Informatics and Computer Science Intelligent Systems Applications
An International Journal

Information Sciences will publish original, innovative and creative research results. A smaller number of timely tutorial and surveying contributions will be published from time to time.

The journal is designed to serve researchers, developers, managers, strategic planners, graduate students and others interested in state-of-the art research activities in information, knowledge engineering and intelligent systems. Readers are assumed to have a common interest in information science, but with diverse backgrounds in fields such as engineering, mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science, cell biology, molecular biology, management science, cognitive science, neurobiology, behavioural sciences and biochemistry.

The journal publishes high-quality, refereed articles. It emphasizes a balanced coverage of both theory and practice. It fully acknowledges and vividly promotes a breadth of the discipline of Informations Sciences.

Topics include:

Foundations of Information Science:
Information Theory, Mathematical Linguistics, Automata Theory, Cognitive Science, Theories of Qualitative Behaviour, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Intelligence, Soft Computing, Semiotics, Computational Biology and Bio-informatics.

Implementations and Information Technology:
Intelligent Systems, Genetic Algorithms and Modelling, Fuzzy Logic and Approximate Reasoning, Artificial Neural Networks, Expert and Decision Support Systems, Learning and Evolutionary Computing, Expert and Decision Support Systems, Learning and Evolutionary Computing, Biometrics, Moleculoid Nanocomputing, Self-adaptation and Self-organisational Systems, Data Engineering, Data Fusion, Information and Knowledge, Adaptive ad Supervisory Control, Discrete Event Systems, Symbolic / Numeric and Statistical Techniques, Perceptions and Pattern Recognition, Design of Algorithms, Software Design, Computer Systems and Architecture Evaluations and Tools, Human-Computer Interface, Computer Communication Networks and Modelling and Computing with Words

Applications:
Manufacturing, Automation and Mobile Robots, Virtual Reality, Image Processing and Computer Vision Systems, Photonics Networks, Genomics and Bioinformatics, Brain Mapping, Language and Search Engine Design, User-friendly Man Machine Interface, Data Compression and Text Abstraction and Summarization, Virtual Reality, Finance and Economics Modelling and Optimisation

Editor-in-Chief Witold Pedrycz can be reached at wpedrycz@ualberta.ca.

