Neural Computing and Applications, Volume 29

Volume 29, Number 1, January 2018

Special Issue on Recent advances in Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

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  Huawen Liu, Jianping Yin, Xudong Luo, Shichao Zhang:
  Foreword to the special issue on recent advances on pattern recognition and artificial intelligence. 1-2
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  Chenyang Zhang, Wenrui Hu, Tianyu Jin, Zhonglei Mei:
  Nonlocal image denoising via adaptive tensor nuclear norm minimization. 3-19
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  Xifeng Guo, En Zhu, Jianping Yin:
  A fast and accurate method for detecting fingerprint reference point. 21-31
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  Xiaojuan Ban, Xiaokun Wang, Liangliang He, Yalan Zhang, LiPeng Wang:
  Adaptively stepped SPH for fluid animation based on asynchronous time integration. 33-42
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  Zhenyun Deng, Shichao Zhang, Lifeng Yang, Ming Zong, Debo Cheng:
  Sparse sample self-representation for subspace clustering. 43-49
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  Shichao Zhang, Yonggang Li, Debo Cheng, Zhenyun Deng, Lifeng Yang:
  Efficient subspace clustering based on self-representation and grouping effect. 51-59
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  Mingyang Jiang, Yanchun Liang, Xiaoyue Feng, Xiaojing Fan, Zhili Pei, Yu Xue, Renchu Guan:
  Text classification based on deep belief network and softmax regression. 61-70

Regular Papers

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  Jianbing Xiahou, Fan Lin, Qihua Huang, Wenhua Zeng:
  Multi-datacenter cloud storage service selection strategy based on AHP and backward cloud generator model. 71-85
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  Mustafa Dursun, Ali Fuat Boz, Murat Kale, Murat Karabacak:
  Sensorless control application of PMSM with a novel adaptation mechanism. 87-103
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  Luogen Yao:
  Global convergence of CNNs with neutral type delays and D operator. 105-109
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  Yuechao Ma, Yuqing Zheng:
  Delay-dependent stochastic stability for discrete singular neural networks with Markovian jump and mixed time-delays. 111-122
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  S. R. Bhagya Shree, H. S. Sheshadri:
  Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease using Naive Bayesian Classifier. 123-132
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  Alireza Hakimi-Asl, Mohsen Sadegh Amalnick, Mehdi Hakimi-Asl:
  Proposing a graph ranking method for manufacturing system selection in high-tech industries. 133-142
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  V. M. S. R. Murthy, Abhijeet Kumar, Pritam Kumar Sinha:
  Prediction of throw in bench blasting using neural networks: an approach. 143-156
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  Fuat Yuruk, Pakize Erdogmus:
  Finding an optimum location for biogas plant: a case study for Duzce, Turkey. 157-165
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  Vinh Ho-Huu, Trung Nguyen-Thoi, Tung Khac Truong, L. Le-Anh, T. Vo-Duy:
  An improved differential evolution based on roulette wheel selection for shape and size optimization of truss structures with frequency constraints. 167-185
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  Irfan Deli, Selim Eraslan, Naim Çagman:
  ivnpiv-Neutrosophic soft sets and their decision making based on similarity measure. 187-203
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  Suman Bhattacharya, Samir Roy, Sankhayan Chowdhury:
  A neural network-based intelligent cognitive state recognizer for confidence-based e-learning system. 205-219
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  Pu Ji, Hong-yu Zhang, Jian-qiang Wang:
  A projection-based TODIM method under multi-valued neutrosophic environments and its application in personnel selection. 221-234
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  Xianfen Xie, Binhui Wang:
  Web page recommendation via twofold clustering: considering user behavior and topic relation. 235-243
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  Shikha Agrawal, Jitendra Agrawal, Shilpy Kaur, Sanjeev Kumar Sharma:
  A comparative study of fuzzy PSO and fuzzy SVD-based RBF neural network for multi-label classification. 245-256
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  Serhat Duman, Nuran Yörükeren, Ismail H. Altas:
  A novel MPPT algorithm based on optimized artificial neural network by using FPSOGSA for standalone photovoltaic energy systems. 257-278
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  Shafii Muhammad Abdulhamid, Muhammad Shafie Abdul Latif, Syed Hamid Hussain Madni, Mohammed Abdullahi:
  Fault tolerance aware scheduling technique for cloud computing environment using dynamic clustering algorithm. 279-293
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  Amin Daryasafar, Navid Daryasafar, Mohammad Madani, Mahdi Kalantari Meybodi, Mohammad Joukar:
  Connectionist approaches for solubility prediction of n-alkanes in supercritical carbon dioxide. 295-305
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  Saba Joudaki, Dzulkifli Mohamad, Tanzila Saba, Abdulaziz S. Almazyad, Amjad Rehman:
  Correction to: Fused features mining for depth-based hand gesture recognition to classify blind human communication. 307

Volume 29, Number 2, January 2018

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  Min-Yuan Cheng, Doddy Prayogo:
  Fuzzy adaptive teaching-learning-based optimization for global numerical optimization. 309-327
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  Hala S. Own, Khulood AlYahya, Waheeda Al-Mayyan, Ajith Abraham:
  Rough set-BPSO model for predicting vitamin D deficiency in apparently healthy Kuwaiti women based on hair mineral analysis. 329-344
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  Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Abdel-Naser Hessin, Lila Abdel-Fatah:
  A comprehensive study of cuckoo-inspired algorithms. 345-361
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  Zahra Abdolahzare, Saman Abdanan Mehdizadeh:
  Nonlinear mathematical modeling of seed spacing uniformity of a pneumatic planter using genetic programming and image processing. 363-375
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  Cumhur Tas, Hazal Mogulkoc, Gul Eryilmaz, Isil Gogcegoz-Gul, Turker Tekin Erguzel, Baris Metin, Nevzat Tarhan:
  Discriminating schizophrenia and schizo-obsessive disorder: a structural MRI study combining VBM and machine learning methods. 377-387
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  Manna Dai, Shuying Cheng, Xiangjian He:
  Hybrid generative-discriminative hash tracking with spatio-temporal contextual cues. 389-399
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  Yinggan Tang, Chunning Bu, Minmin Liu, Linlin Zhang, Qiusheng Lian:
  Application of ELM-Hammerstein model to the identification of solid oxide fuel cells. 401-411
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  Li Zhang, Fulin Wang, Ting Sun, Bing Xu:
  A constrained optimization method based on BP neural network. 413-421
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  Seyed Vahid Alavi Nezhad Khalil Abad, Murat Yilmaz, Danial Jahed Armaghani, Atiye Tugrul:
  Prediction of the durability of limestone aggregates using computational techniques. 423-433
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  Urvinder Singh, Rohit Salgotra:
  Synthesis of linear antenna array using flower pollination algorithm. 435-445
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  Rafael M. O. Cruz, Robert Sabourin, George D. C. Cavalcanti:
  Prototype selection for dynamic classifier and ensemble selection. 447-457
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  Francisco Gutiérrez-Reguera, J. Marcos Jurado, Rocío Montoya-Mayor, Miguel Ternero-Rodríguez:
  Geographical classification of Spanish bottled mineral waters by means of iterative models based on linear discriminant analysis and artificial neural networks. 459-468
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  Zhen Shi, Chang'an Wei, Jun-Bao Li, Ping Fu, Shouda Jiang:
  Hierarchical search strategy in particle filter framework to track infrared target. 469-481
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  Grienggrai Rajchakit, R. Saravanakumar:
  Exponential stability of semi-Markovian jump generalized neural networks with interval time-varying delays. 483-492
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  Meraj Mustafa, Rida Ahmad, Tasawar Hayat, Ahmed Alsaedi:
  Rotating flow of viscoelastic fluid with nonlinear thermal radiation: a numerical study. 493-499
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  Naveed Ahmed, Umar Khan, Syed Tauseef Mohyud-Din, Bandar Bin-Mohsin:
  A finite element investigation of the flow of a Newtonian fluid in dilating and squeezing porous channel under the influence of nonlinear thermal radiation. 501-508
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  Ahmed Ghazi Blaiech, Khaled Ben Khalifa, Mohamed Boubaker, Mohamed Hedi Bedoui:
  LVQ neural network optimized implementation on FPGA devices with multiple-wordlength operations for real-time systems. 509-528
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  Ashok Kumar Dwivedi, Usha Chouhan:
  Comparative study of artificial neural network for classification of hot and cold recombination regions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 529-535
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  Mehmet Akif Sahman, Adem Alpaslan Altun, Abdullah Oktay Dündar:
  A new MILP model proposal in feed formulation and using a hybrid-linear binary PSO (H-LBP) approach for alternative solutions. 537-552
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  Reshma Khemchandani, Aman Pal, Suresh Chandra:
  Fuzzy least squares twin support vector clustering. 553-563
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  Ghaith M. Jaradat:
  Hybrid elitist-ant system for a symmetric traveling salesman problem: case of Jordan. 565-578
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  Xin Ma, Zhibin Liu:
  Predicting the oil production using the novel multivariate nonlinear model based on Arps decline model and kernel method. 579-591
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  Rasool Azimi, Hedieh Sajedi:
  Peer sampling gossip-based distributed clustering algorithm for unstructured P2P networks. 593-612

Volume 29, Number 3, February 2018

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  Roberta B. Oliveira, João P. Papa, Aledir Silveira Pereira, João Manuel R. S. Tavares:
  Computational methods for pigmented skin lesion classification in images: review and future trends. 613-636
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  Kerlos Atia Abdalmalak, Ascensión Gallardo-Antolín:
  Enhancement of a text-independent speaker verification system by using feature combination and parallel structure classifiers. 637-651
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  Wenying Wen, Yushu Zhang, Yuming Fang, Zhijun Fang:
  Image salient regions encryption for generating visually meaningful ciphertext image. 653-663
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  Arindam Majumder, Argha Das, Pankaj Kr. Das:
  A standard deviation based firefly algorithm for multi-objective optimization of WEDM process during machining of Indian RAFM steel. 665-677
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  Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque, Thiago M. Nunes, Danillo Roberto Pereira, Eduardo José da S. Luz, David Menotti, João P. Papa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares:
  Robust automated cardiac arrhythmia detection in ECG beat signals. 679-693
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  Zhihua Chen, Pan Zhang, Xun Wang, Xiaolong Shi, Tingfang Wu, Pan Zheng:
  A computational approach for nuclear export signals identification using spiking neural P systems. 695-705
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  Ruiyun Yu, Xuanmiao An, Bo Jin, Jia Shi, Ann Move Oguti, Yonghe Liu:
  Particle classification optimization-based BP network for telecommunication customer churn prediction. 707-720
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  M. Kenan Dösoglu, Ugur Güvenc, Serhat Duman, Yusuf Sönmez, Hamdi Tolga Kahraman:
  Symbiotic organisms search optimization algorithm for economic/emission dispatch problem in power systems. 721-737
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  Vakkas Uluçay, Irfan Deli, Mehmet Sahin:
  Similarity measures of bipolar neutrosophic sets and their application to multiple criteria decision making. 739-748
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  Busenur Sarica, Erol Egrioglu, Baris Asikgil:
  A new hybrid method for time series forecasting: AR-ANFIS. 749-760
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  Mustafa Jahangoshai Rezaee, Samuel Yousefi, Jamileh Hayati:
  A decision system using fuzzy cognitive map and multi-group data envelopment analysis to estimate hospitals' outputs level. 761-777
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  Francisco Fernández-Navarro, Maria Angeles de la Cruz, Pedro Antonio Gutiérrez, Adiel Castaño, César Hervás-Martínez:
  Time series forecasting by recurrent product unit neural networks. 779-791
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  Syed Tauseef Mohyud-Din, Saeed Ullah Jan, Umar Khan, Naveed Ahmed:
  MHD flow of radiative micropolar nanofluid in a porous channel: optimal and numerical solutions. 793-801
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  Naveed Abbas, Tanzila Saba, Dzulkifli Mohamad, Amjad Rehman, Abdulaziz S. Almazyad, Jarallah S. Al-Ghamdi:
  Machine aided malaria parasitemia detection in Giemsa-stained thin blood smears. 803-818
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  Lianbo Ma, Xingwei Wang, Ruiyun Yu, Guangming Yang, Jie Li, Min Huang:
  Biomimicry of plant root growth using bioinspired foraging model for data clustering. 819-836
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  Mehrdad Khaksar, Alireza Rezvani, Mohammad Hassan Moradi:
  Simulation of novel hybrid method to improve dynamic responses with PSS and UPFC by fuzzy logic controller. 837-853
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  Kiran Teeparthi, D. M. Vinod Kumar:
  Security-constrained optimal power flow with wind and thermal power generators using fuzzy adaptive artificial physics optimization algorithm. 855-871
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  Iman Mansouri, Aliakbar Gholampour, Özgür Kisi, Togay Ozbakkaloglu:
  Evaluation of peak and residual conditions of actively confined concrete using neuro-fuzzy and neural computing techniques. 873-888
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  Ali Najah Ahmed, C. W. Mohd Noor, Mohammed Falah Allawi, Ahmed El-Shafie:
  RBF-NN-based model for prediction of weld bead geometry in Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW). 889-899
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  Wenbin Hu, Huan Wang, Zhenyu Qiu, Cong Nie, Liping Yan:
  A quantum particle swarm optimization driven urban traffic light scheduling model. 901-911

