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Optimal Walking Gait Generator for Biped Robot Using Modified Jaya Optimization Technique

Ho Pham Huy Anh, Tran Thien Huan
Pages: 382 - 399
This paper treats the optimization of the biped walking trajectory that can be used as a reference trajectory for control. The biped robot is modeled as a kinetic chain of 11 links connected by 10 joints. The inverse kinematics of the biped is derived for the specified positions of the hips and feet....
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Quorum-based Data Replication in Grid Environment

Rohaya Latip, Mohamed Othman, Azizol Abdullah, Hamidah Ibrahim, Nasir Sulaiman
Pages: 386 - 397
Replication is a useful technique for distributed database systems and can be implemented in a grid computation environment to provide a high availability, fault tolerant, and enhance the performance of the system. This paper discusses a new protocol named Diagonal Data Replication in 2D Mesh structure...
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Driver Intention Recognition Method Using Continuous Hidden Markov Model

Haijing Hou, Lisheng Jin, Qingning Niu, Yuqin Sun, Meng Lu
Pages: 386 - 393
In order to make Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) work effectively, a driver intention recognition method is proposed. In this research, three different recognition models were developed based on Continuous Hidden Markov Model (CHMM), and could distinguish left and right lane change intention...
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Genetic Learning of Fuzzy Parameters in Predictive and Decision Support Modelling

Ángela Nebot, Francisco Mugica, Félix Castro, Jesús Acosta
Pages: 387 - 402
In this research a genetic fuzzy system (GFS) is proposed that performs discretization parameter learning in the context of the Fuzzy Inductive Reasoning (FIR) methodology and the Linguistic Rule FIR (LR-FIR) algorithm. The main goal of the GFS is to take advantage of the potentialities of GAs to learn...
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Non-Clausal Multi-ary α-Generalized Resolution Calculus for a Finite Lattice-Valued Logic

Yang Xu, Jun Liu, Xingxing He, Xiaomei Zhong, Shuwei Chen
Pages: 384 - 401
Due to the need of the logical foundation for uncertain information processing, development of efficient automated reasoning system based on non-classical logics is always an active research area. The present paper focuses on the resolution-based automated reasoning theory in a many-valued logic with...
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Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Using Hesitant Fuzzy Dombi–Archimedean Weighted Aggregation Operators

Peide Liu, Abhijit Saha, Debjit Dutta, Samarjit Kar
Pages: 386 - 411
Multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) has been receiving great attention in recent years due to two major issues which are basically to describe attribute values and secondly to aggregate the described information to generate a ranking of alternatives. For the first case it entails the hesitant fuzzy...
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Enactment of Ensemble Learning for Review Spam Detection on Selected Features

Faisal Khurshid, Yan Zhu, Zhuang Xu, Mushtaq Ahmad, Muqeet Ahmad
Pages: 387 - 394
In the ongoing era of flourishing e-commerce, people prefer online purchasing products and services to save time. These online purchase decisions are mostly influenced by the reviews/opinions of others who already have experienced them. Malicious users use this experience sharing to promote or degrade...
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A New Criterion for Soft Set Based Decision Making Problems under Incomplete Information

José Carlos R. Alcantud, Gustavo Santos-García
Pages: 394 - 404
We put forward a completely redesigned approach to soft set based decision making problems under incomplete information. An algorithmic solution is proposed and compared with previous approaches in the literature. The computational performance of our algorithm is critically analyzed by an experimental...
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Improved Intelligent Vehicle Localization Using Magnetic Ruler

Chunxiang Wang, Ming Yang, Bing Wang, Haigui Xu, Hao Li
Pages: 394 - 401
This paper proposes an improved intelligent vehicle localization method, which integrates the data from the odometry and the magnetic ruler(MR). The MR is used to detect the magnetic markers, which provides the absolute positioning reference. The data from odometry and the MR are used to localize the...
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Multi-Layer Decision Methodology For Ranking Z-Numbers

Ahmad Syafadhli Abu Bakar, Alexander Gegov
Pages: 395 - 406
The new concept of a – number has been recently introduced in decision making analysis. This concept is capable of effectively dealing with uncertainty in information about a decision. As this concept is relatively new in fuzzy sets, its underlying theoretical aspects have not been established...
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Computational Intelligence Based Decision Support Tool for Personalized Advertisement Assignment System

Kemal Kilic, Onur Bozkurt
Pages: 396 - 410
In this paper a comprehensive framework that maximizes advertising revenues of a company in a personalized advertisement setting is presented. The research was motivated from a real life problem faced by a company that develops a web based 3-D virtual reality social platform. The objective of the research...
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Computing with Words in Risk Assessment

Jun Liu, Luis Martinez, Hui Wang, Rosa M. Rodriguez, Vasily Novozhilov
Pages: 396 - 419
This paper presents a comprehensive overview of currently known applications of computing with words (CWW) in risk assessment. It is largely grouped into the following 5 categories: (1) fuzzy number based risk assessment; (2) fuzzy rule-based risk assessment; (3) fuzzy extension of typical probabilistic...
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Text Categorization Based on Topic Model

