Intelligent Systems: Perspectives and Research Challenges

Intelligent User Profiling

User profiles or user models are vital in many areas in which it is essential to obtain knowledge about users of software applications. Examples of these areas are intelligent agents, adaptive systems, intelligent tutoring systems, recommender systems, intelligent e-commerce applications, and knowledge management systems. In this chapter we study the main issues regarding user profiles from the...

Toward the Design of Rural Intelligent Public Transportation System Rural Public Transportation of Iran

In order to improve the level of intelligence, availability, being on demand, convenience, information and humanization of rural public transportation systems, they are more willing to use modern information and communicative technologies. In addition to management services, intelligent transportation systems can provide passengers, drivers, travel agencies and other institutions with other ser...

Are Memristors the Future of AI? A Review of Recent Progress and Future Perspectives

We review the state-of-the-art of neuromorphic memristor science and technology. We cover principles of memristors and neuromorphic systems, computational models of memristors, and hardware implementations. Potential applications of memristors are also described, including supercomputing, image processing, computer vision, intelligent control, and robotics. This review is based on the chapters ...

Towards wireless sensor, actuator and robot networks: Conceptual framework, challenges and perspectives

The design of intelligent autonomous systems able to sense, react and control the environment or complex processes has been a long term research desideratum. By integrating the concepts of mobile multi-robot systems and wireless sensor and actuator networks into a single framework, a powerful technology can be obtained, promising to serve as a backbone for complex distributed and mobile control...

On Defining African Philosophy: History, Challenges, and Perspectives