Restorative Justice Realities. Empirical research in a European context
Optical Fibre Communication Systems - Final Report
Advances in Crop Transformation and the Analysis of Transgenic Populations
The Evolution of Rules for a Single European Market - Part 1 Industry and Finance
Empfehlungen für die fahrgastfreundliche und behindertengerechte gestaltung von umsteigehaltestellen an den verknüpfungspunkten des städtischen und regionalen personenverkehrs für die neuen bundesland
COST Evaluation - Draft Synthesis Report
Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Applications of Modelling as an Innovative Technology in the Agri-Food-Chain
- Pages: 448
- Author(s): P. Barreiro, M.L.A.T.M. Hertog, F.J. Arranz, B. Diezma, E.C. Correa
- Publisher(s): ISHS
- http://www.actahort.org/books/802/
This Symposium was hosted by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid as an initiative of Working Group 5 of COST Action 924. The earlier Model-IT were organised in The Netherlands, New Zealand nad Leuven, and their results and publications by ISHS have shown that the tradition that started ten years ago is still attractive. For proper chain management, good and realiable predictive models covering all aspects of the food chain are necessary to control and optimise the food chain, going from farm to fork, with respect to quality and safety. This wide range was mirrored by the expertises displayed in the various conference contributions. Furthermore, the symposium offered the participants four workshops specially prepared for this occasion. We hope that these proceedings will be a source of inspiration to students and reserachers in industry and academia.
Overview of the activities in the Domain of Telecommunications, Information Science and Technology
- Pages: 70
- Author(s): COST Office
- Publisher(s): OPOCE
- http://www.cordis.lu/cost/src/tisthome.htm
COST-TIST covers all COST research activities in the field of Telecommunications and Information technologies, services and applications. COST Actions in this area have successfully contributed to the aims of the European Research Area by brining a large set of national, industrial and university research activities in the field together into a common framework of research objectives.
Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing: Towards Advanced Data Analysis by Combining Soft Computing and Statistics
- Pages: 378
- Author(s): C. borgelt, M.A. Gil, J. M.C. Sousa, M. Verleysen (Eds)
- Publisher(s): Springer
- http://www.springer.com/engineering/computational+intelligence+and+complexity/book/978-3-642-30277-0
- ISBN/ISSN: 978-3-642-30278-7
- EUR: 139.05
– The book aims to describe how soft computing and statical methods can be used together to improve data analysis
– Advances research in soft computing and statical methods for data analysis
– Written by leading experts in the field
Soft computing, as an engineering science, and statistics, as a classical branch of mathematics, emphasise different aspects of data analysis.
Soft computing focuses on obtaining working solutions quickly, accepting approximations and unconventional approaches. Its strength lies in its flexibility to create models that suit the needs arising in applications. In addition, it emphasises the need for intuitive and interpretable models, which are tolerant to imprecision and uncertainty.
Statistics is more rigorous and focuses on establishing objective conclusions based on experimental data by analysing the possible situations and their (relative) likelihood. It emphasises the need for mathematical methods and tools to assess solutions and guarantee performance.
Combining the two fields enhances the robustness and generalisability of data analysis methods, while preserving the flexibility to solve real-world problems efficiently and intuitively.