Volume 13, Issue 3
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Volume 13, Issue 3
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| May/Jun 1999 | |
| Theme: Neural Networks & Fuzzy Logic |
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Features
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| The New Face of Fuzzy Logic: A Close Shave With Occam's Razor Earl Cox demonstrates the value of fuzzy logic as a business tool with three contemporary examples - Substance Abuse Treatment, Mergers and Acquisitions Analysis, and New Product Pricing. |
| Text Mining: Making the Most of Unstructured Data Will Dwinnell explains dtSearch, a tool that efficiently indexes, searches, and retrieves data from free form text sources such as documentation, articles and web pages. |
| AI@Work AND Corp. develops a face recognition and tracking system. MIT GmbH uses fuzzy logic in auto glass breakage analysis, and hi-fi component testing. |
| Aircraft Icing Forecasts from Neural Networks Donald W. McCann uses Neural Networks to predict the potential for dangerous conditions. |
| Neural Networks Assist in Job Performance: Hiring the Best Candidates at a Lower Cost Wendell Williams, Neill Carson, and Marge Sherald illustrate the effective use of neural networks and genetic algorithms pre-evaluation of prospective employees. |
| Analyzing Neural Networks Performance: Applying Fuzzy Clustering and Tree Classification Brian M. O'Rourke explores techniques for improving performance using a financial price predication hybrid model. |
| Regulars | ||
| Editorial | ||
| Secret Agent Man - Through the Looking Glass and Back Out Again - Robotics and Telepresence | by Don Barker | |
| Intelligence Files - Everybody's Talking About Speech Recognition | by David Blanchard | |
| AI and the Net - Future Ideas - Intelligent Filtering of Sports, Teaching on the Web, Representing Knowledge in XML | by Mary Kroening | |
| The Book Zone - Artificial Immune Systems and Neural Networks: Tricks of the Trade | by Will Dwinnell | |
| Product Updates ----------------------------> | 19 late breaking product announcements from around the world in the fields of: | |
| Announcements | Data Mining | |
| Fuzzy Logic | Genetic Algorithms | |
| Knowledge Based Systems | Languages | |
| Neural Networks | Object Oriented Development | |
| Tools | Testers | |
| Product Service Guide - Provides access to information on an entire category of products | ||
| PC AI Blackboard - AI advertisers bulletin board | ||
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Advertiser List for 13.3
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| AAAI | Frontier GlobalCenter | Sonalysts Inc |
| Amzi! Inc | GNP Computers | StatSoft |
| AND Corporation | IPMM '99 | System Dynamics International Inc |
| Applied Logic Systems | Logic Programming Assoc Ltd | Themisto Numerics |
| ATTAR Software USA | Megaputer Intelligence | Ward Systems Group Inc |
| BinNet | Metus | WizSoft Inc |
| BioComp Systems Inc. | NeuroDimension | |
| BitStar International | PC AI | |
| BotSpot | Production Systems Technology | |
| California Scientific Software | Prolog Development Center | |
| CDI/NAU | Salford Systems | |
| DCI | SearchSoftware America | |
| DTSoftware | Smart Network | |
| Flexible Intelligence | Soft Warehouse Inc |
| While preparing this issue, I felt compelled to investigate some of the real world applications of neural networks and fuzzy logic technology. Firing up the old web browser, I uncovered hundreds of applications. It could take weeks to investigate the numerous applications, I decided to choose one specific category - recent medical applications. As these applications affect people's lives and should they fail, they have potential legal ramifications, they represent a good measure of the technology's viability. As many of the more useful and successful implementations of the technologies never reach the general press (due to their proprietary nature) I was very impressed with the applications I did find. Neural networks, for example, are being used to predict the outcome following Idiotypic Immunotherapy in Ovarian Cancer. Neural networks assess the impact of a number of factors after a sequence of iv injections. The system looked at relevant serum-based pharmacokinetic data, HAMA response, blood profiles, CA125 levels, tumor burden, patient response, and up to 15 additional factors. Other examples include the use of neural networks and fuzzy logic in the processing electrocardiograms (ECG). Combining imaging technology and neural networks also allows prescreening of two- and three- dimensional medical images. I even found a fuzzy logic based blood pressure monitor - the fuzzy logic technology determines if the cuff has been sufficiently inflated. | |
| In this issue we provide examples of our own. Earl Cox illustrates the value of fuzzy logic as a business tool in the areas of substance abuse treatment; mergers and acquisitions analysis; and new product pricing in "the New Face of Fuzzy Logic." In "Aircraft Icing Forecasts from Neural Networks" Donald W. McCann predicts the potential for dangerous weather conditions. Brian M. O'Rourke explores techniques for improving performance using a hybrid financial price predication model in "Analyzing Neural Networks Performance: Applying Fuzzy Clustering and Tree Classification." In "Job Performance: Hiring the Best Candidates at a Lower Cost," Wendell Williams, Neill Carson, and Marge Sherald demonstrate the use of neural networks and genetic algorithms to effectively pre-evaluate prospective employees. We view other examples of applied neural network and fuzzy logic in this issue's AI @ Work with a face recognition system, auto glass breakage analysis, and hi-fi component testing. | |
| Looking at other intelligent technologies, "Text Mining: Making the Most of Unstructured Data" has Will Dwinnell explaining dtSearch, a tool for efficiently indexing, searching, and retrieving data from free form text sources. These sources can include anything from text documents, news articles to web pages. To round out this issue we have speech recognition, intelligent filtering, teaching on the web, representing knowledge in XML, and book reviews on artificial immune systems, robotics and telepresence. | |
| Terry Hengl |
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