Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5601

Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5601Commenced Publication in 1973Founding and Former Series Editors:Gerhard Goos, Juris Hartmanis, and Jan van Leeuwen

Editorial Board

David HutchisonLancaster University, UK

Takeo KanadeCarnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Josef KittlerUniversity of Surrey, Guildford, UK

Jon M. KleinbergCornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

Alfred KobsaUniversity of California, Irvine, CA, USA

Friedemann MatternETH Zurich, Switzerland

John C. MitchellStanford University, CA, USA

Moni NaorWeizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Oscar NierstraszUniversity of Bern, Switzerland

C. Pandu RanganIndian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

Bernhard SteffenUniversity of Dortmund, Germany

Madhu SudanMassachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA

Demetri TerzopoulosUniversity of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Doug TygarUniversity of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

Gerhard WeikumMax-Planck Institute of Computer Science, Saarbruecken, Germany

José Mira José Manuel FerrándezJosé R. Álvarez Félix de la PazF. Javier Toledo (Eds.)

Methods and Modelsin Artificialand Natural Computation

A Homage to Professor Mira’s Scientific Legacy

Third International Work-Conference on the InterplayBetween Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2009Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 22-26, 2009Proceedings, Part I

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Volume Editors

José MiraJosé R. ÁlvarezFélix de la PazUniversidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaE.T.S. de Ingeniería InformáticaDepartamento de Inteligencia ArtificialJuan del Rosal, 16, 28040 Madrid, SpainE-mail: [email protected]

José Manuel FerrándezF. Javier ToledoUniversidad Politécnica de CartagenaDepartamento de Electrónica, Tecnología de Computadoras y ProyectosPl. Hospital, 1, 30201 Cartagena, SpainE-mail: [email protected]

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Preface

Continuing Professor Mira’s Scientific Navigation

Professor Jose Mira passed away during the preparation of this edition of theInternational Work-Conference on the Interplay Between Natural and ArtificialComputation. As a pioneer in the field of cybernetics, he enthusiastically pro-moted interdisciplinary research. The term cybernetics stems from the GreekKυβερνητης (kybernetes), which means steersman, governor, or pilot, the sameroot as government. Cybernetics is a broad field of study, but the essential goalof cybernetics is to understand and define the functions and processes of systemsthat have goals, and promote circular, causal chains that move from action tosensing to comparison with a desired goal, and again to action. These defini-tions can be applied to Prof. Mira. He was a leader, a pilot, with a visionaryand extraordinary capacity to guide his students and colleagues to the desiredobjective. In this way he promoted the study and understanding of biologicalfunctions for creating new computational paradigms able to solve known prob-lems in a more efficient way than classical approaches. But he also impressedhis magnificent and generous character on all the researchers and friends thatworked with him, imprinting in all of us high requirements of excellence not onlyas scientists, but also as human beings.

We all remember his enthusiastic explanation about the domains and levels inthe computational paradigm (CP). In his own words, this paradigm includes notonly the physical level, but also the meaning of calculus passing over a symboliclevel (SL) and a knowledge level (KL), where percepts, objectives, intentions,plans, and goals reside. In addition, in each level it is necessary to distinguishbetween the semantics and the causality inherent to that level phenomenology(own domain, OD) and the semantics associated to phenomenologies in the exter-nal observers domain (EOD). It is also important to note that own experiences,which emerge from neural computation in a conscious reflexive level, only matchpartially with what is communicable by natural language. We want to continueProf. Mira’s scientific navigation by attaining a deeper understanding of therelations between the observable, and hence measurable, and the semantics as-sociated to the physical signals world, i.e., between physiology and cognition,between natural language and computer hardware.

This is the theme of the IWINAC meetings the “interplay” movement be-tween the natural and artificial, addressing this problem every two years. Wewant to know how to model biological processes that are associated with mea-surable physical magnitudes and, consequently, we also want to design and buildrobots that imitate the corresponding behaviors based on that knowledge. Thissynergistic approach will permit us not only to build new computational systems

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based on the natural measurable phenomena, but also to understand many ofthe observable behaviors inherent to natural systems.

