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In this paper, an ensemble of clustering trees (ECTs) is adopted to improve the performance of the Fuzzy Min–Max (FMM) network with individual clustering trees. The key advantage of combining FMM and ECT together is to formulate an accurate and useful learning model that is able to perform online clustering and to explain its predictions. The online clustering capability is inherited from the FMM hyperboxes, while the explanatory capability arises from the underlying decision trees of ECT. Four different mean measures, namely harmonic, geometric, arithmetic, and root mean square, are incorporated into FMM for computing its hyperbox centroids. A series of benchmark and real-world data sets are used for evaluating the FMM-ECT performance. The results are analyzed and compared with those from other models. The outcomes indicate that FMM-ECT is able to achieve comparable clustering performances, with the advantage of providing explanations of its predictions using a decision tree. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Transcranial Doppler (TCD) is a reliable technique with the advantage of being non-invasive for the diagnosis of cerebrovascular diseases using blood flow velocity measurements pertaining to the cerebral arterial segments. In this study, the recurrent neural network (RNN) is used to classify TCD signals captured from the brain. A total of 35 real, anonymous patient records are collected, and a series of experiments for stenosis diagnosis is conducted. The extracted features from the TCD signals are used for classification using a number of RNN models with recurrent feedbacks. In addition to individual RNN results, an ensemble RNN model is formed in which the majority voting method is used to combine the individual RNN predictions into an integrated prediction. The results, which include the accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity rates as well as the area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve, are compared with those from the Random Forest Ensemble model. The outcome positively indicates the usefulness of the RNN ensemble as an effective method for detecting and classifying blood flow velocity changes due to brain diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The decision making process in communication is affected by internal and external factors from dynamic environments. Humans can perform a variety of behaviors in a similar situation, unlike robots. This paper discusses human psychological phenomena during communication from the point of view of internal and external factors, such as perception, memory, and emotional information. Based on these, we introduce the personality affected robotic emotional model and the emotion affected associative memory model for the robot. We organize an interactive robot system to provide suitable decisions for the robot. Results from interactive communication experiments indicate that the robot is able to perform different actions based on internal and external factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Highlights • A hybrid model (FMM-BSO) for feature selection and data classification is proposed. • Fuzzy Min–Max (FMM) is first used for incremental learning of data. • A Brain Storm Optimization (BSO) is then used for feature selection. • The outcome indicates that FMM-BSO is able to produce promising results. Abstract Swarm intelligence (SI)-based optimization methods have been extensively used to tackle feature selection problems. A feature selection method extracts the most significant features and removes irrelevant ones from the data set, in order to reduce feature dimensionality and improve the classification accuracy. This paper combines the incremental learning Fuzzy Min–Max (FMM) neural network and Brain Storm Optimization (BSO) to undertake feature selection and classification problems. Firstly, FMM is used to create a number of hyperboxes incrementally. BSO, which is inspired by the human brainstorming process, is then employed to search for an optimal feature subset. Ten benchmark problems and a real-world case study are conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed FMM-BSO. In addition, the bootstrap method with the 95% confidence intervals is used to quantify the results statistically. The experimental results indicate that FMM-BSO is able to produce promising results as compared with those from the original FMM network and other state-of-the-art feature selection methods such as particle swarm optimization, genetic algorithm, and ant lion optimization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]