Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies 54 Simone Bassis Anna Esposito Francesco Carlo Morabito Eros Pasero Editors Advances in Neural Networks Computational Intelligence for ICT 123 Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Volume 54 Series editors Robert James Howlett, KES International, Shoreham-by-sea, UK e-mail: [email protected] Lakhmi C. Jain, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia; Bournemouth University, UK; KES International, UK e-mails: [email protected]; [email protected] About this Series The Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies book series encompasses the topics of knowledge, intelligence, innovation and sustainability. The aim of the seriesistomakeavailableaplatformforthepublicationofbooksonallaspectsof single and multi-disciplinary research on these themes in order to make the latest resultsavailableinareadily-accessibleform.Volumesoninterdisciplinaryresearch combining two or more of these areas is particularly sought. The series covers systems and paradigms that employ knowledge and intelligence in a broad sense. Its scope is systems having embedded knowledge and intelligence, which may be applied to the solution of world problems in industry, the environment and the community. It also focusses on the knowledge-transfer methodologies and innovation strategies employed to make this happen effectively. The combination of intelligent systems tools and a broad range of applications introduces a need for a synergy of disciplines from science, technology, business and the humanities. The series will include conference proceedings, edited collections, monographs, handbooks, reference books, and other relevant types of book in areas of science and technology where smart systems and technologies can offer innovative solutions. Highqualitycontentisanessentialfeatureforallbookproposalsacceptedforthe series. 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More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8767 ⋅ Simone Bassis Anna Esposito Francesco Carlo Morabito Eros Pasero Editors Advances in Neural Networks Computational Intelligence for ICT 123 Editors Simone Bassis Francesco CarloMorabito Department ofComputer Science Department ofInformatics, Mathematics, University of Milano Electronics andTransportation Milan Mediterranea University of ReggioCalabria Italy ReggioCalabria Italy Anna Esposito Department ofPsychology ErosPasero Seconda Università di Napoli Dipartimento di Elettronica e Caserta Telecomunicazioni Italy Politecnico di Torino Turin and Italy IIASS Vietri sul Mare Italy ISSN 2190-3018 ISSN 2190-3026 (electronic) Smart Innovation,Systems andTechnologies ISBN978-3-319-33746-3 ISBN978-3-319-33747-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-33747-0 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2016939110 ©SpringerInternationalPublishingSwitzerland2016 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpart of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission orinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilar methodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publicationdoesnotimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexemptfrom therelevantprotectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authorsortheeditorsgiveawarranty,expressorimplied,withrespecttothematerialcontainedhereinor foranyerrorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeenmade. Printedonacid-freepaper ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbySpringerNature TheregisteredcompanyisSpringerInternationalPublishingAGSwitzerland Preface Advances in Neural Networks: Computational and Theoretical Issues is a book series dedicated to recent advances in computational and theoretical issues of artificial intelligence methods. Special attention is reserved to information com- munication technologies (ICT) applications that are of public utility and profitable for a living science that simplify user access to future, remote and nearby social services. In particular, avatars replacing human in high-responsibility tasks, com- panion agents for elderly and impaired people, robots interacting with humans in extreme, stressful time-critical conditions, wearable sensors and apps for clinical applications. In addition, new mathematical models for representing data, reason- ing, learning and interacting are considered as well as new psychological and computational approaches from existing cognitive frameworks and algorithmic solutions. Any book edition will select new topics that report progresses towards the implementation of automaton human levels of intelligence, crucial for devel- oping believable and trustable HCI systems that enhance the end user’s quality of life.Thecontentofthebookisorganizedinsectionsandineacheditionnewtopics are afforded and discussed on the basis of their contribution in the conception of new ICT functionalities and