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Second Annualf oinfciponference on Information Sciences

PROCEEDINGS

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September 28 - October 1, 1995

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SPECIAL PLENARY SESSIONChair: John Mordeson (Creighton U., USA)

"Some Thoughts about Fuzzy Geometry"Keynote Speaker: A. Rosenfeld (U. of Maryland, USA)

Session 1 (Invited Session) (Plan A):Fuzzy Logic Control

Chair: Kim Le (U. of Canberra, AUSTRALIA)

"A New Inference Approach for Optimal Control" 1Kim Le (U. of Canberra, AUSTRALIA)

"Modelling and Propagating Fuzzy Constraints in Fuzzy Constraint Satisfaction Problems" 5R.Kowalczyk (CRA, AUSTRALIA)

"Extending Fuzzy System Concepts for Control of a Vitrification Melter" 9W.Sorgel, A.Garrison, R.Schalkoff (Clemson U., USA)

"The Essence of Fuzzy Control" 10H. Li, V. Yen (Wright State U..USA)

"Lateral Vehicle Guidance by Fuzzy Logic Control" 14R.Williams, J.Rice, A.Homaifar, C.Ashokkumar (North Carolina A&T State U., USA)

"Rough-Fuzzy Controllers for Complex Systems" 18T.Y.Lin (San Jose State U., USA)

"Aspects of the Analytical Formulation of the Mechanism of Fuzzy Controllers" 22M.Ben Ghalia, A.Alouani (Tennessee Technological U., USA)

"Fuzzy Logic Control Design with Prescribed Tracking Error Characteristics" 25M.Ben Ghalia, A.Alouani (Tennessee Technological U., USA)

Session 2 (Invited Session) (Rough Sets Theory):Rough Sets Foundamentals

Chair: J.Grzymala-Busse (U.of Kansas, USA)

"Rough Equality Algebras" 26A.Wasilewska, L.Vigneron (SUNY-Stony Brook, USA)

"Generalization of Rough Sets Using Relationships Between Attribute Values" 30Y.Y.Yao, M.Wong (Lakehead U., CANADA)

"Quantization of Real Value Attributes: Rough Set and Boolean Reasoning Approach" 34A.Skowron, S.Nguyen (Warsaw U., POLAND)

"On the Optimal Decision Table Decomposition" 38R.Lasocki, T.Luba (Warsaw U. of Tech., POLAND)

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"Rough Sets and Event Stream Analysis" 42S. Haines, T. Longshaw, G. Magee (Defence Res. Agency, UK)

"Rough Subgroup of a Group" 46N.Kuroki (Joetsu U. of Education, JAPAN)

Session 3 (Invited Session) (Plan A):ASIC and FPGA Implementations of Fuzzy Processors

Chair: M. Masetti (U. of Bologna, ITALY)

"The Silicon Implementation of a Fast Analog Fuzzy Logic Processor Chip Set for Control" 48A.Van Der Wai (European Tech. Centre, NETHERLANDS)

"4 Input VLSI Fuzzy Chip Able to Process an Input Data Set Every 320 ns" 52F.Boschetti, A.Gabrielli, E.Gandolfi, M.Masetti (U. of Bologna, ITALY)

"Design and Realisation of a Fuzzy Processors Family: W.A.R.P." 56V.Catania, B.Giacalone, M.Lo Presti, C.Luzzi (Co.Ri.M.Me., ITALY)

"A Design Approach for Adaptive Fuzzy ASICs Using Mixed-Signal Circuits" 60F.Vidal, R.Navas, A.Rodriguez-Vazquez, (U. de Sevilla, SPAIN)

"Silicon Drift Detectors Readout and ON-LINE Data Reduction Using a Fast VLSI Dedicated FuzzyProcessor" 64

G.Russo, C.Petta, D.Lo Presti, N.Randazzo, M.Russo (Istit. Naz. de Fisica Nucleare, ITALY)

"Design and Performance Evaluation of a VLSI Parallel Fuzzy Processor" 68G.Ascia, V.Catania, A-Puliafito, S.Riccobene (U. Catania, ITALY)

"Dynamically Reconfigurable Devices and Their Potential Impact on Multiple Purpose, Adaptive FuzzyHardware Design" 71

D. Hung (Washington State U., USA)

"A Compact VLSI Approach for the Implementation of Fuzzy Controllers" 72I.Rojas, F.Pelayo, J.Ortega, A.Prieto (U. of Granada, SPAIN)

"A Very High Speed Parallel Architecture for Fuzzy Applications" 76G.Ascia, V.Catania, M.Russo (U. of Catania, ITALY)

"An FPGA Implementation of a Fuzzy Controller Based on the Product-Sum Inference Method" . . . 80K.W.Li, I.B.Tiirksen, K.Smith (U. of Toronto, CANADA)

Session 4 (Invited Session) (Plan A):Fuzzy Applications in the Behevioral, Biological, and Social Sciences

Chair: J. Wagner (Duke U., USA)

"Fuzzy Sets Elucidate Issues of Neural Coding" 84R.Erickson, M.Woodbury, G.Doetsch (Duke U., USA)

