Research in computer science in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences /

This book is a collection of papers devoted to the emergence and development in Bulgarian Academy of Sciences of some of the areas of informatics, including artificial intelligence. The papers are prepared by specialists from the Academy, some of whom are among the founders of these scientific and a...

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Corporate Authors: Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund, ProQuest ebook central
Other Authors: Atanasov, Krasimir (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2021
Cham : 2021
Cham, Switzerland : [2021]
Series:Studies in computational intelligence ; 934
Studies in computational intelligence ; v. 934
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • In Short About Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • Computer Science Research-Unity in Variety
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Software Quality Evaluation and Management
  • 2.1 Quality Assessment by Means of Classification Methods
  • 2.2 Quality Management
  • 2.3 Software Quality Assurance Through Comparative Analysis
  • 2.4 Quality-Related Research in the Field of Programming Languages
  • 3 Data Mining and Semantic Analysis
  • 3.1 Class-Association Rules Classifier PGN
  • 3.2 Semantic Image Retrieval
  • 3.3 Emotion Recognition from Speech
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • In Short About Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • Computer Science Research-Unity in Variety
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Software Quality Evaluation and Management
  • 2.1 Quality Assessment by Means of Classification Methods
  • 2.2 Quality Management
  • 2.3 Software Quality Assurance Through Comparative Analysis
  • 2.4 Quality-Related Research in the Field of Programming Languages
  • 3 Data Mining and Semantic Analysis
  • 3.1 Class-Association Rules Classifier PGN
  • 3.2 Semantic Image Retrieval
  • 3.3 Emotion Recognition from Speech
  • 4 Information Systems and Communities
  • 4.1 Context-Aware ICT Applications
  • 4.2 Virtual Community as a Production Environment
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • The Achievements of the Technical Sciences in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) in Automation, Robotics and Computers During the Past Century
  • References
  • Brief History of the Bulgarian Computing
  • References
  • Soft Computing: Three Decades Fuzzy Models and Applications
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Soft Computing in Development
  • 3 Towards the Multicriteria Fuzzy Decision Making
  • 4 Fuzzy Decision Making Software in Economic Clustering
  • 5 Fuzzy Inference System in Support of Financial Investments
  • 6 Genetic Fuzzy System for Asset Management
  • 7 Fuzzy Methods and Applications
  • 8 Presenting the Results to the Scientific Community
  • 9 Instead of a Conclusion
  • References
  • The Contribution of the Academic Institute for Technical Cybernetics and Robotics (ITCR) to the Initiation, the Development and the Serial Production of Personal Computers in Bulgaria
  • References
  • Pattern Recognition Development in Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • 1 Institute of Technical Cybernetics (ITC, 1970-1980)
  • 2 Institute of Technical Cybernetics and Robotics (ITCR, 1981-1989)
  • In Short About Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • Computer Science Research-Unity in Variety
  • The Achievements of the Technical Sciences in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) in Automation, Robotics and Computers During the Past Century
  • Brief History of the Bulgarian Computing
  • Soft Computing: Three Decades Fuzzy Models and Applications
  • The Contribution of the Academic Institute for Technical Cybernetics and Robotics (ITCR) to the Initiation, the Development and the Serial Production of Personal Computers in Bulgaria
  • Pattern Recognition Development in Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • On the History of Artificial Intelligence in Bulgaria
  • Computer Algebra Applications in the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • Generalized Nets. An Overview of the Main Results and Applications
  • On Intuitionistic Fuzziness
  • Acoustic Analysis of Voices
  • The Mathematical Aspects of Some Problems from Coding Theory
  • Research on Artificial Neural Networks in Bulgarian Academy of sciences
  • An Overview of Multi-criteria Decision Making Models and Software Systems
  • Methods for Modelling of Overall Telecommunication Systems
  • Results Connected to Time Series Analysis and Machine Learning
  • Metaheuristic Algorithms: Theory and Applications
  • In silico Studies of Biologically Active Molecules
  • Survey on Theory and Applications of InterCriteria Analysis Approach
  • Academic ICT Research for Defence and Security
  • Informatics Approaches for Forest Fire Spread Prediction
  • 1 Institute of Technical Cybernetics (ITC, 1970-1980)
  • 2 Institute of Technical Cybernetics and Robotics (ITCR, 1981-1989)
  • 3 Institute of Informatics (II, 1991-1993) and Institute of Information Technologies (IIT, 1994-2010)
  • References
  • On the History of Artificial Intelligence in Bulgaria
  • References
  • Computer Algebra Applications in the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • 1 Computer Algebra Systems. Some Applications in IMI
  • 1.1 Computer Algebra Systems
  • 1.2 Computer Algebra Applications in IMI-General Notes
  • 1.3 Use of Computer-Aided Symbolic and Algebraic Computations in Research
  • 1.4 Development of Special Purpose CAS and Program Packages for Solving Specific Problems
  • 1.5 Conceptual Aspects of the CA Applications
  • 1.6 Applications in Education
  • 1.7 National and International Activities, University Courses, Etc.
