{"title":"Efficient segmentation of degraded images by a neuro-fuzzy classifier","authors":"R. Castellanos, S. Mitra","doi":"10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781747","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781747","url":null,"abstract":"The segmentation of degraded images has always been a difficult problem to solve. Efficient object extraction from noisy images can be achieved by neuro-fuzzy clustering algorithms where noise pixels are identified during the clustering process and assigned low weights to avoid their degradation effect on prototype validity. We present a new approach to noise reduction prior to segmentation by using a two-step process named the AFLC-median process. This new two-step process has been specifically tailored to remove speckle noise. The first step is to use an AFLC (adaptive fuzzy leader clustering) network that has been designed to follow leader clustering using a hybrid neuro-fuzzy model developed by integrating a modified ART-1 model with fuzzy c-means (FCM). This integration provides a powerful, yet fast method for recognizing embedded data structure. In speckled imagery, AFLC is used to isolate the speckle noise pixels by segmenting the image into several clusters controlled by a vigilance parameter. Once the speckles have been identified, a median filter is used, centered on each speckle noise pixel. The resulting image, after undergoing the AFLC-median process, demonstrates a reduction in speckle noise whilst retaining sharp edges for improved segmentation.","PeriodicalId":335957,"journal":{"name":"18th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society - NAFIPS (Cat. No.99TH8397)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127378017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fuzzy control of a biotechnology process","authors":"E. Gamero-Inda, J. Flores-Morfin","doi":"10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781776","url":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses a fuzzy control strategy for a biotechnology process. This process makes use of a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) to convert ferrous iron (Fe/sup 2+/) into ferric iron (Fe/sup 3+/) by means of thiobacillus ferrooxidans in a sulfide biooxidation process. The controller was designed on the basis of the Mamdani fuzzy model. Numerical simulations are given to illustrate the performance of the fuzzy controller.","PeriodicalId":335957,"journal":{"name":"18th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society - NAFIPS (Cat. No.99TH8397)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129962829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Providing support for multiple collection types in a fuzzy object oriented spatial data model","authors":"A. Morris, James Foster, F. Petry","doi":"10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781809","url":null,"abstract":"Fuzzy set approaches are particularly suitable for issues of modeling uncertainty in spatial data. Previous work of the authors describes a framework to support uncertainty by using an object-oriented approach to modeling spatial data. The original research focused on how to incorporate spatial data into a fuzzy object model. This paper expands upon that by discussing the implications of incorporating all collection types described in the ODMG object database standard in this framework. In addition, we will look at how future collection types may be incorporated into the framework.","PeriodicalId":335957,"journal":{"name":"18th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society - NAFIPS (Cat. No.99TH8397)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129637458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On non-contradictory input/output couples in Zadeh's CRI","authors":"E. Trillas, S. Cubillo","doi":"10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781646","url":null,"abstract":"Deals with the logically unpleasant problem of reaching outputs that are contradictory with the corresponding inputs, using the compositional rule of inference (CRI). This is a situation that is common in some applications; for example, when Mandani's well-known conditional is used. For the goal of presenting some criteria to ensure that non-contradictory outputs are obtained effectively, two definitions of contradiction in fuzzy set theory are introduced and studied, as well as its relationship with the concept of incompatibility. These are two concepts that are equivalent within crisp sets but not always within fuzzy sets. For example, in classical set theory, there is only one self-contradictory object, namely the empty set, but this is not the case for any theory [F(E),N,T,S] of fuzzy sets. It is shown that, under some conditions on the values of the fuzzy conditional relation, the output given by the CRI is not contradictory with the input, provided that this is a normal fuzzy set. In particular, the case in which the conditional relation is a T-fuzzy pre-order is considered. Each section of the paper contains elementary examples.","PeriodicalId":335957,"journal":{"name":"18th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society - NAFIPS (Cat. No.99TH8397)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129305641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fuzzy dynamic programming: theory and applications to decision and control","authors":"A. Esogbue","doi":"10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781644","url":null,"abstract":"We provide a guided tour of the essential elements of fuzzy dynamic programming. We present both the aspects that are now classic in any discussion of the topic as well as its modern variants including our recently introduced fuzzy criterion dynamic programming. We include the computational aspects a well as various key real world applications. We conclude with a paint brush of the research topics that have potential for significant contributions to the field.","PeriodicalId":335957,"journal":{"name":"18th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society - NAFIPS (Cat. No.99TH8397)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120965651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From neural to wavelet network","authors":"O. Ciftcioglu","doi":"10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781823","url":null,"abstract":"Wavelet