1. Haptics for medical applications

   • Kouhei Ohnishi
   • Tomoyuki Shimono
   • Kenji Natori

   Plenary Talk 08 March 2009 Pages: 383 - 389

2. Membrane computing and brain modelling

   • Marion Oswald

   Plenary Talk 08 March 2009 Pages: 390 - 393

3. Modular robotic tiles: experiments for children with autism

   • Henrik Hautop Lund
   • Martin Dam Pedersen
   • Richard Beck

   Invited Talk 08 March 2009 Pages: 394 - 400

4. The development of robot art

   • Luigi Pagliarini
   • Henrik Hautop Lund

   Invited Talk 08 March 2009 Pages: 401 - 405

5. Artificial life and embodied robotics: current issues and future challenges

   • Malachy Eaton
   • J. J. Collins

   Invited Talk 08 March 2009 Pages: 406 - 409

6. A multi-objective strategy in genetic algorithms for gene selection of gene expression data

   • Mohd Saberi Mohamad
   • Sigeru Omatu
   • Michifumi Yoshioka

   Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 410 - 413

7. Selecting informative genes from microarray data by using hybrid methods for cancer classification

   • Mohd Saberi Mohamad
   • Sigeru Omatu
   • Michifumi Yoshioka

   Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 414 - 417

8. Applying a path planner based on RRT to cooperative multirobot box-pushing

   • Takahiro Otani
   • Makoto Koshino

   Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 418 - 422

9. Intelligent desktop NC machine tool with compliant motion capability

   • Fusaomi Nagata
   • Tetsuo Hase
   • Keigo Watanabe

   Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 423 - 427

10. Automatic detection of blood vessels from CTA images employing morphological operation

    • Yoshinori Itai
    • Akiyoshi Yamamoto
    • Seiji Ishikawa

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 428 - 433

11. Effects of nongeometric binary crossover on multiobjective 0/1 knapsack problems

    • N. Tsukamoto
    • Y. Nojima
    • H. Ishibuchi

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 434 - 437

12. Data fusion for skin detection

    • Jamal Ahmad Dargham
    • Ali Chekima
    • Chelsia Amy Doukim

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 438 - 441

13. A study of a jumping one-leg robot with two degrees of freedom

    • S. M. Najib
    • S. Yusoh
    • Yoshihiko Nomura

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 442 - 446

14. Prowling autonomous mobile robot with a network camera

    • Ryutaro Mizokami
    • Yoshihiro Tabuchi
    • Shoujie He

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 447 - 450

15. A numerical solution of the stochastic discrete algebraic Riccati equation

    • Nobuya Takahashi
    • Michio Kono
    • Osamu Sato

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 451 - 454

16. RUNA: a multimodal command language for home robot users

    • Tetsushi Oka
    • Toyokazu Abe
    • Masao Yokota

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 455 - 459

17. Phase diagram and stability of ecosystems

    • Yohsuke Murase
    • Takashi Shimada
    • Nobuyasu Ito

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 460 - 463

18. Neurocontroller with a genetic algorithm for nonholonomic systems: flying robot and four-wheel vehicle examples

    • Hiroshi Kinjo
    • Eiho Uezato
    • Tetsuhiko Yamamoto

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 464 - 469

19. Trial-to-trial variability and its influence on higher-order statistics

    • Kantaro Fujiwara
    • Kazuyuki Aihara

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 470 - 473

20. Nonequilibrium dynamics of a reacting network system

    • Atsushi Kamimura
    • Takashi Shimada
    • Nobuyasu Ito

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 474 - 477

21. A dynamic associative memory system by adopting an amygdala model

    • Takashi Kuremoto
    • Tomonori Ohta
    • Masanao Obayashi

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 478 - 482

22. Online learning method using support vector machine for surface-electromyogram recognition

    • Shuji Kawano
    • Dai Okumura
    • Koichi Tanno

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 483 - 487

23. Robust object recognition using a color co-occurrence histogram and the spatial relations of image patches

    • Heebeom Bang
    • Sanghoon Lee
    • Il Hong Suh

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 488 - 492

24. An indoor localization system in a multiblock workspace

    • YunFei Zu
    • MunGyu Choi
    • JangMyung Lee

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 493 - 499

25. Minimum Nomic: a tool for studying rule dynamics

    • Masaomi Hatakeyama
    • Takashi Hashimoto

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 500 - 503

26. Cooperative control of multiple neural networks for an indoor blimp robot

    • Hidenori Kawamura
    • Hiroyuki Iizuka
    • Azuma Ohuchi

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 504 - 507

27. Parts closure in a kinematic self-replicating programmable constructor

    • William M. Stevens

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 508 - 511

28. VR interactive dialog system with verbal and nonverbal communication

    • Shunji Uchino
    • Norihiro Abe
    • Shouji He

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 512 - 516

29. On the distribution of posterior probability in Bayesian inference with a large number of observations

    • Akira Date

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 517 - 521

30. Adaptive particle allocation for multifocal visual attention based on particle filtering

    • Naomi Yano
    • Tomohiro Shibata
    • Shin Ishii

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 522 - 525

31. A robust reinforcement learning using the concept of sliding mode control

    • M. Obayashi
    • N. Nakahara
    • K. Kobayashi

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 526 - 530

32. Regression analysis of amino acid substitutions and factor IX activity in hemophilia B

    • Makoto Utsunomiya
    • Makoto Sakamoto
    • Hiroshi Furutani

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 531 - 534

33. Haplotype estimation from genotypical data by genetic algorithm

    • Ryuichi Azuma
    • Makoto Sakamoto
    • Hiroshi Furutani

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 535 - 537

34. A reinforcement learning method based on an immune network adapted to a semi-Markov decision process

    • Nagahisa Kogawa
    • Masanao Obayashi
    • Takashi Kuremoto

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 538 - 542

35. Feature extraction of protein expression levels based on classification of functional foods with SOM

    • Tamon Fukushima
    • Kunihito Yamamori
    • Kiyoko Nagahama

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 543 - 546

36. Continuous fatigue level estimation for the classification of fatigued bills based on an acoustic signal feature by a supervised SOM

    • Masaru Teranishi
    • Sigeru Omatu
    • Toshihisa Kosaka

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 547 - 550

37. Simulation of the oregonator model by using deterministic ARMS

    • Mai Umeki
    • Yasuhiro Suzuki

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 551 - 554

38. Artificial living beings and robots: one root, variety of influences

    • Jana Horáková
    • Jozef Kelemen

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 555 - 560

39. A dynamic simulator for humanoid robots

    • Tomislav Reichenbach

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 561 - 565

40. A simple method for simulating biochemical reaction networks

    • Mai Umeki
    • Yasuhiro Suzuki

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 566 - 569

41. Artificial neural network ensemble-based land-cover classifiers using MODIS data

    • Takashi Yamaguchi
    • Kenneth J. Mackin
    • Kazuko Yamasaki

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 570 - 574

42. Designing an algorithm for swarm behavior using the concept of Umwelt

    • Ryusuke Fujisawa
    • Takashi Hashimoto

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 575 - 584

43. An artificial life approach to dense stereo disparity

    • Gustavo Olague
    • Cynthia B. Pérez
    • Evelyne Lutton

    Original Article 08 March 2009 Pages: 585 - 596