Intelligent computing theories and technology

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2013, held in Nanning, China, in July 2013. The 79 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 561 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on systems biology and computational biology; cognitive science and computational neuroscience; knowledge discovery and data mining; machine learning theory and methods; biomedical informatics theory and methods; complex systems theory and methods; natural language processing and computational linguistics; fuzzy theory and models; fuzzy systems and soft computing; particle swarm optimization and niche technology; swarm intelligence and optimization; unsupervised and reinforcement learning; intelligent computing in bioinformatics; intelligent computing in Petri nets/transportation systems; intelligent computing in social networking; intelligent computing in network software/hardware; intelligent control and automation; intelligent data fusion and information security; intelligent sensor networks; intelligent fault diagnosis; intelligent computing in signal processing; intelligent computing in pattern recognition; intelligent computing in biometrics recognition; intelligent computing in image processing; intelligent computing in computer vision; special session on biometrics system and security for intelligent computing; special session on bio-inspired computing and applications; special session on intelligent computing and personalized assisted living; computer human interaction using multiple visual cues and intelligent computing; and special session on protein and gene bioinformatics: analysis, algorithms and applications.