Shibin Zhou, Kan Li, Yushu Liu
Pages: 398 - 409
In the text literature, many topic models were proposed to represent documents and words as topics or latent topics in order to process text effectively and accurately. In this paper, we propose LDACLM or Latent Dirichlet Allocation Category LanguageModel for text categorization and estimate parameters...
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A New Distance-Based Consensus Reaching Model for Multi-Attribute Group Decision-Making with Linguistic Distribution Assessments

Shengbao Yao
Pages: 395 - 409
This paper proposes a novel consensus reaching model for multi-attribute group decision making (MAGDM) with information represented by means of linguistic distribution assessments. Firstly, some drawbacks of the existing distance measures for linguistic distribution assessments are analyzed by using...
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Interval-valued Evidence Updating with Reliability and Sensitivity Analysis for Fault Diagnosis

Xiaobin Xu, Zhen Zhang, Dongling Xu, Yuwang Chen
Pages: 396 - 415
Information fusion methods based on Dempster-Shafer evidence theory (DST) have been widely used in fault diagnosis. In DST-based methods, the monitoring information collected from sensors is modeled as multiple pieces of diagnosis evidence in the form of basic belief assignment (BBA), and Dempster’s...
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Application of Artificial Capital Market in Task Allocation in Multi-robot Foraging

Adel Akbarimajd, Ghader Simzan
Pages: 401 - 417
Because of high speed, efficiency, robustness and flexibility of multi-agent systems, in recent years there has been an increasing interest in the art of these systems. Artificial market mechanisms are one of the well-known negotiation multi-agent protocols in multi-agent systems. In this paper artificial...
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Quantitative Optimization of Workpiece-fixture System's Clamping Forces

Lu Jiping, Zhang Faping, Zuo Jianhua, Qian Hanbo, Ma Ning
Pages: 402 - 409
The paper discusses the stability of workpiece-fixture system and quantitative optimization of clamping forces during precise machining. Based on the force screw theory and the minimum norm principle, a mathematical model is formulated to calculate the entire passive forces acting on the workpiece. Furthermore,...
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Cooperative Data Management in Wireless Sensor Networks

Hajar Mousannif, Ismail Khalil
Pages: 403 - 412
Introducing cooperation into a wireless sensor network (WSN) has gained much attention in the recent few years mainly because of the significant effect it has on optimizing energy consumption and on enhancing the lifetime and the overall performance of the network. Cooperation can be exploited at different...
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Blind Channel and Data Estimation Using Fuzzy Logic Empowered Cognitive and Social Information-Based Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)

Muhammad Asadullah, Muhammad Adnan Khan, Sagheer Abbas, Tahir Alyas, Muhammad Asif Saleem, Areej Fatima
Pages: 400 - 408
Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) is a technology used to improve the channel capacity of the wireless communication systems. Rapid increase in the number of users has led to data rate demand increased in growing modern wireless communication systems. To overcome this issue, MIMO is being used with...
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Numeric Character Recognition System for Chilean License Plates in semicontrolled scenarios

H. Olmí, C. Urrea, M. Jamett
Pages: 405 - 418
The development of a computational tool for the recognition of numerical characters already segmented from Chilean license plates, located in semi-controlled scenarios, is presented. Two algorithms are highlighted: one for the Fine Segmentation of the Characters through the K-Means algorithm and a system...
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An Improved Adaptive Genetic Algorithm for Solving 3-SAT Problems Based on Effective Restart and Greedy Strategy

Huimin Fu, Yang Xu, Guanfeng Wu, Hairui Jia, Wuyang Zhang, Rong Hu
Pages: 402 - 413
An improved adaptive genetic algorithm is proposed for solving 3-SAT problems based on effective restart and greedy strategy in this paper. Several new characteristics of the algorithm are developed. According to the shortcomings of the adaptive genetic algorithm, it is easy to fall into the premature...
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Optimization Decision of Supplier Selection in Green Procurement under the Mode of Low Carbon Economy

Zhuo Hu, Congjun Rao, Yue Zheng, Dong Huang
Pages: 407 - 421
Under the background of economic globalization, selecting a path of low-carbon economic development and developing green supply chains are the inevitable choice of realizing the sustainable development for the enterprises. In this paper, we investigate the optimization decision problem of supplier selection...
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A Negative Selection Algorithm Based on Hierarchical Clustering of Self Set and its Application in Anomaly Detection

Wen Chen, Xiao-Jie Liu, Tao Li, Yuan-Quan Shi, Xu-Fei Zheng, Hui Zhao
Pages: 410 - 419
A negative selection algorithm based on the hierarchical clustering of self set HC-RNSA is introduced in this paper. Several strategies are applied to improve the algorithm performance. First, the self data set is replaced by the self cluster centers to compare with the detector candidates in each cluster...
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Relations among similarity measure, subsethood measure and fuzzy entropy

Yingfang Li, Keyun Qin, Xingxing He
Pages: 411 - 422
In this paper we study the relations among similarity measure, subsethood measure and fuzzy entropy and present several propositions that similarity measure, subsethood measure and fuzzy entropy can be transformed by each other based on their axiomatic definitions. Some new formulae to calculate similarity...
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A Novel Real-coded Quantum-inspired Genetic Algorithm and Its Application in Data Reconciliation

