Advances in Intelligent Decision Technologies

I.. Keynote Papers

1. Intelligence Analysis as Agent-Assisted Discovery of Evidence, Hypotheses and Arguments
Gheorghe Tecuci, David Schum, Mihai Boicu, Dorin Marcu, Benjamin Hamilton

2. Intelligent Software for Ecological Building Design
Jens Pohl, Hisham Assal, Kym Jason Pohl

II.. Decision Making Theory

3. Issues in Aggregating AHP/ANP Scales
William C. Wedley

4. An Application of Dominant Method: Empirical Approach to Public Sector Reform
Yuji Sato

5. General Application of a Decision Support Framework for Software Testing Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques
Deane Larkman, Masoud Mohammadian, Bala Balachandran, Ric Jentzsch

6. A Double-Shell Design Approach for Multiobjective Optimal Design of Microgrids
Maria Luisa Silvestre, Giuseppe Fileccia Scimemi, Mariano Giuseppe Ippolito, Eleonora Riva Sanseverino, Gaetano Zizzo

7. A Comparison of Dominant AHP/CCM and AHP/ANP
Eizo Kinoshita

8. The Weighted Least Square Method Applied to the Binary and Ternary AHP
Kazutomo Nishizawa, Iwaro Takahashi

9. Decision-Making by “Minor ANP” and Classification of the Types
Toshimasa Ozaki, Mei-Chen Lo, Eizo Kinoshita, Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng

10. Improving the E-Store Business Model for Satisfying Customers’ Needs Using a Hybrid MCDM Combined DANP with Grey Relational Model
Wan-Yu Chiu, Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng, Han-Lin Li

III.. Advances in Intelligent Decision Systems

11. Multi-Agent System Protecting from Attacking with Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Xu Huang, Pritam Gajkumar Shah, Dharmendra Sharma

12. An Implementation of a Multi-attribute Negotiation Protocol for E-Commerce
B. M. Balachandran, Tauhid Tayeb, Dharmendra Sharma, Masoud Mohammadian

13. A Decision Support System for Ore Blending Cost Optimization Problem of Blast Furnaces
Ruijun Zhang, Jizhong Wei, Jie Lu, Guangquan Zhang

IV.. Intelligent Decision Technologies in Accounting and Finance

14. A Study on the Relationship between Corporate Governance and Pricing for Initial Public Offerings: The Application of Artificial Neural Networks
Chei-Chang Chiou, Wang Sen-Wei

15. Combining ICA with Kernel Based Regressions for Trading Support Systems on Financial Options
Shian-Chang Huang, Chuan-Chyuan Li, Chih-Wei Lee, M. Jen Chang

16. Integration of Financial and Non-financial Information for Decision-Making by Using Goal Programming and Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process on a Capital Budgeting Investment Case Study
Yu-Cheng Tang, Ching-Ter Chang

V.. Optimization-Based Intelligent Techniques in Image Processing

17. A Statistical Tailored Image Reconstruction from Projections Method
Robert Cierniak

18. Realistic 3D-Modeling of Forest Growth with Natural Effect
M. N. Favorskaya, A. G. Zotin, I. M. Danilin, S. S. Smolentcheva

VI.. E-commerce and Logistics Management

19. A Parallel Simulated Annealing Solution for VRPTW Based on GPU Acceleration
Jian-Ming Li, Hong-Song Tan, Xu Li, Lin-Lin Liu

20. Evidential Reasoning Approach for MADA under Group and Fuzzy Decision Environment
Xin-Bao Liu, Mi Zhou, Jian-Bo Yang

21. Study on the Inventory Forecasting in Supply Chains Based on Rough Set Theory and Improved BP Neural Network
Xuping Wang, Yan Shi, Junhu Ruan, Hongyan Shang

22. A Model of Disruption Management for Solving Delivery Delay
Qiulei Ding, Xiangpei Hu, Yunzeng Wang

23. A Real-Time Scheduling Method for a Variable-Route Bus in a Community
Yan Fang, Xiangpei Hu, Lirong Wu, Yidi Miao

24. A Fair Transaction Protocol with an Offline Semi-Trusted Third Party
Wang Qian, Su Qi

25. Impacts of Supply Chain Globalization on Quality Management and Firm Performance: Some Evidences in Shanghai, China
Jiancheng Guan, Lei Fan

