[alife] CFP: Special Issue on "Computational Intelligence Issues in Systems Experiencing Nonlinear Dynamics and Synchronization"

[Abdelhamid Bouchachia]

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Call for Papers:  Special Issue on
"Computational Intelligence Issues in Systems Experiencing Nonlinear 
Dynamics and Synchronization"
- International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems -
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Guest Editors:

K. Kyamakya (Univ. Klagenfurt, Austria); A. Bouchachia (Univ. 
Klagenfurt, Austria); W. Halang, Univ. Hagen, Germany; J. C. Chedjou 
(Univ. Klagenfurt, Austria); Z. Li (Univ. Hagen, Germany), H. Unger 
(Univ. Hagen, Germany)

Description and Aims:

A fundamental issue in systems analysis and modeling is about the 
identification of the system's dynamics including the external 
interactions that affect the system's behavior. Such identification aims 
at specifying the set of functions (rules or equations) that captures 
the factors that control the change of the system's behavior. Often, 
when dealing with complex nonlinear dynamical systems, the 
identification is obtained in many cases only by means of 
approximations. Hence, the relevance of Computational Intelligence (CI) 
techniques in the context of such systems becomes manifest. The 
application of such computing models is prompted by the optimization 
requirements that are raised amongst others by the identification 
process. In addition, over the last years the appropriateness of CI in 
optimization tasks pertaining to complex nonlinear dynamical systems has 
become indubitable as attested by a large number of studies reporting on 
the successful application of CI models especially in adaptive control 
applications, fault diagnostic, signal processing, chaos theory, medical 
diagnostic, etc.
However, due to the complexity dimensions of nonlinear dynamical 
systems, there still exits a large spectrum of unsolved problems that go 
beyond the traditional intelligent control applications and where CI 
techniques can play a central role. That is the main purpose behind the 
present special issue. In fact, the aim of this special issue is to 
present the latest advances of the application of CI techniques not only 
in control applications but in various systems where nonlinear dynamics 
and/or synchronization are key issues of concern. The special issue is 
intended for a wide audience including mathematicians, physicists, 
chemists, engineers, computer scientists, biologists, economists and 
social scientists.

This special issue will cover various topics intertwining CI and both 
nonlinear dynamics and/or synchronization. A sample of the targeted 
topics, which is suggestive rather than exhaustive, includes:

    * Nonlinear systems and synchronization
    * Nonlinear systems and synchronization (theory, design and simulation)
    * Chaos in pattern recognition and soft computing
    * Theory and applications of cellular automata and cellular neural
      networks
    * Computational intelliegence techniques in nonlinear dynamical systems
          o Neural networks
          o Swarm intelligence
          o Evolutionary computation
          o Fuzzy systems
    * Computational aspects of nonlinear dynamics and synchronization in:

        * Cybernetic
        * Systems control  Robotics 
        * Signal processing 
        * Sequence processing 
        * Decision making 
        * Image and video processing 
        * Traffic management systems
        * Supply chains and logistics systems
        * Intelligent agents technology 
        * Self-reconfigurable systems 
        * Self-healing systems 
        * Self-testing systems 
        * Oscillatory systems 
        * Networking systems 
        * Bio-computing and bio-chemistry
        * Social systems, biology, psychology and economics

Papers submitted must have not been published previously or under 
consideration for publication, though they may represent significant 
extensions of prior work. All papers will be reviewed in accordance with 
the journal policy. Papers must conform to the formatting guidelines as 
provided by Atlantis Press (see Link: 
http://www.atlantis-press.com/publications/ijcis/index.html and sent to 
hamid at isys.uni-klu.ac.at <mailto:hamid at isys.uni-klu.ac.at> in pdf 
format. For queries about this special issue, feel free to contact the 
special issue guest editors hamid at isys.uni-klu.ac.at 
<mailto:hamid at isys.uni-klu.ac.at>. Please note the following important 
dates:
 
- Submission Deadline: Sept. 30, 2008
- Acceptation notification: Dec. 15, 2008
- Final version: Jan. 15, 2009
- Publication: first quarter of 2009

The link to the CFP in pdf is: 
http://www.isys.uni-klu.ac.at/private/hamid/CFP_IJCIS.pdf

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Dr. Abdelhamid Bouchachia
Dept. of Informatics-Systems
Group of Software Engineering & Soft Computing
Alps-Adriatic University of Klagenfurt

Universitaetsstrasse 65
A-9020 Klagenfurt, Austria

phone:  +43 (0)463-2700 3525
fax:    +43 (0)463-2700 3599
mailto: hamid at isys.uni-klu.ac.at
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