The difficulty of building bridges over natural and artificial computation wasone of the main motivations for the organization of IWINAC 2009. These twobooks of proceedings contain the works of the invited speakers, Profs. Maravalland Fernandez, and the 108 works selected by the Scientific Committee, aftera refereeing process. In the first volume, entitled Methods and Models in Artifi-cial and Natural Computation: A Homage to Professor Mira’s Scientific Legacy,we include some articles by Prof. Mira’s former disciples, who relate the rele-vance of their work with him from a scientific and personal point of view, themost recent collaborations with his colleagues, and the rest of the contributionsthat are closer to the theoretical, conceptual, and methodological aspects link-ing AI and knowledge engineering with neurophysiology, clinics, and cognition.The second volume entitled Bioinspired Applications in Artificial and NaturalComputation contains all the contributions connected with biologically inspiredmethods and techniques for solving AI and knowledge engineering problems indifferent application domains.

An event of the nature of IWINAC 2009 cannot be organized without thecollaboration of a group of institutions and people, whom we would like to thank,starting with UNED and Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena. The collabora-tion of the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, and especially its rectorSenen Barro, has been crucial, as has the efficient work of Roberto Iglesias andthe rest of the Local Committee. In addition to our universities, we receivedfinancial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, the Pro-grama de Tecnologıas Futuras y Emergentes (FET) de la Comision Europea,the Xunta de Galicia, APLIQUEM s.l., I.B.M., Fundacion Pedro Barrie de laMaza and the Concello de Santiago de Compostela. Finally, we would also liketo thank the authors for their interest in our call and the effort in preparing thepapers, a condition sine qua non for these proceedings, and to all the Scientificand Organizing Committees, particularly the members of these committees thathave acted as effective and efficient referees and as promoters and managers ofpre-organized sessions on autonomous and relevant topics under the IWINACglobal scope.

Our deep gratitude goes to Springer and Alfred Hofmann, along with AnnaKramer and Erika Siebert-Cole, for the continuous receptivity and collaborationin all our editorial joint ventures on the interplay between neuroscience andcomputation.

All the authors of papers in this volume as well as the IWINAC Programand Organizing Committees dedicate this special volume to the memory of Prof.Mira as a person, scientist and friend. We will greatly miss him.

June 2009 Organizing Committee

Organization

General Chairman

Jose Mira, Spain

Honorary Committee

Roberto Moreno Dıaz, SpainSenen Barro Ameneiro, SpainRoque Marın Morales, SpainRamon Ruiz Merino, SpainEmilio Lopez Zapata, SpainDiego Cabello Ferrer, SpainFrancisco J. Rıos Gomez, SpainJose Manuel Ferrandez Vicente, Spain

Organizing Committee

Jose Manuel Ferrandez Vicente, SpainJose Ramon Alvarez Sanchez, SpainFelix de la Paz Lopez, SpainFco. Javier Toledo Moreo, Spain

Local Organizing Committee

Senen Barro Ameneiro, SpainRoberto Iglesias Rodrıguez, SpainManuel Fernandez Delgado, SpainEduardo Sanchez Vila, SpainPaulo Felix Lamas, SpainMarıa Jesus Taboada Iglesias, SpainPurificacion Carinena Amigo, SpainMiguel A. Rodrıguez Gonzalez, SpainJesus Marıa Rodrıguez Presedo, SpainPablo Quintıa Vidal, SpainCristina Gamallo Solorzano, Spain

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Invited Speakers

Dario Maravall, SpainJavier de Lope Asiaın, SpainEduardo Fernandez, SpainJose del R. Millan, SwitzerlandTom Heskes, The Netherlands

Field Editors

Dario Maravall, SpainRafael Martinez Tomas, SpainMaria Jesus Taboada Iglesias, SpainJuan Antonio Botia Blaya, SpainJavier de Lope Asiaın, SpainM. Dolores Jimenez Lopez, SpainMariano Rincon Zamorano, SpainJorge Larrey Ruiz, SpainEris Chinellato, SpainMiguel Angel Patricio, Spain

Scientific Committee (Referees)

Andy Adamatzky, UKMichael Affenzeller, AustriaIgor Aleksander, UKAmparo Alonso Betanzos, SpainJose Ramon Alvarez-Sanchez, SpainShun-ichi Amari, JapanRazvan Andonie, USADavide Anguita, ItalyMargarita Bachiller Mayoral, SpainAntonio Bahamonde, SpainAlvaro Barreiro, SpainJuan Botia, SpainGiorgio Cannata, ItalyEnrique J. Carmona Suarez, SpainJoaquin Cerda Boluda, SpainEnric Cervera Mateu, SpainAntonio Chella, ItalyEris Chinellato, SpainErzsebet Csuhaj-Varju, HungaryJose Manuel Cuadra Troncoso, SpainFelix de la Paz Lopez, SpainJavier de Lope, Spain