"Variable Grades of Membership in Sets of Standardized Psychometric Instruments: Application ofFuzzy Theory to Measures of Chronic Pain and of Risk for Depression"

S.Harkins, M.Woodbury (Virginia Commonwealth U., USA)

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"GoM Extensions of Data Envelopment Analysis"M.Woodbury (Duke U., USA)

"Validation of Judgements in Marketing Analysis: Fuzzy Set Considerations"S.Varki, M.Woodbury (Vanderbilt U., USA)

"Fuzzy Logic Integrated Circuits"S.Alag, A.Patki (Government of India, INDIA)

"Trends in Fuzzy Logic Hardware"A.Patki, G.Raghunathan (Government of India, INDIA)

Session 5 (Invited Session) (Rough Sets Theory):Rough Sets and Machine LearningChair: Y.Y. Yao (Lakehead U., CANADA)

"Data Mining Using Attribute-Oriented Generalization and Information Reduction"N.Cercone, H.Hamilton, X.Hu, N.Shan (U. of Regina, CANADA)

"Entropy of English Text: Experiments with Humans and a Machine Learning System Based onRough Sets" 87

H.Moradi, J.Grzymala-Busse, J.Roberts (U. of Kansas, USA)

"Mining Strong Data Patterns with KDD-R System" 89W.Ziarko, N.Shan (U. of Regina, CANADA)

"Induction of Expert System Rules from Databases Based on Rough Set Theory and ResamplingMethods"

S.Tsumoto, H.Tanaka (Tokyo Medical and Dental U., JAPAN)

"Approximately Learning Regular Languages with Respect to Reversible Languages: A Rough SetBased Analysis" 91

S.Kobayashi, T.Yokomori(U. of Leletro., JAPAN)

Session 6 (Plan B): Performance EnhancementChair: H. Abdel-Wahab (Old Dominion U., USA)

"Reducing the Probability of Load Imbalance in Heterogeneous Distributed Computer Systems" — 95Keqin Li (SUNY-New Paltz, USA)

"On-Line Processor Allocation and Job Scheduling in Multiple Partitionable Mesh ConnectedSystems" 99

Keqin Li (SUNY-New Paltz, USA)

"Merging XTV with Suite for Wider Collaboration" 103H.Abdel-Wahab, S.Makkapati, P.Dewan (Old Dominion U., USA)

"XTV: A Collaborative Computing System" 107H.Abdel-Wahab, E.Stoica, M.Al-Aghbari (Old Dominion U., USA)

"A Performability Model for Replicated Worker Applications"J. Dougherty (Temple U., USA)

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Session 7 (Invited Session) (Plan A):Intelligent Control (II)

Chair: Chris Tseng (Santa Clara U., USA)

"Hardware Issues in the Implementation of an Autonomous Adaptive Learning Control Algorithm"S.Shenoi, K.Ashenayi, M.Timmerman (U. of Tulsa, USA)

"Adaptive Fuzzy Decentralized Control" I l lH.Tseng, G.Liu (Santa Clara U-, USA)

"Designing High Performance Control Systems Using Cell State Techniques"M.Papa, J.Wood, J.Suva, S.Shenoi (U. of Tulsa, USA)

"Communication Interference Rejection with Fuzzy Logic" 115H.Tseng, J.Kung (Santa Clara U., USA)

"Novel VLSI Architectures for Moment Computation" 119H.D.Cheng, C.Y.Wu (Utah State U., USA)

"Threshold Selection Based on Fuzzy c-Partition Entropy Approach" 123H.D.Cheng, J.R.Chen (Utah State U., USA)

"Automatically Determine the Membership Function Based on the Maximum Entropy Principle" .. 127H.D.Cheng, J.R.Chen (Utah State U., USA)

Session 8 (Invited Session) (Plan A):Fuzzy Relational Modeling as a Tool for Improving Human Sustainable

Environment [URBS Project]Chairs: L.J.Kohout & V.Mancini (Florida State U., USA)

"Overview of the URBS Project" 131V.Mancini, W.Bandler, L.Kohout (Florida State U., USA)

"Towards a Meaningful Fuzzy Analysis of Urbanistics Data" 134B. Juliano (Coastal Carolina U., USA)

"The Evolutionary Cycle: Orderings Arising fron the URBS Project" 138B.Ogle, W.Bandler, V.Mancini(Florida State U., USA)

"Expanding the Cognitive Hinting Structure through Categorization: A Strengthening Methodologyfor Knowledge Acquisition" 141

C. Ncube(U. of West Florida, USA)

Session 9 (Invited Session) (Plan C):Computation &: Neural Network Generalization

Chair: R. Schalkoff (Clemson U., USA)

"Synthesis of Cascade Recurrent Neural Networks Using Feedforward Generalization Properties" .. 145K. M. Shaaban, R. J. Schalkoff (Clemson U., USA)

"On Generalization by Neural Networks" 149S. C. Kak (Louisiana State U., USA)

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"Self-Normalization by a Simple Neuron" 153G.M.Georgiou (California State U., USA)

"Universal Approximator — Turing Computability" 157T. Y. Lin (San Jose State U., USA)

