Note: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Machine Learning Paradigms -- References -- Learning Analytics with the Purpose to Measure Student Engagement, to Quantify the Learning Experience and to Facilitate Self-Regulation -- 2 Using a Multi Module Model for Learning Analytics to Predict Learners' Cognitive States and Provide Tailored Learning Pathways and Assessment -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Related Work -- 2.3 Multi Module Model and Logical Architecture of the System -- 2.4 Learners Clustering, Using the K-Means Algorithm, Supporting System's Modules -- 2.5 Evaluation and Discussion of Experimental Results -- 2.6 Ethics and Privacy for Learning Analytics -- 2.7 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- 3 Analytics for Student Engagement -- 3.1 Effects of Student Engagement -- 3.2 Conceptualizing Student Engagement -- 3.3 Measuring Student Engagement -- 3.4 Analytics for Student Engagement -- 3.4.1 Early Alert Analytics -- 3.4.2 Dashboard Visualization Analytics -- 3.5 Dashboard Visualizations of Student Engagement -- 3.6 Comparative Reference Frame -- 3.7 Challenges and Potential Solutions for Analytics of Student Engagement: -- 3.7.1 Challenge 1: Connecting Engagement Analytics to Recommendations for Improvement -- 3.7.2 Potential Solutions: Using Diverse Metrics of Engagement to Improve Feedback Provided -- 3.7.3 Challenge 2: Quantifying Meaningful Engagement -- 3.7.4 Potential Solutions: Analytics Reflecting Quantity and Quality of Student Engagement -- 3.7.5 Challenge 3: Purposeful Engagement Reflection -- 3.7.6 Potential Solutions: Options for Purposeful Engagement Reflection -- 3.7.7 Challenge 4: Finding an Appropriate Reference Norm -- 3.7.8 Potential Solutions: Alternative Reference Frames -- 3.8 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Assessing Self-regulation, a New Topic in Learning Analytics: Process of Information Objectification. , 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Math Learning Process -- 4.3 Analyzing Empirical Evidence -- 4.3.1 Observations on a Learning Episode -- 4.3.2 Setting the Task -- 4.3.3 Students and Knowing Math -- 4.4 Math Meaningfulness and Three Modes of Manipulating the Blue Graph -- 4.4.1 The Adaptation Process: Dragging Points and Using Sliders -- 4.4.2 Typing the Parameters Values -- 4.4.3 Perceiving the 'a' Parameter and Its Properties -- 4.4.4 Typing Values Without Immediate Feedback -- 4.5 Discussion -- 4.5.1 Metacognitive Enactivism -- 4.6 As a Conclusion -- 4.6.1 Objectification as a Condition for Academic Knowing -- References -- Learning Analytics to Predict Student Performance -- 5 Learning Feedback Based on Dispositional Learning Analytics -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Related Work -- 5.2.1 Educational Context -- 5.2.2 The Crucial Predictive Power of Cognitive Data -- 5.2.3 An Unexpected Source of Variation: National Cultural Values -- 5.2.4 LA, Formative Assessment, Assessment of Learning and Feedback Preferences -- 5.2.5 LA and Learning Emotions -- 5.3 The Current Study -- 5.3.1 Participants -- 5.3.2 E-tutorial Trace Data -- 5.3.3 Performance Data -- 5.3.4 Disposition Data -- 5.3.5 Analyses -- 5.4 Results -- 5.4.1 Performance -- 5.4.2 National Cultural Values -- 5.4.3 Cognitive Learning Processing Strategies -- 5.4.4 Metacognitive Learning Regulation Strategies -- 5.4.5 Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Learning Quantitative Methods -- 5.4.6 Epistemic Learning Emotions -- 5.4.7 Activity Learning Emotions -- 5.4.8 Adaptive Motivation and Engagement -- 5.4.9 Maladaptive Motivation and Engagement -- 5.5 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- 6 The Variability of the Reasons for Student Dropout in Distance Learning and the Prediction of Dropout-Prone Students -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Literature Review -- 6.3 HOU Distance Learning Methodology and Data Description. , 6.4 Interview Based Survey Results -- 6.5 Machine Learning Techniques, Experiments and Results -- 6.5.1 Machine Learning Techniques, Experiments and Results -- 6.5.2 The Experiments -- 6.5.3 Results -- 6.5.4 Student Behavior Tool -- 6.6 Discussion -- 6.7 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Learning Analytics Incorporated in Tools for Building Learning Materials and Educational Courses -- 7 An Architectural Perspective of Learning Analytics -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 What is an Architectural Perspective? -- 7.3 Functional Viewpoints -- 7.3.1 Knowledge Discovery Functions -- 7.3.2 Analytical Functions -- 7.3.3 Predictive Functions -- 7.3.4 Generative Functions -- 7.4 Quality Attributes -- 7.5 Information Viewpoint -- 7.6 Architectural Patterns and Styles -- 7.6.1 Model-View-Control (MVC) -- 7.6.2 Publisher-Subscriber -- 7.6.3 Microservices -- 7.6.4 An Architecture for Learning Analytics -- 7.7 Discussion -- References -- 8 Multimodal Learning Analytics in a Laboratory Classroom -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Classroom Research -- 8.3 The Science of Learning Research Classroom -- 8.4 The Social Unit of Learning Project -- 8.5 Conceptualization(s) of Engagement -- 8.6 Multimodal Learning Analytics of Engagement in Classrooms -- 8.7 Observation Data -- 8.8 Features Selection, Extraction and Evaluation -- 8.8.1 Multimodal Behavioral Features -- 8.8.2 Feature Visualization -- 8.8.3 Feature Extraction Conclusions -- 8.9 Illustration of High Level Construct Based on Features Extracted -- 8.9.1 Attention to Teacher Speech -- 8.9.2 Teacher Attention -- 8.9.3 Student Concentration During Individual Task -- 8.9.4 Engagement During Pair and Group Work -- 8.10 Implications -- 8.11 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Dashboards for Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning -- 9.1 The Emergence of Learning Analytics and Dashboards -- 9.2 Collaborative Learning Theories. , 9.2.1 Group Cognition (GC) -- 9.2.2 Shared Mental Models (SMMs) -- 9.2.3 Situational Awareness (SA) -- 9.2.4 Socially Shared Regulation of Learning (SSRL) -- 9.3 Tools for CSCL -- 9.3.1 Group Awareness Tools (GATs) -- 9.3.2 Shared Mirroring Systems -- 9.3.3 Ambient Displays -- 9.4 Learning Dashboards for CSCL -- 9.5 How Can Collaborative Learning Dashboards Be Improved? -- 9.5.1 Principle 1: Adopt Iterative, User-Centred Design -- 9.5.2 Principle 2: Navigate the Theoretical Space -- 9.5.3 Principle 3: Visualize to Support Decision-Making -- References -- Learning Analytics as Tools to Support Learners and Educators in Synchronous and Asynchronous e-Learning -- 10 Learning Analytics in Distance and Mobile Learning for Designing Personalised Software -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Distance Learning -- 10.3 Mobile Learning and Mobile Learning Analytics -- 10.4 Personalised Learning Software -- 10.5 Data Collection -- 10.5.1 Modalities of Interaction in PCs -- 10.5.2 Modalities of Interaction in Smartphones -- 10.6 Multi-criteria Analysis -- 10.6.1 Combining Modalities of Interaction in HCI -- 10.6.2 Combining Modalities of Interaction in Smartphones -- 10.7 Conclusions -- References -- 11 Optimizing Programming Language Learning Through Student Modeling in an Adaptive Web-Based Educational Environment -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Related Work -- 11.3 Description of the Student Model -- 11.3.1 Analyzing Data That Have Been Gathered by the Implementation of ELaC -- 11.3.2 The Improved Student Model of ELaCv2 -- 11.4 Description of the Operation of the Student Model -- 11.4.1 Examples of Operation -- 11.5 Evaluation-Results -- 11.6 Conclusion -- References.