VII.. Intelligent Spatial Decision Analysis

26. Analysis of Fuzzyness in Spatial Variation of Real Estate Market: Some Italian Case Studies
Carmelo M. Torre, Claudia Mariano

27. Assessing Macroseismic Data Reliability through Rough Set Theory: Application on Vulture Area (Basilicata, Southern Italy)
Fabrizio Gizzi, Nicola Masini, Maria Rosaria Potenza, Cinzia Zotta, Lucia Tilio, Maria Danese, Beniamino Murgante

28. Fire Data Analysis and Feature Reduction Using Computational Intelligence Methods
Majid Bahrepour, Berend Jan Zwaag, Nirvana Meratnia, Paul Havinga

29. The Effect of Standardization in Multicriteria Decision Analysis on Health Policy Outcomes
Jacqueline Young, Claus Rinner, Dianne Patychuk

30. A Fuzzy Approach to the Small Area Estimation of Poverty in Italy
Silvestro Montrone, Francesco Campobasso, Paola Perchinunno, Annarita Fanizzi

31. Geographical Information Systems and Ontologies: Two Instruments for Building Spatial Analysis Systems
Francesco Rotondo

32. Real Estate Decision Making Processes and Web-Based Applications: An Integrated Approach
Michele Argiolas, Nicoletta Dessì, Giampaolo Marchi, Barbara Pes

33. Geographical and Multi-criteria Approach for Hydro-geological Risk Evaluation in Decision Making Processes
Francesco Selicato, Grazia Maggio

34. Analysis of Vulnerability of Road Networks on the Basis of Graph Topology and Related Attribute Information
Zhe Zhang, Kirsi Virrantaus

VIII.. Using Intelligent Systems for Decision Support in Health Systems

35. Adoption of Open Source Software in Healthcare
Gokul Bhandari, Anne Snowdon

36. Symbiotic Simulation Decision Support System for Injury Prevention
Gokul Bhandari, Anne Snowdon

37. Application of Subjective Logic to Health Research Surveys
Robert D. Kent, Jason McCarrell, Gilles Paquette, Bryan St. Amour, Ziad Kobti, Anne W. Snowdon

38. A Survey of Text Extraction Tools for Intelligent Healthcare Decision Support Systems
Ryan Ramirez, Jordan Iversen, John Ouimet, Ziad Kobti

IX.. Ontology-Based KMS and DMSS for Service Systems

39. Towards Semantic-Aware and Ontology-Based e-Government Service Integration – An Applicative Case Study of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Scholarship Program
Abdullah Alqahtani, Haiyan Lu, Jie Lu

40. Using Feature Selection with Bagging and Rule Extraction in Drug Discovery
Ulf Johansson, Cecilia Sönströd, Ulf Norinder, Henrik Boström, Tuve Löfström

41. Validating and Designing a Service Centric View for C2TP: Cloud Computing Tipping Point Model
C. Peiris, D. Sharma, B. Balachandran

42. Utilization of Agents for Key Distribution in IEEE 802.11
Shirantha Wijesekera, Xu Huang, Dharmendra Sharma

X.. Service-Oriented Innovation for Designing Intelligent Environment

43. Approximately Solving Aggregate k-Nearest Neighbor Queries over Web Services
Hideki Sato

44. Remotely Accessible Exercise Environment for Intrusion Detection/Defense Exercises Based on Virtual Machine Networks
Yuichiro Tateiwa, Shoko Tatematsu, Tomohiro Iwasaki, Takami Yasuda

45. Supporting Design and Composition of Presentation Document Based on Presentation Scenario
Koichi Hanaue, Toyohide Watanabe

46. Translation Unit for Simultaneous Japanese-English Spoken Dialogue Translation
Koichiro Ryu, Shigeki Matsubara, Yasuyoshi Inagaki

47. Automatic Extraction of Phrasal Expressions for Supporting English Academic Writing
Shunsuke Kozawa, Yuta Sakai, Kenji Sugiki, Shigeki Matsubara

