Neural Information Processing : 14th International Conference, ICONIP 2007, Kitakyushu, Japan, November 13-16, 2007, Revised Selected Papers. Part II

Annotation The two volume set LNCS 4984 and LNCS 4985 constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2007, held in Kitakyushu, Japan, in November 2007, jointly with BRAINIT 2007, the 4th International Conference on Brain-Inspired Information Technology. The 228 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous ordinary paper submissions and 15 special organized sessions. The 116 papers of the first volume are organized in topical sections on computational neuroscience, learning and memory, neural network models, supervised/unsupervised/reinforcement learning, statistical learning algorithms, optimization algorithms, novel algorithms, as well as motor control and vision. The second volume contains 112 contributions related to statistical and pattern recognition algorithms, neuromorphic hardware and implementations, robotics, data mining and knowledge discovery, real world applications, cognitive and hybrid intelligent systems, bioinformatics, neuroinformatics, brain-conputer interfaces, and novel approaches Front Matter....Pages - Interpolating Vectors: Powerful Algorithm for Pattern Recognition....Pages 1-10 Multi-Scale Kernel Latent Variable Models for Nonlinear Time Series Pattern Matching....Pages 11-20 On-line Algorithm for Extraction of Specific Signals with Temporal Structure....Pages 21-29 Modified Lawn Weed Detection: Utilization of Edge-Color Based SVM and Grass-Model Based Blob Inspection Filterbank....Pages 30-39 Reproduction and Recognition of Vowel Signals Using Single and Bagging Competitive Associative Nets....Pages 40-49 Orientation Recognition of Iris Pattern....Pages 50-56 Clustering Based on LVQ and a Split and Merge Procedure....Pages 57-66 Experimental Analysis of Exchange Ratio in Exchange Monte Carlo Method....Pages 67-76 Video Restoration with Motion Prediction Based on the Multiresolution Wavelet Analysis....Pages 77-86 Fundamental Analysis of a Digital Spiking Neuron for Its Spike-Based Coding....Pages 87-96 A 160×120 Edge Detection Vision Chip for Neuromorphic Systems Using Logarithmic Active Pixel Sensor with Low Power Dissipation....Pages 97-106 A Robot Vision System for Collision Avoidance Using a Bio-inspired Algorithm....Pages 107-116 Analog CMOS Circuits Implementing Neural Segmentation Model Based on Symmetric STDP Learning....Pages 117-126 Power Quality Control of Hybrid Wind Power Generation System Using Fuzzy-Robust Controller....Pages 127-136 A New Hardware Friendly Vector Distance Evaluation Function for Vector Classifiers....Pages 137-146 Intelligent Behavior Generation of Benevolent Agents with a Stochastic Model of Emotion....Pages 147-156 Design Principles and Constraints Underlying the Construction of Brain-Based Devices....Pages 157-166 Finding Exploratory Rewards by Embodied Evolution and Constrained Reinforcement Learning in the Cyber Rodents....Pages 167-176 Context-Dependent Adaptive Behavior Generated in the Theta Phase Coding Network....Pages 177-184 Computational Modeling of Human-Robot Interaction Based on Active Intention Estimation....Pages 185-192 Interpolation and Extrapolation of Motion Patterns in the Proto-symbol Space....Pages 193-202 Symbolic Memory of Motion Patterns by an Associative Memory Dynamics with Self-organizing Nonmonotonicity....Pages 203-213 From Biologically Realistic Imitation to Robot Teaching Via Human Motor Learning....Pages 214-221 Vowel Imitation Using Vocal Tract Model and Recurrent Neural Network....Pages 222-232 Policy Learning for Motor Skills....Pages 233-242 Task Learning Based on Reinforcement Learning in Virtual Environment....Pages 243-253 Resolving Hidden Representations....Pages 254-263 Using Genetic Algorithm to Balance the D-Index Algorithm for Metric Search....Pages 264-273 Spherical and Torus SOM Approaches to Metabolic Syndrome Evaluation....Pages 274-284 A