Lin Gao, Xingsheng Gu
Pages: 413 - 420
Traditional quantum-inspired genetic algorithm (QGA) has drawbacks such as premature convergence, heavy computational cost, complicated coding and decoding process etc. In this paper, a novel real-coded quantum-inspired genetic algorithm is proposed based on interval division thinking. Detailed comparisons...
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m-Polar Picture Fuzzy Ideal of a BCK Algebra

Shovan Dogra, Madhumangal Pal
Pages: 409 - 420
In this paper, the notions of m-polar picture fuzzy subalgebra (PFSA), m-polar picture fuzzy ideal (PFI) and m-polar picture fuzzy implicative ideal (PFII) of BCK algebra are introduced and some related basic results are presented. A relation between m-polar PFI and m-polar PFII is established. It is...
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A Pythagorean Fuzzy TOPSIS Method Based on Novel Correlation Measures and Its Application to Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis of Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation

Yu-Li Lin, Lun-Hui Ho, Shu-Ling Yeh, Ting-Yu Chen
Pages: 410 - 425
The complex nature of the realistic decision-making process requires the use of Pythagorean fuzzy (PF) sets which have been shown to be a highly promising tool capable of solving highly vague and imprecise problems. Multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methods within the PF environment are very...
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Ameliorated Ensemble Strategy-Based Evolutionary Algorithm with Dynamic Resources Allocations

Wali Khan Mashwani, Syed Nouman Ali Shah, Samir Brahim Belhaouari, Abdelouahed Hamdi
Pages: 412 - 437
In the last two decades, evolutionary computing has become the mainstream to attract the attention of the experts in both academia and industrial applications due to the advent of the fast computer with multi-core GHz processors have had a capacity of processing over 100 billion instructions per second....
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α-Quasi-Lock Semantic Resolution Method Based on Lattice-Valued Logic

Xiaomei Zhong, Yang Xu, Jun Liu, Shuwei Chen
Pages: 418 - 431
Based on the general form of α-resolution principle for a lattice-valued logic with truth-values defined in a lattice-valued logical algebra structure - lattice implication algebra, the further extended α-resolution method in this lattice-valued logic is discussed in the present paper in...
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A Fuzzy Inference System for Credit Scoring using Boolean Consistent Fuzzy Logic

Milica Latinovic, Ivana Dragovic, Vesna Bogojevic Arsic, Bratislav Petrovic
Pages: 414 - 427
This study proposes implementation of Boolean consistent fuzzy inference system for credit scoring purposes. Fuzzy inference system (FIS) allows domain experts to express their knowledge in the form of fuzzy rules, which enables combination of automatic rating with human judgment. Crucial for this model...
Review Article

A Review on Information Accessing Systems Based on Fuzzy Linguistic Modelling

E. Herrera-Viedma, A.G. Lopez-Herrera
Pages: 420 - 437
This paper presents a survey of some fuzzy linguistic information access systems. The review shows information retrieval systems, filtering systems, recommender systems, and web quality evaluation tools, which are based on tools of fuzzy linguistic modelling. The fuzzy linguistic modelling allows us...
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Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Implement a Multifactor Authentication System

Jackson Phiri, Tie-Jun Zhao, Cong Hui Zhu, Jameson Mbale
Pages: 420 - 430
The recent years have seen a rise in the number of cases of cyber-crime committed through identity theft and fraud. To address this problem, this paper uses adaptive neural-fuzzy inference system, fuzzy logic and artificial neural network to implement a multifactor authentication system through a technique...
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SONFIS: Structure Identification and Modeling with a Self-Organizing Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System

Héctor Allende-Cid, Rodrigo Salas, Alejandro Veloz, Claudio Moraga, Héctor Allende
Pages: 416 - 432
This paper presents a new adaptive learning algorithm to automatically design a neural fuzzy model. This constructive learning algorithm attempts to identify the structure of the model based on an architectural self-organization mechanism with a data-driven approach. The proposed training algorithm self-organizes...
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External and Distributed Databases: Efficient and Secure XML Query Assurance

Andrew Clarke, Eric Pardede, Robert Steele
Pages: 421 - 433
Emerging information system architectures will often be comprised of distributed systems and data repositories. As a result, providing efficient and secure query assurance over these emerging future information systems is a concern. This paper details the use of temporary time stamps and variable hash...
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A MapReduce Approach to Address Big Data Classification Problems Based on the Fusion of Linguistic Fuzzy Rules

Sara del Río, Victoria López, José Manuel Benítez, Francisco Herrera
Pages: 422 - 437
The big data term is used to describe the exponential data growth that has recently occurred and represents an immense challenge for traditional learning techniques. To deal with big data classification problems we propose the Chi-FRBCS-BigData algorithm, a linguistic fuzzy rule-based classification...
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Group Evidential Reasoning Approach for MADA under Fuzziness and Uncertainties

Mi Zhou, Xin-Bao Liu, Jian-Bo Yang, Chang Fang
Pages: 423 - 441
Multiple attribute decision analysis (MADA) problems often include both qualitative and quantitative attributes which may be either precise or inaccurate. The evidential reasoning (ER) approach is one of reliable and rational methods for dealing with MADA problems and can generate aggregated assessments...
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A Multi-criteria Optimization Approach to Health Care Tasks Scheduling Under Resources Constraints

