This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2007. Coverage in the 144 revised full papers presented includes formal approaches, computation and simulation in modeling biological systems, intelligent information processing, heuristic problem solving, signal processing architectures, robotics and robotic soccer, cybercars and intelligent vehicles and artificial intelligence components.
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Systems Theory and Simulation: Formal Approaches.- On Evolutionary Systems.- A Systems Theoretic Approach to the Design of Scalable Cryptographic Hash Functions.- Modelling an Activity in Wireless Sensors Network.- Explanatory Model for the Break of Logic Equivalence by Irrational Agents in Elkan's Paradox.- Entropy-Based Modeling and Simulation of Evolution in Biological Systems.- Logistic Regression as a Computational Tool for Dealing with Intransitivity.- Synoptic Maps Forecast Using Spatio-temporal Models.- Ontology-Based Modelling of Session Management Policies for Groupware Applications.- Computer Aided Development and Simulation of a Remote Control VTOL Tiltwing Model Aircraft.- A Simulation Study of New Security Schemes in Mobile Ad-Hoc NETworks.- An Open Modular System for Monitoring Remote Sensors.- A Structure for Generalized Space-Time Processing: The Feedforward Visual Case.- Arrays and Continuous Attributes.- Neuro-Immune-Endocrine (NIE) Models for Emergency Services Interoperatibility.- Automatic Change Detection in Dynamical System with Chaos Based on Model, Fractal Dimension and Recurrence Plot.- Picard Discretization of Nonlinear Systems: Symbolic or Numeric Implementation?.- An Object-Oriented and Generic Compiler Generator.- A k-NN Based Perception Scheme for Reinforcement Learning.- Computation and Simulation in Modelling Biological Systems.- On the Estimation of First-Passage Time Densities for a Class of Gauss-Markov Processes.- Simulation of Myosin II Dynamics Modeled by a Pulsating Ratchet with Double-Well Potentials.- Random Motion with Gamma-Distributed Alternating Velocities in Biological Modeling.- A Prey-Predator Model for Immune Response and Drug Resistance in Tumor Growth.- On First-Passage Problems for Asymmetric One-Dimensional Diffusions.- Multivariate Imputation of Genotype Data Using Short and Long Range Disequilibrium.- Neonatal EEG Sleep Stages Modelling by Temporal Profiles.- Intelligent Information Processing.- On the Representation of Imperative Programs in a Logical Framework.- Using Coq to Understand Nested Datatypes.- Towards a Decentralized and Structured Network of P2P Public Information Screens.- NowOnWeb: News Search and Summarization.- Verification of Program Properties Using Different Theorem Provers: A Case Study.- Temporal Equilibrium Logic: A First Approach.- A Distributed Filesystem for Spare Storage.- Generation of Indexes for Compiling Efficient Parsers from Formal Specifications.- From Text to Knowledge.- XML Rules for Enclitic Segmentation.- Certified Genetic Algorithms: Crossover Operators for Permutations.- Contextual Spelling Correction.- Multiple Label Text Categorization on a Hierarchical Thesaurus.- A Formal Foundation for Knowledge Integration of Defficent Information in the Semantic Web.- Using Temporal Logic for Spatial Reasoning: Temporalized Propositional Neighborhood Logic.- An Integrated Approach to Filtering Phishing E-mails.- Formal Reasoning on a Web Coordination System.- A Multi-agent System for Information Retrieval.- Knowledge Integration from Multidimensional Data Sources.- Computers in Education.- Evolution of the Design and Implementation of Tutor: A Web-Based Educational System for University Courses.- Using Videogames in Special Education.- Facing the Challenges of the European Higher Education Area: The dMath Project.- A Study of Tool Support for the Evaluation of Programming Exercises.- Aplying a Semantic Hypermedia Model to Adaptive Concept Maps in Education.- Towards Virtual Course Evaluation Using Web Intelligence.