Artificial Neural Networks - ICANN 2007: 17th International Conference, Porto, Portugal, September 9-13, 2007, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (4669))

This book is part of a two-volume set that constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2007, held in Porto, Portugal, in September 2007. The 197 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 376 submissions. This second volume contains 99 contributions related to computational neuroscience, neurocognitive studies, applications in biomedicine and bioinformatics, pattern recognition, data clustering, self-organization, text mining and internet applications, signal and times series processing, vision and image processing, robotics, control, real world applications, independent component analysis, graphs, emotion and attention: empirical findings and neural models, as well as understanding and creating cognitive systems. Front Matter....Pages - A Marker-Based Model for the Ontogenesis of Routing Circuits....Pages 1-8 A Neural Network for the Analysis of Multisensory Integration in the Superior Colliculus....Pages 9-18 Neurotransmitter Fields....Pages 19-28 SimBa: A Fuzzy Similarity-Based Modelling Framework for Large-Scale Cerebral Networks....Pages 29-38 A Direct Measurement of Internal Model Learning Rates in a Visuomotor Tracking Task....Pages 39-48 Spatial and Temporal Selectivity of Hippocampal CA3 and Its Contribution to Sequence Disambiguation....Pages 49-58 Lateral and Elastic Interactions: Deriving One Form from Another....Pages 59-68 A Survey on Use of Soft Computing Methods in Medicine....Pages 69-79 Exploiting Blind Matrix Decomposition Techniques to Identify Diagnostic Marker Genes....Pages 80-89 Neural Network Approach for Mass Spectrometry Prediction by Peptide Prototyping....Pages 90-99 Identifying Binding Sites in Sequential Genomic Data....Pages 100-109 On the Combination of Dissimilarities for Gene Expression Data Analysis....Pages 110-119 A Locally Recurrent Globally Feed-Forward Fuzzy Neural Network for Processing Lung Sounds....Pages 120-128 Learning Temporally Stable Representations from Natural Sounds: Temporal Stability as a General Objective Underlying Sensory Processing....Pages 129-138 Comparing Methods for Multi-class Probabilities in Medical Decision Making Using LS-SVMs and Kernel Logistic Regression....Pages 139-148 Classifying EEG Data into Different Memory Loads Across Subjects....Pages 149-158 Information Theoretic Derivations for Causality Detection: Application to Human Gait....Pages 159-168 Template Matching for Large Transformations....Pages 169-179 Fuzzy Classifiers Based on Kernel Discriminant Analysis....Pages 180-189 An Efficient Search Strategy for Feature Selection Using Chow-Liu Trees....Pages 190-199 Face Recognition Using Parzenfaces....Pages 200-209 A Comparison of Features in Parts-Based Object Recognition Hierarchies....Pages 210-219 An Application of Recurrent Neural Networks to Discriminative Keyword Spotting....Pages 220-229 Spatiostructural Features for Recognition of Online Handwritten Characters in Devanagari and Tamil Scripts....Pages 230-239 An Improved Version of the Wrapper Feature Selection Method Based on Functional Decomposition....Pages 240-249 Parallel-Series Perceptrons for the Simultaneous Determination of Odor Classes and Concentrations....Pages 250-260 Probabilistic Video-Based Gesture Recognition Using Self-organizing Feature Maps....Pages 261-270 Unbiased SVM Density Estimation with Application to Graphical Pattern Recognition....Pages 271-280 Neural Mechanisms for Mid-Level Optical Flow Pattern Detection....Pages 281-290 Split–Merge Incremental LEarning (SMILE) of Mixture Models....Pages 291-300 Least-Mean-Square Training of Cluster-Weighted Modeling....Pages 301-310 Identifying the Underlying Hierarchical Structure of Clusters in Cluster Analysis....Pages 311-320 Clustering Evaluation in Feature Space....Pages 321-330 A Topology-Independent Similarity Measure for High-Dimensional Feature Spaces....Pages 331-340 Fuzzy Labeled Self-organizing Map with Kernel-Based Topographic Map Formation....Pages 341-348 Self-organizing Maps of Spiking Neurons with Reduced Precision of Correlated Firing....Pages 349-358 Visualising Class Distribution on Self-organising Maps....Pages 359-368 Self-organizing Maps with Refractory Period....Pages 369-378 Improving the Correlation Hunting in a Large Quantity of SOM Component Planes....Pages 379-388 A Dynamical Model for Receptive Field Self-organization in V1 Cortical Columns....Pages 389-398 Meta-evolution Strategy to Focused Crawling on Semantic Web....Pages 399-407 Automated Text Categorization Based on Readability Fingerprints....Pages 408-416 Personalized Web Page Filtering Using a Hopfield Neural Network....Pages 417-424 Robust Text Classification Using a Hysteresis-Driven Extended SRN....Pages 425-434 Semi-supervised Metrics for Textual Data Visualization....Pages 435-444 Topology Aware Internet Traffic Forecasting Using Neural Networks....Pages 445-454 Boosting Algorithm to Improve a Voltage Waveform Classifier Based on Artificial Neural Network....Pages 455-464 Classification of Temporal Data Based on Self-organizing Incremental Neural Network....Pages 465-475 Estimating the Impact of Shocks with Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 476-485 Greedy KPCA in Biomedical Signal Processing....Pages 486-495 The Use of Artificial Neural Networks in the Speech Understanding Model - SUM....Pages 496-505 On Incorporating Seasonal Information on Recursive Time Series Predictors....Pages 506-515 Can Neural Networks Learn the “Head and Shoulders“ Technical Analysis Price Pattern? Towards a Methodology for Testing the Efficient Market Hypothesis....Pages 516-526 Sparse Least Squares Support Vector Regressors Trained in the Reduced Empirical Feature Space....Pages 527-536 Content-Based Image Retrieval by Combining Genetic Algorithm and Support Vector Machine....Pages 537-545 Global and Local Preserving Feature Extraction for Image Categorization....Pages 546-553 Iris Recognition