Sarah Ben Othman, Slim Hammadi
Pages: 419 - 439
We are interested in this paper in studying and developing a decision support tool for multi-skill health care tasks scheduling in the Pediatric Emergency Department. We use an evolutionary algorithm and we propose the use of fuzzy logic to formulate an adapted fitness function. We consider the potential...
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Multi-Sine Cosine Algorithm for Solving Nonlinear Bilevel Programming Problems

Yousria Abo-Elnaga, M.A. El-Shorbagy
Pages: 421 - 432
In this paper, multi-sine cosine algorithm (MSCA) is presented to solve nonlinear bilevel programming problems (NBLPPs); where three different populations (completely separate from one another) of sine cosine algorithm (SCA) are used. The first population is used to solve the upper level problem, while...
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CPO: A Crow Particle Optimization Algorithm

Ko-Wei Huang, Ze-Xue Wu
Pages: 426 - 435
Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is the most well known of the swarm-based intelligence algorithms and is inspired by the social behavior of bird flocking. However, the PSO algorithm converges prematurely, which rapidly decreases the population diversity, especially when approaching local optima. Recently,...
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A Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach for Machine Tool Selection Problem in a Fuzzy Environment

Arzum Ozgen, Gülfem Tuzkaya, Umut R. Tuzkaya, Dogan Ozgen
Pages: 431 - 445
Tools and machines have an important effect on the manufacturing operations’ effectiveness and the selection process of appropriate tools and machines is a complex issue with the consideration of multiple criteria. Considering the complexity of the problem area and the difficulties in machine tools...
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Local Semantic Indexing for Resource Discovery on Overlay Network Using Mobile Agents

M. Singh, X. Cheng, R. Belavkin
Pages: 432 - 455
One of the most crucial problems in a peer-to-peer system is locating of resources that are shared by various nodes. Various techniques suggested in literature suffer from drawbacks viz. saturation of network, inability to locate multi-keyword based resource or locate resource based on semantics. We...
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Fault diagnosis of sucker rod pumping systems based on Curvelet Transform and sparse multi-graph regularized extreme learning machine

Ao Zhang, Xianwen Gao
Pages: 428 - 437
A novel approach is proposed to complete the fault diagnosis of pumping systems automatically. Fast Discrete Curvelet Transform is firstly adopted to extract features of dynamometer cards that sampled from sucker rod pumping systems, then a sparse multi-graph regularized extreme learning machine algorithm...
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Mining Hierarchical Negative Association Rules

David Taniar, Wenny Rahayu, Olena Daly, Hong-Quang Nguyen
Pages: 434 - 451
The negative association between items in databases is as important and interesting as the positive one. But, it has not been studied as much. We consider negative association in a hierarchical setting, in which we are able to generate negative association rules at different hierarchy levels. It allows...
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Selecting appropriate ERP software using integrated fuzzy linguistic preference relations – fuzzy TOPSIS method

Süleyman Çakır
Pages: 433 - 449
Due to the high uncertainty of business environment, the complexity and diversity of enterprise resource planning (ERP) projects and conflicting assessment criteria, appropriate ERP software selection can be viewed as a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem. Among the MCDM methods, extent analysis...
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A Two-Stage Multi-objective Programming Model to Improve the Reliability of Solution

Chenxia Jin, Fachao Li, Kaixin Feng, Yunfeng Guo
Pages: 433 - 443
Randomness is a common uncertainty encountered in practical multi-objectives decision-making. But it is always a challenge for decision-makers to process randomness in multi-objective programming problems. This paper takes the decision-making objectives as fuzzy events and aims to solve numerical multi-objective...
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An Extended Quality Function Deployment Incorporating Fuzzy Logic and GDM Under Different Preference Structures

Gülçin Büyüközkan, Gizem Cifci
Pages: 438 - 454
The paper proposes a fuzzy logic-based group decision making (GDM) approach, which can be used for quality function deployment (QFD) in the development of product improvement strategies. Decision makers can state their preferences in various ways, including incomplete preferences which are difficult...
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An Integrated Methodology using Linguistic PROMETHEE and Maximum Deviation Method for Third-party Logistics Supplier Selection

Chen-Tung Chen, Ping-Feng Pai, Wei-Zhang Hung
Pages: 438 - 451
The purpose of this paper is to present a framework and a suitable method for selecting the best logistics supplier. In general, many quantitative and qualitative criteria should be considered simultaneously for making the decision of logistics supplier selection. The information about judging the performance...
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A decision tree based approach with sampling techniques to predict the survival status of poly-trauma patients

José Sanz, Javier Fernandez, Humberto Bustince, Carlos Gradin, Mariano Fortún, Tomás Belzunegui
Pages: 440 - 455
Survival prediction of poly-trauma patients measure the quality of emergency services by comparing their predictions with the real outcomes. The aim of this paper is to tackle this problem applying C4.5 since it achieves accurate results and it provides interpretable models. Furthermore, we use sampling...
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AEkNN: An AutoEncoder kNN–Based Classifier With Built-in Dimensionality Reduction

Francisco J. Pulgar, Francisco Charte, Antonio J. Rivera, María J. del Jesus
Pages: 436 - 452
High dimensionality tends to be a challenge for most machine learning tasks, including classification. There are different classification methodologies, of which instance-based learning is one. One of the best known members of this family is the k-nearest neighbors (kNNs) algorithm. Its strategy relies...
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Construction of Fuzzy Ontologies from Fuzzy UML Models

