Intelligent Systems and Soft Computing Prospects, Tools and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Azvine, Behnam (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Azarmi, Nader (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Nauck, Detlef D. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2000.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ; 1804
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence.; Software engineering.; Computer communication systems.; Application software.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Artificial Intelligence.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Computer Communication Networks.; Software Engineering.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.

Artificial intelligence has, traditionally focused on solving human-centered problems like natural language processing or common-sense reasoning. On the other hand, for a while now soft computing has been applied successfully in areas like pattern recognition, clustering, or automatic control. The p...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1 - Prospects
• From Computing with Numbers to Computing with Words-From Manipulation of Measurements to Manipulation of Perceptions
• Bringing AI and Soft Computing Together: A Neurobiological Perspective
• Future Directions for Soft Computing
• Problems and Prospects in Fuzzy Data Analysis
• Soft Agent Computing: Towards Enhancing Agent Technology with Soft Computing
• Section 2 - Tools
• NEFCLASS-J - A JAVA-Based Soft Computing Tool
• Soft Computing for Intelligent Knowledge-Based Systems
• Advanced Fuzzy Clustering and Decision Tree Plug-Ins for DataEngineTM
• Section 3 - Applications
• The Intelligent Assistant: An Overview
• The YPA - An Assistant for Classified Directory Enquiries
• Intelligent Multimodal User Interface
• Communication Management: E-Mail and Telephone Assistants
• Time Management in the Intelligent Assistant
• Machine Interpretation of Facial Expressions
• Modelling Preferred Work Plans.