transform by means of a neural network is considered as a multivariate function approximation where the neural network is structured in a multi-input multi-output form. By means of this, the hierarchical wavelet decomposition is shaped as a parallel decomposition. That is, the input to the network is a block of discrete data and the output is a block of the wavelet transform, all resolution levels being computed in parallel. This approach is especially of concern for time varying systems where FFT techniques are not applicable and systems where the time-frequency approach plays an important role; real time systems for instance.","PeriodicalId":335957,"journal":{"name":"18th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society - NAFIPS (Cat. No.99TH8397)","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124455803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fuzzy ontologies for multilingual document exploitation","authors":"V. Cross, Clare R. Voss","doi":"10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781721","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781721","url":null,"abstract":"Multilingual document exploitation (MDE) involves assessing the relevance of individual foreign language documents to the course of a military mission. The current approach to relevance assessment (RA) in FALCon, an MDE system, runs a machine translation (MT) program to convert the documents into English and then provides a simple keyword search with a frequency count of the matched keywords. This paper explores the potential that fuzzy mathematics and ontologies have for improving performance in MDE. Research on information retrieval and filtering is examined and fuzzy extensions to these applications are presented for inclusion in RAVEN, an alternate MDE system design to FALCon.","PeriodicalId":335957,"journal":{"name":"18th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society - NAFIPS (Cat. No.99TH8397)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130910251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extracting fuzzy symbolic representation from artificial neural networks","authors":"M. Faifer, C. Janikow, K. Krawiec","doi":"10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781764","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781764","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents FUZZYTREPAN, a pedagogical approach to the problem of extracting comprehensible symbolic knowledge from trained artificial neural networks. This approach extends the previously proposed TREPAN method in two ways: it uses fuzzy representation in its knowledge extraction process (by means of fuzzy decision trees), and it uses additional heuristics in its process of generating artificial data. The paper describes the proposed approach in detail, and it presents its empirical evaluation on popular machine learning benchmarks.","PeriodicalId":335957,"journal":{"name":"18th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society - NAFIPS (Cat. No.99TH8397)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131298806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Applying the new implication operator to professional judgement in risk assessment","authors":"J. Daams, L. Strobel Stewart","doi":"10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781795","url":null,"abstract":"The article describes a novel implication operator based on fuzzy entailment. Previously, (J. Daams, 1999) the operator was used for inference from a single rule and a single input. The paper describes how the operator would be used in an expert system. The operator is therefore extended to systems with multiple rules; to chained rules; to quantified rules; and to multidimensional input. If the rule set is incomplete, interpolation can be used, even when the rules are very sparse. By means of weighting or other manipulation of the multidimensional inputs, the new operator reproduces commonly used fuzzy logic techniques such as compensation. Missing rules and missing, dubious or contradictory inputs all broaden the envelope of plausible outcomes surrounding the interpolated conclusion, and reduce belief in this interpolated conclusion. The ability of the operator to calculate a plausible conclusion despite missing rules or data makes it suitable for process control and decision making. A software program customized for financial auditing is used to illustrate the practical aspects of the new fuzzy implication operator. The software mimics the informal reasoning which expert decision-makers use when exercising professional judgement, i.e., interpolating or extrapolating from sketchy, ambiguous, qualitative opinions, using a few experience based rules-of-thumb.","PeriodicalId":335957,"journal":{"name":"18th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society - NAFIPS (Cat. No.99TH8397)","volume":"03 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131286376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of a proportional plus derivative neuro fuzzy controller","authors":"K. Rattan, G.S. Sandhu","doi":"10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781819","url":null,"abstract":"The transformation of an expert's knowledge to control rules in a fuzzy logic controller has not been formalized and arbitrary choices concerning, for example, the shape of membership functions have to be made. The quality of a fuzzy controller can be drastically affected by the choice of membership functions. Thus, methods for tuning fuzzy logic controllers are needed. Neural networks and fuzzy logic are combined to solve the problem of tuning fuzzy logic controllers. The neuro fuzzy controller uses the neural network learning techniques to tune the membership functions while keeping the semantics of the fuzzy logic controller intact. Both the architecture and the learning algorithm are presented for a general neuro fuzzy controller. From this, procedures to design proportional and proportional plus derivative neuro fuzzy controllers are obtained. A step by step algorithm for offline training is presented.","PeriodicalId":335957,"journal":{"name":"18th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society - NAFIPS (Cat. No.99TH8397)","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123815022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}