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Gines Domenech, SpainJose Dorronsoro, SpainRichard Duro, SpainPatrizia Fattori, ItalyEduardo Fernandez, SpainAntonio Fernandez-Caballero, SpainJose Manuel Ferrandez, SpainKunihiko Fukushima, JapanJose A. Gamez, SpainVicente Garceran-Hernandez, SpainJesus Garcia Herrero, SpainJuan Antonio Garcia Madruga, SpainFrancisco J. Garrigos Guerrero, SpainCharlotte Gerritsen, The NetherlandsMarian Gheorghe, UKPedro Gomez Vilda, SpainManuel Grana Romay, SpainFrancisco Guil-Reyes, SpainOscar Herreras, SpainJuan Carlos Herrero, SpainCesar Hervas Martinez, SpainTom Heskes, The NetherlandsFernando Jimenez Barrionuevo, SpainM. Dolores Jimenez-Lopez, SpainJose M. Juarez, SpainJoost N. Kok, The NetherlandsElka Korutcheva, SpainMarkus Lappe, GermanyJorge Larrey-Ruiz, SpainMaria Longobardi, ItalyMaria Teresa Lopez Bonal, SpainRamon Lopez de Mantaras, SpainVincenzo Manca, ItalyRiccardo Manzotti, ItalyDario Maravall, SpainRoque Marin, SpainRafael Martinez Tomas, SpainJose Javier Martinez-Alvarez, SpainJesus Medina Moreno, SpainVictor Mitrana, SpainJose Manuel Molina Lopez, SpainJuan Morales Sanchez, SpainAna Belen Moreno Diaz, SpainArminda Moreno Diaz, Spain

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Douglas Mota, BrazilIsabel Navarrete Sanchez, SpainNadia Nedjah, BrazilTaishin Y. Nishida, JapanManuel Ojeda-Aciego, SpainJose T. Palma Mendez, SpainJuan Pantrigo, SpainGheorghe Paun, SpainJuan Pazos Sierra, SpainJose M. Puerta, SpainCarlos Puntonet, SpainAlexis Quesada Arencibia, SpainLuigi M. Ricciardi, ItalyMariano Rincon Zamorano, SpainVictoria Rodellar, SpainCamino Rodriguez Vela, SpainRamon Ruiz Merino, SpainAngel Sanchez Calle, SpainJose Luis Sancho-Gomez, SpainJose Santos Reyes, SpainAndreas Schierwagen, GermanyJordi Sole i Casals, SpainAntonio Soriano Paya, SpainMaria Taboada, SpainSettimo Termini, ItalyFco. Javier Toledo Moreo, SpainJan Treur, NetherlandsRamiro Varela Arias, SpainMarley Vellasco, Brazil

Table of Contents – Part I

A Model of Low Level Co-operativity in Cerebral Dynamic . . . . . . . . . . . . 1J. Mira and A.E. Delgado

On Bridging the Gap between Human Knowledge and Computers: APersonal Tribute in Memory of Prof. J. Mira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

R. Marin

Personal Notes about the Figure and Legate of Professor Mira . . . . . . . . . 31Ramon Ruiz-Merino

Intelligent Patient Monitoring: From Hardware to Learnware . . . . . . . . . . 38Senen Barro

A Look toward the Past of My Work with the Professor Jose Mira . . . . . 46Francisco Javier Rıos Gomez

Remembering Jose Mira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Isabel Gonzalo-Fonrodona

Revisiting Algorithmic Lateral Inhibition and AccumulativeComputation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Antonio Fernandez-Caballero, Marıa T. Lopez,Miguel A. Fernandez, and Jose M. Lopez-Valles

Detection of Speech Dynamics by Neuromorphic Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Pedro Gomez-Vilda, Jose Manuel Ferrandez-Vicente,Victoria Rodellar-Biarge, Agustın Alvarez-Marquina,Luis Miguel Mazaira-Fernandez, Rafael Martınez-Olalla, andCristina Munoz-Mulas

Spatio-temporal Computation with Neural Sensorial Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . 79J.M. Ferrandez-Vicente, A. Delgado, and J. Mira

Knowledge-Based Systems: A Tool for Distance Education . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Pedro Salcedo L., M. Angelica Pinninghoff J., andRicardo Contreras A.