48. A Simulation System of Disaster Areas for Evaluating Communication Systems
Koichi Asakura, Toyohide Watanabe

49. Re-ranking of Retrieved Web Pages, Based on User Preference
Toyohide Watanabe, Kenji Matsuoka

XI.. Applying Intelligent Decision Technology

50. Automated N-Step Univariate Time Series Forecasts with Bayesian Networks
Gordon Rios, Antonino Marvuglia, Richard Wallace

51. Application of EVALPSN to Network Routing
Kazumi Nakamatsu, Toshiaki Imai, Jair Minoro Abe, Takashi Watanabe

52. A Combination of Case-Based Reasoning and Analytic Hierarchy Process to Support Innovation in Industry
Ana Campos, Rui Neves-Silva

53. Urban Spatiotemporal Data Modeling: Application to the Study of Pedestrian Walkways
Chamseddine Zaki, Elyes Zekri, Myriam Servières, Guillaume Moreau, Gérard Hégron

54. An Efficient Pruning Approach for Class Association Rule Mining
Loan T. T. Nguyen, Thang N. Nguyen

XII.. Soft Data Analysis Based Fuzzy Systems, Control and Decision Making

55. Binary Tree Classifier Based on Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test
George Georgiev, Iren Valova, Natacha Gueorguieva

56. A Stackelberg Location Problem on a Tree Network with Fuzzy Random Demands
Takeshi Uno, Hideki Katagiri, Kosuke Kato

57. Learning Based Self-organized Additive Fuzzy Clustering Method
Tomoyuki Kuwata, Mika Sato-Ilic

XIII.. Kansei Communication and Value Creation in Human Mind

58. A Modeling and Systems Thinking Approach to Activity Rousing Consumer’s Buying Motivation Focusing on “Kansei Information” in POP ADS at the Store
Yuji Kosaka, Hisao Shiizuka

59. Ageing Society and Kansei Communication
Ayako Hashizume, Hisao Shiizuka

60. A Study on Group Decision Making with Observation on the Process of Consensus Building
Yuri Hamada, Hiroko Shoji

61. Application of Modeling and Recommendation of Sensitivity to Get Tired
Hiroo Inamura, Yuko Noma, Akihiro Ogino, Hiroko Shoji

62. Evaluation of Feelings Received from the Rhythms of Percussive Timbre and Relationships between Affective Values
Yuta Kurotaki, Hisao Shiizuka

63. A Rough-Set-Based Two-Class Classifier for Large Imbalanced Dataset
Junzo Watada, Lee-Chuan Lin, Lei Ding, Mohd. Ibrahim Shapiai, Lim Chun Chew, Zuwairie Ibrahim, Lee Wen Jau, Marzuki Khalid

XIV.. Future Direction of Innovative Decision Technologies

64. A Hybrid MADM Based Competence Set Expansion for Marketing Imagination Capabilities
Chi-Yo Huang, Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng, Shu Hor

65. Semiconductor Foundry Technology Life Cycle Strategy Portfolio Definitions of Fabless IC Design Firms by Using the ISM and Fuzzy Integral Method
Chi-Yo Huang, Chao-Yu Lai, Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng

66. An Emotional Designed Based Hybrid MCDM Framework for the Next Generation Embedded System Configurations
Chi-Yo Huang, Hsiang-Chun Lin, Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng

67. Derivations of Factors Influencing Segmental Consumer Behaviors Using the RST Combined with Flow Graph and FCA
Chi-Yo Huang, Ya-Lan Yang, Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng, Hsiao-Cheng Yu, Hong-Yuh Lee, Shih-Tsunsg Cheng, Sang-Yeng Lo

68. Power System Equipments Investment Decision-Making under Uncertainty: A Real Options Approach
Shamshul Bahar Yaakob, Junzo Watada

69. Combining DEMATEL and ANP with the Grey Relational Assessment Model for Improving the Planning in Regional Shopping Centers
Vivien Y. C. Chen, Chui-Hua Liu, Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng, Ming-Huei Lee, Lung-Shih Yang

70. Key Success Factors of Brand Marketing for Creating the Brand Value Based on a MCDM Model Combining DEMATEL with ANP Methods
Yung-Lan Wang, Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng, Wen-Shiung Lee

Keywords: Engineering, Computational Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics), Computers and Education, e-Commerce/e-business