Fuzzy Logic and Applications 8th International Workshop, WILF 2009 Palermo, Italy, June 9-12, 2009 Proceedings

Advances in Theory of Fuzzy Sets.- Non Contradiction, Excluded Middle, and Fuzzy Sets.- Approximate Parallelism between Fuzzy Objects: Some Definitions.- Barycentric Algebras and Gene Expression.- Fuzzy Quantification Using Restriction Levels.- Least Squares Method for L-R Fuzzy Variables.- Modeling Interpretive Steps in Fuzzy Logic Computations.- Nestings of T–Conorms.- On Coherence and Consistence in Fuzzy Answer Set Semantics for Residuated Logic Programs.- Rough Set Approach to Rule Induction from Imprecise Decision Tables.- Uninorm Based Fuzzy Network for Tree Data Structures.- Advances in Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets.- A Note on the Conditional Expectation of IF-Observables.- A Survey on the Algebras of the So–Called Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets (IFS).- General Form of Probabilities on IF-Sets.- On the E-Probability on IF-Events.- Fuzzy Classification and Clustering.- Rough Ensemble Classifier: A Comparative Study.- A Fuzzy One Class Classifier for Multi Layer Model.- An Experimental Validation of Some Indexes of Fuzzy Clustering Similarity.- Combining Fuzzy C-Mean and Normalized Convolution for Cloud Detection in IR Images.- Fuzzy C-Means Inspired Free Form Deformation Technique for Registration.- Interpretability Assessment of Fuzzy Rule-Based Classifiers.- Metaclustering and Consensus Algorithms for Interactive Data Analysis and Validation.- Neuro-Fuzzy Approach for Reconstructing Fissures in Concrete’s Reinforcing Bars.- Fuzzy Image Processing and Analysis.- Fuzzy Relational Calculus and Its Application to Image Processing.- A Combined Fuzzy and Probabilistic Data Descriptor for Distributed CBIR.- A Fuzzy Approach to the Role of Symmetry in Shape Formation: The Illusion of the Scalene Triangle.- A Unified Algebraic Framework for Fuzzy Image Compression and Mathematical Morphology.- Adaptive Image Watermarking Approach Based on Kernel Clustering and HVS.- An Automatic Three-Dimensional Fuzzy Edge Detector.- Fuzzy Sets for Image Texture Modelling Based on Human Distinguishability of Coarseness.- Geometry of Spatial Bipolar Fuzzy Sets Based on Bipolar Fuzzy Numbers and Mathematical Morphology.- Interactive Image Retrieval in a Fuzzy Framework.- Modelling the Effects of Internal Textures on Symmetry Detection Using Fuzzy Operators.- Multivalued Background/Foreground Separation for Moving Object Detection.- Periodic Pattern Detection for Real-Time Application.- Fuzzy Systems.- A System for Deriving a Neuro-Fuzzy Recommendation Model.- A Type-1 Approximation of Interval Type-2 FLS.- Control of a Non-isothermal CSTR by Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Controllers.- Evaluating Fuzzy Controller Robustness Using Model Checking.- Learning Fuzzy Systems by a Co-Evolutionary Artificial-Immune-Based Algorithm.- Advanced Applications.- A Fuzzy Inference Expert System to Support the Decision of Deploying a Military Naval Unit to a Mission.- A Reasoning Methodology for CW-Based Question Answering Systems.- An Intelligent Car Driver for Safe Navigation with Fuzzy Obstacle Avoidance.- Extending Fuzzy Sets with New Evidence for Improving a Sign Language Recognition System.- General Fuzzy Answer Set Programs.- Reverse Engineering of Regulatory Relations in Gene Networks by a Probabilistic Approach.- Temporal Features in Biological Warfare.