Neural Information Processing: 16th International Conference, ICONIP 2009, Bangkok, Thailand, December 1-5, 2009, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5864)

The two volumes LNCS 5863 and 5864 constitute the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2009, held in Bangkok, Thailand, in December 2009. The 145 regular session papers and 53 special session papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 466 submissions. The papers are structured in topical sections on cognitive science and computational neuroscience, neurodynamics, mathematical modeling and analysis, kernel and related methods, learning algorithms, pattern analysis, face analysis and processing, image processing, financial applications, computer vision, control and robotics, evolutionary computation, other emerging computational methods, signal, data and text processing, artificial spiking neural systems: nonlinear dynamics and engineering applications, towards brain-inspired systems, computational advances in bioinformatics, data mining for cybersecurity, evolutionary neural networks: theory and practice, hybrid and adaptive systems for computer vision and robot control, intelligent data mining, neural networks for data mining, and SOM and related subjects and its applications. Front Matter....Pages - Obstacle Categorization Based on Hybridizing Global and Local Features....Pages 1-10 Defect Detection and Classification in Citrus Using Computer Vision....Pages 11-18 Superresolution from Occluded Scenes....Pages 19-27 Generating Self-organized Saliency Map Based on Color and Motion....Pages 28-37 Co-occurrence of Intensity and Gradient Features for Object Detection....Pages 38-46 Adaptive Sensor-Driven Neural Control for Learning in Walking Machines....Pages 47-55 A Method to Switch Multiple CAN2s for Variable Initial Temperature in Temperature Control of RCA Cleaning Solutions....Pages 56-64 Vision-Motor Abstraction toward Robot Cognition....Pages 65-74 Adaptively Coordinating Heterogeneous Robot Teams through Asynchronous Situated Coevolution....Pages 75-82 RL-Based Memory Controller for Scalable Autonomous Systems....Pages 83-92 A Semantic SLAM Model for Autonomous Mobile Robots Using Content Based Image Retrieval Techniques....Pages 93-106 Parameter Estimation Using a SCE Strategy....Pages 107-113 A Novel Evolving Clustering Algorithm with Polynomial Regression for Chaotic Time-Series Prediction....Pages 114-121 A Multi-strategy Differential Evolution Algorithm for Financial Prediction with Single Multiplicative Neuron....Pages 122-130 Boosted Neural Networks in Evolutionary Computation....Pages 131-140 Improving Prediction Interval Quality: A Genetic Algorithm-Based Method Applied to Neural Networks....Pages 141-149 Involving New Local Search in Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for Feature Selection....Pages 150-158 Pareto Optimal Based Evolutionary Approach for Solving Multi-Objective Facility Layout Problem....Pages 159-168 Swarm Reinforcement Learning Algorithm Based on Particle Swarm Optimization Whose Personal Bests Have Lifespans....Pages 169-178 Effectiveness of Intrinsically Motivated Adaptive Agent for Sustainable Human-Agent Interaction....Pages 179-188 RAST: A Related Abstract Search Tool....Pages 189-195 An Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for the Quadratic Knapsack Problem....Pages 196-205 Universal Learning Machines....Pages 206-215 Swarm Diversity Based Text Summarization....Pages 216-225 A Fuzzy Bi-level Pricing Model and a PSO Based Algorithm in Supply Chains....Pages 226-233 Growing Particle Swarm Optimizers with a Population-Dependent Parameter....Pages 234-241 An Efficient Feature Selection Using Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm....Pages 242-252 Stable Training Method for Echo State Networks Running in Closed-Loop Based on Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm....Pages 253-262 A Concept Generation Method Based on Mutual Information Quantity among Multiple Self-organizing Maps....Pages 263-272 Decoding Ambisonic Signals to