Note: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Intelligent Computing Systems -- 2 Semantic Tools -- Their Use for Knowledge Management in the Public Sector -- Abstract -- 1 Outlines -- 2 Introduction---Presentation of the Field of Interest -- 2.1 E-Government---The Opportunities Through the Semantic Web -- 2.2 Public Open Data for the Transition to `Open Government' -- 3 Related Work -- 4 Semantic Representation of Knowledge -- 4.1 The RDF Data Model -- 4.2 The URI's Use -- 4.3 RDF Schema Specification Language -- 4.4 Web Ontology Language---OWL -- 5 Reasoning Tools -- 5.1 SWRL Rules -- 5.2 The Query Language SQWRL -- 6 Presentation of Our Ontology Through Prot00E9g00E9 -- 6.1 The Ontology Development in Prot00E9g00E9 4.3 -- 6.2 The E-Government Ontology -- 6.2.1 Defining Classes -- 6.2.2 Defining Properties -- 6.3 The Use of RDF, RDFS, OWL and SWRL Through a Case Study -- 7 Data Mining Technology from Ontologies -- 7.1 SPARQL -- 7.2 SPARQL-DL in OWL2 Query Tab of Prot00E9g00E9 -- 7.3 DL Query Tool of Prot00E9g00E9 -- 8 Evaluation of Ontology -- 8.1 Categorization of the Ontology -- 8.2 Basic Principles of Design -- 8.3 Methodology of the Ontology Development -- 9 Conclusions -- References -- 3 From Game Theory to Complexity, Emergence and Agent-Based Modeling in World Politics -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Game Theory in World Politics -- 2.1 A Game Theoretic Approach of Global Environmental Diplomacy -- 3 From Game Theory to Complexity -- 3.1 Emergence in World Politics -- 4 Simulating Complexity with Agent-Based Modeling -- 4.1 Agent-Based Modeling Research in World Politics -- 4.1.1 Political Applications of ABM -- 5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- List of Software Resources -- 4 A Semantic Approach for Representing and Querying Business Processes -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction. , 2 Semantic Web Techniques in Management Information Systems -- 2.1 What's Worth in Combining Management Information Systems with Semantic Web Technologies? -- 2.2 Process Models, Conceptual Models and Ontologies -- 2.3 Querying Business Process Models -- 2.4 Related Work -- 3 A BPMN Semantic Process Model -- 3.1 The Research Methodology -- 3.2 Developing Business Process Models -- 3.3 Developing the Ontology -- 3.3.1 The Scope of the BPMN Elements -- 3.3.2 The Scope of the Generic BPMN Alternative Models -- 3.3.3 The Scope of the Agent or Actor Participating in the Process -- 3.4 Validating the Ontology -- 4 Querying Conventional Databases and Semantic Models -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 5 Using Conversational Knowledge Management as a Lens for Virtual Collaboration in the Course of Small Group Activities -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work and Motivation -- 2.1 Conversational Patterns -- 2.2 Design Frames and Technologies for CK Management -- 2.3 Consolidation and Research Focus -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Data Samples and Analysis -- 3.2 Language-Action Models -- 4 Implementation -- 4.1 Transformable Document Templates -- 4.2 The Portlets -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 6 Spatial Environments for m-Learning: Review and Potentials -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 List of Resources -- 3 Classification Criteria -- 4 Exemplary Environments -- 5 Comparison -- 6 Results -- 7 Conclusions/Future Work -- References -- 7 Science Teachers' Metaphors of Digital Technologies and Social Media in Pedagogy in Finland and in Greece -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 2.1 Approaching Science -- 2.2 The Relationship Between Science and Digital Technology -- 3 The Study -- 3.1 Aims & -- Methods -- 3.2 The Context and the Participants -- 4 Findings -- 4.1 Science as Way of Thinking. , 4.2 Science as Method -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 8 Data Driven Monitoring of Energy Systems: Gaussian Process Kernel Machine for Fault Identification with Application to Boiling Water Reactors -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Gaussian Process Kernel Machines -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Application to Monitoring Complex Energy Systems: The Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Case -- 4.1 Problem Statement -- 4.2 Testing Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 9 A Framework to Assess the Behavior and Performance of a City Towards Energy Optimization -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Policy Context -- 3 Current Relevant Initiatives -- 4 Description of the Framework -- 5 Municipal Building Level SCEAF -- 6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 10 An Energy Management Platform for Smart Microgrids -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Smart Polygeneration Microgrid