In this paper, a direct adaptive fuzzy backstepping control approach for a class of unknown nonlinear systems is developed. By a special design scheme, the controller singularity problems are avoided perfectly in this approach. Furthermore, the closed-loop signals are guaranteed to be semiglobally uniformly ultimately bounded and the outputs of the system are proved to converge to a small neigh...

This work describes a hand gesture recognition system using an optimized Image Processing-Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) algorithm. The parameters of the image processing and clustering algorithm were simultaneously found using a neighborhood parameter search routine, resulting in solutions within 1-2% of optimal. Comparison of user dependent and user independent systems, when tested with their own traine...

Population and incoming surveys provide a detailed description of urban areas revealing high quality information for planning and decision making. Traditional censuses are, however, very costly and are thus released only in very long time periods (average 10 years in Brazil). The integration of geo-referenced censitary data into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) allows the analysis of the sp...

In this paper, the concepts of $L$-concave structures, concave $L$-interior operators and concave $L$-neighborhood systems are introduced. It is shown that the category of $L$-concave spaces and the category of concave $L$-interior spaces are isomorphic, and they are both isomorphic to the category of concave $L$-neighborhood systems whenever $L$ is a completely distributive lattice. Also, it i...

fuzzy linear programming models and methods has been one ofthe most and well studied topics inside the broad area of soft computing. itsapplications as well as practical realizations can be found in all the real worldareas. in this paper a basic introduction to the main models and methods infuzzy mathematical programming, with special emphasis on those developedby the authors, is presented. as ...

In this paper, we present a novel algorithm for adap-tive fuzzy segmentation of MRI data and estimation of intensity inhomogeneities using fuzzy logic. MRI intensity inhomogeneities can be attributed to imperfections in the RF coils or some problems associated with the acquisition sequences. The result is a slowly-varying shading artifact over the image that can produce errors with conventional...

Pixel-wise spectral classiication is a widely used technique to produce thematic maps from remotely sensed multispectral imagery. It is commonly based on purely spectral features. In our approach we additionally consider additional spatial features in the form of local context information. After all, spatial context is the deening property of an image. Markov random eld modeling provides the as...

In this paper, we present a novel algorithm for adaptive fuzzy segmentation of MRI data and estimation of intensity inhomogeneities using fuzzy logic. MRI intensity inhomogeneities can be attributed to imperfections in the RF coils or some problems associated with the acquisition sequences. The result is a slowly-varying shading artifact over the image that can produce errors with conventional ...