Irregular Loudspeaker Configuration Based on Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 273-280 Document Clustering with Cluster Refinement and Non-negative Matrix Factorization....Pages 281-288 Hierarchical Multi-view Fisher Discriminant Analysis....Pages 289-298 Auditory Temporal Assimilation: A Discriminant Analysis of Electrophysiological Evidence....Pages 299-308 Web Snippet Clustering Based on Text Enrichment with Concept Hierarchy....Pages 309-317 Maintaining Footprint-Based Retrieval for Case Deletion....Pages 318-325 Investigation of Neonatal EEG Time Series Using a Modified Nonlinear Dynamical Analysis....Pages 326-335 Solving Fuzzy Linear Regression with Hybrid Optimization....Pages 336-343 Automatic Document Tagging in Social Semantic Digital Library....Pages 344-351 Text Mining with an Augmented Version of the Bisecting K-Means Algorithm....Pages 352-359 Ontology Based Personalized Modeling for Type 2 Diabetes Risk Analysis: An Integrated Approach....Pages 360-366 A Pulse-Coupled Network of SOM....Pages 367-375 A Simple Spiking Neuron with Periodic Input: Basic Bifurcation and Encoding Function....Pages 376-383 Exploiting Temporal Noises and Device Fluctuations in Enhancing Fidelity of Pulse-Density Modulator Consisting of Single-Electron Neural Circuits....Pages 384-391 Bifurcation Analysis of a Resonate-and-Fire-Type Digital Spiking Neuron....Pages 392-400 Strange Responses to Fluctuating Inputs in the Hindmarsh-Rose Neurons....Pages 401-408 Evaluation of Color Constancy Vision Algorithm for Mobile Robots....Pages 409-419 Surprise-Driven Exploration with Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filters for Efficiently Constructing Occupancy Grid Maps....Pages 420-429 Retrieving Emotion from Motion Analysis: In a Real Time Parallel Framework for Robots....Pages 430-438 Using Biologically Inspired Visual Features and Mixture of Experts for Face/Nonface Recognition....Pages 439-448 Diagnosis Support System for Mucous Membrane Diseases in Oral Cavity....Pages 449-456 Using Long and Short Term Memories in Solving Optimization Problems....Pages 457-464 Overlap-Based Similarity Metrics for Motif Search in DNA Sequences....Pages 465-474 An Evolutionary Artificial Neural Network for Medical Pattern Classification....Pages 475-482 Coevolutionary Method for Gene Selection and Parameter Optimization in Microarray Data Analysis....Pages 483-492 An Omnibus Permutation Test on Ensembles of Two-Locus Analyses for the Detection of Purely Epistatic Multi-locus Interactions....Pages 493-502 Protein Fold Prediction Problem Using Ensemble of Classifiers....Pages 503-511 Combination of Multiple Features in Support Vector Machine with Principal Component Analysis in Application for Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis....Pages 512-519 Hierarchical Core Vector Machines for Network Intrusion Detection....Pages 520-529 String Kernel Based SVM for Internet Security Implementation....Pages 530-539 Automated Log Analysis of Infected Windows OS Using Mechanized Reasoning....Pages 540-547 HumanBoost: Utilization of Users’ Past Trust Decision for Identifying Fraudulent Websites....Pages 548-555 A Methodology for Analyzing Overall Flow of Spam-Based Attacks....Pages 556-564 A Proposal of Malware Distinction Method Based on Scan Patterns Using Spectrum Analysis....Pages 565-572 A Transductive Neuro-Fuzzy Force Control: An Ethernet-Based Application to a Drilling Process....Pages 573-582 Sentiment Classification with Support Vector Machines and Multiple Kernel Functions....Pages 583-592 Improving the Performance of Fuzzy ARTMAP with Hybrid Evolutionary Programming: An Experimental Study....Pages 593-600 “Dead” Chromosomes and Their Elimination in the Neuro-Genetic Stock Index Prediction System....Pages 601-610 String Pattern Recognition Using Evolving Spiking Neural Networks and Quantum Inspired Particle Swarm Optimization....Pages 611-619 Fault Condition Recognition Based on PSO and KPCA....Pages 620-629 Evaluation of Distance Measures for Speciated Evolutionary Neural Networks in Pattern Classification