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13th International Work-Conference
on Artificial Neural Networks, IWANN 2015
Palma de Mallorca, Spain, June 10–12, 2015
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Advances in
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13th International Work-Conference
on Artificial Neural Networks, IWANN 2015
Palma de Mallorca, Spain, June 10–12, 2015
Proceedings, Part I
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Editors
Ignacio Rojas Andreu Catala
University of Granada Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Granada Vilanova i la Geltrú
Spain Spain
Gonzalo Joya
University of Malaga
Malaga
Spain
We are proud to present the set of final accepted papers for the 13th edition of the
IWANN conference “International Work-Conference on Artificial Neural Networks”
held in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) during June 10–12, 2015.
IWANN is a biennial conference that seeks to provide a discussion forum for sci-
entists, engineers, educators, and students about the latest ideas and realizations in the
foundations, theory, models, and applications of hybrid systems inspired on nature (neu-
ral networks, fuzzy logic, and evolutionary systems) as well as in emerging areas related
to the above items. As in previous editions of IWANN, it also aims to create a friendly
environment that could lead to the establishment of scientific collaborations and ex-
changes among attendees. The proceedings will include all the presented communica-
tions to the conference. It has also foreseen the publication of an extended version of
selected papers in a special issue of several specialized journals (such as Neurocomput-
ing, Soft Computing, and Neural Processing Letters).
Since the first edition in Granada (LNCS 540, 1991), the conference has evolved and
matured. The list of topics in the successive Call for Papers has also evolved, resulting
in the following list for the present edition:
At the end of the submission process, and after a careful peer-review and evaluation
process (each submission was reviewed by at least 2, and on the average 2.7, Program
Committee members or additional reviewers), 100 papers were accepted for oral or
poster presentation, according to the recommendations of reviewers and the authors’
preferences.
It is important to note, that for the sake of consistency and readability of the book,
the presented papers are not organized as they were presented in the IWANN 2015 ses-
sions, but classified under 14 chapters. The organization of the papers is in two volumes
arranged basically following the topics list included in the Call for Papers. The first vol-
ume (LNCS 9094), entitled “IWANN 2015. Advances on Computational Intelligence.
Part I” is divided into eight main parts and includes the contributions on:
In the second volume (LNCS 9095), entitled “IWANN 2015. Advances on Compu-
tational Intelligence. Part II” is divided into six main parts and includes the contribu-
tions on:
1. Pattern Recognition
2. Embedded intelligent systems
3. Expert Systems
4. Advances in Computational Intelligence
5. Applications of Computational Intelligence
6. Invited Talks to IWANN 2015
In this edition of IWANN 2015, the plenary talks were given by Prof.
Cristina Urdiales (The shared control paradigm for assistive and rehabilitation robots),
Prof. Dan Ciresan (Deep Neural Networks for Visual Pattern Recognition), and finally
by Prof. Andrea Cavallaro.
Preface VII
The 13th edition of the IWANN conference was organized by the University of
Granada, University of Málaga, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, and University
of the Balearic Islands, together with the Spanish Chapter of the IEEE Computational
Intelligence Society. We wish to thank the University of the Balearic Islands for their
support and grants.
We would also like to express our gratitude to the members of the different com-
mittees for their support, collaboration, and good work. We specially thank the Local
Committe, Program Committee, the Reviewers, Invited Speaker, and Special Session
Organizers. Finally, we want to thank Springer, and especially Alfred Hoffman and
Anna Kramer for their continuous support and cooperation.
Program Committee
Leopoldo Acosta University of La Laguna, Spain
Vanessa Aguiar-Pulido RNASA-IMEDIR, University of A Coruña, Spain
Arnulfo Alanis Garza Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana, Mexico
Ali Fuat Alkaya Marmara University, Turkey
Amparo Alonso-Betanzos University of A Coruña, Spain
Juan Antonio Alvarez-García University of Seville, Spain
Jhon Edgar Amaya University of Tachira (UNET), Venezuela
Gabriela Andrejkova Pavol Jozef Šafarik University, Slovak Republic
Cesar Andres Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Miguel Ángel López University of Cádiz, Spain
Anastassia Angelopoulou University of Westminster, UK
Plamen Angelov Lancaster University, UK
Davide Anguita University of Genova, Italy
Cecilio Angulo Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Javier Antich Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Angelo Arleo CNRS - University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI,
France
Corneliu Arsene SC IPA SA, Romania
Miguel Atencia University of Málaga, Spain
Jorge Azorín-López University of Alicante, Spain
Davide Bacciu University of Pisa, Italy
Javier Bajo Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Juan Pedro Bandera Rubio ISIS Group, University of Málaga, Spain
Cristian Barrué Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Andrzej Bartoszewicz Technical University of Lodz, Poland
Bruno Baruque University of Burgos, Spain
David Becerra Alonso University of the West of Scotland, UK
Lluís Belanche Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Sergio Bermejo Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Francesc Bonin Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Francisco Bonnín Pascual Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Julio Brito University of La Laguna, Spain
Antoni Burguera Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Joan Cabestany Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Inma P. Cabrera University of Málaga, Spain
Tomasa Calvo University of Alcalá, Spain
X Organization
Additional Reviewers
Azorín-López, Jorge Navarro-Ortiz, Jorge
Cortes, Ulises Ortiz, Alberto
De La Cruz, Marina Palomo, Esteban José
Fernandez-Blanco, Enrique Peters, Peter
Garcia-Fidalgo, Emilio Rodriguez, Juan A.