Volume 29, Number 4, February 2018

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  Jau-Woei Perng, Shan-Chang Hsieh, Li-Shan Ma, Guan-Yan Chen:
  Design of robust PI control systems based on sensitivity analysis and genetic algorithms. 913-923
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  Mohamed Abd El Aziz, Aboul Ella Hassanien:
  Modified cuckoo search algorithm with rough sets for feature selection. 925-934
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  A. K. Deklel, A. M. Hamdy, Elsayed M. Saad:
  Multi-objective symbolic regression using long-term artificial neural network memory (LTANN-MEM) and neural symbolization algorithm (NSA). 935-942
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  Jenni Raitoharju, Serkan Kiranyaz, Moncef Gabbouj:
  Feature synthesis for image classification and retrieval via one-against-all perceptrons. 943-957
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  Zhuang-Cheng Liu, Luyang Hou, Yanjun Shi, Xiaojun Zheng, Hongfei Teng:
  A co-evolutionary design methodology for complex AGV system. 959-974
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  M. Syed Ali, S. Saravanan:
  Finite-time L₂-gain analysis for switched neural networks with time-varying delay. 975-984
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  (Withdrawn) A novel construction of substitution box for image encryption applications with Gingerbreadman chaotic map and S8 permutation. 993-999
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  Saima Hassan, Mojtaba Ahmadieh Khanesar, Jafreezal Jaafar, Abbas Khosravi:
  Optimal parameters of an ELM-based interval type 2 fuzzy logic system: a hybrid learning algorithm. 1001-1014
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  Md Sarwar Kamal, Nilanjan Dey, Sonia Farhana Nimmy, Shamim Hasnat Ripon, Md. Nawab Yousuf Ali, Amira S. Ashour, Wahiba Ben Abdessalem Karaa, Gia Nhu Nguyen, Fuqian Shi:
  Evolutionary framework for coding area selection from cancer data. 1015-1037
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  Zhiming Zhang:
  Trapezoidal interval type-2 fuzzy aggregation operators and their application to multiple attribute group decision making. 1039-1054
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  Wei Hong Chin, Chu Kiong Loo:
  Topological Gaussian ARAM for biologically inspired topological map building. 1055-1072
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  Masoud Rahiminezhad Galankashi, Ehsan Fallahiarezoudar, Anoosh Moazzami, Syed Ahmad Helmi, Jafri Mohd Rohani, Noordin Mohd Yusof:
  An efficient integrated simulation-Taguchi approach for sales rate evaluation of a petrol station. 1073-1085
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  Dan Wang, Ting He, Zairan Li, Luying Cao, Nilanjan Dey, Amira S. Ashour, Valentina Emilia Balas, Pamela McCauley, Yezhi Lin, Jiang Xu, Fuqian Shi:
  Image feature-based affective retrieval employing improved parameter and structure identification of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system. 1087-1102
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  Li Li, Chao Sun, Lianlei Lin, Junbao Li, Shouda Jiang:
  A Mahalanobis metric learning-based polynomial kernel for classification of hyperspectral images. 1103-1113
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  Jinke Xiao, Weimin Li, Bin Liu, Peng Ni:
  A novel multi-population coevolution strategy for single objective immune optimization algorithm. 1115-1128
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  Joyeeta Singha, Amarjit Roy, Rabul Hussain Laskar:
  Dynamic hand gesture recognition using vision-based approach for human-computer interaction. 1129-1141
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  Weijie Zhang, Dengfeng Wei:
  Prediction for network traffic of radial basis function neural network model based on improved particle swarm optimization algorithm. 1143-1152
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  Hooshang Tadrisi Javan, Amir Khanlari, Omid Motamedi, Hadi Mokhtari:
  A hybrid advertising media selection model using AHP and fuzzy-based GA decision making. 1153-1167
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  Muhammad Asif Zahoor Raja, Aneela Zameer, Adiqa Kausar Kiani, Azam Shehzad, Muhammad Abdul Rehman Khan:
  Nature-inspired computational intelligence integration with Nelder-Mead method to solve nonlinear benchmark models. 1169-1193