evaluation methods for modelling the concepts of learning, reasoning, interaction and data interpretation. Each edition of the book is related to a long running international conference, International Workshop on Neural Networks (WIRN, currently at the 25th edition), where researchers con- tributing to the book meet each year to propose new topics, advances and appli- cations in the field of neural networks, machine learning and artificial intelligence. After the conference, the topics of major interest are selected and researchers proposing these topics are invited to contribute to the book. This second edition, different from the previous ones, is dedicated to compu- tational intelligence for ICT (the subtitle of the current book), and emphasizes robotic applications, embedded systems, and ICT computational and theoretical methodsforpsychologicalandneurologicaldiseases.Thelastthemeisinspiredby the European Call for Collaboration “Connect2Sea, Supporting European Union andSoutheast Asia ICTstrategicpartnership andpolicydialogue: ConnectingICT v vi Preface EU-SEA Research, Development and Innovation Knowledge Network” which supported a special session of WIRN organized by the EU Partners and the SEA Partners. The content of book is organized in sections. Each section is dedicated to a specific topic. The topics accounted for this edition are the following: 1. Introduction 2. Machine learning 3. Artificial neural networks: algorithms and models 4. Intelligent cyberphysical and embedded system 5. ComputationalintelligencemethodsforbiomedicalICTinneurologicaldiseases 6. Neural networks-based approaches to industrial processes 7. Reconfigurable, modular, adaptive, smart robotic systems for optoelectronics industry: the White’R instantiation Given the themes afforded, we believe that this book is unique in proposing a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to implement autonomous and complex human–computer interfaces. We would like to thank the contributors and the reviewers. May 2015 Simone Bassis Anna Esposito Francesco Carlo Morabito Eros Pasero Organization Executive Committee Anna Esposito, Seconda Università di Napoli and IIASS, Italy Marcos Faundez-Zanuy, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Spain Francesco Carlo Morabito, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy Francesco A.N. Palmieri, Seconda Università di Napoli, Italy Eros Pasero, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Stefano Rovetta, Università di Genova, Italy Stefano Squartini, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy Aurelio Uncini, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy Salvatore Vitabile, Università di Palermo (IT) International Advisory Committee SIREN Metin Akay, Arizona State University, USA Pierre Baldi, University of California, Irvine, USA Piero P. Bonissone, Computing and Decision Sciences, USA Leon O. Chua, University of California, Berkeley, USA Jaime Gil-Lafuente, University of Barcelona, Spain Giacomo Indiveri, Institute of Neuroinformatics, Zurich, Switzerland Nikola Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Vera Kurkova, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic Shoji Makino, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, USA Dominic Palmer-Brown, London Metropolitan University, UK Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada Harold H. Szu, Army Night Vision Electronic Sensing Dir., USA Jose Principe, University of Florida at Gainesville, USA Alessandro Villa, Università Joseph Fourier, Grenoble 1, France vii viii Organization Fredric M. Ham, Florida Institute of Technology, USA Cesare Alippi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Marios M. Polycarpou, Politecnico of Milano, Italy Program Committee Alda Troncone Alessandro Formisano Alessio Micheli Amedeo Buonanno Andrea Tettamanzi Angelo Ciaramella Anna Di Benedetto Anna Esposito Antonino Staiano Aurelio Uncini Bill Howell Danilo Comminiello Emanuele Principi Enea Cippitelli Eros Pasero Fabio Antonacci Fabio La Foresta F. Carlo Morabito Francesco Castaldo Francesco Ferracuti Francesco Masulli Francesco Palmieri Francesco Rugiano Francesco Trovo Gennaro Cordasco Giuliano Armano Isabella Palamara Italo Zoppis Luca Liparulo Luca Mesin Luigi Di Grazia Manuel Roveri Marco Fagiani Marco Muselli Marcos Faundez-Zanuy Massimo Panella Maurizio Campolo Organization ix Maurizio Fiaschè Michele Scarpiniti Nadia Mammone Pasquale Coscia Pietro Falco Roberto Bonfigli Roberto Serra Silvia Scarpetta Simone Bassis Simone Scardapane Stefano Rovetta Stefano Squartini Valentina Colla Sponsoring Institutions InternationalInstituteforAdvancedScientificStudies(IIASS)ofVietriS/M(Italy) Department of Psychology, Second University of Napoli (Italy) Provincia di Salerno (Italy) Comune di Vietri sul Mare, Salerno (Italy) International Neural Network Society (INNS) University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria (Italy)