Fu Zhang, Z.M. Ma
Pages: 442 - 472
The success and proliferation of the Semantic Web depends heavily on construction of Web ontologies. However, classical ontology construction approaches are not sufficient for handling imprecise and uncertain information that is commonly found in many application domains. Therefore, great efforts on...
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Active Fuzzy Weighting Ensemble for Dealing with Concept Drift

Fan Dong, Jie Lu, Guangquan Zhang, Kan Li
Pages: 438 - 450
The concept drift problem is a pervasive phenomenon in real-world data stream applications. It makes well-trained static learning models lose accuracy and become outdated as time goes by. The existence of different types of concept drift makes it more difficult for learning algorithms to track. This...
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Hidden Conflicts of Belief Functions

Milan Daniel, Václav Kratochvíl
Pages: 438 - 452
In this paper, hidden conflicts of belief functions are observed in the case where the sum of all multiples of the conflicting belief masses equals zero. Degrees of hidden conflicts and a degree of non-conflictness are defined and analyzed, including full non-conflictness. The notion of a hidden conflict...
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A.P.G.: An Intelligent Automatic Generator of Presentations for Tour-Guide Robots

J. Javier Rainer, Ramon Galan, Basil Al-Hadithi, Agustin Jiménez
Pages: 446 - 455
This work focuses on obtaining an automatic presentation generator for a robot guide. The most important aspect of this proposal is that the design uses learning as the means to optimize the quality of the presentations. This fuzzy system is used to select the most appropriate group of paragraphs for...
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A Novel Pythagorean Fuzzy LINMAP-Based Compromising Approach for Multiple Criteria Group Decision-Making with Preference Over Alternatives

Jih-Chang Wang, Ting-Yu Chen
Pages: 444 - 463
This paper presents a new compromising approach to multiple criteria group decision-making (MCGDM) for the treatment of uncertainty which is based on Pythagorean fuzzy (PF) sets. The present work intends to propose a novel linear programming technique for multidimensional analysis of preference (LINMAP)...
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Specificity for interval-valued fuzzy sets

Ramón González-del-Campo, Luis Garmendia, RonaldR. Yager
Pages: 452 - 459
In this paper some axiomatic definitions about specificity for interval-valued fuzzy sets are proposed. Some examples of measures of specificity for interval-valued fuzzy sets are showed. It is also defined a extension of the notion of alpha cut for interval-valued fuzzy sets and a generalized similarity...
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Characterization of Fashion Themes Using Fuzzy Techniques for Designing New Human Centered Products

Y. Zhu, D. Ruan, X. Zeng, L.N. Koehl, C. Chaigneau
Pages: 452 - 460
Fabric selection plays an important role in fashion garment design. Designers often use both physical and normalized linguistic criteria for fabric selection. Perception and preference of consumers in their specific sociocultural context, expressed by fashion themes or emotional linguistic criteria,...
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Descriptive and Comparative Analysis of Human Perceptions expressed through Fuzzy Rating Scale-based Questionnaires

Pelayo Quirós, Jose M. Alonso, David P. Pancho
Pages: 450 - 467
Opinion surveys are widely admitted as a valuable source of information which becomes complementary to the information extracted from data by machine learning techniques. This paper focuses on a challenging and still open problem which is related to how to handle properly the inherent uncertainty of...
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Hybrid Sorting Immune Simulated Annealing Algorithm For Flexible Job Shop Scheduling

N. Shivasankaran, P. Senthil Kumar, K. Venkatesh Raja
Pages: 455 - 466
Hybrid sorting immune simulated annealing technique (HSISAT), a Meta - heuristic is proposed for solving the multi objective flexible job-shop scheduling problem (FJSP). The major objectives are distributing the time of machines among the set of operations and scheduling them to minimize the criterion...
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The analytic hierarchy process with personalized individual semantics

Qiuxiang Zhou, Yucheng Dong, Hengjie Zhang, Yuan Gao
Pages: 451 - 468
Personalized individual semantics (PIS) is not unusual in our daily life, and it has an important influence on the final decision results in linguistic decision making. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) has now become a popular decision tool because of its sound mathematical design and ease of applicability...
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Integrated ANN-HMH Approach for Nonlinear Time-Cost Tradeoff Problem

Bhupendra Kumar Pathak, Sanjay Srivastava
Pages: 456 - 471
This paper presents an integrated Artificial Neural Network - Hybrid Meta Heuristic(ANN-HMH) method to solve the nonlinear time-cost tradeoff(TCT) problem of real life engineering projects. ANN models help to capture the existing nonlinear time-cost relationship in project activities. ANN models are...
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A Novel Ant Colony Algorithm for the Single-Machine Total Weighted Tardiness Problem with Sequence Dependent Setup Times

Fardin Ahmadizar, Leila Hosseini
Pages: 456 - 466
This paper deals with the NP-hard single-machine total weighted tardiness problem with sequence dependent setup times. Incorporating fuzzy sets and genetic operators, a novel ant colony optimization algorithm is developed for the problem. In the proposed algorithm, artificial ants construct solutions...
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Intelligent Biological Alarm Clock for Monitoring Autonomic Nervous Recovery During Nap