Pilot Plant -- 3 The Energy Management Platform -- 4 The Supervisory, Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 6 Conclusions and Future Research Lines -- References -- List of Resources -- 11 Transit Journaling and Traffic Sensitive Routing for a Mixed Mode Public Transportation System -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Limited Scope of Data -- 1.2 Formal Route Names Versus Informal Headsigns -- 1.3 Insufficient Stop Descriptions -- 1.4 Traffic Sensitivity in Routing/Trip Planning -- 2 Related Work -- 2.1 Crowdsourced Mapping and Real-time Tracking -- 2.2 Activity Detection -- 2.3 Trip Planning/Routing -- 2.3.1 Dijkstra's Algorithm -- 2.3.2 A* Search -- 2.3.3 Raptor -- 2.4 Trip Planning with Real-time Data -- 3 Methodology/Design -- 3.1 The Server/Back-End -- 3.1.1 GTFS Data Pre-processing -- 3.1.2 Server Design -- 3.1.3 The Modified RAPTOR Search Algorithm -- 3.2 The Mobile App -- 3.2.1 Search -- 3.2.2 Results/Journey Displays -- 3.2.3 Recording. , 3.2.4 Traffic Report -- 3.2.5 Results Display -- 3.2.6 Journey Display -- 3.2.7 Journal -- 3.2.8 Stop Editor -- 3.2.9 Route Editor -- 4 Tests and Results -- 4.1 Basic Routing Capacity -- 4.1.1 Survey -- 4.1.2 Demographics -- 4.1.3 Algorithm Evaluation -- 4.2 Traffic Sensitivity -- 4.3 Journey Recorder -- 5 Future Work -- 5.1 Base Estimate Correction -- 5.2 Preference-Weighing System -- 5.3 Traffic Flow Prediction -- 5.4 Further Evaluation of Mapping Ability -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 12 Adaptation of Automatic Information Extraction Method for Environmental Heatmaps to U-Matrices of Self Organising Maps -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Problem Formulation -- 3 HInEx---Heatmap Information Extraction -- 3.1 The Idea -- 3.2 Heatmap Area Isolation -- 3.3 Clustering Image Pixels Based on Colors -- 3.4 Generating Tree Description -- 3.5 The Key Search and Its Analysis -- 3.6 The Axis Search and Their Analysis -- 3.7 Complete Heatmap Description -- 4 SOM Cluster Number Extraction Based on U-Matrix -- 4.1 The Idea of HInEx Application to SOM U-Matrix -- 4.2 Clustering -- 4.3 Extracting a U-Matrix Cell Corresponding to a Single Distance Between Neurons -- 4.4 Searching a Color Representing the Minimal Neuron Distance in SOM -- 4.5 Threshold-like Operation -- 4.6 Dilatation and Erosion-like Operations -- 4.7 Searching for the Number of Groups in SOM -- 5 SOM Generator Description -- 6 Experimental Study -- 7 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 13 Evolutionary Computing and Genetic Algorithms: Paradigm Applications in 3D Printing Process Optimization -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Evolutionary Optimization -- 3 Determination of the Pareto-Optimal Build Orientations in Stereolithography -- 3.1 Orientation Selection in SL -- 3.2 Algorithm Configuration and Implementation -- 3.3 Build Orientation Case Study. , 4 Determination of the Optimum Packing Layout in Stereolithography Machine Workspace -- 4.1 Optimization Scheme -- 4.2 Packing Layout Construction Process -- 4.3 Packing Layout Case Studies -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 14 Car-Like Mobile Robot Navigation: A Survey -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 RRT-Based Methods -- 2.1 Unsafe Path Planning -- 2.2 Safe Path Planning -- 2.3 Rapidly Exploring Random Tree Algorithm on Rough Terrains (RRT-RT) -- 2.4 RRT Motion Planning Subsystem -- 2.5 Partial Motion Planning -- 2.6 Sensor-Based Random Tree (SRT) -- 2.7 RRT* Algorithm -- 2.8 Voronoi Fast Marching (VFM) and Fast Marching (FM2) -- 2.9 SBL Algorithm -- 2.10 Single-Query Motion Planning -- 2.11 Dynamic-Domain RRT -- 2.12 Transition-Based RRT -- 2.13 Parallelizing Rapidly-Exploring Random Tree (RRT) Algorithm on Large-Scale Distributed-Memory Architectures -- 2.14 Obstacle Sensitive Cost Function for Navigating Car-Like Robots -- 3 Methods Based on Fuzzy Logic -- 3.1 Distributed Active-Vision Network-Space System -- 3.2 Internet-Based Smart Space Navigation Using Fuzzy-Neural Adaptive Control -- 4 Sensor-Based Methods -- 4.1 Dynamic Window Approach (DWA) -- 4.2 Generalized Voronoi Graph (GVG) Theory -- 4.3 Navigation in Dynamic Environments Using Trajectory Deformation -- 4.4 Probabilistic Velocity Obstacle (PVO) -- 5 SLAM-Based Methods -- 5.1 On-line Path Following -- 5.2 The CyCab: A Car-Like Robot Navigating Autonomously and Safely Among Pedestrians -- 5.3 V-Slam -- 5.4 SLAM-Based Turning Strategy in Restricted Environments -- 5.5 L-Slam -- 6 Conclusions and Future Work -- 6.1 Future Directions in Autonomous Robot Navigation and Obstacle Perception -- 6.2 Future Directions in Applications of Autonomously-Navigating Robots -- References -- 15 Computing a Similarity Coefficient for Mining Massive Data Sets -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction. , 2 Related Work.

