LMI-Based Fuzzy Chaotic Synchronization and Communication 900(6) Tung-Sheng Chiang Kuang-Yow Lian Peter Liu Chian-Song Chiu Session WA5---Database and Expert Systems Chaining in Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems 906(5) Lawrence O. Hall The Linguistic Gradient of a Fuzzy Logic Rulebase 911(6) Scott Dick Abraham Kandel An Approach to Functional Dependencies in Fuzzy Databases 917(6) Patrick Bosc Olivier Pivert Ludovic Lietard A New Algorithm to Rank Temporal Fuzzy Sets in Fuzzy Discrete Event Simulation 923(6) A. Anglani A. Grieco F. Nucci Q. Semeraro T. Tolio Functional Dependencies in Extended Possibility-based Fuzzy Relational Databases 929(4) Z. M. Ma W. J. Zhang W. Y. Ma G. Q. Chen Poster Session I Motion Planning of an Autonomous Mobile Robot by Integrating GAs and Fuzzy Logic Control 933(4) Tzuu-Hseng S. Li Ming-Sheng Ciang Sheng-Sung Jian A C-Means Clustering Based Fuzzy Modeling Method 937(4) Xiaoguang Chang Wei Li Jay Farrell Uncertain Programming: Optimization Theory in Uncertain Environments 941(4) Baoding Liu Fuzzy Decentralized Controller and Observer Design for Nonlinear Interconnected Systems 945(4) Huey-Jian Uang Bor-Sen Chen Controlling Chaotic and Unstable Behavior in Non-Linear Biochemical Reactors by Using a New Neuro-Fuzzy-Fractal Approach 949(4) Patricia Melin Oscar Castillo Genetic-based Spatial Clustering 953(4) Antonio Di Nola Vincenzo Loia Antonino Staiano A Fuzzy-based Heuristic Measure Evaluating Quality of a Concept Partition: Application to SAINTETIQ, a Database Summarization System 957(4) G. Raschia N. Mouaddib Stability Analysis for Discrete Fuzzy Systems 961(4) Fernando Matia Basil M. Al-Hadithi Agustin Jimenez Genetic Algorithms: Initialization Schemes and Genes Extraction 965(4) Chih-Hsun Chou Jou-Nan Chen A General Practical Design Method for Fuzzy PID Control from Conventional PID Control 969(4) Yongli Huang Seiji Yasunobu Breast Cancer Detection Using Image Processing Techniques 973(4) Tobias Christian Cahoon Melanie A. Sutton James C. Bezdek A Fuzzy Logic Based AGC Algorithm for a Radio Communication System 977(4) Jaime Ramirez-Barajas Graciano Dieck-Assad Rogelio Soto Fuzzy Relational Products in Information Processing: Classical Products and New Products 981(4) Pratit Santiprabhob Kitikorn Dowpiset Rachsuda Jiamthapthaksin A Maze-Running Algorithm Using Fuzzy Sets Theory for Routing Methods of Printed Circuit Boards 985(4) Masayuki Murakami Nakaji Honda Determination of Meat Quality by Image Processing and Neural Network Techniques 989(4) Kazuhiko Shiranita Kenichiro Hayashi Akifumi Otsubo Tsuneharu Miyajima Ryuzo Takiyama Analysis and Design of Fuzzy Robust Observers for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems 993(4) Tong Shaocheng Tang Yiqian Poster Session II Model Free On-line Adaptive Feedback Control with FuNe I AFC Neuro-Fuzzy System 997(4) Bill C. H. Chang Saman Halgamuge Cell State Space Based Incremental Best Estimate Directed Search Algorithm for Robust Fuzzy Logic Controller Optimization with Multi-model Concept 1001(4) Feijun Song Samuel M. Smith DNA Genetic Algorithms for Design of Fuzzy Systems 1005(4) Lihong Ren Yongsheng Ding Shihuang Shao Flexible Query Processor for Information 1009(4) A. I. Aguilera L. J. Tineo ServiceBots---A Scalable Architecture for Autonomous Service Robots 1013(4) L. Peters M. Pauly A. Arghir Model Predictive Control: A Data-Driven Approach Using Simple Fuzzy Tools 1017(4) J. M. Sousa M. Setnes Automation of Reformer Process in Petroleum Plant Using Fuzzy Supervisory Model Predictive Multivariable Control System 1021(4) Takahiro Kobayashi Tetsuji Tani Sadaaki Miyamoto A Proposal for a Model for Dealing with Value-based Data Dependencies to Improve the Rule Discovery Process 1025(4) Giovanni Giuffrida Vincenzo Cutello General Guiding Model for Mobile Robots and Its Complexity Reduced Neuro-Fuzzy Approximation 1029(4) Peter Baranyi Istvan Nagy Peter Korondi Hideki Hashimoto A Bonus-Malus System in the Fuzzy Set Theory 1033(4) Raquel Caro Carretero Angel Sarabia Viejo Fuzzy Control of Multivariable Nonlinear Systems Subject to Parameter Uncertainties: Model Reference Approach 1037(4) H. K. Lam F. H. F. Leung P. K. S. Tam Combining Reactive Behaviors Using a Hierarchy of Fuzzy Controllers 1041(4) A. Itta G. Attolico A. Distante Complex Fuzzy Sets: Towards New Foundations 1045(4) Hung T. Nguyen Abraham Kandel Vladik Kreinovich A Time-Delay Neural Network Simulator To Detect Time-Domain Signals G. N. Reddy Wendell C. Bean On a Stable and Always Applicable Interpolation Method 1049(3) Domonkos Tikk Peter Baranyi Laszlo T. Koczy Tom D. Gedeon Design of Economical Fuzzy Systems Using Least Fuzzy Rules 1052(22) Feng Wan Li-xin Wang Hierarchical Fuzzy Logic Control of a Double Inverted Pendulum 1074(5) Shuliang Lei Reza Langari Author Index 1079
