Autonomy Oriented Computing

Autonomy Oriented Computing
Author: Jiming Liu
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2006-07-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402081227

Autonomy Oriented Computing is a comprehensive reference for scientists, engineers, and other professionals concerned with this promising development in computer science. It can also be used as a text in graduate/undergraduate programs in a broad range of computer-related disciplines, including Robotics and Automation, Amorphous Computing, Image Processing, Programming Paradigms, Computational Biology, etc. Part One describes the basic concepts and characteristics of an AOC system and enumerates the critical design and engineering issues faced in AOC system development. Part Two gives detailed analyses of methodologies and case studies to evaluate AOC used in problem solving and complex system modeling. The final chapter outlines possibilities for future research and development. Numerous illustrative examples, experimental case studies, and exercises at the end of each chapter of Autonomy Oriented Computing help particularize and consolidate the methodologies and theories presented.

Advanced Data Mining and Applications

Advanced Data Mining and Applications
Author: Changjie Tang
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 776
Release: 2008-09-29
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540881913

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications, ADMA 2008, held in Chengdu, China, in October 2008. The 35 revised full papers and 43 revised short papers presented together with the abstract of 2 keynote lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 304 submissions. The papers focus on advancements in data mining and peculiarities and challenges of real world applications using data mining and feature original research results in data mining, spanning applications, algorithms, software and systems, and different applied disciplines with potential in data mining.

Life System Modeling and Intelligent Computing

Life System Modeling and Intelligent Computing
Author: Minrui Fei
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2010-09-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642155979

The 2010 International Conference on Life System Modeling and Simulation (LSMS 2010) and the 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Computing for Sustainable Energy and Environment (ICSEE 2010) were formed to bring together researchers and practitioners in the fields of life system modeling/simulation and intelligent computing applied to worldwide sustainable energy and environmental applications. A life system is a broad concept, covering both micro and macro components ra- ing from cells, tissues and organs across to organisms and ecological niches. To c- prehend and predict the complex behavior of even a simple life system can be - tremely difficult using conventional approaches. To meet this challenge, a variety of new theories and methodologies have emerged in recent years on life system modeling and simulation. Along with improved understanding of the behavior of biological systems, novel intelligent computing paradigms and techniques have emerged to h- dle complicated real-world problems and applications. In particular, intelligent c- puting approaches have been valuable in the design and development of systems and facilities for achieving sustainable energy and a sustainable environment, the two most challenging issues currently facing humanity. The two LSMS 2010 and ICSEE 2010 conferences served as an important platform for synergizing these two research streams.

Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence

Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence
Author: Sankar K. Pal
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 831
Release: 2005-12-07
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540324208

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence, PReMI 2005, held in Kolkata, India in December 2005. The 108 revised papers presented together with 6 keynote talks and 14 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 250 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on clustering, feature selection and learning, classification, neural networks and applications, fuzzy logic and applications, optimization and representation, image processing and analysis, video processing and computer vision, image retrieval and data mining, bioinformatics application, Web intelligence and genetic algorithms, as well as rough sets, case-based reasoning and knowledge discovery.

Healthcare Service Management

Healthcare Service Management
Author: Li Tao
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2019-05-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3030153851