ANLAGIS: Adaptive Neuron-Like Network Based on LearningAutomata Theory and Granular Inference Systems with Applicationsto Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Darıo Maravall and Javier de Lope

Neural Prosthetic Interfaces with the Central Nervous System: CurrentStatus and Future Prospects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

E. Fernandez

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Analytical Models for Transient Responses in the Retina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Gabriel de Blasio, Arminda Moreno-Dıaz, and Roberto Moreno-Dıaz

Analysis of Retinal Ganglion Cells Population Responses UsingInformation Theory and Artificial Neural Networks: TowardsFunctional Cell Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

M.P. Bonomini, J.M. Ferrandez, J. Rueda, and E. Fernandez

On Cumulative Entropies and Lifetime Estimations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Antonio Di Crescenzo and Maria Longobardi

Activity Modulation in Human Neuroblastoma Cultured Cells: Towardsa Biological Neuroprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

J.M. Ferrandez-Vicente, M. Bongard, V. Lorente, J. Abarca,R. Villa, and E. Fernandez

A Network of Coupled Pyramidal Neurons Behaves as a CoincidenceDetector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Santi Chillemi, Michele Barbi, and Angelo Di Garbo

Characterisation of Multiple Patterns of Activity in Networks ofRelaxation Oscillators with Inhibitory and Electrical Coupling . . . . . . . . . 164

Tiaza Bem and John Hallam

Scaling Power Laws in the Restoration of Perception with IncreasingStimulus in Deficitary Natural Neural Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Isabel Gonzalo-Fonrodona and Miguel A. Porras

Neuron-Less Neural-Like Networks with Exponential AssociationCapacity at Tabula Rasa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Demian Battaglia

Brain Complexity: Analysis, Models and Limits of Understanding . . . . . . 195Andreas Schierwagen

Classifying a New Descriptor Based on Marr’s Visual Theory . . . . . . . . . . 205J.M. Perez-Lorenzo, S. Garcıa Galan, A. Bandera,R. Vazquez-Martın, and R. Marfil

Solving the Independent Set Problem by Using Tissue-Like P Systemswith Cell Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Daniel Dıaz-Pernil, Miguel A. Gutierrez-Naranjo,Mario J. Perez-Jimenez, and Agustın Riscos-Nunez

How to Do Recombination in Evolution Strategies: An EmpiricalStudy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Juan Chen, Michael T.M. Emmerich, Rui Li, Joost Kok, andThomas Back

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Serial Evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233V. Fischer, A.M. Tome, and E.W. Lang

A Sensitivity Clustering Method for Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithms . . . 245F. Fernandez-Navarro, P.A. Gutierrez, C. Hervas-Martınez, andJ.C. Fernandez

A Genetic Algorithm for the Open Shop Problem with UncertainDurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Juan Jose Palacios, Jorge Puente, Camino R. Vela, andInes Gonzalez-Rodrıguez

Genetic Algorithm Combined with Tabu Search for the Job ShopScheduling Problem with Setup Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Miguel A. Gonzalez, Camino R. Vela, and Ramiro Varela

Prediction and Inheritance of Phenotypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Antonio Bahamonde, Jaime Alonso, Juan Jose del Coz, Jorge Dıez,Jose Ramon Quevedo, and Oscar Luaces

Controlling Particle Trajectories in a Multi-swarm Approach forDynamic Optimization Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Pavel Novoa, David A. Pelta, Carlos Cruz, andIgnacio Garcıa del Amo

Clustering Ensembles Using Ants Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295Javad Azimi, Paul Cull, and Xiaoli Fern

The kNN-TD Reinforcement Learning Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305Jose Antonio Martın H., Javier de Lope, and Darıo Maravall

Recombination Patterns for Natural Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Vincenzo Manca and M. Dolores Jimenez-Lopez

Computing Natural Language with Biomolecules: Overview andChallenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Gemma Bel-Enguix

A Christiansen Grammar for Universal Splicing Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336Marina de la Cruz Echeandıa and Alfonso Ortega de la Puente

DNA Replication as a Model for Computational Linguistics . . . . . . . . . . . 346Veronica Dahl and Erez Maharshak

jNEPView: A Graphical Trace Viewer for the Simulations of NEPs . . . . . 356Emilio del Rosal and Miguel Cuellar

The Problem of Constructing General-Purpose Semantic SearchEngines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Luis Criado Fernandez and Rafael Martınez-Tomas