"An Implementing Methodology for Computational Intelligence" 161P. S. Prueitt

"Discretisation of Continuous Attributes: A Survey of Methods" 164S. Rabaseda-Loudcher, M. Sebban, R. Rakotomalala (ERIC, U. Lumiere Lyon 2, FRANCE)

PLENARY SESSION IChair: J. Sutton (MIT, USA)

"Category Switching in Attractor Neural Networks" 167L. Trainor (U. of Toronto, CANADA)

"A Synthesis of Development and Learning"H. Ogmen (U. of Houston, USA)

PLENARY SESSION IIChair: George Klir (SUNY-Binghamton, USA)

Keynote Speaker: Lotfi A. Zadeh (U. of California at Berkeley, USA)

"Teaching the Multiplication Tables to a Neural Network: Flexibility vs. Accuracy" 168Keynote Speaker: J. Anderson (Brown U., USA)

Session 10 (Invited Session) (Plan A):Fuzzy Modelling and Neural Networks

Chair: G. Bortolan (Corso Stati U., ITALY)

"Neural Network Based Construction of Fuzzy Graphs" 170M.Berthold, K.Huber (U. Karlsruhe, GERMANY)

"Knowledge-Base Refinement for Fuzzy Classifiers Using Neural Networks" 174E.Binaghi, A.Mazzetti, M.Montesano, A.Rampini (IFCTR-CNR, ITALY)

"Fuzzy Preprocessing for Pattern Classification with Artificial Neural Networks" 178R.Silipo, G.Bortolan, C.Marchesi (Corso Stati U., ITALY)

"Optimal Defuzzification and Applications" 182A.Esogbue, Q.Song (Georgia Inst. of Tech., USA)

"Fuzzy Modelling and the Reconstruction Problem"G.Bortolan, W.Pedrycz (Corso Stati U., ITALY)

Session 11 (Invited Session) (Rough Sets Theory):Rough Sets and Soft Computing

Chair: Z. Ras (U. of North Carolina, USA)

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"Finding Minimal Reducts Using Genetic Algorithm" 186J. Wroblewski (Warsaw U., POLAND)

"Belief Functions in Rough Set Models" 190P.Lingras, Y.Y.Yao (Lakehead U., CANADA)

"Rough Set Approach to Incomplete Information Systems" 194M. Kryszkiewicz (Warsaw U. of Tech., POLAND)

"Complex Systems with Uncertainty and Possibility Theory" 198M.Ignatiev, T.Y.Lin (San Jose State U., USA)

"Parallel Shape Recognition Using Rough Sets with Learning" 201Z.Wojcik, B.Wojcik

"Weak Controllability in a Parallel Flow Model of Computation and its Relationship with RoughSets" 205

M. Albarran (San Jose State U., USA)

Session 12 (Invited Session) (Plan B):Object Oriented Programming and Concurrency/Distribution

Chair: A. Radenski (Winston-Salem State U., USA)

"Object-Oriented Parallel Processing with Mentat" 209A. Grimshaw (U. of Virginia, USA)

"Oberon, Gadgets and Some Archetypal Aspects of Persistent Objects" 213J. Gutknecht (ETH Zurich, SWITZERLAND)

"Visualizing Concurrent Systems through Component Interfaces" 214M. Astley, G.A. Agha (U. of Illinois, USA)

"Simulation within a Parallel Object-Oriented Language" 218J. Bermond, D. Caromel, P. Mussi(U. of Nice Sophia Antipolis, FRANCE)

"Concurrent Object-Oriented Programming for Distributed Real-Time Systems" 222K. Maruyama (NTT, JAPAN)

"Scientific Discourse Processing: Representation Schemes Based on Functional Grammar andObject-Oriented Programming Models" 226

R. Marshall (Winston-Salem State U., USA)

Session 13 (Plan A): Fuzzy Set TheoryChair: I. R. Goodman (NCCOSO, USA)

"A New Approach to Conditional Fuzzy Sets" 229I.R.Goodman (NCCOSO, USA)

"Data Analysis Via Evolutionary Fuzzy c-Mean Clustering Algorithm" 233B.Yuan, G.Klir (SUNY-Binghamton, USA)

"Central Values of Fuzzy Sets - Defuzzification" 237M.Wierman (Creighton U., USA)

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"On Fuzzy Difunctional Relations" 241H.Ounalli, A.Jaoua (Campus U., TUNISIA)

"A New Extention of Fuzzy Convergence" 245S.L.Chen (Jianghan Petroleum Inst., CHINA)

"Mixed Fuzzy Topology"N.R.Das (Gauhati U., INDIA)

Session 14 (Invited Session) (Rough Sets Theory):Fuzzy Sets and Rough Sets

Chair: S. Tsumot

"Similarity Relation as a Basis for Rough Approximations" 249R.Slowinski, D.Vanderpooten (Politechnika Instytut Informatyki, POLAND)

"Graded Modalities in Rough Logic" 251A. Nakamura (Meiji U., JAPAN)

"Neighborhood Systems-A Qualitative Theory for Fuzzy and Rough Sets" 255T.Y.Lin (San Jose State U., USA)

"Fuzzy Sets and Binary-Proximity-Based Rough Sets" 259T.Murai, H.Kanemitsu, M.Shimbo (Hokkaido U., JAPAN)

