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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Nature-Inspired Informatics for Intelligent Applications and Knowledge Discovery: </span></i></b><b><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #555555; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Implications in Business, Science and Engineering</span></i></b><b><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">A book edited by </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Raymond</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Chiong</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><br>
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Swinburne</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">University</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> of Technology (Sarawak Campus), </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Malaysia</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> </span></p>
<p><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Introduction</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><br>Nature is always a source of inspiration. In recent years, nature has stimulated many successful techniques, algorithms and computational applications. When the complex nature is modelled with computational processes, some conventionally difficult problems could be solved through the design and development of novel computing systems. These systems are often enthused by the metaphorical use of concepts, principles and mechanisms based on natural patterns, behaviours and living organisms. Various disciplines such as Business, Science and Engineering nowadays strive to go beyond their current limits with the adoption of these systems.</span></p>
<p><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Objective of the Book</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><br>The main objective of this book is to provide a central source of reference on nature-inspired algorithms and their applications for knowledge discovery in the fields of Business, Science and Engineering. It will contain open-solicited and invited chapters written by leading researchers and well-known academics in relevant fields. All articles will be reviewed by three independent reviewers. The book will cover the state-of-the-art as well as latest research discoveries and applications, thus making it a valuable reference for a large community of audiences. </span></p>
<p><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Target Audience</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><br>This book will be an important reference to researchers/academics working in the field of natural computation and its related areas such as artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems, machine learning, data mining, etc. It will also be a potential resource for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students. </span></p>
<p><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:</span></b></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">§<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Particle swarm optimisation</span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">§<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Integration of natural computing techniques in intelligent systems</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">§<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Implementation issues of natural computing techniques</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">§<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Natural computing approaches for multi-objective optimisation</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">§<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Natural computing approaches in natural language processing, image processing, pattern recognition, planning and scheduling, information security, software engineering, bioinformatics and data mining, etc</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Submission Procedure</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit <i>on or before </i></span><b><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">March 31, 2008</span></i></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by </span><b><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">April 28, 2008</span></i></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by </span><b><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">June 30, 2008</span></i></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), <a href="http://www.igi-global.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#333366">http://www.igi-global.com/</font></a>, publisher of the IGI Publishing (formerly Idea Group Publishing), Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing, Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), and Medical Information Science Reference imprints. </span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to:</span></i></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Raymond Chiong<br></span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">School</span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> of </span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Information Technology<br>
Swinburne University</span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> of Technology (</span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Sarawak</span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> Campus)<br>
State Complex, 93576 </span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Kuching<br>Sarawak</span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">, </span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Malaysia</span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><br>
Tel.: +60 82 416 353 • Fax: +60 82 423 594<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:rchiong@swinburne.edu.my"><font color="#333366">rchiong@swinburne.edu.my</font></a> </span></b></p>
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