Systems Theory and Simulation: Formal Approaches.- Kolmogorov Stream Ciphers.- Morphotronic System (Theory).- Knowledge Discovery in Databases Using Multivalued Array Algebra.- Local Space-Time Systems Simulation of Linear and Non-linear Retinal Processes.- Analytical Representation of Intrinsic Directionality in Retinal Cells.- Linear Complexity Measures for Multi-valued Cryptographic Data Streams by Application of the Rissanen Partial Realization Method.- A Software Implementation of the Rissanen Method for Partial Linear Systems Realization.- New Frontiers in the Validation of Simulation Models-Structural Dominance Analysis.- Optimizing the Hardware Usage of Parallel FSMs.- SynPSL: Behavioral Synthesis of PSL Assertions.- Learning Autonomous Helicopter Flight with Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning.- Designing Communication Space in Wireless Sensor Network Based on Relational Attempt.- Boundary Scan Security Enhancements for a Cryptographic Hardware.- Automated Design of Totally Self-Checking Sequential Circuits.- A General Purpouse Control System.- Computation and Simulation in Modelling Biological Systems.- On the First Exit Time Problem for a Gompertz-Type Tumor Growth.- A Neuronal Model with Excitatory and Inhibitory Inputs Governed by a Birth-Death Process.- Diffusion Processes Subject to Catastrophes.- Automatic System Identification of Tissue Abnormalities Based on 2D B-Mode Ultrasound Images.- Vision-An Essay from a Computational View Point.- On a Generalized Leaky Integrate-and-Fire Model for Single Neuron Activity.- Mathematical and Computational Modeling of Neurons and Neuronal Ensembles.- Intelligent Information Processing.- The Foldl Operator as a Coequalizer Using Coq.- Algorithm for Testing the Leibniz Algebra Structure.- Automatic Drusen Detection from Digital Retinal Images: AMD Prevention.- A Study of Extracting Knowledge from Guideline Documents.- Modelling Differential Structures in Proof Assistants: The Graded Case.- Vascular Landmark Detection in Retinal Images.- Web Applications: A Proposal to Improve Response Time and Its Application to MOODLE.- Functional Disambiguation Using the Syntactic Structures Algorithm for Each Functional Interpretation for Spanish Language.- On Similarity in Case-Based Reasoning for Structural Health Monitoring.- A Distributed System for Massive Generation of Synthetic Video Using GPUs.- Using a Rank Fusion Technique to Improve Shot Boundary Detection Effectiveness.- Step-Guided Clinical Workflow Fulfilment Measure for Clinical Guidelines.- Debugging and Verification of Multi-Agent Systems.- Easing the Definition of N-Ary Relations for Supporting Spatio-Temporal Models in OWL.- Applied Formal Verification.- Separation of Transitions, Actions, and Exceptions in Model-Based Testing.- Automatic Test Generation for Coverage Analysis Using CBMC.- Self-healing Assurance Based on Bounded Model Checking.- Effective Bit-Width and Under-Approximation.- Observable Runtime Behavior for Defects Indicated by Automated Static Analysis.- Computer Vision and Image Processing.- Real-Time Vision-Based Vehicle Detection for Rear-End Collision Mitigation Systems.- Real-Time Hierarchical GPS Aided Visual SLAM on Urban Environments.- Tomographic Image Reconstruction Using Abstractions.- Unsupervised Clustering Using Diffusion Maps for Local Shape Modelling.- Sensibility Analysis of an Object Movement Forecast Approximation in Real Image Sequences.- Angular Contour Parameterization for Signature Identification.- Image Sequences Noise Reduction: An Optical Flow Based Approach.- Mobile and Autonomous Systems: Robots and Cars.- From Industrial to Ubiqitous Robots.- WiFi Localization System Using Fuzzy Rule-Based Classification.- Vehicle Detection Based on Laser Radar.- Biomimetic Controller for Situated Robots Based on State-Driven Behaviour.- Supporting Information Services for Travellers of Public Transport by Road.- Applying Reinforcement Learning to Multi-robot System Behavior Coordination.- ...
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2009, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain in February 2009.
The 120 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on systems theory and simulation: formal approaches, computation and simulation in modeling biological Systems, intelligent information processing, applied formal verification, computer vision and image processing, mobile and autonomous systems: robots and cars, simulation based system optimization, signal processing methods in systems design and cybernetics, polynomial models in control system design, heurist problem solving, simulation and formal methods in systems design and engineering, models of co-operative engineering systems.