FCMTA 2013 - 1st International Workshop on Fuzzy Cognitive Maps Theory and Applications

The FCMTA workshop focuses on theoretical and applied research related to Fuzzy Cognitive Maps. The aim of the workshop is to host research papers that present advances to the underlying theory of FCM and describe novel applications of FCM models that enable the analysis and modelling of different problems in a very broad range of fields, such as Engineering, Economics, Medicine, Manufacturing, Energy, Environment, Transportation, Agriculture, Sociology and Psychology.
Fuzzy Cognitive Maps may be considered nowadays as one of the most active fields in the area of Artificial and Computational Intelligence. On the one hand the comprehensible and relatively straightforward process for constructing a model based on FCM, and on the other their ability to embed knowledge of practically any form or from any source makes their utilisation very appealing, not only for studying a certain problem but also for estimating future outcomes and simulation analysis. Many of today’s challenging problems can be analyzed and studied using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps.
Topics of interest
The FCMTA workshop welcomes high quality research papers with direct impact or high dependence on practical issues of real-world environments. The list of topics is broad and may include every aspect of FCM-related research.
An indicative but not exclusive list of topics is:
Novel FCM structures
FCM learning algorithms
Hybrid FCM schemes
New algorithms and Tools for FCM structures
Knowledge management systems and FCMs
Neural Fuzzy Systems
Probabilistic FCMs
Fuzzy optimization and fuzzy Algorithms
Integrated hybrid FCM systems
Dynamic recursive FCM
FCM-based Decision Support Systems
Applications of FCMs in:
Engineering
Health
Manufacturing
Energy
Economic
Environment
Transportation
Sociology
Psychology
E-business
E- commerce
E-learning
Workshop Chairs
Elpiniki Papageorgiou, Technological Educational Institute of Lamia, Greece epapageorgiou-AT-teilam.gr
Petros Groumpos, University of Patras, Greece groumpos-AT-ece.upatras.gr
Nicos Mateou, Ministry of Defense, Cyprus
Andreas Andreou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus andreas.andreou-AT-cut.ac.cy
Academic Program Committee
Jose Salmeron, University Pablo de Olavid, Seville, Spain
Edy Portman, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Engin Yesil, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Roberto Furfaro, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Martin Wildenberg, Umweltforschungsinstitut, GLOBAL 2000, Austria
Jose Aguilar, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela
Karel Mls, University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Gonzalo Pajares, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Marcio Mendoza, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Av. Alberto Carrazai, Brazil
Wojtek Froelich, University of Silesia, Poland
Costas Neocleous, Technical University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Christos Schizas, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Jan Vascak, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
Michael Glykas, University of Aegean, Greece
Athanasios Tsadiras, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Dimitrios Koulouriotis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
George Papakostas, Technological Educational Institute of Kavala, Greece
George Georgoulas, Technological Educational Institute of Eipirus, Greece