« •Rough Sets in Fuzzy Databases" 263S. Shenoi (U. of Tulsa, USA)

Special Forum for RST: Academic and Business DiscussionsChairs: A.Nakamura and T.Y.Lin

Session 15 (Plan C): Knowledge Based SystemsChair: G. Georgiou (California State U., USA)

"Improvement of Symbolic Knowledge Bases with Classifier Systems" 265B.Payri, M.Grange, A.Zighed (ERIC, U. Lumiere Lyon 2, FRANCE)

"Knowledge Extraction: Modeling of the Design Process with Neural Nets"Y.Slimani, M.Mokadem (U. of Tunis, TUNISIA)

"A Reader for the Cognitive Map" 267A.Reid, J.Staddon (Eastern Oregon State Col., USA)

"The Combination of Knowledge in Fuzzy Cognitive Maps"P.Silva (U. of Erlangen-Nuernberg, GERMANY)

"Fuzzy Cognitive Maps in Multi-Agent Environments"P.Silva (U. of Erlangen-Nuernberg, GERMANY)

Session 16 (Plan B): Software Reliability & EnviromentsChair: A.Jaoua (Campus U., TUNISIA)

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"Using Dynamic Program Decomposition in Software Debugging" 277H.Ammari, A.Jaoua (Campus U., TUNISIA)

"Reliability Enhancement of Parallel and Distributed Programs"Y.Slimani, A.Imine, B.Djellali, L.Sekhri (Campus U., TUNISIA)

"Designing Parallel Programs"Y.Slimani, A.Imine, B.Djellali, L.Sekhri (Campus U., TUNISIA)

"Increasing Software Reliability Using A Signature Method" 281S.Ghribi, A.Jaoua, A.Abdennadher (Campus U., TUNISIA)

Session 17 (Invited Session) (Plan C):Biological Neural Network ModelsChair: Haluk Ogmen (U. of Houston, USA)

"A Photoreceptor Model that Replicates Human Light Adaptation Characteristics"P.Gaudiano, N.Mejia-Monasterio (Boston U., USA)

"Neural Network Dynamics of Cortical Inhibition: Metacontrast Masking" 285G. Francis (Purdue U., USA)

"Effects of Exposure Duration and Base Blur on Perceived Sharpness" 289H.Ogmen, D.Lacassagne, H.Bedell(U. of Houston, USA)

"Self-Organization of Triadic Neural Circuits for Anticipatory Visual Receptive Field Shifts underIntended Eye Movements"

J. Marshall,V.Gupta (U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA)

"A Model of the Spatio-Temporal Information Processing in the Superior Colliculus" 294S. Das (U. of California at Berkeley, USA)

"A Mathematical Analysis of Sound Coding in the Auditory Nerve: Spatiotemporal SummingMechanisms" 296

I.Bruce, L.Irlicht, G.Clark (U. of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)

Session 18 (Invited Session) (Plan B): Image RepresentationChair: D. Ziou (U. of Sherb., CANADA)

"A Fast Video Image Processing Technique for Tracking Attenuation Objects in SatelliteCommunication Paths" 300

R.Akturan, F.Hudson, W.Vogel (U. of Texas - Austin, USA)

"Affine Reconstruction from Lines"E.Thirion, T.Moons, L.Van Gool (Katholieke U. Leuven, BELGIUM)

"On the Behavior of the Laplacian of Gaussian for Junction Models" 304S.Tabbone, D.Ziou (INRIA - Lorraine, FRANCE)

"An Efficient Mean Using the On-Line to Compute the 2D DCT/IDCT"E. Ait Nouri, H.Bessalah, B.Slimane, L.Nadir (CDTA, ALGERIA)

"Dense Stereovision by Simulated Annealing" 308H.Lange, M.Ouali, C.Laurgeau (ENSMP, FRANCE)

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"Primitive Patterns Extraction from 'Line Image' Using Auto Adaptative Filtering Process"A.Checroun, S.Hadded (L3I-U. de La Rochelle, FRANCE)

PLENARY SESSION IIIChair: T. Y. Lin (San Jose State U., USA)

"Rough Sets Theory" 312Keynote Speaker: Z. Pawlak (Tech. U. of Warsaw k Polish Academy of Sci., POLAND)

"New Perspectives on Neural Information Hierarchies" 315J. Sutton (MIT, USA)

"Design Philosophy of Ada 95"S. Taft (Intermetrics Inc., USA)

PLENARY SESSION IVChair: Subhash Kak (Louisiana State U., USA)

"Are There Universal Principles of Brain Computation?" 319Keynote Speaker: Stephen Grossberg (Boston U., USA)

"A Parallel Object-Oriented Evolutionary Program Based on Extensive Hillclimbing and LimitedCrossover" 320

Atanas Radenski (Winston-Salem State U., USA)

Session 19 (Invited Session) (Plan A):Intelligent Control (I)

Chair: L.M.Sztandera (Philadephia College of Textiles and Sciences, USA)

"Intelligent Algorithmic Interpretation of Waste Flow Data from Multi-Unit Industrial Complexes" 324H.Cartwright, B.Jesson, L.Sztandera (Philadephia Col. of Textiles k Sci., USA)