Jialan Xie, Wanhui Wen, Guangyuan Liu, Yongtao Li
Pages: 453 - 459
Nap is an effective way to reduce daily-level fatigue after several hours of work. However, no alarm clock, which intelligently manages the nap duration with good autonomic nervous recovery (ANR) from fatigue, has been reported in literature. In this work, an intelligent biological alarm clock algorithm...
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Parameter Identification of Fractional Order Chaotic System via Opposition Based Learning Bare-Bones Imperialist Competition Algorithm

Ting You, Dongge Lei, Lulu Cai, Peijiang Li
Pages: 453 - 460
In this paper, a new method is proposed to identify the parameters of fractional order chaotic system. The parameter identification is achieved by minimizing the mean square error between the states of original fractional chaotic system and those of the estimated one, in which the parameters to be identified...
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Artificial Neural Network for Compositional Ionic Liquid Viscosity Prediction

Yiqing Miao, DavidW. Rooney, Quan Gan
Pages: 460 - 471
Being a new generation of green solvents and high-tech reaction media of the future, ionic liquids have increasingly attracted much attention. Of particular interest in this context are room temperature ionic liquids (in short as ILs in this paper). Due to the relatively high viscosity, ILs is expected...
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A Comparison of Distinct Consensus Measures for Group Decision Making with Intuitionistic Fuzzy Preference Relations

Huchang Liao, Zhimin Li, Xiao-Jun Zeng, Weishu Liu
Pages: 456 - 469
Intuitionistic fuzzy preference relation (IFPR), which express experts’ preferences from the preferred, the non-preferred and the indeterminate aspects, has turned out to be an efficient tool in describing the rough and subjective opinions of experts. This paper focuses on the consensus measures for...
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Renewable Energy System Selection Based On Computing With Words

Selçuk Cebi, Cengiz Kahraman, Ihsan Kaya
Pages: 461 - 473
Renewable energy is the energy generated from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides and geothermal heat. Turkey has a great renewable energy potential with its natural resources such as biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, and wind. Selection among energy alternatives is a multicriteria...
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An IT2-Based Hybrid Decision-Making Model Using Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Term Sets for Selecting the Development Plan of Financial Economics

Hasan Dincer, Secil Senel Uzunkaya, Serhat Yüksel
Pages: 460 - 473
The novelty of the study is to propose a hybrid IT2 decision-making approach under the hesitant fuzzy linguistic sets for evaluating the criteria and alternatives. For this purpose, the dimensions and criteria are weighted with interval type-2 fuzzy DEMATEL and the economic development plans are ranked...
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Advanced Soft Relation and Soft Mapping

Güzide Şenel, Jeong-Gon Lee, Kul Hur
Pages: 461 - 470
The research data in this manuscript is drawn from four main sections: First, the union and the intersection of an arbitrary family of soft sets are introduced and further results for various soft set operations are obtained. Second, by using the soft relation introduced by Babitha and Sunil, its some...
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Decerns: A Framework for Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

Boris Yatsalo, Vladimir Didenko, Sergey Gritsyuk, Terry Sullivan
Pages: 467 - 489
A new framework, , for multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) of a wide range of practical problems on risk management is introduced. framework contains a library of modules that are the basis for two scalable systems: for analysis of multicriteria problems, and for multicriteria analysis of spatial...
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Shape Degeneration and Multi-object Search Basing on Multi-shape Priors

Song Chunhe, Zhao Hai, Jing Wei, Zhu Hongbo
Pages: 467 - 475
This paper proposed a framework of segmenting multiple targets basing on multiple shape priors. The key novel idea in the proposed framework is the shape degeneration model. By breaking the balance between the competition regions adaptively, the proposed model can degenerate the region which is with...
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On Contradiction and Inclusion Using Functional Degrees

Nicolás Madrid, Manuel Ojeda-Aciego
Pages: 464 - 471
The notion of inclusion is a cornerstone in set theory and therefore, its generalization in fuzzy set theory is of great interest. The degree of f-inclusion is one generalization of such a notion that differs from others existing in the literature because the degree of inclusion is considered as a mapping...
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On a Versatile Stochastic Growth Model

Samiur Arif, Ismail Khalil, Stephan Olariu
Pages: 472 - 482
Growth phenomena are ubiquitous and pervasive not only in biology and the medical sciences, but also in economics, marketing and the computer and social sciences. We introduce a three-parameter version of the classic pure-birth process growth model when suitably instantiated, can be used to model growth...
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A multi-class IC package type classifier based on kernel-based nonlinear LS-SVM method

Yung-Hsiang Hung, Mei-Ling Huang
Pages: 472 - 480
Least Squares Support Vector Machine (LS-SVM) is powerful to solve problems such as multi-class nonlinear classification. In this study, a LS-SVM with kernel-based was applied to multi-class IC packaging type dataset classification problem. In the first stage, the greedy search algorithm in feature selection...
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Multi-Groups Decision Making using Intuitionistic-valued Hesitant Fuzzy Information

Hai Wang, Zeshui Xu
Pages: 468 - 482
Multi-groups decision making (MGDM) problems, which contain multiple groups of experts acting collectively to evaluate a set of alternatives with respect to several criteria, are focused on in this study. The existing solutions for MGDM are to aggregate the evaluations three times at different levels,...
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Agile Prediction of Ongoing Temporal Sequences Based on Dominative Random Subsequences