Kolmogorov-Smirnov Correlation-Based Filter for Microarray Data....Pages 285-294 Information Geometry and Information Theory in Machine Learning....Pages 295-304 Natural Conjugate Gradient in Variational Inference....Pages 305-314 A Robust ICA-Based Adaptive Filter Algorithm for System Identification Using Stochastic Information Gradient....Pages 315-325 Component Reduction for Hierarchical Mixture Model Construction....Pages 326-335 Learning a Kernel Matrix for Time Series Data from DTW Distances....Pages 336-345 Neural Network Method for Protein Structure Search Using Cell-Cell Adhesion....Pages 346-355 Unsupervised Anomaly Detection Using HDG-Clustering Algorithm....Pages 356-365 A New Association Rule Mining Algorithm....Pages 366-375 A Multi-agent Architecture Based Cooperation and Intelligent Decision Making Method for Multirobot Systems....Pages 376-385 Hybrid Fuzzy Colour Processing and Learning....Pages 386-395 Adaptive Face Recognition System Using Fast Incremental Principal Component Analysis....Pages 396-405 Adaptive Spiking Neural Networks for Audiovisual Pattern Recognition....Pages 406-415 Evolving Connectionist Systems for Adaptive Sport Coaching....Pages 416-425 A Novel Chaotic Neural Network for Function Optimization....Pages 426-433 Interpretable Piecewise Linear Classifier....Pages 434-443 A Visualization of Genetic Algorithm Using the Pseudo-color....Pages 444-452 A Novel Algorithm for Associative Classification....Pages 453-459 Solar Radiation Data Modeling with a Novel Surface Fitting Approach....Pages 460-467 Electricity Quality Control of an Independent Power System Based on Hybrid Intelligent Controller....Pages 468-477 Enhancing Existing Stockmarket Trading Strategies Using Artificial Neural Networks: A Case Study....Pages 478-487 Nonlinear Coordinate Unfolding Via Principal Curve Projections with Application to Nonlinear BSS....Pages 488-497 Blind Deconvolution of MIMO-IIR Systems: A Two-Stage EVA....Pages 498-508 Blind Source Separation Coping with the Change of the Number of Sources....Pages 509-518 Blind Image Separation Using Nonnegative Matrix Factorization with Gibbs Smoothing....Pages 519-528 Diagnosis of Lung Nodule Using Independent Component Analysis in Computerized Tomography Images....Pages 529-538 A Knowledge Processing Neural Network Based on Automatic Concept Hierarchization....Pages 539-548 Classification Using Multi-valued Pulse Coupled Neural Network....Pages 549-558 Detection for Pickup Errors by Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 559-568 SOM-Based Continuous Category Learning for Age Classification by Facial Images....Pages 569-576 A Complete Hardware Implementation of an Integrated Sound Localization and Classification System Based on Spiking Neural Networks....Pages 577-587 Binarizing Training Samples with Multi-threshold for Viola-Jones Face Detector....Pages 588-597 Selection of Histograms of Oriented Gradients Features for Pedestrian Detection....Pages 598-607 Relevance Optimization in Image Database Using Feature Space Preference Mapping and Particle Swarm Optimization....Pages 608-617 3-D Shape Reconstruction from Stereovision Data Using Object-Consisted Markov Random Field Model....Pages 618-627 Application of the Unusual Motion Detection Using CHLAC to the Video Surveillance....Pages 628-636 Bio-Inspired Functional Asymmetry Camera System....Pages 637-646 Making a Robot Dance to Music Using Chaotic Itinerancy in a Network of FitzHugh-Nagumo Neurons....Pages 647-656 Interactive Clothes Design Support System....Pages 657-665 Neural Network for Modeling Esthetic Selection....Pages 666-674 Adaptive Computer Game System Using Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 675-682 Manifold Construction by Local Neighborhood Preservation....Pages 683-692 Nonparametric Time-Varying Phasor Estimation Using Neural Networks....Pages 693-702 A New Approach for Next Day Load Forecasting Integrating Artificial Neural Network Model with Weighted Frequency Bin Blocks....Pages 