Original research work

Editor-in-Chief
W. Pedrycz
University of Alberta Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 9107 - 116 Street, Edmonton, T6G 2V4, Alberta, Canada Email W. Pedrycz
Special Issue Editor
P.P. Wang
Duke University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, P.O. Box 90291, Durham, North Carolina, 27708-0291, United States Email P.P. Wang
Associate Editors
A. Adamatzky
University of the West of England Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
R. Aliev
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Bakı, Azerbaijan
A. Bargiela
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
A. Bretto
University of Caen Normandy, Caen, France
F. Buccafurri
University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy
G. Castellano
University of Bari Aldo Moro Department of Informatics, Bari, Italy
O. Castillo
Technological Institute of Tijuana Division of Graduate Studies and Research, Tijuana, Mexico
P. Chan
South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
S.M. Chen
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
Y.-P. Chen
National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
F. Chiclana
De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
T.-M. Choi
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Kowloon, Hong Kong
A. Ciaramella
University of Naples Parthenope Faculty of Science and Technology, Napoli, Italy
D. Ciucci
University of Milano Bicocca Department of Informatics Systems and Communication, Milano, Italy
C. Cornelis
Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
A. Cuzzocrea
University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
P. D'Urso
University of Rome La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
S. Das
Indian Statistical Institute Computer and Communication Sciences Division, Kolkata, India
P. De Causmaecker
KU Leuven Association, Leuven, Belgium
M. Dehmer
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria Faculty of Management, Steyr, Austria
W. Ding
Nantong University, Nantong, China
M. Droste
Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
P. Ekel
Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil
S. Ferilli
University of Bari Aldo Moro Department of Informatics, Bari, Italy
X. Gao
Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Aalto, Finland
M.A. Gil
University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
G. Guo
Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China
J.-M. Guo
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
P. Guo
Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
P. Gupta
University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
QL Han
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
W.-S. Han
Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea, Republic of
L. Hernandez-Encinas
Spanish Scientific Research Council, Madrid, Spain
F. Herrera
University of Granada Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Granada, Spain
E. Herrera-Viedma
University of Granada Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Granada, Spain
W. Homenda
Warsaw University of Technology, Warszawa, Poland
R Hong
Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China
M. Jeon
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of
J. Kacprzyk
Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland
H.R. Karimi
Polytechnic of Milan Department of Mechanical Engineering, Milano, Italy
S.-W. Kim
Hanyang University Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Ansan, Korea, Republic of
R. Kruse
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg, Germany
S. Kuznetsov
National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation
S. T.-W. Kwong
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
D. Laurent
University of Cergy-Pontoise, Cergy Pontoise, France
J. Li
Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
X. Li
Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
Z. Li
Xidian University, Xian, China
N. Liqiang
Shandong University, Jinan, China
E. Lughofer
Johannes Kepler University Linz Fuzzy Logic Laboratory Linz Hagenberg, Hagenberg, Austria
F. Marcelloni
University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
U. Maulik
Jadavpur University Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jadavpur, India
J. Medina
University of Cadiz Faculty of Sciences, Puerto Real, Spain
P. Melin
Technological Institute of Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
R. Mesiar
Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia
S. Mitra
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India
Y. Mu
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
F. Neri
De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
F. Nie
Center for OPTical IMagery Analysis and Learning, Xián, Shaanxi, China
Y. Niu
East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
A. Nocera
University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy
S.-K. Oh
University of Suwon, Hwaseong, Korea, Republic of
R. Palm
Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden
F. Palmieri
University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
C. Peng
Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
F.C.H. Rhee
Hanyang University College of Engineering Sciences Division of Electrical Engineering, Ansan, Korea, Republic of
S. Russel
The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
A. Sadeghian
Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M. Sato-Ilic
University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
S. Senatore
University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
L. Shao
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
P. Shi
The University of Adelaide, Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
P. Siarry
University Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne, Creteil, France
A. Skowron
University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
D. Slezak
Ignite Technologies Inc, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M. Song
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
H. Stuckenschmidt
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
X. Su
Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
P.N. Suganthan
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
P. Sussner
State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
R. Tadeusiewicz
AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
F. Tang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Fahua Campus, Shanghai, China
J. H. Tang
Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
D. Tao
University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Y. Tian
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
M.K. Tiwari
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Kharagpur, India
V. Torra
Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, Bellaterra, Spain
D.H. Wang
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
D. Wang
Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
H. Wang
Tongji University, Shanghai, China
M. Wang
Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China
X.-Z Wang
Hebei University, Baoding, China
J. Watada
Waseda University Graduate School of Information Production and Systems, Fukuoka, Japan
Q. Wei
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
L. Wu
Harbin Institute of Technology, Haerbin, China
M. Wu
China University of Geosciences School of Automation, Wuhan, China
N. Wu
Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macao, China
N Xiong
Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
X. Xu
National University of Defense Technology College of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Changsha, China
Z. Xu
Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Z. Yan
Xidian University, Xian, China
L.T. Yang
Saint Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
S. Yang
De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
Y. Yao
University of Regina Department of Computer Science, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
X. Yi
RMIT University School of Computer Science and Information Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
I. You
Soonchunhyang University Department of Information Security Engineering, Asan, Korea, Republic of
H. Yu
Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea, Republic of
J. Yu
Hangzhou Dianzi University School of Computer Science and Technology, Hangzhou, China
X. Zhang
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
J. Zhao
Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
S. Zhong
University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States
Q. Zhu
University of Michigan Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan, United States
Editorial Board
H. Adeli
The Ohio State University Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbus, Ohio, United States
V. K. Bhargava
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
H.J. Caulfield
Alabama A&M University, Normal, Alabama, United States
G. Chen
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
H.D. Cheng
Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States
F. Crestani
USI Faculty of Informatics, Lugano, Switzerland
D. Dubois
Toulouse Institute of Computer Science Research, Toulouse, France
K. Elmagarmid
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
T. Fukuda
Nagoya University Graduate School of Engineering School of Engineering Department of Micro Nano Systems Engineering, Nagoya, Japan
D.E. Goldberg
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States
S. Grossberg
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
K. Hirota
Tokyo Institute of Technology - Suzukakedai Campus, Yokohama, Japan
Y.C. Ho
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
N. Kasabov
Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
E.E. Kerre
Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
B. Kosko
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States
X. Liu
Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
D. Manivannan
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
S.K. Pal
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India
H. Prade
Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France
G. Succi
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
A.V. Vasilakos
Lulea University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
B. Wah
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Coordinated Science Lab, Urbana, Illinois, United States
F.-Y. Wang
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
K. Weber
Robert Bosch GmbH Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
G. Weiss
Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
X. Yao
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
L.A. Zadeh †
University of California Berkeley Division of Computer Science, Berkeley, California, United States
D. Zhang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong