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Honorary Editor
Prof. Dr. Lakhmi C. Jain
Professor of Knowledge-Based Engineering, Founding Director of the KES Centre
University of South Australia
Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment
School of Electrical and Information Engineering
Mawson Lakes Campus
Adelaide, South Australia 5095
AUSTRALIA
Editor in Chief
Prof. Dr. Mika Sato-Ilic
University of Tsukuba
Department of Risk Engineering
Faculty of Systems and Information Engineering
Tennodai 1-1-1
Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573
JAPAN
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Editorial Advisory Board
Prof. Bruno Apolloni
Università degli Studi di Milano
Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Informazione
Via Comelico 39/41
20135 Milano
ITALY
Prof. Hisao Ishibuchi
Osaka Prefecture University
Department of Computer Science and Intelligent Systems
Graduate School of Engineering
Sakai, Osaka 599-8531
JAPAN
Prof. Frank Klawonn
University of Applied Sciences Braunschweig/Wolfenbuettel
Department of Computer Science
Salzdahlumer Str. 46/48
D-38302 Wolfenbuettel
GERMANY
Prof. Francesco Masulli
University of Genova
DISI – Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Via Dodecaneso 35
16146 Genova
ITALY
Prof. Dharmendra Sharma
Head of School
University of Canberra
School of Information Sciences and Engineering
Canberra ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA
Prof. Junzo Watada
Waseda University
Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems (IPS)
2-7 Hibikino, Wakamatsuku
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 808-0135
JAPAN
Editorial Board Members
Dr. Sanghamitra BandyopadhyaySa
Indian Statistical Institute
Machine Intelligence Unit
Kolkata 700 108
INDIA
Prof. Monica BianchiniMo
Università degli Studi Di Siena
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione
Via Roma 56
I-53100 Siena
ITALY
Dr. Sheryl BrahnamSh
Associate Professor
Missouri State University
Computer Information Systems
Glass Hall 387, 901 S. National Avenue
Springfield MO 65897
USA
Dr. Corey ButzCo
Associate Professor
University of Regina
Department of Computer Science
3737 Wascana Parkway
Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 0A2
CANADA
Prof. Giovanna CastellanoGi
University of Bari
Computer Science Department
Via Orabona, 4
70125 Bari
ITALY
Prof. Barbara CataniaBa
Universitá degli Studi di Genova
Dipartimento di Informatica e Scienze dell'Informazione
00via Dodecaneso 35
16146 Genova
ITALY
Dr. Yun-Heh (Jessica) Chen-BurgerYu
University of Edinburgh
AIAI, CISA, School of Informatics
Room 7.08, Appleton Tower
Crichton Street
Edinburgh EH8 9LE
UK
Prof. Arbee ChenAr
Dean of College
National Chengchi University
Department of Computer Science
College of Science
Taipei 11605
TAIWAN
Prof. Lihui ChenLi
Nanyang Technological University
Division of Information Engineering
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Blk S1, 50 Nanyang Avenue
Singapore 639798
SINGAPORE
Prof. Kusum DeepKu
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Department of Mathematics
Roorkee - 247667 (U.A.)
INDIA
Prof. Maria GanzhaMa
University of Gdańsk
Institute of Informatics
ul. Wita Stwosza 57
80952 Gdańsk
POLAND
Prof. Petia GeorgievaPe
University of Aveiro
Department of Electronics Telecommunications and Informatics
Signal Processing Lab, IEETA
3800 - 193 Aveiro
PORTUGAL
Prof. Ashish GhoshAs
Indian Statistical Institute
Machine Intelligence Unit
203 BT Road
Kolkata 700108
INDIA
Dr. Alex HarizAl
University of South Australia
Mawson Lakes Campus
South Australia SA 5095
AUSTRALIA
Prof. Tomonori HashiyamaTo
University of Electro-Communications
Graduate School of Information Systems
1-5-1, Chofugaoka
Chofu 182-8585
JAPAN
Prof. Dr. Pilar HerreroPi
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos e Ingeniería de Software
Facultad de Informática, Campus de Montegancedo S/N
28.660 Boadilla del Monte
Madrid
SPAIN
Dawn E. HolmesDa
University of California
Department of Statistics and Applied Probability
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
USA
Prof. Dr. Katsuhiro HondaKa
Osaka Prefecture University
Department of Industrial Engineering
Division of Electrical Engineering and Information Science
Gakuencho 1-1, Sakai
Osaka, 599-8531
JAPAN
Prof. Mong-Fong HorngMo
Shu-Te University
Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering
59 Hun Shan Rd
Yen Chau, Kaohsiung County 82445
TAIWAN
Prof. Dr. Guang-Bin HuangGu
Nanyang Technological University
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Nanyang Avenue
Singapore 639798
SINGAPORE
Dr. Hsiang-Cheh HuangHs
National University of Kaohsiung (NUK)
Department of Electrical Engineering
No. 700 University Road
Kaohsiung 811
TAIWAN
Dr. Ivan JordanovIv
University of Portsmouth
School of Computing
Portsmouth, PO1 3HE
UK
Prof. Hideki KatagiriHi
Hiroshima University
Graduate School of Engineering
Kagamiyama 1-4-1
Higashi-Hiroshima City
Hiroshima, 739-8527
JAPAN
Dr. Hideaki KawanoHi
Kyushu Institute of Technology
Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
1-1 Sensui-cho, Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu-shi,
Fukuoka, 804-8550
JAPAN
Prof. Halina KwasnickaHa
Professor of Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Deputy Director for Scientific Research
Wroclaw University of Technology
Institute of Applied Informatics
Wyb. Wyspianskiego 27
51-370 Wroclaw
POLAND
Prof. James LiuJa
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Department of Computing
Hung Hom, Kowloon
HONG KONG
Prof. Jie LuJi
University of Technology, Sydney
Department of Software Engineering
Faculty of Information Technology
P.O. Box 123
Broadway, NSW 2007
AUSTRALIA
Prof. Rosa MeoRo
Università degli Studi di Torino
Dipartimento di Informatica
Corso Svizzera, 185
I-10149 Torino
ITALY
Dr. Lyudmila MihaylovaLy
Reader in Advanced Signal Processing
Lancaster University
School of Computing and Communications
InfoLab21, South Drive
Lancaster LA1 4WA
UK
Dr. Stefania MontaniSt
Università del Piemonte Orientale
Dipartimento di Informatica
Viale Michel 11
15100 Alessandria
ITALY
Prof. Dr. Đorđe Nadrljanski
University of Split
College of Marine Inspection and Personnel Management
Zrinsko Frankopanska 38
21000 Split
CROATIA
Prof. Dr. Mila NadrljanskiMi
University of Split
Faculty of Maritime Studies
Zrinsko Frankopanska 38
21000 Split
CROATIA
Dr. Zorica NedicZo
University of South Australia
School of Electrical and Information Engineering
Mawson Lakes Campus
Mawson Lakes, S.A. 5095
AUSTRALIA
Prof. Dr. Marek R. OgielaMa
AGH University of Science & Technology
Institute of Automatics
30 Mickiewicza Ave.
PL-30-059 Kraków
POLAND
Prof. Jeng-Shyang PanJe
Chairman
National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences
Department of Electronic Engineering
415 Chien-Kung Road
Sanmin District
Kaohsiung 80778
TAIWAN
Prof. Alfredo PetrosinoAl
University of Naples "Parthenope"
Department of Applied Science
Centro Direzionale Isola C4
I-80143 Naples
ITALY
Prof. Sheela RamannaSh
Chair
University of Winnipeg
Department of Applied Computer Science
515 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg MB R3B 2E9
CANADA
Dr. Carl ReidsemaCa
University of New South Wales
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Kensington, NSW 2052
AUSTRALIA
Prof. Dr. Paolo RemagninoPa
Kingston University
Faculty of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics
Penrhyn Road
Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 2EE
UK
Prof. Phill Kyu RheePh
Inha University
Computer and Information Engineering
253 Yonghyun-Dong, Nam-Gu
Incheon 402-751
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Prof. Yoshiharu SatoYo
Hokkaido University
Division of Computer Science
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
Kita 14, Nishi 9, Kita-ku
Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0814
JAPAN
Dr. Rossitza SetchiRo
Leader, Knowledge Engineering Systems Group; Leader of Institute
Cardiff University
Institute of Mechanical and Manufacturing
Queen’s Buidlings
Newport Road
Cardiff CF24 3AA
UK
Dr. Nobuo ShimizuNo
Institute of Statistical Mathematics
Department of Data Science
Minami-Azabu 4-6-7, Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-8569
JAPAN
Prof. Dipti SrinivasanDi
National University of Singapore
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
4 Engineering Drive 3
Singapore 117576
SINGAPORE
Prof. Urszula StańczykUr
Silesian University of Technology
DMAT, Institute of Informatics
Akademicka 16/315
44-100 Gliwice
POLAND
Prof. Athena VakaliAt
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Department of Informatics
AUTH Campus
54124 Thessaloniki
GREECE
Prof. Snejana YordanovaSn
Technical University of Sofia
Faculty of Automation
8 Kliment Ohridski Blvd.
Sofia 1000
BULGARIA
Dr. Minjie ZhangMi
Associate Professor
University of Wollongong
School of Computer Science and Software Engineering
Wollongon NSW 2522
AUSTRALIA