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SOCO
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
Reasoning about fuzzy temporal information from the web: towards retrieval of historical events
Abstract When searching for information about historical events, queries are naturally formulated using temporal constraints. However, the structured temporal information needed to...
Steven Schockaert, Martine De Cock, Etienne E. Ker...
SOCO
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
Designing multilayer perceptrons using a Guided Saw-tooth Evolutionary Programming Algorithm
In this paper, a diversity generating mechanism is proposed for an Evolutionary Programming (EP) algorithm that determines the basic structure of Multilayer Perceptron classifiers ...
Pedro Antonio Gutiérrez, César Herv&...
SOCO
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
Taximeter verification with GPS and soft computing techniques
Until recently, local governments in Spain were using machines with rolling cylinders for verifying taximeters. However, the condition of the tires can lead to errors in the proces...
José Villar, Adolfo Otero, José Oter...
SOCO
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
Using evolution strategies to solve DEC-POMDP problems
Decentralized partially observable Markov decision process (DEC-POMDP) is an approach to model multi-robot decision making problems under uncertainty. Since it is NEXP-complete the...
Baris Eker, H. Levent Akin
SOCO
2010
Springer
13 years 5 months ago
Event-Specific Software Composition in Context-Oriented Programming
Context-oriented programming (COP) introduces dedicated abstractions for the modularization and dynamic composition of crosscutting context-specific functionality. While existing C...
Malte Appeltauer, Robert Hirschfeld, Hidehiko Masu...
SOCO
2010
Springer
13 years 5 months ago
Managing Variability in Workflow with Feature Model Composition Operators
Abstract. In grid-based scientific applications, building a workflow essentially involves composing parameterized services describing families of services and then configuring the ...
Mathieu Acher, Philippe Collet, Philippe Lahire, R...
SOCO
2010
Springer
13 years 5 months ago
Evaluating a local genetic algorithm as context-independent local search operator for metaheuristics
Local genetic algorithms have been designed with the aim of providing effective intensification. One of their most outstanding features is that they may help classical local searc...
Carlos García-Martínez, Manuel Lozan...
SOCO
2010
Springer
13 years 5 months ago
Automatic circle detection on digital images with an adaptive bacterial foraging algorithm
This article presents an algorithm for the automatic detection of circular shapes from complicated and noisy images without using the conventional Hough transform methods. The prop...
Sambarta Dasgupta, Swagatam Das, Arijit Biswas, Aj...
SOCO
2010
Springer
13 years 5 months ago
Analyzing consensus approaches in fuzzy group decision making: advantages and drawbacks
Francisco Javier Cabrerizo, Juan Manuel Moreno, Ig...