Ning Yang, Changjie Tang
Pages: 473 - 486
This paper identifies a new paradigm of prediction, of ongoing temporal sequences, which achieves an acceptable accuracy just by the historical subsequences as short as possible and as close to the predicted time point as possible. To address agile prediction, a new concept, (DRS for short), is first...
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A Driving Behavior Awareness Model based on a Dynamic Bayesian Network and Distributed Genetic Algorithm

Guotao Xie, Hongbo Gao, Bin Huang, Lijun Qian, Jianqiang Wang
Pages: 469 - 482
It is necessary for automated vehicles (AVs) and advanced driver assistance systems (ADASs) to have a better understanding of the traffic environment including driving behaviors. This study aims to build a driving behavior awareness (DBA) model that can infer driving behaviors such as lane change. In...
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Power Distribution System Planning Evaluation by a Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Group Decision Support System

Tiefeng Zhang, Guangquan Zhang, Jun Ma, Jie Lu
Pages: 474 - 485
The evaluation of solutions is an important phase in power distribution system planning (PDSP) which allows issues such as quality of supply, cost, social service and environmental implications to be considered and usually involves the judgments of a group of experts. The planning problem is thus suitable...
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Using ANNs Approach for Solving Fractional Order Volterra Integro-differential Equations

Ahmad Jafarian, Fariba Rostami, Alireza K. Golmankhaneh, Dumitru Baleanu
Pages: 470 - 480
Indeed, interesting properties of artificial neural networks approach made this non-parametric model a powerful tool in solving various complicated mathematical problems. The current research attempts to produce an approximate polynomial solution for special type of fractional order Volterra integro-differential...
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Dual Neural Network Fusion Model for Chinese Named Entity Recognition

Dandan Zhao, Jingxiang Cao, Degen Huang, Jiana Meng, Pan Zhang
Pages: 471 - 481
Chinese named entity recognition (NER) has important effect on natural language processing (NLP) applications. This recognition task is complicated in its strong dependent-relation, missing delimiters in the text and insufficient feature representation in a single model. This paper thus proposes a dual...
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Day-Ahead Price Forecasting in Asia's First Liberalised Electricity Market Using Artificial Neural Networks

S. Anbazhagan, N. Kumarappan
Pages: 476 - 485
This paper proposes a comparative model for the day-ahead electricity price forecasting that could be realized using multi-layer neural network (MLNN) with levenberg-marquardt (LM) algorithm, generalized regression neural network (GRNN) and cascade-forward neural network (CFNN). In this work applications...
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Synchronization of Delayed Inertial Cohen–Grossberg Neural Networks Under Adaptive Feedback Controller

Qun Huang, Jinde Cao, Qingshan Liu
Pages: 472 - 478
This paper investigates the issue on adaptive synchronization of delayed inertial Cohen–Grossberg neural networks (ICGNNs). By adopting the method of variable transformation, the addressed model, which includes the so-called inertial term, is transformed into first-order differential equations. On the...
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Using a Deep Learning Model on Images to Obtain a 2D Laser People Detector for a Mobile Robot

Eugenio Aguirre, Miguel García-Silvente
Pages: 476 - 484
Recent improvements in deep learning techniques applied to images allow the detection of people with a high success rate. However, other types of sensors, such as laser rangefinders, are still useful due to their wide field of vision and their ability to operate in different environments and lighting...
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Revenue-driven Lightpaths Provisioning over Optical WDM Networks Using Bee Colony Optimization

Goran Z. Marković
Pages: 481 - 494
This paper aims to study the lightpaths provisioning problem in optical WDM networks with scarce available wavelengths under the static (off-line) traffic demands such that network operator’s (NO’s) revenue is maximized. To achieve this goal, a NO has to be addressed with the issue how to solve the call...
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Empirical Mode Decomposition and Rough Set Attribute Reduction for Ultrasonic Flaw Signal Classification

Peng Yang, Qintian Yang
Pages: 481 - 492
Feature extraction and selection are the most important techniques for ultrasonic flaw signal classification. In this study, empirical mode decomposition (EMD) is used to obtain the intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) of original signal, and their corresponding traditional time and frequency domain based...
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An Optimization Algorithm Based on Binary Difference and Gravitational Evolution

Junli Li, Yang Lou, Yuhui Shi
Pages: 483 - 493
Universal gravitation is a natural phenomenon. Inspired by Newton's universal gravitation model and based on binary differences strategy, we propose an algorithm for global optimization problems, which is called the binary difference gravitational evolution (BDGE) algorithm. BDGE is a population-based...
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Online Streaming Feature Selection via Multi-Conditional Independence and Mutual Information Entropy†

Hongyi Wang, Dianlong You
Pages: 479 - 487
The goals of feature selection are to remove redundant and irrelevant features from high-dimensional data, extract the “optimal feature subset” of the original feature space to improve the classification accuracy, and reduce the time complexity. Traditional feature selection algorithms are based on static...
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An Extended Hierarchical Linguistic Model for Managing Integral Evaluation

Rocio de Andres, Macarena Espinilla, Luis Martinez
Pages: 486 - 500
Performance appraisal is a process used by companies in order to evaluate their employees' efficiency and productivity for planning their Human Resource policies. Traditionally this process has just been carried out by the executive staff but recently it has started to be based on opinions of different...
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An Ant Colony Optimization Approach for the Machine-Part Cell Formation Problem