Volume 29, Number 5, March 2018

Special issue on Neural Computing in Next Generation Virtual Reality Technology

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  (Withdrawn) Editorial: neural computing in next-generation virtual reality technology. 1195-1198
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  (Withdrawn) Quality assessment for virtual reality technology based on real scene. 1199-1208
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  (Withdrawn) Scale invariant point feature (SIPF) for 3D point clouds and 3D multi-scale object detection. 1209-1224
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  (Withdrawn) Research on the virtual reality of vibration characteristics in vehicle cabin based on neural networks. 1225-1232
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  (Withdrawn) Virtual reality research of the dynamic characteristics of soft soil under metro vibration loads based on BP neural networks. 1233-1242
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  (Withdrawn) An overview, examples, and impacts offered by Emerging Services and Analytics in Cloud Computing virtual reality. 1243-1256
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  (Withdrawn) Medical image semantic segmentation based on deep learning. 1257-1265
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  (Withdrawn) Discriminative anisotropic propagation with heat source estimation for robust object tracking. 1267-1279
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  (Withdrawn) Virtual reality of interior noises of vehicles based on boundary element and neural networks. 1281-1291
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  (Withdrawn) Research on the virtual reality of impact of appendages on the flow characteristics of submarines based on neural networks and CFD. 1293-1301
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  (Withdrawn) Virtual reality research on vibration characteristics of long-span bridges with considering vehicle and wind loads based on neural networks and finite element method. 1303-1309
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  (Withdrawn) Virtual reality of recognition technologies of the improved contour coding image based on level set and neural network models. 1311-1330
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  (Withdrawn) Reality of virtual damage identification based on neural networks and vibration analysis of a damaged bridge under a moving vehicle. 1331-1341
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  (Withdrawn) Numerical research on virtual reality of vibration characteristics of the motor based on GA-BPNN model. 1343-1355
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  (Withdrawn) Optimization design and reality of the virtual cutting process for the boring bar based on PSO-BP neural networks. 1357-1367
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  (Withdrawn) A novel approach to automatic detection of presentation slides in educational videos. 1369-1382
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  (Withdrawn) Fast and robust absolute camera pose estimation with known focal length. 1383-1398
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  (Withdrawn) Gamified learning through unity 3D in visualizing environments. 1399-1404
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  (Withdrawn) Multipoint infrared laser-based detection and tracking for people counting. 1405-1416
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  (Withdrawn) Lip segmentation using localized active contour model with automatic initial contour. 1417-1424
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  (Withdrawn) Exploring a narrative-based framework for historical exhibits combining JanusVR with photometric stereo. 1425-1432
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  (Withdrawn) Tabu search-based classification for eye-movement behavioral decisions. 1433-1443

Regular Articles

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  Lei Gu, D. K. Siong Tok, Ding-Li Yu:
  Development of adaptive p-step RBF network model with recursive orthogonal least squares training. 1445-1454
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  (Withdrawn) Simplified neural network for generalized least absolute deviation. 1455-1463
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  (Withdrawn) Solutions of Bagley-Torvik and Painlevé equations of fractional order using iterative reproducing kernel algorithm with error estimates. 1465-1479
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  K. G. Kapanova, Ivan Tomov Dimov, Jean Michel D. Sellier:
  A genetic approach to automatic neural network architecture optimization. 1481-1492

Volume 29, Number 6, March 2018

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  Xinyi Zhou, Nianqing Tang, Yin Kuang, Zhong Liu:
  An approach to variable-order prediction via multiple distal dendrites of neurons. 1-12
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  Hazrat Ali, Son Ngoc Tran, Emmanouil Benetos, Artur S. d'Avila Garcez:
  Speaker recognition with hybrid features from a deep belief network. 13-19
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  Yongquan Zhou, Sen Zhang, Qifang Luo, Chunming Wen:
  Using flower pollination algorithm and atomic potential function for shape matching. 21-40
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