Neural Nets and Surroundings

1. Probability Learning and Soft Quantization in Bayesian Factor Graphs
Francesco A. N. Palmieri, Alberto Cavallo

2. Rival-Penalized Competitive Clustering: A Study and Comparison
Alberto Borghese, Wiliam Capraro

3. An Interpretation of the Boundary Movement Method for Imbalanced Dataset Classification Based on Data Quality
Dario Malchiodi

4. Genetic Algorithm Modeling with GPU Parallel Computing Technology
Stefano Cavuoti, Mauro Garofalo, Massimo Brescia, Antonio Pescape’, Giuseppe Longo, Giorgio Ventre

5. An Experimental Evaluation of Reservoir Computation for Ambient Assisted Living
Davide Bacciu, Stefano Chessa, Claudio Gallicchio, Alessio Micheli, Paolo Barsocchi

6. Balancing Recall and Precision in Stock Market Predictors Using Support Vector Machines
Marco Lippi, Lorenzo Menconi, Marco Gori

7. Measures of Brain Connectivity through Permutation Entropy in Epileptic Disorders
Domenico Labate, Giuseppina Inuso, Gianluigi Occhiuto, Fabio Foresta, Francesco C. Morabito

8. A New System for Automatic Recognition of Italian Sign Language
Marco Fagiani, Emanuele Principi, Stefano Squartini, Francesco Piazza

9. Fall Detection Using an Ensemble of Learning Machines
Simon Bulotta, Hassan Mahmoud, Francesco Masulli, Ernesto Palummeri, Stefano Rovetta

10. PM10 Forecasting Using Kernel Adaptive Filtering: An Italian Case Study
Simone Scardapane, Danilo Comminiello, Michele Scarpiniti, Raffaele Parisi, Aurelio Uncini

11. A Collaborative Filter Approach to Adaptive Noise Cancellation
Michele Scarpiniti, Danilo Comminiello, Raffaele Parisi, Aurelio Uncini

12. Waveform Variation of the Explosion-Quakes as a Function of the Eruptive Activity at Stromboli Volcano
Antonietta M. Esposito, Luca D’Auria, Flora Giudicepietro, Marcello Martini

13. Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Morphological Classification of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis
Alessia Bramanti, Lilla Bonanno, Placido Bramanti, Pietro Lanzafame

14. Neural Moving Object Detection by Pan-Tilt-Zoom Cameras
Alessio Ferone, Lucia Maddalena, Alfredo Petrosino

15. Control of Coffee Grinding with General Regression Neural Networks
Luca Mesin, Diego Alberto, Eros Pasero

16. Defects Detection in Pistachio Nuts Using Artificial Neural Networks
Paolo Motto Ros, Eros Pasero

17. LVQ-Based Hand Gesture Recognition Using a Data Glove
Francesco Camastra, Domenico Felice

18. Investigation of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated to Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia with Random Forests
Antonino Staiano, Maria Donata Taranto, Elena Bloise, Maria Nicoletta D’Agostino, Antonietta D’Angelo, Gennaro Marotta, Marco Gentile, Fabrizio Jossa, Arcangelo Iannuzzi, Paolo Rubba, Giuliana Fortunato

19. A Neural Procedure for Gene Function Prediction
Marco Frasca, Alberto Bertoni, Andrea Sion

20. Handwritten Digits Recognition by Bio-inspired Hierarchical Networks
Antonio G. Zippo, Giuliana Gelsomino, Sara Nencini, Gabriele E. M. Biella

21. Forecasting Net Migration by Functional Demographic Model
Valeria D’Amato, Gabriella Piscopo, Maria Russolillo

22. Simulation Framework in Fertility Projections
Valeria D’Amato, Gabriella Piscopo, Maria Russolillo

23. Building a Global Performance Indicator to Evaluate Academic Activity Using Fuzzy Measures
Marta Cardin, Marco Corazza, Stefania Funari, Silvio Giove

24. Testing the Weak Form Market Efficiency: Empirical Evidence from the Italian Stock Exchange
Giuseppina Albano, Michele Rocca, Cira Perna

25. Real Time Techniques and Architectures for Maximizing the Power Produced by a Photovoltaic Array
Giovanni Petrone, Francisco Jose Sànchez Pacheco, Giovanni Spagnuolo

26. Sustainable Energy Microsystems for a Smart Grid
Maria Carmen Falvo, Luigi Martirano, Danilo Sbordone

27. SVM Methods for Optimal Management of a Virtual Power Plant
Emanuele Crisostomi, Mauro Tucci, Marco Raugi

28. Active Power Losses Constrained Optimization in Smart Grids by Genetic Algorithms
Gian Luca Storti, Francesca Possemato, Maurizio Paschero, Silvio Alessandroni, Antonello Rizzi, Fabio Massimo Frattale Mascioli

29. Solar Irradiation Forecasting for PV Systems by Fully Tuned Minimal RBF Neural Networks
Lucio Ciabattoni, Gianluca Ippoliti, Sauro Longhi, Matteo Pirro, Matteo Cavalletti

30. Ontology-Based Device Configuration and Management for Smart Homes
Michele Nucci, Marco Grassi, Francesco Piazza

31. A Comparison between Different Optimization Techniques for Energy Scheduling in Smart Home Environment
Francesco Angelis, Matteo Boaro, Danilo Fuselli, Stefano Squartini, Francesco Piazza

32. Towards Emotion Recognition in Human Computer Interaction
Günther Palm, Michael Glodek

33. Towards Causal Modeling of Human Behavior
Matteo Campo, Anna Polychroniou, Hugues Salamin, Maurizio Filippone, Alessandro Vinciarelli

34. How Social Signal Processing (SSP) Can Help Assessment of Bonding Phenomena in Developmental Psychology?
Emilie Delaherche, Sofiane Boucenna, Mohamed Chetouani, David Cohen

35. Emotion and Complex Tasks: Writing Abilities in Young Graders
Michaël Fartoukh, Lucile Chanquoy, Annie Piolat

36. A Preliminary Study of Online Drawings and Dementia Diagnose
Marcos Faundez-Zanuy, Enric Sesa-Nogueras, Josep Roure-Alcobe, Josep Garre-Olmo, Jiri Mekyska, Karmele Lopez-de-Ipiña, Anna Esposito

37. Hand-Based Gender Recognition Using Biometric Dispersion Matcher
Xavier Font-Aragones, Marcos Faundez-Zanuy

38. Revisiting AVEC 2011 – An Information Fusion Architecture
Martin Schels, Michael Glodek, Friedhelm Schwenker, Günther Palm

39. Discriminating Human vs. Stylized Emotional Faces: Recognition Accuracy in Young Children
Anna Esposito, Maria Teresa Riviello, Vincenzo Capuano

40. Emotional Status Determination in HCI Interface for the Paralyzed
Rytis Maskeliunas, Vidas Raudonis, Paulius Lengvenis

41. Emoticons Signal Expertise in Technical Web Forums
Liliana Mamani Sanchez, Carl Vogel

42. Machine Learning and Soft Computing Methodologies for Music Emotion Recognition
Angelo Ciaramella, Giuseppe Vettigli

43. Homo-Machina Visual Metaphors, Representations of Consciousness and Scientific Thinking
Mauro Maldonato, Ilaria Anzoise

Keywords: Engineering, Computational Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)