Mehdi Hosseinabadi Farahani, Leila Hosseini
Pages: 486 - 496
In this paper, the problem of grouping machines and parts into cells (machine-part cell formation problem) is considered with the objective of minimizing grouping efficacy. An ant colony optimization algorithm is developed to solve such problem. In the proposed algorithm, solutions are constructed in...
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Human Body Multiple Parts Parsing for Person Reidentification Based on Xception

Sibo Qiao, Shanchen Pang, Xue Zhai, Min Wang, Shihang Yu, Tong Ding, Xiaochun Cheng
Pages: 482 - 490
A mass of information grows explosively in socially networked industries, as extensive data, such as images and texts, is captured by vast sensors. Pedestrians are the main initiators of various activities in socially networked industries, hence, it is very important to quickly obtain relevant information...
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A Fuzzy Multi-Attribute Decision Making Model for Strategic Risk Assessment

Rabia Arikan, Metin Dağdeviren, Mustafa Kurt
Pages: 487 - 502
Risk assessment is a very important issue for an effective institution, since the lack of accurate risk assessment method or the improper risk management might cause problems to achieve institutions’ strategic objectives. There are a finite number of risks which have to be ranked considering many...
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A Decision Support System Based on a Genetic Algorithm for the Utilization of Leftovers

Hsin-Pin Fu, Cheng-Yuan Ku, Tsung-Sheng Chang
Pages: 483 - 496
There are usually some leftovers (usable pieces of raw material) and scraps (unusable pieces of raw material).generated after the completion of a manufacturing process. These leftovers consist of many different types, materials, styles and sizes so the use of such materials is difficult to manage, resulting...
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A new access control method based on multi-authority in cloud storage service

Sheng Luo, Qiang Liu
Pages: 483 - 495
With the arrival of the era of big data, data has become a kind of important assets. In order to get a better utilization of big data, paid or unpaid data sharing will be a trend. And as one of key techniques to maintain security of data sharing, access control will play an important role in cloud storage...
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An Adaptive Control Method for Resource Provisioning with Resource Utilization Constraints in Cloud Computing

Siqian Gong, Beibei Yin, Zheng Zheng, Kai-yuan Cai
Pages: 485 - 497
Cloud computing enables users to purchase virtual resources on demand; therefore, the service requests change over time. Dynamic resource provisioning for cloud computing has become a key challenge. To reduce the associated costs, resource utilization must be improved, and ensure the Quality of Service...
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Neural Incremental Attribute Learning in Groups

Fangzhou Liu, Ting Wang, Sheng-Uei Guan, Ka Lok Man
Pages: 490 - 501
Incremental Attribute Learning (IAL) is a feasible approach for solving high-dimensional pattern recognition problems. It gradually trains features one by one. Previous research indicated that supervised machine learning with input attribute ordering can improve classification results. Moreover, input...
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Supervised Filter Learning for Coronary Artery Vesselness Enhancement Diffusion in Coronary CT Angiography Images

Hengfei Cui
Pages: 488 - 495
In medical imaging, vesselness diffusion is usually performed to enhance the vessel structures of interest and reduce background noises, before vessel segmentation and analysis. Numerous learning-based techniques have recently become very popular for coronary artery filtering due to their impressive...
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A Component-based Intelligent Seamless Service Migration Mechanism and Flexible Communication Protocol in Pervasive Computing Systems

Haibin Cai, Chao Peng, Yue Zhang, Linhua Jiang
Pages: 493 - 505
In pervasive computing systems, service selection and fault tolerance are two primary factors, which determines reliability and efficient of service selection system. In this paper, according on ANN-based (Artificial Neural Network) service selection model, we extend the definition and formal description...
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Anisotropic Diffusion based Brain MRI Segmentation and 3D Reconstruction

M. Arfan Jaffar, Sultan Zia, Ghaznafar Latif, Anwar M. Mirza, Irfan Mehmood, Naveed Ejaz, Sung Wook Baik
Pages: 494 - 504
In medical field visualization of the organs is very imperative for accurate diagnosis and treatment of any disease. Brain tumor diagnosis and surgery also required impressive 3D visualization of the brain to the radiologist. Detection and 3D reconstruction of brain tumors from MRI is a computationally...
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An Efficient Fuzzy Self-Classifying Clustering based Framework for Cloud Security

Sivakami Raja, Jaiganesh M, Saravanan Ramaiah
Pages: 495 - 506
Though cloud computing has become an attractive technology due to its openness and services, it brings several security hazards towards cloud storage. Since the distributed nature of clouds is achieved through internetworking technologies, clouds suffer from all the vulnerabilities by which networking...
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Consensus Model with Double Feedback Mechanism Based on Dynamic Trust Relationship in Social Network Group Decision-Making

Yueqin Gu, Tiantian Hao, Dong Cheng, Juan Wang, Faxin Cheng
Pages: 491 - 502
In social network group decision-making, adjusting the opinions of decision makers is often used to promote consensus. But decision makers are not always willing to accept the feedback mechanism, and decision-makers' trust relationships are not constant during the consensus process. This paper constructs...