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Computational Agents to Model Knowledge - Theory, and Practice inVisual Surveillance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Jose Mira, Ana E. Delgado, Antonio Fernandez-Caballero,Jose M. Gascuena, and Marıa T. Lopez

Knowledge and Event-Based System for Video-Surveillance Tasks . . . . . . 386Rafael Martınez Tomas and Angel Rivas Casado

ARDIS: Knowledge-Based Dynamic Architecture for Real-Time SurfaceVisual Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

D. Martın, M. Rincon, M.C. Garcıa-Alegre, and D. Guinea

SONAR: A Semantically Empowered Financial Search Engine . . . . . . . . . 405Juan Miguel Gomez, Francisco Garcıa-Sanchez,Rafael Valencia-Garcıa, Ioan Toma, and Carlos Garcıa Moreno

KBS in Context Aware Applications: Commercial Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415Nayat Sanchez-Pi, Javier Carbo, and Jose Manuel Molina

An Architecture Proposal for Adaptive NeuropsychologicalAssessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Marıa M. Antequera, M. Teresa Daza, Francisco Guil,Jose M. Juarez, and Ginesa Lopez-Crespo

A Study of Applying Knowledge Modelling to Evidence-BasedGuidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

M. Taboada, M. Meizoso, D. Martınez, and S. Tellado

Fuzzy Classification of Mortality by Infection of Severe Burnt PatientsUsing Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

F. Jimenez, G. Sanchez, J.M. Juarez, J.M. Alcaraz, and J.F. Sanchez

Knowledge Based Information Retrieval with an Adaptive HypermediaSystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

Francisca Grimon, Josep Maria Monguet, and Jordi Ojeda

Reveal the Collaboration in a Open Learning Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . 464Antonio R. Anaya and Jesus G. Boticario

Reasoning on the Evaluation of Wildfires Risk Using the ReceiverOperating Characteristic Curve and MODIS Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476

L. Usero and M. Xose Rodriguez-Alvarez

Optimised Particle Filter Approaches to Object Tracking in VideoSequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

Artur Loza, Fanglin Wang, Miguel A. Patricio, Jesus Garcıa, andJose M. Molina

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Towards Interoperability in Tracking Systems: An Ontology-BasedApproach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

Juan Gomez-Romero, Miguel A. Patricio, Jesus Garcıa, andJose M. Molina

Multimodal Agents in Second Life and the New Agents of Virtual 3DEnvironments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

A. Arroyo, F. Serradilla, and O. Calvo

Application of Artificial Neural Networks to Complex DielectricConstant Estimation from Free-Space Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Antonio Jurado, David Escot, David Poyatos, and Ignacio Montiel

Author Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

Table of Contents – Part II

Measurements over the Aquiles Tendon through Ecographic ImagesProcessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

M-Consuelo Bastida-Jumilla, Juan Morales-Sanchez,Rafael Verdu-Monedero, Jorge Larrey-Ruiz, andJose Luis Sancho-Gomez

A New Approach in Metal Artifact Reduction for CT 3DReconstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Valery Naranjo, Roberto Llorens, Patricia Paniagua,Mariano Alcaniz, and Salvador Albalat

Genetic Approaches for the Automatic Division of Topological ActiveVolumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

J. Novo, N. Barreira, M.G. Penedo, and J. Santos

Object Discrimination by Infrared Image Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Ignacio Bosch, Soledad Gomez, Raquel Molina, and Ramon Miralles

Validation of Fuzzy Connectedness Segmentation for Jaw Tissues . . . . . . 41Roberto Llorens, Valery Naranjo, Miriam Clemente,Mariano Alcaniz, and Salvador Albalat

Breast Cancer Classification Applying Artificial Metaplasticity . . . . . . . . . 48Alexis Marcano-Cedeno, Fulgencio S. Buendıa-Buendıa, andDiego Andina

Ontology Based Approach to the Detection of Domestics Problems forIndependent Senior People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Juan A. Botia Blaya, Jose Palma, Ana Villa, David Perez, andEmilio Iborra

A Wireless Sensor Network for Assisted Living at Home of ElderlyPeople . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Francisco Fernandez-Luque, Juan Zapata, Ramon Ruiz, andEmilio Iborra

An Ambient Assisted Living System for Telemedicine with Detection ofSymptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

