Soft Computing: Methodologies and Applications (Advances in Soft Computing) (Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing)

362 Pages·2005·4.46 MB·English

by  Frank Hoffmann

FrankHoffmann,MarioKöppen,FrankKlawonn,RajkumarRoy(Eds.)
SoftComputing:MethodologiesandApplications
AdvancesinSoftComputing
Editor-in-chief
Prof.JanuszKacprzyk
SystemsResearchInstitute
PolishAcademyofSciences
ul.Newelska6
01-447Warsaw
Poland
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Soft Computing:
Methodologies and Applications
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Preface
TheseriesofOnlineWorldConferencesonSoftComputing(WSC)isorganizedby
the World Federation of Soft Computing (WFSC) and has become an established
annualeventintheacademiccalendarandwasalreadyheldforthe8thtimein2003.
Starting as a small workshop held at Nagoya University, Japan in 1994 it has ma-
turedtothepremieronlineeventonsoftcomputinginindustrialapplications.Ithas
beenhostedbytheuniversitiesofGranada,Spain,FraunhoferGesellschaft,Berlin,
CranfieldUniversity,HelsinkiUniversityofTechnologyandNagoyaUniversity.The
goalofWFSCistopromotesoftcomputingacrosstheworld,byusingtheinternet
asaforumforvirtualtechnicaldiscussionandpublishingatnocosttoauthorsand
participants. The official journal of the World Federation on Soft Computing is the
journalAppliedSoftComputing.
The8thWSCConference(WSC8)tookplacefromSeptember29thtoOctober
10th, 2003. Registered participants had the opportunity to follow and discuss the
onlinepresentationsofauthorsfromallovertheworld.Outofmorethan60submis-
sionstheprogramcommitteehadaccepted27papersforfinalpresentationatWSC8.
What makes WSC conferences unique is the fact that authors and participants
disseminatetheirscientificresultsandengageinadiscussionwithcolleaguesfrom
allovertheworldatnocost.Participantshaveimmediateaccesstoallcontributions,
theopportunitytocommentthepapersandtoobtainfeedbackfromtheauthors.The
online discussions result in new contacts within the research community, form the
basis for future cooperations and eventually lead to personal meetings with other
colleaguesinthefuture.
IthasbecomeatraditionoftheWSCconferencestopublishpost-proceedingsof
selectedpapers.Authorsareencouragedtosubmitarevisedversionoftheircontri-
butionsaftertheconference,takingalsothecommentsfromthediscussionontheir
paper into account. This book contains 26 revised contributions from WSC8, cov-
ering a wide range of application areas of soft computing like optimization, data
analysisanddatamining,faultdiagnosis,controlaswellastrafficandtransportation
systems.Thepaperscollectedinthisbookshowhowthemajorsoftcomputingtech-
niques, fuzzy systems, neural networks and evolutionary algorithms and especially
hybrid systems combining methods from these fields, lead to successful industrial
VI Preface
applications. The reader will find an interesting, inspiring and wide variety of soft
computingtechniquesandapplicationsinthisbook.
WewouldliketothankthestaffatSpringer,inparticularThomasDitzingerand
HeatherKing,fortheirprofessionalsupportandexpertiseinallphasesofthisproject.
Cyberspace, FrankHoffmann
May,2005 MarioKöppen
FrankKlawonn
RajkumarRoy
Welcome Message Honorary Chair
Asweallknow,thegenesisofsoftcomputingwasmotivatedbytherealizationthat
in science, as in most other realms of human activity; there is a tendency to be na-
tionalistic–tocommitoneselftoaparticularmethodology,M,andmarchunderits
banner,inthebeliefthatitisMandonlyMthatmatters.Thewell-knownHammer
Principle: When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail;
and my Vodka Principle: No matter what your problem is, vodka will solve it, are
succinctexpressionsoftheone-size-fits-allmentalitywhichunderliesnationalismin
science.Althoughitisobviousthatone-size-fits-allmentalityinscienceiscounter-
productive, it is still the case that in many fields of scientific activity, nationalism
isthenormratherthananabberation.Giventhisreality,WSC8servesanimportant
functionbyshowingthattheconceptofsoftcomputinghasintrinsicvalidity.Ishould
liketoextendmycomplimentsandcongratulationstotheorganizersandparticipants
inWSC8forcontributingsomuchandinsomanywaystotheadvancementofsoft
computingandenhancingitsvisibilityandimportanceintherealmsofboththeory
andapplications,
Withmywarmestregardstoall.
Berkeley,California LotfiZadeh
September,25th,2003
WelcomeMessageGeneralChair
WSC8 has opened its gates. From September 29th to October 10th registered par-
ticipants will have the opportunity to follow and discuss the online presentations
of authors from all over the world. Out of more than 60 submissions the program
committeeaccepted27papersforfinalpresentationatWSC8.
The WSC conference has become an established annual event in the academic
calendar as it enters its eight round. Starting as a small workshop held at Nagoya
University,Japanin1994ithasmaturedtothepremieronlineeventonsoftcomput-
inginindustrialapplications.
VIII WelcomeMessage
The series of WSC conferences has been organized by the World Federation
of Soft Computing (WFSC) and has been hosted by the universities of Granada,
Spain,FraunhoferGesellschaft,Berlin,CranfieldUniversity,HelsinkiUniversityof
TechnologyandNagoyaUniversity.ThegoalofWFSCistopromotesoftcomputing
acrosstheworld,byusingtheinternetasaforumforvirtualtechnicaldiscussionand
publishing at no cost to authors and participants. The official journal of the World
Federation on Soft Computing is the journal “Applied Soft Computing”, published
byElsevierPress.
What makes WSC conferences unique is the fact that authors and participants
disseminatetheirscientificresultsandengageinadiscussionwithcolleaguesfrom
allovertheworldatnocost.Participantshaveimmediateaccesstoallcontributions,
theopportunitytocommentthepapersandtoobtainfeedbackfromtheauthors.Our
hope is that the online discussion will result in new contacts within the research
community,formsthebasisforfuturecooperationsandeventuallyleadtoapersonal
meetingwithyourcolleagueinthenearfuture.Intheend,anonlineconferencecan
notprovidetheequivalentsocialexperienceequivalentofhavingadrinkoradinner.
On behalf of all organizers I want to express my thanks to all who have con-
tributedtoWSC8,thankstoalltheauthorswhodeemedWSC8tobeasuitableplace
topublishtheirwork,thankstoallwhohelpedtodistributetheCFPororganizeda
session,thankstotheprogramcommitteeforthereviewofsubmittedpapers,thanks
to the sponsors. Finally, I would like to express my particular gratitude to Mario
Köppen,whosehelpandtechnicalsupportwithsettingupthescripts,organizingthe
reviewprocess,answeringtechnicalquestionswasinvaluabletome.
We hope that you will enjoy the conference, engage in fruitful discussions, es-
tablishnovelcontactsanddrawinspirationfromthepresentationsanddiscussions.
Withmybestregardstoallparticipants.
Dortmund,Germany, FrankHoffmann
September,29th,2003
Organization
The8thOnlineWorldConferenceonSoftComputinginIndustrialApplicationswas
organizedbytheWorldFederationofSoftComputingandtheDepartmentofelec-
tricalcontrolengineering,Facultyofelectricalengineeringandinformationtechnol-
ogy,UniversityofDortmund.