Georgieva, Petia Rodriguez-Benitez, Luis
Luque-Baena, Rafael M. Sánchez-Morillo, Daniel
López-Rubio, Ezequiel Volosyak, Ivan
Martinez-Gomez, Jesus Wang, Qi
Moreno Garcia, Juan Wetzels, Mart
Contents – Part I
Transfer Learning
Pattern Recognition
Expert Systems
The Shared Control Paradigm for Assistive and Rehabilitation Robots . . . . . 613
Cristina Urdiales
1 Introduction
This paper focuses on one of the basic assumptions of linguistics: the linguis-
tic equi-complexity dogma. When asked if all languages are equally complex,
twentieth century most theoretical linguists have answered with the principle of
invariance in language complexity, defending the equilibrium hypothesis, which
states that the total complexity of a language is fixed because sub-complexities
in linguistic sub-systems trade off. This idea of equi-complexity, seen for decades
as an unquestioned truism of Linguistics, has begun to be explicitly questioned
in recent years [6,15,16,20,21,23].
Many models have been proposed to confirm or refute the hypothesis of
linguistic equi-complexity. The tools, criteria and measures to quantify the level
of complexity of languages vary and depend on the specific research interests
and on the definition of complexity adopted. Currently, there is no clear solution
to quantify the complexity of languages and each of the proposed models has
advantages and disadvantages.
2 Linguistic Complexity
Are all languages equally complex? Does it make sense to compare the complexity
of languages? Can languages differ in complexity? If we analyze the answers to
these questions we can find two different types of responses: those who have
agreed that all languages are equal in terms of complexity and those who consider
that it is relevant to talk about different levels of linguistic complexity.
The first type of answer predominates in the 20th century Linguistics. It
has been defended for a long time that the linguistic complexity is invariant and
that languages are not measurable in terms of complexity. Those ideas have been
dubbed the ALEC statement (‘All Language are Equally Complex’) [8] or the
linguistic equi-complexity dogma [15].
Three different structural interpretations of the thesis that ?all languages are
equal? can be found in the literature [27]:
– the total grammatical complexity, where language complexity is equal for all
languages, and interdomain complexity balances;
– the minimum argument, where there is a minimum threshold for language
structure, and everything over that threshold is equal. Languages can differ
in complexity; all that is important is that they meet the standard;
– the maximum argument, where there is a maximum threshold for language
complexity; there is an upper limit above which no language can be more
complex.
who, with the following assertion, first proposed total grammatical complexity
as an interpretation of the thesis that all language are equal:
Some authors [6] prefer to reserve the term complexity for absolute complexity
and to use other terms such as cost, difficulty or demandingness to denote relative
complexity.
Another common dichotomy in the literature is the one that distinguish global
complexity from local complexity [18]:
Lella Kenza est presque une enfant, mais elle possède déjà les
grâces troublantes de la femme. Ses yeux profonds, ombragés par
de longs cils bruns, s’ouvrent, candidement étonnés, sous l’arc
parfait des sourcils. Le nez est petit et droit, la bouche vermeille
comme une fleur fraîche éclose, le teint doré, l’ovale exquis… Des
nattes sombres, piquées d’agates et d’émeraudes brutes, encadrent
son visage, et vont se perdre dans un volumineux turban d’étoffe
dorée. Elle est mince, souple, et chacun de ses mouvements révèle
l’harmonie du corps sous les brocarts aux plis lourds. On dirait une
vivante petite idole égyptienne. C’est la perle soigneusement
cachée [27] qui fut connue par un seul… : Mouley Abbas est son
époux.
[27] Koran.
Lella Kenza m’installa tout près d’elle, à côté de son lit. Elle me
comblait d’amabilités et se penchait constamment vers moi pour me
désigner ses parentes ou me faire remarquer un détail de la fête.
Pourtant je lui trouvai un air soucieux, malgré son apparente gaîté.
— Comment va ton fils ?
— Grâce à Dieu !… L’assemblée est belle, n’est-ce pas ? Tu
resteras toute la nuit.
— Non, non, c’est impossible.
Elle en fut désolée, et, à force d’instances, obtint de me garder
jusqu’au moghreb.
Les invitées ne se départissaient pas de leur attitude rigide,
tandis qu’à l’autre extrémité de la pièce, les cheikhat
accompagnaient rageusement, de leurs instruments, des chants
nasillards. On ne s’entendait plus… il me fallait parler très haut à
Lella Kenza et je perdais la moitié de ses phrases. Elle semblait, du
reste, de plus en plus lasse et préoccupée.
Quelques vieilles femmes, accroupies autour de l’accoucheuse,
tenaient de longs conciliabules. Elles firent apporter sur le lit un petit
canoun allumé, dans lequel on jeta divers ingrédients qui dégagèrent
une âcre fumée. L’enfant fut exposé au-dessus des charbons, puis
frotté avec un liquide mystérieux. Il poussait de faibles cris en
s’agitant.
Lella Kenza le regardait d’un air inquiet.
— Que lui fait-on ? — demandai-je.
— Rien… des choses à nous… — me répondit-elle évasivement,
et elle détourna mon attention sur le thé, le lait d’amandes, les
sucreries et les parfums que les négresses passaient à la ronde.
L’une d’elles offrait aussi de la gouza [35] en poudre, dont les invitées
avalaient une pincée, tandis que leurs regards devenaient plus
vagues et leur expression plus hébétée.
[35] Noix de muscade avec laquelle les Marocaines se
donnent une sorte d’ivresse.