Image thresholding has played an important role in image segmentation. In this paper, we present a novel spatially weighted fuzzy c-means (SWFCM) clustering algorithm for image thresholding. The algorithm is formulated by incorporating the spatial neighborhood information into the standard FCM clustering algorithm. Two improved implementations of the k-nearest neighbor (k-NN) algorithm are intr...

What is granular computing? As we have said in [6]: There are no mathematically valid formal definitions yet. Informally, any computing theory/technology that involves elements and granules (generalized subsets) may be called granular computing (GrC). Intuitively, elements are the data, and granules are the basic knowledge. So granular computing includes data and knowledge computing/engineering...

Fuzzy integrals as image lters provide a standard representational form which generalize linear lters such as the averaging lter, morphological lters such as at dilations and erosions, and order statistic lters such as the median lter. However, fuzzy integral lters are computationally intensive. Computing the output value obtained by fuzzy integral ltering at a point involves sorting all the pi...

this paper introduces an indirect adaptive fuzzy sliding mode controller as a power system stabilizer for damping local and inter-area modes of oscillations of multi-machine power systems. this controller is designed based on the combination of sliding mode controller and the fuzzy logic systems. the fuzzy systems are used to approximate the unknown functions of power system model. generator sp...

Image segmentation plays an important role for machine vision applications. In this paper, we present a new segmentation strategy based on fuzzy clustering algorithm. The new algorithm includes the spatial interactions by assuming that the statistical model of segmented image regions is Gibbs Random Field ( GRF ). We specitjl the neighborhood system, the associated cliques. and the potentials o...

Routing is an important functional aspect in wireless ad hoc networks that handles discovering and maintaining the paths between nodes within a network. Due to nodes’ mobility, the efficiency of a dynamic ad hoc routing protocol depends highly on updating speed of network topology changes. To achieve continuous updated routing tables, the nodes periodically broadcast short Hello messages to the...

Routing is an important functional aspect in wireless ad-hoc networks that handles discovering and maintaining the paths between nodes within a network. Due to nodes mobility, the efficiency of a dynamic ad-hoc routing protocol depends highly on updating speed of network topology changes. To achieve continuous updated routing tables, the nodes periodically broadcast short hello messages to thei...

This paper presents a novel differential evolution (DE) algorithm using a dynamic strategy, local search, and a self-adaptive scaling factor (DELSBP ) to enhance the performance of the traditional DE algorithm. The DELSBP consists of a dynamic strategy, which updates the optimal vector instantaneously, and back-propagation-based local search, which enhances its searching capability from the cor...

Urban neighborhoods are a unique form of geography in that their boundaries rely on a social definition rather than a well-defined physical or administrative boundary. Currently, geographic gazetteers capture little more than then the centroid of a neighborhood, limiting potential applications of the data. In this paper, we present μ-shapes, an algorithm that employs fuzzy-set theory to model n...