Synopses & Reviews
The field of `intelligent interfaces and systems' has witnessed a rapid growth during the last decade. An impressive number of papers, conference tutorials, and volumes have been devoted to the topic. Ten years ago, intelligent systems constituted a rather exotic topic and many were skeptical as to whether such systems would amount to more than a nice name. Nowadays, intelligent systems represent a powerful tool in many applications, in all industrial fields. Their development evolved on both the horizontal dimension, with a constantly increasing number of applications, and on the vertical dimension, by including more capabilities ranging from sensoric to neurofuzzy systems, intelligent agents, speech and image understanding, and decision making in complex environments. Intelligent Systems and Interfaces represents a comprehensive coverage of the field, including fundamental aspects, software-, sensors-, and hardware-related issues. Moreover, the contributors to this volume offer, beyond a systematic overview of intelligent interfaces and systems, deep, practical knowledge in building and using intelligent systems in various applications. Special emphasis is placed on specific aspects and requirements in applications. Intelligent Systems and Interfaces is intended to be an essential tool for the scientific community in all areas of applied intelligent technologies. The chapters are written by a selected pool of experts in the field of intelligent systems. The contributors thoroughly review the state of the art, explain the problems to be addressed and show how these problems can be solved. Extensive references are included, offering the reader a perspective on the currently available literature and trends. Intelligent Systems and Interfaces is an important reference on intelligent systems, intended for a large audience. Graduate and postgraduate students in computer science, electronics, micro-technology, robotics, and control theory will benefit from this comprehensive, in-depth study of the topic. Engineers from high-tech industries and researchers involved in the design, manufacturing, and use of intelligent interfaces and systems and of related technologies will find many solutions to research and design problems.
Synopsis
This volume offers comprehensive coverage of intelligent systems, including fundamental aspects, software-, sensors-, and hardware-related issues. Moreover, the contributors to this volume provide, beyond a systematic overview of intelligent interfaces and systems, deep, practical knowledge in building and using intelligent systems in various applications. Special emphasis is placed on specific aspects and requirements in applications.
Table of Contents
Preface. Acknowledgments. About the Editors. Contributors. Part 1: Intelligent Agents and Bio-Inspired Systems. 1. A tutoring based approach to the development of intelligent agents; G. Tecuci, et al. 2. An object-oriented framework for building collaborative network agents; L. Boloni, D.C. Marinescu. 3. Animals versus robotic autonomous agents; J.E.R. Staddon, I.M. Chelaru. 4. From configurable circuits to bio-inspired systems; M. Sipper, et al. Part 2: Intelligent Data Processing. 5. Fuzzy data mining; A. Kandel, A. Klein. 6. Feature-oriented hybrid neural adaptive systems and applications; H.-N. Teodorescu, C. Bonciu. 7. Algebraic neuro-fuzzy systems and applications; H.-N. Teodorescu, D. Arotaritei. Part 3: Interfaces. 8. Neuro-fuzzy approach to natural language understanding and processing. Part I: Neuro-fuzzy device; E. Ferri, G. Langholz. 9. Neuro-fuzzy approach to natural language understanding and processing. Part II: Neuro-fuzzy learning algorithms; E. Ferri, G. Langholz. 10. Graph matching and similarity; H. Bunke, Xiaoyi Jiang. Part 4: Applications and High-tech Management. 11. Diagnosis systems and strategies: principles, fuzzy and neural approaches; P.M. Frank, T. Marcu. 12. Intelligent non-destructive testing and evaluation with industrial applications; C. Morabito. 13. Managing high-tech projects. Part I; D. Mlynek, P. Mali. 14. Managing high-tech projects. Part II; D. Mlynek, P. Mali. Index of Terms.