"Automatic Design and Analysis of Fuzzy Logic Controllers Using Cell Mapping and Least MeanSquare Algorithm" 328

C.Rizk S.Smith (Florida Atlantic U., USA)

"Fuzzy-Head"H. Bothe (Tech. U. Berlin, GERMANY)

"Collaboration Control in Distributed Knowledge-Based Systems" 332Z. Ras (U. of North Carolina-Charlotte, USA)

"Learning Optimal Control"C.Voinea (U. of Turin, ITALY)

"Learning Eye-Arm Coordination Using Fuzzy Neural Networks" 336A.Stoica, Y.Jin (Victoria U. of Tech., AUSTRALIA)

"A New Design Method for Neuro-Fuzzy Controllers"M.Khorsheed, S.Ahson, M.Al-Suliman (King Saud U., SAUDI ARABIA)

Session 20 (Invited Session) (Rough Sets Theory):Rough Control

Chair: T. Munakata (Cleveland State U., USA)

"Rough Control: Basic Ideas and Applications" 340T. Munakata (Cleveland State U., USA)

"Rough Calculus" 344Z. Pawlak (Tech. U. of Warsaw k Polish Academy of Sci., POLAND)

"Rough Mereological Foundations for Design Analysis, Synthesis and Control in DistributiveSystems" 346

A.Skowron, L.Polkowski (Warsaw U., POLAND)

"Parameter Estimation for System with Partial Nonlinear Parametrization Using Theta-adaptiveNeural Networks" 350

F. Skantze, A.Annaswamy (MIT, USA)

"Topological View of Stability in Rough-Fuzzy Controllers"T.Y.Lin (San Jose State U., USA)

Session 21 (Invited Session) (Plan C):Neural Network Optimization and Neural Multiprocessor Systems

Chair: E.W. Page (Clemson U., USA)

"Optimization by Hopfield Networks Using Adjusting Neurons" 354Y. Liang (Clemson U., USA)

"Approximating Minimum Set Cover in a Hopfield-Style Network" 358D.Kaznachey, A.Jagota (U. of Memphis, USA)

"Bandwidth Analysis of Cluster-Based Multiprocessor Systems"J. Li, H. Wang, H. Wu (Nanjing U. of Sci. k Tech., CHINA)

"Analysis of the Effects of the Offset Errors in Neural LSIs" 362F.Okamoto, H.Yamada (NEC Corporation, JAPAN)

"Encoding Cycles in Fully-Connected Networks of Perceptrons" 366J. R. Gattiker (Los Alamos Nat. Lab., USA)

"Metalanguage Accompaniment Tool for Detection Rules, Run by a Neural Network" 370B.Galitsky (Marketron Inc., USA)

"MLP Networks and the Generalized Sigmoid Activation Function" 374S.Narayan (U. of North Carolina-Wilmington, USA)

Session 22 (Plan A): Fuzzy Image ProcessingChair: E. Wong (Polytechnic U., USA)

"A Fuzzy Logic Approach to HREM Image Analysis of III-V Compounds" 378R.Hillebrand, U.Gosele (Max-Planck Inst., GERMANY)

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"Image Segmentation Using Fuzzy Homogeneity Criterion" 379H.D.Cheng, C.H.Chen, H.H.Chiu (Utah State U., USA)

"Real-Time Image Restoration Using Vector Quantization and Neural Network" 383Z.Zhao, X.Li, H.D.Cheng (Utah State U., USA)

"A Novel Approach to Online VQ Image Sequence Coding" 386X.Li, Z.Zhao, H.D.Cheng (Utah State U., USA)

"A New Criterion for Selecting Peaks of the Histogram and its Application to Image Quantization" 389Y.M.Lui, H.D.Cheng (Utah State U., USA)

Session 23 (Invited Session) (Rough Sets Theory):Rough Sets and Applications

Chair: W. Ziarko

"Can We Simplify International Physical Performance Test Profile Using Rough Sets Approach?".. 393Z.Ras, A.Kudelska, N.Chilumula (U. of North Carolina, USA)

"Speaker-Independent Recognition of Isolated Words Using Rough Sets" 397A.Czyzewski, A.Kaczmarek (Tech. U. of Gdansk, POLAND)

"Computer Based Recognition of Musical Phrases Using the Rough Set Approach" 401B.Kostek (Tech. U. of Gdansk, POLAND)

"A Hybrid Diagnostic System for Attention Deficit Disorder in Children: A Synthesis of Rough Sets,Modified Rough Sets, and Genetic Algorithms" 405

R.Hashemi, B.Pearce, R.Aranil, W.Hinson, M.Paule (U. of Arkansas, USA)

"An Intelligent Tutoring System Using a Rough Set Approach" 409B.H.Wu (Lehigh U., USA)

Session 24 (Plan B): AlgorithmsChair: M. Kao (Duke U., USA)

"A Modification Algorithm for String Matching Machines" 413K. Tsuda (Sumitomo, JAPAN)