A.J. Jara, M.A. Zamora-Izquierdo, and A.F. Gomez-Skarmeta

Applying Context-Aware Computing in Dependent Environments . . . . . . 85Juan A. Fraile, Javier Bajo, and Juan M. Corchado

A Smart Solution for Elders in Ambient Assisted Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Nayat Sanchez-Pi and Jose Manuel Molina

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Convergence of Emergent Technologies for the Digital Home . . . . . . . . . . . 104Celia Gutierrez and Sara Perez

Results of an Adaboost Approach on Alzheimer’s Disease Detection onMRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Alexandre Savio, Maite Garcıa-Sebastian, Manuel Grana, andJorge Villanua

Analysis of Brain SPECT Images for the Diagnosis of AlzheimerDisease Using First and Second Order Moments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

D. Salas-Gonzalez, J.M. Gorriz, J. Ramırez, M. Lopez, I. Alvarez,F. Segovia, and C.G. Puntonet

Neurobiological Significance of Automatic Segmentation: Applicationto the Early Diagnosis of Alzheimers Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Ricardo Insausti, Mariano Rincon, Cesar Gonzalez-Moreno,Emilio Artacho-Perula, Amparo Dıez-Pena, and Tomas Garcıa-Saiz

Support Vector Machines and Neural Networks for the Alzheimer’sDisease Diagnosis Using PCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

M. Lopez, J. Ramırez, J.M. Gorriz, I. Alvarez, D. Salas-Gonzalez,F. Segovia, and M. Gomez-Rıo

Functional Brain Image Classification Techniques for Early AlzheimerDisease Diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

J. Ramırez, R. Chaves, J.M. Gorriz, I. Alvarez, M. Lopez,D. Salas-Gonzalez, and F. Segovia

Quality Checking of Medical Guidelines Using Interval TemporalLogics: A Case-Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Guido Sciavicco, Jose M. Juarez, and Manuel Campos

Classification of SPECT Images Using Clustering TechniquesRevisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

J.M. Gorriz, J. Ramırez, A. Lassl, I. Alvarez, F. Segovia,D. Salas, and M. Lopez

Detection of Microcalcifications Using Coordinate Logic Filters andArtificial Neural Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

J. Quintanilla-Domınguez, M.G. Cortina-Januchs,J.M. Barron-Adame, A. Vega-Corona, F.S. Buendıa-Buendıa, andD. Andina

Rule Evolving System for Knee Lesion Prognosis from MedicalIsokinetic Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Jorge Couchet, Jose Marıa Font, and Daniel Manrique

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Denoising of Radiotherapy Portal Images Using Wavelets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Antonio Gonzalez-Lopez, Juan Morales-Sanchez,Marıa-Consuelo Bastida-Jumilla,Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, and Bonifacio Tobarra-Gonzalez

A Block-Based Human Model for Visual Surveillance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208Encarnacion Folgado, Mariano Rincon, Margarita Bachiller, andEnrique J. Carmona

Image Equilibrium: A Global Image Property for Human-CenteredImage Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

O. Sanchez and M. Rincon

Vision-Based Text Segmentation System for Generic Display Units . . . . . 225Jose Carlos Castillo, Marıa T. Lopez, andAntonio Fernandez-Caballero

Blind Navigation along a Sinuous Path by Means of the See ColOrInterface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Guido Bologna, Benoıt Deville, and Thierry Pun

Using Reconfigurable Supercomputers and C-to-Hardware Synthesis forCNN Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

J. Javier Martınez-Alvarez, F. Javier Garrigos-Guerrero,F. Javier Toledo-Moreo, and J. Manuel Ferrandez-Vicente

Access Control to Security Areas Based on Facial Classification . . . . . . . . 254Aitor Moreno Fdz. de Leceta and Mariano Rincon

Comparing Feature Point Tracking with Dense Flow Tracking for FacialExpression Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Jose V. Ruiz, Belen Moreno, Juan Jose Pantrigo, and Angel Sanchez

A Memory-Based Particle Filter for Visual Tracking throughOcclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Antonio S. Montemayor, Juan Jose Pantrigo, and Javier Hernandez

Classification of Welding Defects in Radiographic Images Using anANN with Modified Performance Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Rafael Vilar, Juan Zapata, and Ramon Ruiz

Texture Classification of the Entire Brodatz Database through anOrientational-Invariant Neural Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

F.J. Dıaz-Pernas, M. Anton-Rodrıguez, J.F. Dıez-Higuera,M. Martınez-Zarzuela, D. Gonzalez-Ortega, and D. Boto-Giralda