Note: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Applications of Learning and Analytics in Intelligent Systems -- References -- Learning and Analytics in Intelligent Medical Systems -- 2 A Comparison of Machine Learning Techniques to Predict the Risk of Heart Failure -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Theoretical Background -- 2.3 Data and Methods -- 2.3.1 Dataset -- 2.3.2 Evaluation Process -- 2.3.3 Weka -- 2.4 Overview of Proposed Systems -- 2.4.1 Logistic Regression -- 2.4.2 Decision Tree -- 2.4.3 Random Forest -- 2.4.4 K-Nearest Neighbor -- 2.4.5 Artificial Neuronal Network -- 2.4.6 SVM -- 2.4.7 Naïve Bayes -- 2.4.8 OneR -- 2.4.9 ZeroR -- 2.4.10 Hybrid -- 2.5 Comparison Results -- 2.6 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Differential Gene Expression Analysis of RNA-seq Data Using Machine Learning for Cancer Research -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Materials and Methods -- 3.2.1 RNAseq -- 3.2.2 Classical Approach -- 3.2.3 Machine Learning -- 3.2.4 Comparative Workflow -- 3.3 Code and Results of an Analysis with Real Data -- 3.3.1 Loading Packages -- 3.3.2 Loading and Searching the Data from TCGA -- 3.3.3 Patient Selection -- 3.3.4 Dependent Variable Definition -- 3.3.5 Biological Gene Filter -- 3.3.6 Graphics -- 3.3.7 Classical Statistical Analysis -- 3.3.8 Machine Learning Analysis -- 3.4 Conclusions -- References -- 4 Machine Learning Approaches for Pap-Smear Diagnosis: An Overview -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Cervical Cancer and Pap-Test -- 4.3 The Pap-Smear Databases -- 4.3.1 A Basic Data Analysis of New Data -- 4.4 The Used Methodologies -- 4.4.1 Adaptive Network-Based Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) -- 4.4.2 Artificial Neural Networks -- 4.4.3 Heuristic Classification -- 4.4.4 Minimum Distance Classification -- 4.4.5 Hard C-Means Clustering -- 4.4.6 Fuzzy C-Means Clustering -- 4.4.7 Gustafson and Kessel Clustering -- 4.4.8 k-Nearest Neighborhood Classification. , 4.4.9 Weighted k-Nearest Neighborhood Classification -- 4.4.10 Tabu Search -- 4.4.11 Genetic Programming -- 4.4.12 Ant Colony -- 4.5 The Pap-Smear Classification Problem -- 4.5.1 Classification with ANFIS -- 4.5.2 Heuristic Classification Based on GP -- 4.5.3 Classification Using Defuzzification Methods -- 4.5.4 Direct and Hierarchical Classification -- 4.5.5 Classification Using Feed-Forward Neural Network -- 4.5.6 Nearest Neighborhood Classification Based on GP Feature Selection -- 4.5.7 Nearest Neighborhood Classification Using Tabu Search for Feature Selection -- 4.5.8 Nearest Neighborhood Classification Using ACO for Feature Selection -- 4.5.9 Minimum Distance Classifier -- 4.6 Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Learning and Analytics in Intelligent Power Systems -- 5 Multi-kernel Analysis Paradigm Implementing the Learning from Loads Approach for Smart Power Systems -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Background -- 5.2.1 Kernel Machines -- 5.2.2 Gaussian Processes -- 5.3 Multi-kernel Paradigm for Load Analysis -- 5.3.1 Problem Statement -- 5.3.2 Multi-kernel Paradigm -- 5.4 Results -- 5.4.1 Problem Statement -- 5.4.2 Further Results -- 5.5 Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- 6 Conceptualizing and Measuring Energy Security: Geopolitical Dimensions, Data Availability, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods -- 6.1 Preamble -- 6.1.1 Structure of Chapter -- 6.2 Review of Energy Security Literature -- 6.2.1 Brief History of Energy Security -- 6.2.2 Defining Security and Energy Security -- 6.2.3 Energy Security Since the 20th Century -- 6.2.4 Energy Security and Geopolitics -- 6.2.5 Dimensions of Energy Security -- 6.3 Methodology -- 6.3.1 Research Questions -- 6.4 Analyses and Results -- 6.4.1 Milestone Time Periods -- 6.4.2 Data -- 6.4.3 Measuring Energy Security -- 6.4.4 Creating a Geopolitical Energy Security Index. , 6.4.5 Using Cluster Analysis -- 6.4.6 Looking at Case Studies of Key Countries -- 6.4.7 Carrying Out Interviews of Energy Experts -- 6.4.8 Forecasting Energy Security -- 6.5 Closing Comments -- References -- Learning and Analytics in Performance Assessment -- 7 Automated Stock Price Motion Prediction Using Technical Analysis Datasets and Machine Learning -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Technical Analysis Synopsis -- 7.3 Machine Learning Component -- 7.3.1 SVM Algorithm -- 7.3.2 Adaptive Boost Algorithm -- 7.4 System Implementation -- 7.4.1 System Structure -- 7.4.2 Training Data Set -- 7.4.3 Selection of Machine Learning Algorithm and Implementation -- 7.4.4 Android Client Application -- 7.5 System Evaluation -- 7.6 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- 8 Airport Data Analysis Using Common Statistical Methods and Knowledge-Based Techniques -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Literature Review -- 8.3 Airport Data Analysis -- 8.3.1 Data Collection and Cleansing -- 8.3.2 Case Study Description and Scope of Current Analysis -- 8.3.3 Demand Seasonality -- 8.3.4 International Passenger Connectivity Matrix -- 8.3.5 Weekly and Daily Airport Operating Patterns -- 8.3.6 Airplane Types and Associated Runway Length Requirements -- 8.4 Conclusions -- References -- 9 A Taxonomy and Review of the Network Data Envelopment Analysis Literature -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 DMU's Internal Network Structures and Assessment Paradigms -- 9.3 Assessment Paradigms -- 9.3.1 Independent Assessments -- 9.3.2 Joint Assessments -- 9.4 Classification of Network DEA Studies -- 9.5 Conclusion -- References -- Learning and Analytics in Intelligent Safety and Emergency Response Systems -- 10 Applying Advanced Data Analytics and Machine Learning to Enhance the Safety Control of Dams -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Data Lifecycle in the Safety Control of Concrete Dams. , 10.2.1 Raw Data Collection -- 10.2.2 Processing and Data Storage -- 10.2.3 Data Quality Assessment and Outlier Detection -- 10.2.4 Data Analysis and Dam Safety