Healthcare service systems are of profound importance in promoting the public health and wellness of people. This book introduces a data-driven complex systems modeling approach (D2CSM) to systematically understand and improve the essence of healthcare service systems. In particular, this data-driven approach provides new perspectives on health service performance by unveiling the causes for service disparity, such as spatio-temporal variations in wait times across different hospitals. The approach integrates four methods -- Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)-based analysis; integrated projection; service management strategy design and evaluation; and behavior-based autonomy-oriented modeling -- to address respective challenges encountered in performing data analytics and modeling studies on healthcare services. The thrust and uniqueness of this approach lies in the following aspects: Ability to explore underlying complex relationships between observed or latent impact factors and service performance. Ability to predict the changes and demonstrate the corresponding dynamics of service utilization and service performance. Ability to strategically manage service resources with the adaptation of unpredictable patient arrivals. Ability to figure out the working mechanisms that account for certain spatio-temporal patterns of service utilization and performance. To show the practical effectiveness of the proposed systematic approach, this book provides a series of pilot studies within the context of cardiac care in Ontario, Canada. The exemplified studies have unveiled some novel findings, e.g., (1) service accessibility and education may relieve the pressure of population size on service utilization; (2) functionally coupled units may have a certain cross-unit wait-time relationship potentially because of a delay cascade phenomena; (3) strategically allocating time blocks in operating rooms (ORs) based on a feedback mechanism may benefit OR utilization; (4) patients’ and hospitals’ autonomous behavior, and their interactions via wait times may bear the responsible for the emergence of spatio-temporal patterns observed in the real-world cardiac care system. Furthermore, this book presents an intelligent healthcare decision support (iHDS) system, an integrated architecture for implementing the data-driven complex systems modeling approach to developing, analyzing, investigating, supporting and advising healthcare related decisions. In summary, this book provides a data-driven systematic approach for addressing practical decision-support problems confronted in healthcare service management. This approach will provide policy makers, researchers, and practitioners with a practically useful way for examining service utilization and service performance in various ``what-if" scenarios, inspiring the design of effectiveness resource-allocation strategies, and deepening the understanding of the nature of complex healthcare service systems.

Foundations of Intelligent Systems

Foundations of Intelligent Systems
Author: Marzena Kryszkiewics
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 764
Release: 2011-06-24
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642219160

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems, ISMIS 2011, held in Warsaw, Poland, in June 2011. The 71 revised papers presented together with 3 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 131 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on rough sets - in memoriam Zdzisław Pawlik, challenges in knowledge discovery and data mining - in memoriam Jan Żytkov, social networks, multi-agent systems, theoretical backgrounds of AI, machine learning, data mining, mining in databases and warehouses, text mining, theoretical issues and applications of intelligent web, application of intelligent systems in sound processing, intelligent applications in biology and medicine, fuzzy sets theory and applications, intelligent systems, tools and applications, and contest on music information retrieval.

Foundations of Intelligent Systems

Foundations of Intelligent Systems
Author: Jan Rauch
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 637
Release: 2009-08-27
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642041256

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems, ISMIS 2009, held in Prague, Czech Republic, in September 2009. The 60 revised papers presented together with 4 plenary talks were carefully reviewed and selected from over 111 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on knowledge discovery and data mining, applications and intelligent systems in Medicine, logical and theoretical aspects of intelligent systems, text mining, applications of intelligent sysems in music, information processing, agents, machine learning, applications of intelligent systems, complex data, general AI as well as uncertainty.

Complex Medical Engineering

Complex Medical Engineering
Author: J.L. Wu
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 597
Release: 2007-12-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 4431309624

In the twenty-first century, applications in medicine and engineering must acquire greater safety and flexibility if they are to yield better products at higher efficiency. Experts from academia, industry, and government research laboratories who have pioneered CME ideas and technologies describe its concept and research approach and discuss related hardware and software, science and technology, and medicine and engineering. This book will be invaluable to scientists, researchers, and graduates in the emerging field of CME.

Advances in Web Intelligence

Advances in Web Intelligence
Author: Janusz Kacprzyk
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2005-05-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540262199

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Atlantic Web Intelligence Conference, AWIC 2005, held in Lodz, Poland in June 2005. The 74 revised papers presented together with abstracts of 4 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 140 submissions. All current aspects Web intelligence are addressed including semantic Web issues, ambient intelligence, intelligent information services, Web search, distributed service management, clustering, visualization, data mining, description logics, ontologies, Web query processing, categorization, classification, Web services, e-learning, and knowledge discovery.

Life System Modeling and Simulation

Life System Modeling and Simulation
Author: Minrui Fei
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 580
Release: 2007-08-24
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540747710

This book is part of a two-volume work that constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Life System Modeling and Simulation, LSMS 2007, held in Shanghai, China, September 2007. Coverage includes modeling and simulation of societies and collective behavior, computational methods and intelligence in biomechanical systems, tissue engineering and clinical bioengineering, computational intelligence in bioinformatics and biometrics, and brain stimulation.