Eye-Hand Coordination for Reaching in Dorsal Stream Area V6A:Computational Lessons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Eris Chinellato, Beata J. Grzyb, Nicoletta Marzocchi,Annalisa Bosco, Patrizia Fattori, and Angel P. del Pobil

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Toward an Integrated Visuomotor Representation of the PeripersonalSpace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Eris Chinellato, Beata J. Grzyb, Patrizia Fattori, andAngel P. del Pobil

Evidence for Peak-Shaped Gaze Fields in Area V6A: Implications forSensorimotor Transformations in Reaching Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Rossella Breveglieri, Annalisa Bosco, Andrea Canessa,Patrizia Fattori, and Silvio P. Sabatini

Segmenting Humans from Mobile Thermal Infrared Imagery . . . . . . . . . . . 334Jose Carlos Castillo, Juan Serrano-Cuerda,Antonio Fernandez-Caballero, and Marıa T. Lopez

My Sparring Partner Is a Humanoid Robot: A Parallel Framework forImproving Social Skills by Imitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Tino Lourens and Emilia Barakova

Brain-Robot Interface for Controlling a Remote Robot Arm . . . . . . . . . . . 353Eduardo Ianez, M. Clara Furio, Jose M. Azorın,Jose Alejandro Huizzi, and Eduardo Fernandez

Learning to Coordinate Multi-robot Competitive Systems by StimuliAdaptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Jose Antonio Martın H., Javier de Lope, and Darıo Maravall

A Behavior Based Architecture with Auction-Based Task Assignmentfor Multi-robot Industrial Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Paula Garcia, Pilar Caamano, Francisco Bellas, and Richard J. Duro

On the Control of a Multi-robot System for the Manipulation of anElastic Hose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Zelmar Echegoyen, Alicia d’Anjou, and Manuel Grana

An Improved Evolutionary Approach for Egomotion Estimation with a3D TOF Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Ivan Villaverde and Manuel Grana

A Frame for an Urban Traffic Control Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399Teresa de Pedro, Ricardo Garcıa, Carlos Gonzalez, Javier Alonso,Enrique Onieva, Vicente Milanes, and Joshue Perez

Partial Center of Area Method Used for Reactive Autonomous RobotNavigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Jose Ramon Alvarez-Sanchez, Felix de la Paz Lopez,Jose Manuel Cuadra Troncoso, and Jose Ignacio Rosado Sanchez

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Mathematical Foundations of the Center of Area Method for RobotNavigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Felix de la Paz Lopez, Jose Ramon Alvarez-Sanchez,Jose Ignacio Rosado Sanchez, and Jose Manuel Cuadra Troncoso

Determining Sound Source Orientation from Source Directivity andMulti-microphone Recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Francesco Guarato and John C.T. Hallam

A Braitenberg Lizard: Continuous Phonotaxis with a Lizard EarModel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Danish Shaikh, John Hallam, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, andLei Zhang

A New Metric for Supervised dFasArt Based on Size-Dependent ScatterMatrices That Enhances Maneuver Prediction in Road Vehicles . . . . . . . . 449

Ana Toledo, Rafael Toledo-Moreo, and Jose Manuel Cano-Izquierdo

A Strategy for Evolutionary Spanning Tree Construction withinConstrained Graphs with Application to Electrical Networks . . . . . . . . . . 459

Santiago Vazquez-Rodriguez and Richard J. Duro

An Evolutionary Approach for Correcting Random AmplifiedPolymorphism DNA Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

M. Angelica Pinninghoff J., Ricardo Contreras A., and Luis Rueda

A Method to Minimize Distributed PSO Algorithm Execution Time inGrid Computer Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

F. Parra, S. Garcia Galan, A.J. Yuste, R.P. Prado, and J.E. Munoz

Assessment of a Speaker Recognition System Based on an AuditoryModel and Neural Nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

Ernesto A. Martınez–Rams and Vicente Garceran–Hernandez

CIE-9-MC Code Classification with Knn and SVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499David Lojo, David E. Losada, and Alvaro Barreiro

Time Estimation in Injection Molding Production for AutomotiveIndustry Based on SVR and RBF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

M. Reboreda, M. Fernandez-Delgado, and S. Barro

Performance of High School Students in Learning Math: A NeuralNetwork Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Ricardo Contreras A., Pedro Salcedo L., andM. Angelica Pinninghoff J.

Author Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529