Assessment Based on Quantitative Interpretation Models -- 10.2.5 Data Analysis and Dam Safety Assessment Based on Machine Learning Models -- 10.3 Data Analysis and Data Prediction Using Deep Learning Models-An Overview -- 10.4 Adopted Problem Solving Process-The Design Science Research Methodology -- 10.5 Proposed Methodology-Adding Value to the Interpretation of the Monitored Dam Behaviour Through the Use of Deep Learning Models -- 10.6 Demonstration and Evaluation-Assessment and Interpretation of the Monitored Structural Behaviour of a Concrete Dam During Its Operation Phase -- 10.6.1 The Case Study-The Alto Lindoso Dam -- 10.6.2 The Dataset-Horizontal Displacements Measured by the Pendulum Method -- 10.6.3 Main Results and Discussion -- 10.7 Final Remarks -- References -- 11 Analytics and Evolving Landscape of Machine Learning for Emergency Response -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.1.1 Emergency Management -- 11.1.2 Machine Learning -- 11.1.3 Scope and Organizations -- 11.2 Applications of Machine Learning in Emergency Response -- 11.2.1 Machine Learning Techniques for Emergency Management Cycles -- 11.2.2 Event Prediction -- 11.2.3 Warning Systems -- 11.2.4 Event Detection and Tracking -- 11.2.5 Situational Awareness -- 11.2.6 Emergency Evaluation -- 11.2.7 Crowdsourcing -- 11.3 Analysis of Emergency Data -- 11.3.1 Big Data in Emergency Management -- 11.3.2 Data Collection -- 11.3.3 Information Extraction and Filtering -- 11.3.4 Data Integration -- 11.3.5 Applications for Data Analysis in Emergency -- 11.4 Challenges and Opportunities of Machine Learning in Response -- 11.4.1 Data Collection -- 11.4.2 Information Extraction -- 11.4.3 Data Filtering -- 11.4.4 Data Integration. , 11.5 Crowdsourcing in Emergency Management -- 11.5.1 Crowdsourcing with Machine Learning for Emergency Management -- 11.5.2 Example: Crowdsourcing and Machine Learning for Tracking Emergency -- 11.6 Conclusions -- References -- Learning and Analytics in Intelligent Social Media -- 12 Social Media Analytics, Types and Methodology -- 12.1 Social Networks and Analytics -- 12.1.1 Descriptive Analytics -- 12.1.2 Diagnostic Analytics -- 12.1.3 Predictive Analytics -- 12.1.4 Prescriptive Analytics -- 12.2 Introduction to Social Network Mining -- 12.3 Data Structure -- 12.3.1 Structured Data -- 12.3.2 Semi-structured Data -- 12.3.3 Unstructured Data -- 12.4 Data Quality -- 12.4.1 Noise -- 12.4.2 Outliers -- 12.4.3 Missing Values -- 12.4.4 Duplicate Data -- 12.5 Data Preprocessing -- 12.5.1 Aggregation -- 12.5.2 Discretization -- 12.5.3 Feature Selection -- 12.5.4 Feature Extraction -- 12.5.5 Sampling -- 12.6 Network Modeling -- 12.6.1 Real World Networks -- 12.6.2 Random Graphs -- 12.6.3 Small World Model -- 12.6.4 Preferential Attachment Model -- 12.7 Network Schemas -- 12.7.1 Multi-relational Network with Single Typed Objects -- 12.7.2 Bipartite Network -- 12.7.3 Star-Schema Network -- 12.7.4 Multiple-hub Network -- 12.8 Task Categorization -- 12.9 Machine Learning -- 12.9.1 Supervised Learning -- 12.9.2 Unsupervised Learning -- 12.10 Conclusions -- References -- 13 Machine Learning Methods for Opinion Mining In text: The Past and the Future -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Terminology -- 13.3 Early Projects -- 13.4 The Fascinating Opportunities that Sentiment Analysis Raises -- 13.5 Natural Language Processing for Sentiment Analysis -- 13.5.1 Affective Information for Sentiment Analysis -- 13.5.2 Corpora Annotated for Sentiment Analysis Tasks -- 13.5.3 Distributional Semantics and Sentiment Analysis. , 13.6 Traditional Models Based on Lexica and Feature Engineering.

Note: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I Machine Learning Fundamentals -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Machine Learning -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Machine Learning Categorization According to the Type of Inference -- 2.2.1 Model Identification -- 2.2.2 Shortcoming of the Model Identification Approach -- 2.2.3 Model Prediction -- 2.3 Machine Learning Categorization According to the Amount of Inference -- 2.3.1 Rote Learning -- 2.3.2 Learning from Instruction -- 2.3.3 Learning by Analogy -- 2.4 Learning from Examples -- 2.4.1 The Problem of Minimizing the Risk Functional from Empirical Data -- 2.4.2 Induction Principles for Minimizing the Risk Functional on Empirical Data -- 2.4.3 Supervised Learning -- 2.4.4 Unsupervised Learning -- 2.4.5 Reinforcement Learning -- 2.5 Theoretical Justifications of Statistical Learning Theory -- 2.5.1 Generalization and Consistency -- 2.5.2 Bias-Variance and Estimation-Approximation Trade-Off -- 2.5.3 Consistency of Empirical Minimization Process -- 2.5.4 Uniform Convergence -- 2.5.5 Capacity Concepts and Generalization Bounds -- 2.5.6 Generalization Bounds -- References -- 3 The Class Imbalance Problem -- 3.1 Nature of the Class Imbalance Problem -- 3.2 The Effect of Class Imbalance on Standard Classifiers -- 3.2.1 Cost Insensitive Bayes Classifier -- 3.2.2 Bayes Classifier Versus Majority Classifier -- 3.2.3 Cost Sensitive Bayes Classifier -- 3.2.4 Nearest Neighbor Classifier -- 3.2.5 Decision Trees -- 3.2.6 Neural Networks -- 3.2.7 Support Vector Machines -- References -- 4 Addressing the Class Imbalance Problem -- 4.1 Resampling Techniques -- 4.1.1 Natural Resampling -- 4.1.2 Random Over-Sampling and Random Under-Sampling -- 4.1.3 Under-Sampling Methods -- 4.1.4 Over-Sampling Methods -- 4.1.5 Combination Methods -- 4.2 Cost Sensitive Learning -- 4.2.1 The MetaCost Algorithm. , 4.3 One Class Learning -- 4.3.1 One Class Classifiers -- 4.3.2 Density Models -- 4.3.3 Boundary Methods -- 4.3.4 Reconstruction Methods -- 4.3.5 Principal Components Analysis -- 4.3.6 Auto-Encoders and Diabolo Networks -- References -- 5 Machine Learning Paradigms -- 5.1 Support Vector Machines -- 5.1.1 Hard Margin Support Vector Machines -- 5.1.2 Soft Margin Support Vector Machines -- 5.2 One-Class Support Vector Machines -- 5.2.1 Spherical Data Description -- 5.2.2 Flexible Descriptors -- 5.2.3 v - SVC -- References -- Part II Artificial Immune Systems -- 6 Immune System Fundamentals -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Brief History and Perspectives on Immunology -- 6.3 Fundamentals and Main Components -- 6.4 Adaptive Immune System -- 6.5 Computational Aspects of Adaptive Immune System -- 6.5.1 Pattern Recognition -- 6.5.2 Immune Network Theory -- 6.5.3 The Clonal Selection Principle -- 6.5.4 Immune Learning and Memory -- 6.5.5 Immunological Memory as a Sparse Distributed Memory -- 6.5.6 Affinity Maturation -- 6.5.7 Self/Non-self Discrimination -- References -- 7 Artificial Immune Systems -- 7.1 Definitions -- 7.2 Scope of AIS -- 7.3 A Framework for Engineering AIS -- 7.3.1 Shape-Spaces -- 7.3.2 Affinity Measures -- 7.3.3 Immune Algorithms -- 7.4 Theoretical Justification of the Machine Learning -- 7.5 AIS-Based Clustering -- 7.5.1 Background Immunological Concepts -- 7.5.2 The Artificial Immune Network (AIN) Learning Algorithm -- 7.5.3 AiNet Characterization and Complexity Analysis -- 7.6 AIS-Based Classification -- 7.6.1 Background Immunological Concepts -- 7.6.2 The Artificial Immune Recognition System (AIRS) Learning Algorithm -- 7.6.3 Source Power of AIRS Learning Algorithm and Complexity Analysis -- 7.7 AIS-Based Negative Selection -- 7.7.1 Background Immunological Concepts -- 7.7.2 Theoretical Justification of the Negative Selection Algorithm. , 7.7.3 Real-Valued Negative Selection with Variable-Sized Detectors -- 7.7.4 AIS-Based One-Class Classification -- 7.7.5 V-Detector Algorithm -- References -- 8 Experimental Evaluation of Artificial Immune System-Based Learning Algorithms -- 8.1 Experimentation -- 8.1.1 The Test Data Set -- 8.1.2 Artificial Immune System-Based Music Piece Clustering and Database Organization -- 8.1.3 Artificial Immune System-Based Customer Data Clustering in an e-Shopping Application -- 8.1.4 AIS-Based Music Genre Classification -- 8.1.5 Music Recommendation Based on Artificial Immune Systems -- References -- 9 Conclusions and Future Work.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems in Practice: An Introduction -- Abstract -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Chapters Included in the Book -- 1.3 Conclusion -- References -- 2 On the Use of Multi-attribute Decision Making for Combining Audio-Lingual and Visual-Facial Modalities in Emotion Recognition -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Related Work -- 2.2.1 Multi-attribute Decision Making -- 2.3 Aims and Settings of the Empirical Studies -- 2.3.1 Elicitation of Emotions and Creation of Databases -- 2.3.2 Creation of Databases of Known Expressions of Emotions -- 2.3.3 Analysis of Recognisability of Emotions by Human Observers -- 2.4 Empirical Study for Audio-Lingual Emotion Recognition -- 2.4.1 The Experimental Educational Application for Elicitation of Emotions -- 2.4.2 Audio-Lingual Modality Analysis -- 2.5 Empirical Study for Visual-Facial Emotion Recognition -- 2.5.1 Visual-Facial Empirical Study on Subjects -- 2.5.2 Visual-Facial Empirical Study by Human Observers -- 2.6 Discussion and Comparison of the Results from the Empirical Studies -- 2.7 Combining the Results from the Empirical Studies Through MADM -- 2.8 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 3 Cooperative Learning Assisted by Automatic Classification Within Social Networking Services -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Related Work -- 3.2.1 Social Networking Services -- 3.2.2 Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning -- 3.3 Algorithm of the System Functioning -- 3.3.1 Description of Automatic Classification -- 3.3.2 Optimization Objective and Its Definition -- 3.3.3 Initialization of Centroids -- 3.3.4 Incorporation of Automatic Classification -- 3.4 General Overview of the System -- 3.5 Evaluation of the System -- 3.6 Conclusions and Future Work -- References. , 4 Improving Peer-to-Peer Communication in e-Learning by Development of an Advanced Messaging System -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Related Work -- 4.3 Data Analysis System Design -- 4.4 Experimental Results -- 4.5 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- 5 Fuzzy-Based Digital Video Stabilization in Static Scenes -- Abstract -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Related Work -- 5.3 Method of Frame Deblurring -- 5.4 Fuzzy-Based Video Stabilization Method -- 5.4.1 Estimation of Local Motion Vectors -- 5.4.2 Smoothness of GMVs Building -- 5.4.3 Static Scene Alignment -- 5.5 Experimental Results -- 5.6 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Development of Architecture, Information Archive and Multimedia Formats for Digital e-Libraries -- Abstract -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Related Work -- 6.3 Overview of Standards and Document Formats -- 6.4 Requirements and Objectives -- 6.5 Proposed Architecture of Digital e-Library Warehouse -- 6.6 Proposed EPUB Format Extensions -- 6.7 Client Software Design and Researches of Vulnerability -- 6.8 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Layered Ontological Image for Intelligent Interaction to Extend User Capabilities on Multimedia Systems in a Folksonomy Driven Environment -- Abstract -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Human Based Computation -- 7.2.1 Motivation of Human Contribution -- 7.3 Background of Related Work -- 7.3.1 Object Tracking -- 7.4 Dynamic Learning Ontology Structure -- 7.4.1 Richer Semantics of Attributes -- 7.4.2 Object on Layered Representation -- 7.4.3 Semantic Attributes -- 7.4.4 Attribute Bounding Box Position -- 7.4.5 Attributes Extraction and Sentiment Analysis -- 7.4.6 Folksodriven Bounding Box Notation -- 7.5 Image Analysis and Feature Selection -- 7.5.1 Object Position Detection -- 7.6 Previsions on Ontology Structure -- 7.7 A Case Study: In-Video Advertisement -- 7.7.1 In-Video Advertisement Functionality. , 7.7.2 Web GRP -- 7.7.3 Folksodriven Ontology Prediction for Advertisement -- 7.7.4 In-Video Advertisement Validation -- 7.8 Relevant Resources -- 7.9 Conclusion -- References.