"Extensible Hashing Using an Improved Binary Digital Search-Tree" 417M.Shishibori, K.Ando, H.Iriguchi, J.Aoe (U. of Tokushima, JAPAN)

"An Efficient Method to Update Large Graph Structures" 421H.Iriguchi,M.Koyama,M.Shishibori,J.Aoe (U. of Tokushima, JAPAN)

"The Complexity of Scheduling for Data Cache Optimization" 425D.Gupta, B.Malloy, A.McRae (Clemson U., USA)

"A Distributed Algorithm to Compute the Minimum Spanning Tree in a Communication Network" 429H.Abdel-Wahab, I.Stoica, F.Sultan (Old Dominion U., USA)

"Information-Based Analysis of Replica Control Algorithms for Distributed Database Systems" 433R.Mukkamala (Old Dominion U., USA)

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Session 25 (Invited Session) (Plan C):Computational Intelligence: Industrial Applications

Chair: S.Narayan (U. of North Carolina-Wilmington, USA)

"Neural Networks and Fuzzy Techniques in Chemical Process Control"S.Melsheimer (Clemson U., USA)

"A Genetic Algorithm for Low Variance Control in Semicondctor Device Manufacturing" 437E.Reitman, R.Frye (Bell Labs, USA)

"Neural Network Applications at Allied-Signal"G.Vaidyanathan (Allied-Signal, USA)

"Neural Networks in Automotive Control" 438L.Feldkamp, F.Yuan, G.Puskorius (Ford Research Labs, USA)

"Automated Classification and Analysis Strategies for Electric Power System DisturbanceWaveforms" 440

D.Lubkeman (Clemson U., USA)

"Neural Networks in Automotive Control"L.Feldkamp, G.Puskorius, P.Moore (Ford Research Labs, USA)

Session 26 (Invited Session) (Plan C):Neural Network Applications

Chair: D. Hung (Washington State U., USA )

"SimNet: A Parallel Neuro-Fuzzy Architecture for Pattern Recognition" 444H. C Lee, C. H. Dagli, F. Ercal, A. M. Ozbayoglu (U. of Missouri-Rolla, USA)

"A Multiple-View Information System Design for Neural Network Understanding"Y.F.Chen, N. Warsi, K.Khalif (Clark Atlanta U., USA)

"Real Time, Interactive Medical Image Processing"G.Bilbro, L.Hall, M.Clements (North Carolina State U., USA)

"Recurrent Neural Networks used for Adaptive Modelling of Time-evolving Dynamic Systems" 448K.Meert, T.Catfolis (Katholieke U., BELGIUM)

"Neurosolver-Based Agents for Solving Blocks World Problems"A.Bieszczad, B.Pagurek (Carleton U., CANADA)

"Nonlinear Combination of Forecasts: A Neural Network Approach" 452S.Shi, L.D.Xu, B.Liu (U. of Colorado, USA)

Session 27 (Invited Session) (Plan A):Genetic Algorithms and Fuzzy Systems

Chair: C. Janikow (U. of Missouri-St.Louis, USA)

"A Generic GA Method for Optimizing Trapezoidal Sets" 456C.Janikow (U. of Missouri-St.Louis, USA)

"A Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm Approach to Fuzzy Modelling" 460M.Lee, R.Hartani (UC Berkeley, USA)

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"Evolutionary Algorithms and Fuzzy Logic: A Two-Way Intergation" 464A.Tettamanzi(U. Degli Studi di Milano, ITALY)

"Hybrid Fuzzy-Genetic Technique for Multisensor Fusion" 468A.Buczak, R.Uhrig (AlliedSignal, USA)

"Using Genetic Algorithms to Learn Rules that Employ Approximate Reasoning Techniqes" 472F. Eick (U. of Houston, USA)

PLENARY SESSION VChair: L. Kohout (Florida State U., USA)

"Applying the Transferable Belief Model" 476P.Smets (Inst. de Recherches Interdisciplinaires, BELGIUM )

"Progress of Fuzzy Robotics" 477Kaoru Hirota (Tokyo Inst. of Tech., JAPAN)

The Third L.A. Zadeh Best Paper Award:

"Language of Fuzzy Theory: Semantics to Computations"Recipient k Speaker: I. B. Tiirksen (U. of Toronto, CANADA)Presented by Lotfi A. Zadeh (U. of California at Berkeley, USA)

PLENARY SESSION VIChair: M. Gouda (U. of Texas/Austin, USA)

"Object-Oriented Software Development for Distributed Computing Systems" 478Stephen S. Yau (Arizona State U., USA)

"Geophysical Applications of Neural Networks"D. Bahler (North Carolina State U., USA)

Session 28 (Plan A): Fuzzy &c Neural ApplicationsChair: F. Boadu (Duke U., USA)

"Geophysical Applications of Neural Networks"F.Boadu (Duke U., USA)

"An Application of Fuzzy Dynamic Integrated Judgement to Cotton Allocation" 479L.Zhao, S.C.Cheng (Creighton U., USA)

"Neural Network Approach to Incoherent Radar Spectrum Processing" 483R.Muelle, H.D.Cheng, A.Barakat (Utah State U., USA)

"An Iterative Approach for Automatic Bandwidth Selection of Fuzzy Membership Functions" 486H.D.Cheng, Y.M.Lui (Utah State U., USA)