for Biometric Personal Identification Using Neural Networks....Pages 554-563 No-Reference Quality Assessment of JPEG Images by Using CBP Neural Networks....Pages 564-572 A Bio-inspired Connectionist Approach for Motion Description Through Sequences of Images....Pages 573-582 Color Object Recognition in Real-World Scenes....Pages 583-592 Estimation of Pointing Poses on Monocular Images with Neural Techniques - An Experimental Comparison....Pages 593-602 Real-Time Foreground-Background Segmentation Using Adaptive Support Vector Machine Algorithm....Pages 603-610 Edge-Preserving Bayesian Image Superresolution Based on Compound Markov Random Fields....Pages 611-620 A Neurofuzzy Controller for a Single Link Flexible Manipulator....Pages 621-629 Suboptimal Nonlinear Predictive Control with Structured Neural Models....Pages 630-639 Neural Dynamics Based Exploration Algorithm for a Mobile Robot....Pages 640-649 Neural Models in Computationally Efficient Predictive Control Cooperating with Economic Optimisation....Pages 650-659 Event Detection and Localization in Mobile Robot Navigation Using Reservoir Computing....Pages 660-669 Model Reference Control Using CMAC Neural Networks....Pages 670-679 A Three-Stage Approach Based on the Self-organizing Map for Satellite Image Classification....Pages 680-689 Performance Analysis of MLP-Based Radar Detectors in Weibull-Distributed Clutter with Respect to Target Doppler Frequency....Pages 690-698 Local Positioning System Based on Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 699-708 An Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System for Calculation Resonant Frequency and Input Resistance of Microstrip Dipole Antenna....Pages 709-717 GARCH Processes with Non-parametric Innovations for Market Risk Estimation....Pages 718-727 Forecasting Portugal Global Load with Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 728-737 Using Genetic Algorithm to Develop a Neural-Network-Based Load Forecasting....Pages 738-747 Separation and Recognition of Multiple Sound Source Using Pulsed Neuron Model....Pages 748-757 Text-Independent Speaker Authentication with Spiking Neural Networks....Pages 758-767 Interferences in the Transformation of Reference Frames During a Posture Imitation Task....Pages 768-778 Combined Artificial Neural Network and Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System for Improving a Short-Term Electric Load Forecasting....Pages 779-788 A MLP Solver for First and Second Order Partial Differential Equations....Pages 789-797 A Two-Layer ICA-Like Model Estimated by Score Matching....Pages 798-807 Testing Component Independence Using Data Compressors....Pages 808-815 K -Pages Graph Drawing with Multivalued Neural Networks....Pages 816-825 Recursive Principal Component Analysis of Graphs....Pages 826-835 A Method to Estimate the Graph Structure for a Large MRF Model....Pages 836-849 Neural Substructures for Appraisal in Emotion: Self-esteem and Depression....Pages 850-858 The Link Between Temporal Attention and Emotion: A Playground for Psychology, Neuroscience, and Plausible Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 859-868 Inferring Cognition from fMRI Brain Images....Pages 869-878 Modelling the N2pc and Its Interaction with Value....Pages 879-888 Biasing Neural Networks Towards Exploration or Exploitation Using Neuromodulation....Pages 889-898 A Simple Model of Cortical Activations During Both Observation and Execution of Reach-to-Grasp Movements....Pages 899-911 A Cognitive Model That Describes the Influence of Prior Knowledge on Concept Learning....Pages 912-921 Developing Concept Representations....Pages 922-933 Self-perturbation and Homeostasis in Embodied Recurrent Neural Networks: A Meta-model and Some Explorations with Mechanisms for Sensorimotor Coordination....Pages 934-942 An Oscillatory Model for Multimodal Processing of Short Language Instructions....Pages 943-952 Towards Understanding of Natural Language: Neurocognitive Inspirations....Pages 953-962 A Computational Model of Metaphor Understanding Consisting of Two Processes....Pages 963-972 A Novel Novelty Detector....Pages 973-983 Back Matter....Pages - This two volume set LNCS 4668 and LNCS 4669 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2007, held in Porto, Portugal, in September 2007. The 197 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 376 submissions. The second volume contains 99 contributions related to computational neuroscience, neurocognitive studies, applications in biomedicine and bioinformatics, pattern recognition, data clustering, self-organization, text mining and internet applications, signal and times series processing, vision and image processing, robotics, control, real world applications, independent component analysis, graphs, emotion and attention: empirical findings and neural models, as well as understanding and creating cognitive systems This two volume set LNCS 4668 and LNCS 4669 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2007, held in Porto, Portugal, in September 2007. The 197 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 376 submissions. The 98 papers of the first volume are organized in topical sections on learning theory, advances in neural network learning methods, ensemble learning, spiking neural networks, advances in neural network architectures neural network technologies, neural dynamics and complex systems, data analysis, estimation, spatial and spatio-temporal learning, evolutionary computing, meta learning, agents learning, complex-valued neural networks, as well as temporal synchronization and nonlinear dynamics in neural networks. Annotation This book is the second of a two-volume set that constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2007. It features contributions related to computational neuroscience, neurocognitive studies, applications in biomedicine and bioinformatics, pattern recognition, self-organization, text mining and internet applications, signal and times series processing, vision and image processing, robotics, control, and more