Note: Intro -- Foreword -- References -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Machine Learning Paradigms: Advances in Data Analytics -- Bibliography -- Data Analytics in the Medical, Biological and Signal Sciences -- 2 A Recommender System of Medical Reports Leveraging Cognitive Computing and Frame Semantics -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 State of the Art -- 2.2.1 Biomedical Information Retrieval -- 2.2.2 Biomedical Classification -- 2.2.3 Biomedical Clustering -- 2.2.4 Biomedical Recommendation -- 2.2.5 Cognitive Computing and IBM Watson -- 2.2.6 Frame Semantics and Framester -- 2.3 Architecture of Our System -- 2.3.1 Content Analyzer Module -- 2.3.2 Machine Learning Module -- 2.3.3 Recommendation Module -- 2.4 Experiments -- 2.4.1 The Test Dataset -- 2.4.2 Experiment Setup -- 2.4.3 Recommendation Module Setup -- 2.4.4 Results -- 2.5 Conclusion and Future Trends -- References -- 3 Classification Methods in Image Analysis with a Special Focus on Medical Analytics -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Background -- 3.3 Feature Representation for Image Classification -- 3.3.1 Global Features -- 3.3.2 Local Features -- 3.3.3 Bag of Visual Words -- 3.3.4 Pixel-Level Features -- 3.4 Security and Biometrics -- 3.4.1 Supervised Classification -- 3.5 Aerospace and Satellite Monitoring -- 3.5.1 Supervised Classification -- 3.5.2 Unsupervised Classification -- 3.6 Document Analysis and Language Understanding -- 3.6.1 Supervised Classification -- 3.6.2 Unsupervised Classification -- 3.7 Information Retrieval -- 3.7.1 Supervised Classification -- 3.7.2 Unsupervised Classification -- 3.8 Classification in Image-Based Medical Analytics -- 3.8.1 Diagnostic Inspective Acquisition Imaging -- 3.8.2 Nuclear Medicine Imaging -- 3.8.3 Clinical Radiology Imaging -- 3.8.4 Horizon of the Research and Future Challenges -- 3.9 Conclusions -- 3.10 Further Readings -- References. , 4 Medical Data Mining for Heart Diseases and the Future of Sequential Mining in Medical Field -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Classical Data Mining Technics and Heart Diseases -- 4.2.1 Popular Data Mining Algorithms -- 4.2.2 Data Mining and Heart Diseases -- 4.3 Sequential Mining in Medical Domain -- 4.4 Sequential Mining -- 4.4.1 Important Terms and Notations -- 4.4.2 Sequential Patterns Mining -- 4.4.3 General and Specific Techniques Used by SPM Algorithms -- 4.4.4 Extensions of Sequential Pattern Mining Algorithms -- 4.5 Discussion -- 4.6 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Machine Learning Methods for the Protein Fold Recognition Problem -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Supervised Learning -- 5.3 Deep Learning Methods in Pattern Recognition -- 5.4 Features of the Amino Acid Sequence -- 5.5 Protein Fold Machine Learning-Based Classification Methods -- 5.5.1 Datasets Used in the Described Experiments -- 5.5.2 Methods -- 5.6 Discussion, Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- 6 Speech Analytics Based on Machine Learning -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Speech Phoneme Signal Analysis -- 6.3 Speech Signal Pre-processing -- 6.4 Speech Information Retrieval Scheme -- 6.5 Feature Extraction -- 6.5.1 Time Domain Features -- 6.5.2 Frequency Domain Features -- 6.5.3 Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients -- 6.6 Data Preparation for Deep Learning -- 6.7 Experiment Results -- 6.7.1 Feature Vector Applied to Vowel Classification -- 6.7.2 Feature Vector Applied to Allophone Classification -- 6.7.3 Convolutional Neural Networks Applied to Allophone Classification -- 6.7.4 Convolutional Neural Networks Applied to Vowel Classification -- 6.8 Conclusions -- References -- Data Analytics in Social Studies and Social Interactions -- 7 Trends on Sentiment Analysis over Social Networks: Pre-processing Ramifications, Stand-Alone Classifiers and Ensemble Averaging -- 7.1 Introduction. , 7.2 Research Methodology -- 7.3 Twitter Datasets -- 7.4 Evaluation of Data Preprocessing Techniques -- 7.5 Evaluation of Stand-Alone Classifiers -- 7.6 Evaluation of Ensemble Classifiers -- 7.7 The Case of Sentiment Analysis in Social e-Learning -- 7.8 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- 8 Finding a Healthy Equilibrium of Geo-demographic Segments for a Telecom Business: Who Are Malicious Hot-Spotters? -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Geospatial and Geo-demographic Data -- 8.3 The Combinatorial Optimization Module -- 8.4 Infrastructure-Friendly and Stressing Clients -- 8.5 Experiments -- 8.6 Conclusions -- References -- Data Analytics in Traffic, Computer and Power Networks -- 9 Advanced Parametric Methods for Short-Term Traffic Forecasting in the Era of Big Data -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Traffic Data -- 9.2.1 Traffic Network -- 9.2.2 Traffic Descriptors -- 9.2.3 Traffic Data Sources -- 9.3 Traffic Data Preprocessing -- 9.3.1 Time Series Formulation -- 9.3.2 Outlier Detection -- 9.3.3 Missing Data Imputation -- 9.3.4 Map-Matching -- 9.4 Parametric Short-Term Traffic Forecasting -- 9.4.1 Autoregressive Moving Average (ARMA) -- 9.4.2 Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) -- 9.4.3 Space-Time ARIMA (STARIMA) -- 9.4.4 Lag-STARIMA -- 9.4.5 Graph-Based Lag-STARIMA (GBLS) -- References -- 10 Network Traffic Analytics for Internet Service Providers-Application in Early