Problems....Pages 630-637 Emergence of Different Mating Strategies in Artificial Embodied Evolution....Pages 638-647 A Markov Model for Multiagent Patrolling in Continuous Time....Pages 648-656 Hybrid Framework to Image Segmentation....Pages 657-666 On the Robustness of Fuzzy-Genetic Colour Contrast Fusion with Variable Colour Depth....Pages 667-674 Navel Orange Blemish Identification for Quality Grading System....Pages 675-682 A Cyclostationarity Analysis Applied to Scaled Images....Pages 683-690 Non-segmented Document Clustering Using Self-Organizing Map and Frequent Max Substring Technique....Pages 691-698 A Visual Method for High-Dimensional Data Cluster Exploration....Pages 699-709 An Algorithm Based on the Construction of Braun’s Cathode Ray Tube as a Novel Technique for Data Classification....Pages 710-719 Fuzzy Decision Tree Induction Approach for Mining Fuzzy Association Rules....Pages 720-728 AdaIndex: An Adaptive Index Structure for Fast Similarity Search in Metric Spaces....Pages 729-737 The Application of Wavelet Neural Network Optimized by Particle Swarm in Localization of Acoustic Emission Source....Pages 738-745 Speaker Recognition Based on GMM with an Embedded TDNN....Pages 746-753 Finding Appropriate Turning Point for Text Sentiment Polarity....Pages 754-761 Research on Natural Disaster Risk Assessment Model Based on Support Vector Machine and Its Application....Pages 762-769 Identifying Tobacco Control Policy Drivers: A Neural Network Approach....Pages 770-776 Intrusion Detection Using Neural Networks: A Grid Computing Based Data Mining Approach....Pages 777-785 Recurrent Neural Networks as Local Models for Time Series Prediction....Pages 786-793 Construction of the General Physical Condition Judgments System Using Acceleration Plethysmogram Analysis Results....Pages 794-801 Decision of Class Borders on Spherical SOM and Its Visualization....Pages 802-811 Quantifying the Path Preservation of SOM-Based Information Landscapes....Pages 812-819 Self-Organizing Neural Grove and Its Parallel and Distributed Performance....Pages 820-827 The Finding of Weak-Ties by Applying Spherical SOM and Association Rules....Pages 828-835 Analysis of Robustness of Pareto Learning SOM to Variances of Input Vectors....Pages 836-844 Interactive Hierarchical SOM for Image Retrieval Visualization....Pages 845-854 Evaluation Patterns of Japanese Representative Athletes in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games: Visualization of Social Expectation and Satisfaction by Use of Self-Organizing Maps....Pages 855-864 Temporal Signal Processing by Feedback SOM: An Application to On-line Character Recognition Task....Pages 865-873 A Study on Clustering Method by Self-Organizing Map and Information Criteria....Pages 874-881 Back Matter....Pages - th This two-volume set constitutes the Proceedings of the 16 International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2009), held in Bangkok, Thailand, during December 1–5, 2009. ICONIP is a world-renowned international conference that is held annually in the Asia-Pacific region. This prestigious event is sponsored by the Asia Pacific Neural Network Assembly (APNNA), and it has provided an annual forum for international researchers to exchange the latest ideas and advances in neural networks and related discipline. The School of Information Technology (SIT) at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Bangkok, Thailand was the proud host of ICONIP 2009. The conference theme was “Challenges and Trends of Neural Information Processing,” with an aim to discuss the past, present, and future challenges and trends in the field of neural information processing. ICONIP 2009 accepted 145 regular session papers and 53 special session papers from a total of 466 submissions received on the Springer Online Conference Service (OCS) system. The authors of accepted papers alone covered 36 countries and - gions worldwide and there are over 500 authors in these proceedings. The technical sessions were divided into 23 topical categories, including 9 special sessions.