- KRRT: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Tutor System.- Fuzzy Adaptive Objects (Logic of Monitors as Agents).- E-Learning Platform as a Teaching Support in Psychology.- Wiki Use in Learning for Topography Spanish Students.- Grid Computing.- An Interactive Job Manager for Globus.- Interactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations on the Grid.- Extending the Globus Architecture with Role-Based Trust Management.- GRID Software Solution for the Segmentation of the Coronary Artery Tree in Biplane Angiograms.- An Intelligent Scatter with Estimation of Distribution for Tabu Search.- A Framework of GRID Problem-Solving Environment Employing Robust Evolutionary Search.- A Resources Virtualization Approach Supporting Uniform Access to Heterogeneous Grid Resources.- Applied Formal Verification.- Pattern-Based Verification for Trees.- Using Verification Technology to Specify and Detect Malware.- A Compositional Approach for Equivalence Checking of Sequential Circuits with Unknown Reset State and Overlapping Partitions.- Efficient Model Checking of Applications with Input/Output.- Ant Colony Optimization for Model Checking.- On Combining 01X-Logic and QBF.- Model Checking a Video-on-Demand Server Using McErlang.- Compressing Propositional Proofs by Common Subproof Extraction.- Verification of ACTL Properties by Bounded Model Checking.- Cellular Automata.- Application of Linear Hybrid Cellular Automata to Stream Ciphers.- A Highly Nonlinear Cellular FSM-Combiner for Stream Ciphers.- Variations on Neighborhoods in CA.- Hardware Modelling of Cellular Automata: The Game of Life Case.- Solving the Exploration's Problem with Several Creatures More Efficiently.- A New Time-Optimum Synchronization Algorithm for Two-Dimensional Cellular Arrays.- Computer Vision.- 3D Motion Estimation Using a Combination of Correlation and Variational Methods for PIV.- Helicopter Flight Dynamics Using Soft Computing Models.- Movement Identification Analysis Based on Motion Capture.- Algorithmic Lateral Inhibition Formal Model for Real-Time Motion Detection.- Second Order Variational Optic Flow Estimation.- An Application of Optical Flow: Slow Motion Effect on Streaming Image Sequences.- Comparing Self-calibration Methods for Static Cameras.- Automation of Snakes in Medical Images.- Symmetric Optical Flow.- Real-Time Stereo Visual SLAM in Large-Scale Environments Based on SIFT Fingerprints.- Tool for Creation Realistic Animation of Human-Like Figures: TRAF.- An Annotation Tool for Video Understanding.- Temporal Constraints in Large Optical Flow Estimation.- Comparing Improved Versions of 'K-Means' and 'Subtractive' Clustering in a Tracking Application.- FPGA Real Time Lane Departure Warning Hardware System.- Efficient Combination of the Fuzzy Hough Transform and the Burns Segment Detector.- Using Fisher Kernel on 2D-Shape Identification.- Heuristic Problem Solving.- Benefits of Plugin-Based Heuristic Optimization Software Systems.- Metaheuristic Approaches for Optimal Broadcasting Design in Metropolitan MANETs.- The Influence of Data Implementation in the Performance of Evolutionary Algorithms.- Heuristic Approach to Conflict Problem Solving in an Intelligent Multiagent System.- Optimal Placement of Sensors for Trilateration: Regular Lattices vs Meta-heuristic Solutions.- Selection Pressure Driven Sliding Window Behavior in Genetic Programming Based Structure Identification.- Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms Using the Working Point and the TOPSIS Method.- Self-organizing Feature Maps to Solve the Undirected Rural Postman Problem.- Optimization Methods for Large-Scale Production Scheduling Problems.- Self-adaptive Population Size Adjustment for Genetic Algorithms.- Parallel Tabu Search and the Multiobjective Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Soft Time Windows.- Bandit-Based Monte-Carlo Planning for the Single-Machine Total Weighted Tardiness Scheduling Problem.- Using GAs to Obta…