Prediction of DDoS Attacks -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Procedure Adopted -- 10.2.1 Related Work -- 10.3 The Proposed Approach -- 10.3.1 Mathematical Formulation -- 10.3.2 State Space Model-Autoregressive Model-Discrete-Time Kalman Filter -- 10.4 Structure and Parameters of the MRSP Algorithm -- 10.5 Results and Performance of the MRSP Algorithm -- 10.6 Detecting Anomalies -- 10.6.1 DETECTING a DDoS ATTACK -- 10.6.2 Detecting an Anomaly -- 10.6.3 Final Remarks. , 10.7 Conclusions -- References -- 11 Intelligent Data Analysis in Electric Power Engineering Applications -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Intelligent Techniques in Ground Resistance Estimation -- 11.2.1 Grounding Systems -- 11.2.2 Application of ANN Methodologies for the Estimation of Ground Resistance -- 11.2.3 Wavelet Networks Modeling for the Estimation of Ground Resistance -- 11.2.4 Inductive Machine Learning -- 11.2.5 Genetic and Gene Expression Programming Versus Linear Regression Models -- 11.3 Estimation of Critical Flashover Voltage of Insulators -- 11.3.1 Problem Description -- 11.3.2 Genetic Algorithms -- 11.3.3 Application of ANNs -- 11.3.4 Multilayer Perceptron ANNs -- 11.3.5 Genetic Programming -- 11.3.6 Gravitational Search Algorithm Technique -- 11.4 Other Applications of Electric Power Systems -- 11.4.1 Load Forecasting -- 11.4.2 Lightning Performance Evaluation in Transmission Lines -- 11.5 Conclusions and Further Research -- References -- Data Analytics for Digital Forensics -- 12 Combining Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks for File Forgery Detection -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.1.1 McKemmish Predominant Model -- 12.1.2 Kent Predominant Model -- 12.1.3 Digital Evidences -- 12.1.4 File Type Identification -- 12.2 Methodology of the Proposed Method -- 12.3 Experimental Setup and Results -- 12.4 Conclusions -- References -- Theoretical Advances and Tools for Data Analytics -- 13 Deep Learning Analytics -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Preliminaries and Notation -- 13.3 Unsupervised Learning -- 13.3.1 Deep Autoencoders -- 13.3.2 Autoencoder Variants -- 13.4 Supervised Learning -- 13.4.1 Multilayer Perceptrons -- 13.4.2 Convolutional Neural Networks -- 13.4.3 Recurrent Neural Networks -- 13.5 Deep Learning Frameworks -- 13.6 Concluding Remarks -- References.

Note: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction to Recommender Systems -- 1.2 Formulation of the Recommendation Problem -- 1.2.1 The Input to a Recommender System -- 1.2.2 The Output of a Recommender System -- 1.3 Methods of Collecting Knowledge About User Preferences -- 1.3.1 The Implicit Approach -- 1.3.2 The Explicit Approach -- 1.3.3 The Mixing Approach -- 1.4 Motivation of the Book -- 1.5 Contribution of the Book -- 1.6 Outline of the Book -- References -- 2 Review of Previous Work Related to Recommender Systems -- 2.1 Content-Based Methods -- 2.2 Collaborative Methods -- 2.2.1 User-Based Collaborative Filtering Systems -- 2.2.2 Item-Based Collaborative Filtering Systems -- 2.2.3 Personality Diagnosis -- 2.3 Hybrid Methods -- 2.3.1 Adding Content-Based Characteristics to Collaborative Models -- 2.3.2 Adding Collaborative Characteristics to Content-Based Models -- 2.3.3 A Single Unifying Recommendation Model -- 2.3.4 Other Types of Recommender Systems -- 2.4 Fundamental Problems of Recommender Systems -- References -- 3 The Learning Problem -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Types of Learning -- 3.3 Statistical Learning -- 3.3.1 Classical Parametric Paradigm -- 3.3.2 General Nonparametric---Predictive Paradigm -- 3.3.3 Transductive Inference Paradigm -- 3.4 Formulation of the Learning Problem -- 3.5 The Problem of Classification -- 3.5.1 Empirical Risk Minimization -- 3.5.2 Structural Risk Minimization -- 3.6 Support Vector Machines -- 3.6.1 Basics of Support Vector Machines -- 3.6.2 Multi-class Classification Based on SVM -- 3.7 One-Class Classification -- 3.7.1 One-Class SVM Classification -- 3.7.2 Recommendation as a One-Class Classification Problem -- References -- 4 Content Description of Multimedia Data -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 MPEG-7 -- 4.2.1 Visual Content Descriptors. , 4.2.2 Audio Content Descriptors -- 4.3 MARSYAS: Audio Content Features -- 4.3.1 Music Surface Features -- 4.3.2 Rhythm Features and Tempo -- 4.3.3 Pitch Features -- References -- 5 Similarity Measures for Recommendations Based on Objective Feature Subset Selection -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Objective Feature-Based Similarity Measures -- 5.3 Architecture of MUSIPER -- 5.4 Incremental Learning -- 5.5 Realization of MUSIPER -- 5.5.1 Computational Realization of Incremental Learning -- 5.6 MUSIPER Operation Demonstration -- 5.7 MUSIPER Evaluation Process -- 5.8 System Evaluation Results -- References -- 6 Cascade Recommendation Methods -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Cascade Content-Based Recommendation -- 6.3 Cascade Hybrid Recommendation -- 6.4 Measuring the Efficiency of the Cascade Classification Scheme -- References -- 7 Evaluation of Cascade Recommendation Methods -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Comparative Study of Recommendation Methods -- 7.3 One-Class SVM---Fraction: Analysis -- 8 Conclusions and Future Work -- 8.1 Summary and Conclusions -- 8.2 Current and Future Work.