A fuzzy classifier using multiple ellipsoids approximating decision regions for classification is to be designed in this paper. An algorithm called Gustafson-Kessel algorithm (GKA) with an adaptive distance norm based on covariance matrices of prototype data points is adopted to learn the ellipsoids. GKA is able to adapt the distance norm to the underlying distribution of the prototype data poi...

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Some of the well-known fuzzy clustering algorithms are based on Euclidean distance function, which can only be used to detect spherical structural clusters. Gustafson-Kessel clustering algorithm and Gath-Geva clustering algorithm were developed to detect non-spherical structural clusters. However, the former needs added constraint of fuzzy covariance matrix, the later can only be used for the d...

We and others have found it fruitful to assume that users, when interacting with spoken dialogue systems, perceive the systems and their actions metaphorically. Common metaphors include the human metaphor and the interface metaphor (cf. Edlund, Heldner, & Gustafson, 2006). In the interface metaphor, the spoken dialogue system is perceived as a machine interface – often but not always a computer...

In this work the importance of fuzzy based clustering methods is highlighted and their applications in the field of chemoinformatics, and issues involved are reviewed. The various methods and approaches of fuzzy clustering are outlined. The issue of number of valid clusters in a dataset is also discussed. The hyper dimensional chemical datasets are traditionally been treated only with the help ...

In recent decades, acidifiers have emerged as viable alternatives to antibiotics in swine diets, in order to stimulate optimal growth performance and prevent various enteric diseases. Antimicrobials have been used for more than 50 years to enhance growth performance and prevent various pig diseases (Gustafson & Bowen, 1997). There is growing public awareness of the relationship between the feed...

Presently, organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) have largely replaced organochlorine compounds in the agricultural activities. Total turnover of OPs has increased around the world. Their residues have been detected in ground and drinking waters (Barceló, 1993), natural surface waters (Hernández et al., 1996), marine organisms (Barceló et al., 1990) and food products (Gunderson, 1995; Dejonkeheer e...

Joseph Selling proposes a contemporary revision of natural law ethics, making it more person-centered. Earlier James Gustafson insisted that natural law ethics was too egoist or anthropocentric, so his work proposed theocentrism as a corrective. Richard Gula in turn proposed an ethics that centers on imitating God’s relationships. This essay combines the merits of all three with the author’s ow...

In clustering we often face the situation that only a subset of the available attributes is relevant for forming clusters, even though this may not be known beforehand. In such cases it is desirable to have a clustering algorithm that automatically weights attributes or even selects a proper subset. In this paper I study such an approach for fuzzy clustering, which is based on the idea to trans...