"On-Line Optimization of Fuzzy Systems" 490MJacomet, A.Stahel, R.Walti (Biel, SWITZERLAND)

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"A Fuzzy Featuring Algorithm for Monitoring the Rolling Process" 494S.Z.Luo, A.K.Tieu, X.D.Fang (U- of Wollongong, AUSTRALIA)

"Nonlinear System Identification with Fuzzy Model Applied to a Plasma Processing Source"Z.Zhang, J.Rayner, A.Cheetham (U. of Canberra, AUSTRALIA)

Session 29 (Invited Session) (Plan A):Fuzzy Mathematics

Chair: J. Mordeson (Creighton U., USA)

"Cycles and Cocycles of Fuzzy Graphs" 498J.Mordeson, P.Nair (Creighton U., USA)

"Rough Ideals in Semigroups" 502N.Kuroki (Joetsu U. of Education, JAPAN)

"Fuzzy Direct Product of Fuzzy Subgroups of Subgroups" 506Y.Alkhamees (King Saud U., SAUDI ARABIA)

"Successor and Source of (Fuzzy) Finite State Machines and (Fuzzy) Directed Graphs" 510J.Mordeson, P.Nair (Creighton U., USA)

"Applications of Fuzzy Abstract Algebra" 514S.C.Cheng, J.Mordeson (Creighton U., USA)

"Context Free Fuzzy Sets" 518T.Y. Lin (San Jose State U., USA)

"Membership Functions for A Fuzzy Group from Similarity Relations" 522S.Kundu (Louisiana State U., USA)

Session 30 (Plan A):Knowledge-Based Systems &: Pattern Recognition

Chair: T. Whalen (Georgia State U., USA)

"Hybrid Approaches to Automated Knowledge Acquisition and Human Knowledge Elicitation" 526G.Gim, T.Whalen (Georgia State U., USA)

"A Ridge-Following Algorithm for Finding the Skeleton of a Fuzzy Image" 530M.Hoffman, E.Wong (Polytechnic U., USA)

"The Fuzzy Rulebase Solution of Differential Equations" 534A.Shmilovici, O.Maimon (TEL-AVIA U., ISRAEL)

"A Theoretical Unification of Knowledge-Based Systems with Multisensor, Multitarget Estimation" 538R. Mahler (Loral Defense Systems-Eagan, USA)

"Similarity Spaces and Pattern Recognition" 541K. Le (U. of Canberra, AUSTRALIA)

"Extending the Similarity-Based Fuzzy Object-Oriented Data Model"D.Aksoy, A.Yazici, R.George (Middle East Tech. U., TURKEY)

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"Hardware Implementation of a Membership Function Generator for Fuzzy Reasoning" 545L.Mc Daid, T.McGinnity, L.Maguire (U. of Ulster, ENGLAND)

Session 31 (Plan A):Reasoning &: Learning in Fuzzy Systems

Chair: H. D. Cheng (Utah State U..USA)

"A Kind of Computational Algorithm of Fuzzy Reasoning"C.Z.Luo, Y.Z.Fan (Beijing Normal U., CHINA)

"Interval Fuzzy Reasoning Using Triangular Norms" 548J.Wang, Y.Yao (Lakehead U., CANADA)

"Modeling with Possibilistic Uncertainty in the Single Asset Replacement Problem" 552W. Hearnes II (Georgia Inst. of Tech., USA)

"The Use of Class Means in Error Backpropagation Training for Species Identification of Iris Data" 556C.Y.Sun, H.D.Cheng (Utah State U.,USA)

"Comparison between the Standard Fuzzy Union and the TEE Model Fuzzy Union" 560S.Goggin (U. of Colorado, USA)

"Fuzzy Systems and Computing"M.Koupriyanov (State Elect. U. of St. Petersburg, RUSSIA)

"On Context Spaces for Fuzzy Probability Inference"B.Kovalerchuk (Louisiana State U., USA)

Session 32 (Plan B): Artificial IntelligenceChair: D. Bahler (North Carolina State U., USA)

"Operational Interpretation of Some Default Reasoning Formalisms" 564G. Antoniou (U. of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA)

"Reasoning with Incomplete and Changing Information: the CIN Project" 568G. Antoniou (U. of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA)

"Connections between Default Logic and Constraint Satisfaction" 572G. Antoniou (U. of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA)

"Mining Association Rules Using Minimal Covers" 576S.Y.Sung (Nat. U. of Singapore, SINGAPORE)

"A Formal Semantics for Sisal Arrays" 580I.Attali,D.Caromel,Y.Chen,J.Gaudiot,A.Wendelborn (INRIA Sophia Antipolis, FRANCE)

Session 33 (Plan C): Learning AlgorithmsChair: J. Murrell (Duke U., USA)

"Improvement of Cascade Correlation Learning Algorithm with Evolutionary Initialization" 584H.Liang, G.Dai (Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA)

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"Comparison of Two Learning Networks for Time Series Prediction"D.Nikovski, M.Zargham (Southern Illinois U., USA)