  • 2 Application of the Operational Calculus Approach to Solving Initial and Boundary Value Problems for Some Classes of Differential Equations, in the Environment of a Computer Algebra System
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Heaviside Algorithm
  • 2.1 Linear Programming on mathbbSn-1
  • 2.2 Universal LP Bounds for the Size of Spherical Codes and Designs
  • 2.3 Energy Bounds
  • 2.4 Test Functions and Second Level Bounds
  • 2.5 Some Research Directions
  • 3 Linear Codes over Finite Fields and Arcs in Finite Projective Spaces
  • 3.1 MDS-Codes
  • 3.2 Near-MDS Codes
  • 4 Linear Codes over Finite Chain Rings and Arcs in Projective Hjelmslev Spaces
  • 4.1 Linear Codes over Finite Chain Rings
  • 4.2 The Equivalence of Arcs in Projective Hjelmslev Spaces And Linear Codes over Finite Chain Rings
  • 4.3 Linear Codes over Finite Chain Rings of Constant Homogeneous Weight
  • 5 Other Security Research in BAS
  • References
  • Research on Artificial Neural Networks in Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Theoretical Advances and Analyses
  • 2.1 Theoretical Analyses
  • 2.2 Training Approaches and Novel Designs
  • 2.3 Neuro-Hybrid Approaches
  • 3 Hardware and Parallel and Distributed Implementations
  • 4 Applications of ANNs
  • 5 Conclusions
  • References
  • An Overview of Multi-criteria Decision Making Models and Software Systems
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Multi-criteria Decision Making Models
  • 2.1 Models with a Priori and Exact Articulation of DM Preferences
  • 2.2 Models with Fuzzy Preferences
  • 2.3 Models with Interactive Participation of DM
  • 3 Models Based on Bi-level Optimization
  • 4 Group Decision-Making Models
  • 5 Software Systems for Decision-Making
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Methods for Modelling of Overall Telecommunication Systems
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Classical Model of Overall Telecommunication System
  • 2.1 Base Virtual Devices Representation and Their Parameters
  • 2.2 Types and Names of the Base Virtual Devices
  • 2.3 Comprise Virtual Devices
  • 2.4 Paths of the Calls
  • 2.5 Formulation of General Teletraffic Tasks
  • 2.6 Main Assumptions
  • 3 QoS Prediction Task
  • 2.13 A Two-Dimensional Operational Calculus for Boundary Value Problems
  • 2.14 Two-Dimensional Convolutions. Operational Calculi for l and L
  • 2.15 Duhamel-Type Representations of Solutions of BVPs
  • 2.16 Program Packages for the Considered BVPs
  • 2.17 Resonance Vibrations of String and Beam Under Integral Boundary Conditions
  • 2.18 Concluding Remarks
  • 3 Notes on Some Current and Future Aspects of the Computer Algebra Applications in IMI
  • References
  • Generalized Nets. An Overview of the Main Results and Applications
  • 1 A Short Introduction to the Concept of Generalized Nets
  • 1.1 Definition of a Generalized Net
  • 1.2 Algorithms for Transition Functioning and GN Functioning
  • 2 Extensions of the GNs and Reduced GNs
  • 2.1 Some Recent Extensions of the GNs
  • 2.2 Reduced GNs
  • 3 Operators over GNs
  • 3.1 Global Operators
  • 3.2 Local Operators
  • 3.3 Hierarchical Operators
  • 3.4 Reducing Operators
  • 3.5 Extending Operators
  • 3.6 Dynamical Operators
  • 4 Software Realization
  • 4.1 GN IDE Visual Representation
  • 4.2 GN API
  • 4.3 GNs Operators Implementation in GN IDE
  • 4.4 GN Web Simulator
  • 5 Applications of Generalized Nets
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References
  • On Intuitionistic Fuzziness
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Basic Definitions and Notions
  • 3 General Overview of the Main Results on Intuitionistic Fuzziness
  • 3.1 Theoretical Results
  • 4 Applications of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets
  • 4.1 Practical Applications of the Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets to Medicine and Classification
  • 4.2 Practical Application of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Logic
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Acoustic Analysis of Voices
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 New Parameters, Methods and Systems
  • References
  • The Mathematical Aspects of Some Problems from Coding Theory
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Universal Linear Programming Bounds for Spherical Codes and Designs
  • 3 Institute of Informatics (II, 1991-1993) and Institute of Information Technologies (IIT, 1994-2010)
  • References
  • On the History of Artificial Intelligence in Bulgaria
  • References
  • Computer Algebra Applications in the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • 1 Computer Algebra Systems. Some Applications in IMI
  • 1.1 Computer Algebra Systems
  • 1.2 Computer Algebra Applications in IMI-General Notes
  • 1.3 Use of Computer-Aided Symbolic and Algebraic Computations in Research
  • 1.4 Development of Special Purpose CAS and Program Packages for Solving Specific Problems
  • 1.5 Conceptual Aspects of the CA Applications
  • 1.6 Applications in Education
  • 1.7 National and International Activities, University Courses, Etc.