703-712 Distribution Feeder Phase Balancing Using Newton-Raphson Algorithm-Based Controlled Active Filter....Pages 713-720 The Use of Support Vector Machine for Phase Balancing in the Distribution Feeder....Pages 721-729 Energy Dissipation Effect on a Quantum Neural Network....Pages 730-737 Learning and Memorizing Models of Logical Theories in a Hybrid Learning Device....Pages 738-748 Mixtures of Experts: As an Attempt to Integrate the Dual Route Cascaded and the Triangle Models for Reading English Words....Pages 749-758 A Multilayered Scheme of Bidirectional Associative Memory for Multistable Perception....Pages 759-768 Text Categorization with Semantic Commonsense Knowledge: First Results....Pages 769-778 Classification of Documents Based on the Structure of Their DOM Trees....Pages 779-788 Perfect Population Classification on Hapmap Data with a Small Number of SNPs....Pages 789-797 Automatic Factorization of Biological Signals Measured by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy Using Non-negative Matrix Factorization....Pages 798-806 Controller Design Method of Gene Networks by Network Learning and Its Performance Evaluation....Pages 807-816 Quantitative Morphodynamic Analysis of Time-Lapse Imaging by Edge Evolution Tracking....Pages 817-826 Incorporating Domain Knowledge into a Min-Max Modular Support Vector Machine for Protein Subcellular Localization....Pages 827-836 Fuzzy K -Nearest Neighbor Classifier to Predict Protein Solvent Accessibility....Pages 837-845 Ontology-Based Framework for Personalized Diagnosis and Prognosis of Cancer Based on Gene Expression Data....Pages 846-855 Ensemble Neural Networks with Novel Gene-Subsets for Multiclass Cancer Classification....Pages 856-865 Identification of Different Sets of Biomarkers for Diagnostic Classification of Cancers....Pages 866-875 Model Screening: How to Choose the Best Fitting Regression Model?....Pages 876-883 Japanese Neuroinformatics Node and Platforms....Pages 884-894 Neuro-Imaging Platform for Neuroinformatics....Pages 895-904 Development of Invertebrate Brain Platform: Management of Research Resources for Invertebrate Neuroscience and Neuroethology....Pages 905-914 ICA-Based Spatio-temporal Features for EEG Signals....Pages 915-920 Dynamical Nonstationarity Analysis of Resting EEGs in Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 921-929 Computational Modeling of Circadian Rhythms in Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Neurons....Pages 930-939 Incremental Knowledge Representation Based on Visual Selective Attention....Pages 940-949 Integrated Model for Informal Inference Based on Neural Networks....Pages 950-959 Serial Processing of Emotional Type and Intensity: Evidence from an ERP Study....Pages 960-968 Estimation of Force Motor Command to Control Robot by NIRS-Based BCI....Pages 969-978 Decoding Syllables from Human fMRI Activity....Pages 979-986 Prediction of Arm Trajectory from the Neural Activities of the Primary Motor Cortex Using a Modular Artificial Neural Network Model....Pages 987-996 Prediction of a Go/No-go Decision from Single-Trial Activities of Multiple Neurons in Monkey Superior Colliculus....Pages 997-1006 Diverse Evolutionary Neural Networks Based on Information Theory....Pages 1007-1016 Diversity-Based Feature Selection from Neural Network with Low Computational Cost....Pages 1017-1026 Reconstruction of Temporal Movement from Single-trial Non-invasive Brain Activity: A Hierarchical Bayesian Method....Pages 1027-1036 Subject-Adaptive Real-Time BCI System....Pages 1037-1046 A Study on Scheduling Function of a Magnetic Parameter in a Virtual Magnetic Diminuendo Method....Pages 1047-1054 Stereo Saliency Map Considering Affective Factors in a Dynamic Environment....Pages 1055-1064 Inference Based on Distributed Representations Using Trajectory Attractors....Pages 1065-1074 Task Segmentation in a Mobile Robot by mnSOM and Clustering with Spatio-temporal Contiguity....Pages 1075-1084 Back Matter....Pages -