"Incremental Learning: Presentation and Evaluation of Methods" 587M.Maddouri, A.Jaoua (U. of Tunis, TUNISIA)

"Comparison Between the Evolutionary Approach and the Backpropagation Training Algorithm" ..591H.Liang, G.Dai (Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA)

"A Modified Approach for Constructing the Self-Organized Layer in a Multi-Layer Feedforward NeuralNetwork" 593

R.Li, H.Si (N.C.A&T State U., USA)

Session 34 (Invited Session) (Plan A):Relational Decision Support Architectures

Chair: B. Juliano (Coastal Carolina U., USA)

"Dynamic Sharing of Cognitive Structures by Means of Generalized Morphisms" 597L.J. Kohout (Florida State U., USA)

"An Algorithm for Optimization of Patient Investigation Choice in Fuzzy KBS Clinaid" 601C.S.Noe, L.Kohout, J.Anderson (Florida State U., USA)

"Intelligent Front-End for Relational Decision Support Architectures Based on BK-Products of FuzzyRelations" 605

B.Granville, L.Kohout (Florida State U., USA)

"Foreign Exchange Decision Analysis in Global Operations: A Fuzzy Logic Decision SupportSystem" 609

E.Prater, M.Shrikande (Georgia Inst. of Tech., USA)

"A New Method For Implementing Fuzzy Retrieval from a Spatial Database"T.Glagowski, K.Jones, M.Stafford (Whitworth Col., USA)

"A Fzzy-Based Approach for Obtaining the User's Domain Expertise" 613C.Chiu, P.Hsu, A.Norcio (Yuan Ze Inst. of Tech., CHINA)

Session 35 (Plan B): Networking &: Database SystemsChair: S. Yau (Arizona State U., USA)

"Flow Timestamps" 621J.Cobb, A.Nahas, M.Gouda (U. of Texas-Austin, USA)

"Complex Real-Time Schedulers for QNX" 625D.Loper, G.Panayides, R.Mukkamala (Old Dominion U., USA)

"Rectangular Decomposition Heuristics for Large Database" 629R.Khcherif, A.Jaoua (Campus U., TUNISIA)

"Automatic Architectural Abstraction" 634H.Ajroud, A.Jaoua (Campus U., TUNISIA)

"The Slow-and-Go Method for Congestion Control in High Speed Networks" 638A.Nahas, K.Ahmed (U. of Texas-Austin, USA)

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"An Adaptive Cache Invalidation Scheme in Mobile Environments" 642S.Y.Sung, H.Zhang, V.Shaw (Nat. U. of Singapore, SINGAPORE)

Session 36 (Invited Session) (Plan B):Economics , Finance &c InformaticsChair: J. Guerrero (Georgetown U., USA)

"An Application of Multivariate Mutual Information with Emerging Stock Markets" 647R.Leal, J.Guerrero (U. of Nevada, USA)

"On the Contemporaneous Relationship between Stock Returns and Volatility" 648C.Chu, T.Liu (Ball State U., USA)

"Alternative Distributed Models for the Comparative Study of Stock Market Phenomena"A.Benos, E.Tzafestas, (U. Pierre et Marie Curie, FRANCE)

"Neural Network Pricing of Options on Futures" 652P.Lajboygier, C.Boek, M.Palaniswami, A.Flitman (Monash U., AUSTRALIA)

"Fuzzy Regression Based on Fuzzy Ranking"E.S.Lee, P.T.Cheng (Kansas State U., USA)

"Performance of Large-Scale Cell Switching Networks Utilizing Fuzzy Thresholds for BufferManagement" 656

Q.Razouqi, S.Ghosh (Arizona State U., USA)

"Central Linear Model Tendency and Parsimony"K. Man (Georgetown U., USA)

Session 37 (Invited Session) (Plan B):Theoretical Aspects of Genetic Algorithms and Related Stochastic

Optimization MethodsChair: Ron Shonkwiler (Georgia Inst. of Tech., USA)

"Expected Hitting Time Calculations for Genetic Algorithms" 658R.Shonkwiler, M.Spruill (Georgia Inst. of Tech., USA)

"Randomized Restarts" 660M.Spruill, R.Shonkwiler (Georgia Inst. of Tech., USA)

"A General Method for Handing Constraints in Genetic Algorithms" 663S.Carlson (U. of Virginia, USA)

"Application of Random Restart to Genetic Algorithms" 667F.Ghannadian (Georgia Inst. of Tech., USA)

"Genetic Algorithms fot the 1-D Fractal Inverse Problem" 671A.Deliu, F.Mendivil, R.Shonkwiler (Georgia Inst. of Tech., USA)

Session 38 (Invited Session) (Plan B):Mobile Computing

Chair: R. Alonso (Panasonic Inc., USA)

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"A Generic Architecture Model for Data Access in Mobole Environments"A.Helal, S.Balakrishnan, S.Ramachandra, M.Eich (U. of Texas-Arlington, USA)

"Relative Mobolity: Capturing Dynamics in Mobile Computing"R.Peters, T.Ozsu (U. of Manitoba, USA)

"Inventory Control with Mobile Technology: Some Challenges in a Very Large Environment"A.Lim, C.Pu (Clark Atlanta U., USA)

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