  • 2 Application of the Operational Calculus Approach to Solving Initial and Boundary Value Problems for Some Classes of Differential Equations, in the Environment of a Computer Algebra System
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Heaviside Algorithm
  • 2.3 Solving Initial Value Problems for Linear Ordinary Differential Equation Using the Heaviside Algorithm
  • 2.4 Program Implementation of the Heaviside Algorithm
  • 2.5 Program Package for the Heaviside Algorithm
  • 2.6 Extension of the Heaviside Algorithm to a Class of Boundary Value Problems for LODE with Constant Coefficients. Periodic Solutions of Such Equations
  • 2.7 An Operational Method for Solving the Auxiliary Problem. Convolution of Dimovski
  • 2.8 Program Implementation of the Algorithm
  • 2.9 Program Package
  • 2.10 Mean-Periodic Solutions of LODE with Constant Coefficients
  • 2.11 Advantages of the Presented Approach for Obtaining Periodic Solutions of LODE with Constant Coefficients
  • 2.12 Operational Calculus Approach for Solving Boundary Value Problems for Some Partial Differential Equations
  • 3.1 QoS Prediction Task Formulation
  • 3.2 Derivation of Equations About the Dynamic Parameters
  • 3.3 A System of Equations Characterizing the Overall State of the Telecommunication System
  • 3.4 Numerical Results
  • 4 Dimensioning and Redimensioning Tasks
  • 4.1 Network Dimensioning Task
  • 5 A Model of Overall Telecommunication System Including a Queuing System in the Switching Stage
  • 5.1 Conceptual Models of Queuing Systems in Service Networks
  • 5.2 Conceptual Model of Overall Telecommunication System Including a Queuing System
  • 5.3 Derivation of Analytical Expressions for the Parameters of the Queuing System
  • 6 Directions for Future Research
  • References
  • Results Connected to Time Series Analysis and Machine Learning
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Nonlinear Time Series Analysis and Population Dynamics
  • 3 Analysis of Time Series from Natural, Biological, Technical and Social Systems
  • 4 Statistical Analysis of Extreme Events
  • 5 Time Series Analysis and Economic Systems
  • 6 Data Analysis for Evaluation of Research Production
  • 7 Statistical Analysis of Networks Models of Social Systems
  • 8 Exact Solutions of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
  • 9 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Metaheuristic Algorithms: Theory and Applications
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Genetic Algorithms
  • 2.1 Modifications of Genetic Algorithms
  • 2.2 Hybridization of Genetic Algorithms
  • 2.3 Genetic Algorithms Applications
  • 3 Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm
  • 3.1 Ant Colony Optimization Modifications and Improvements
  • 3.2 Application of Ant Colony Optimization
  • 4 Other Metaheuristic Algorithms
  • 4.1 Cuckoo Search
  • 4.2 Firefly Algorithm
  • 4.3 Artificial Bee Colony Algorithms
  • 4.4 Evolutionary Algorithms
  • 4.5 Bat Algorithm
  • 4.6 Water Cycle Algorithm
  • 4.7 Simulated Annealing Algorithm
  • 4.8 Tabu Search Algorithm
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 4 Fuzzy Decision Making Software in Economic Clustering
  • 5 Fuzzy Inference System in Support of Financial Investments
  • 6 Genetic Fuzzy System for Asset Management
  • 7 Fuzzy Methods and Applications
  • 8 Presenting the Results to the Scientific Community
  • 9 Instead of a Conclusion
  • References
  • The Contribution of the Academic Institute for Technical Cybernetics and Robotics (ITCR) to the Initiation, the Development and the Serial Production of Personal Computers in Bulgaria
  • References
  • Pattern Recognition Development in Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • 4 Information Systems and Communities
  • 4.1 Context-Aware ICT Applications
  • 4.2 Virtual Community as a Production Environment
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • The Achievements of the Technical Sciences in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) in Automation, Robotics and Computers During the Past Century
  • References
  • Brief History of the Bulgarian Computing
  • References
  • Soft Computing: Three Decades Fuzzy Models and Applications
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Soft Computing in Development
  • 3 Towards the Multicriteria Fuzzy Decision Making
  • References