B. V. Babu & Atulya Nagar 
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving (SocProS 2012), December 28-30, 2012 [PDF ebook] 

Insulin Chart Prediction for Diabetic Patients Using Hidden Markov Model (HMM) and Simulated Annealing Method.- A Single Curve Piecewise Fitting Method for Detecting Valve Stiction and Quantification in Oscillating Control Loops.- Feed Point Optimization of Fractal Antenna using GRNN-GA Hybrid Algorithm.- Diversity Maintenance Perspective: An Analysis of Exploratory Power and Function Optimization in Context of Adaptive Genetic Algorithms.- Use of Ant Colony System in Solving Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Window Constraints.- Energy Saving Model for Sensor Network Using Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm.- Multi-objective Optimization of PID Controller for Coupled Tank Liquid Level Control System Using Genetic Algorithm.- Comparative Performance Analysis of Particle Swarm Optimization and Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic based TCSC Controller Design.- Improved Parallelization of an Image Segmentation Bio-inspired Algorithm.- A Novel Hardware/Software Partitioning technique for System-on-Chip in Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration Using Genetic Algorithm.- Solving School Bus Routing Problem Using Hybrid Genetic Algorithm: A Case Study.- Taguchi based Tuning of Rotation Angles and Population Size in Quantum-inspired Evolutionary Algorithm for Solving MMDP.- Simultaneous Feature Selection and Extraction Using Fuzzy-Rough Sets.- A Fuzzy Programming Approach for Bi-level Stochastic Programming.- Implementation of Intelligent Water Drops Algorithm to Solve Graph Based Travelling Salesman Problem.- Optimization of Complex Mathematical Functions Using a Novel Implementation of Intelligent Water Drops Algorithm.- A New Centroid Method of Ranking for Intuitionistic Fuzzy Numbers.- Solution of Multi Objective Linear Programming Problems in Intuitionistic Fuzzy Environment.- Analyzing Competitive Priorities for Machine Tool Manufacturing Industry: ANP Based Approach.- A Modified Variant of RSA Algorithm for Gaussian Integers.- Neural Network and Statistical Modeling of Software Development Effort.- On α-convex Multivalent Functions Defined by Generalized Ruscheweyh Derivatives Involving Fractional Differential Operator.- A New Expected Value Model for the Fuzzy Shortest Path Problem.- Existence and Uniqueness of Fixed Point in Fuzzy Metric Spaces and Its applications.- Variable Selection and Fault Detection Using a Hybrid Intelligent Water Drop Algorithm.- Air Conditioning System with Fuzzy Logic and Neuro Fuzzy Algorithm.- Improving the Performance of the Optimization Technique Using Chaotic Algorithm.- New Reliable Algorithm for Fractional Harry Dym Equation.- Floating Point based Universal Fused Add-Subtract Unit.- New Analytical Approach for Fractional Cubic Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation via Laplace Transform.- An Investigation on the Structure of Super Strongly Perfect Graphs on Trees.- A Novel Approach for Thin Film Flow Problem via Homotopy Analysis Sumudu Transform Method.- Buckling and Vibration of Non-homogeneous Orthotropic Rectangular Plates with Variable Thickness Using DQM.- A Dual SBM Model with Fuzzy Weights in Fuzzy DEA.- Ball Bearing Fault Diagnosis Using Continuous Wavelet Transforms with Modern Algebraic Function.- Engineering Optimization Using SOMGA.- Goal Programming Approach to Trans-shipment Problem.- An Efficient Solution to Multiple Non-Linear Regression Model with Interaction Effect Using TORA and LINDO.- On the Fekete-Szegö Problem for Certain Subclass of Analytic Functions.- Bi-Objective Scheduling on Parallel Machines in Fuzzy Environment.- Inventory Model for Decaying Item with Continuously Variable Holding Cost and Partial Backlogging.- The Value of Product Life-cycle for Deteriorating Items in a Closed Loop under the Reverse Logistics Operations.- A Fuzzified Production Model with Time Varying Demand under Shortages and Inflation.- A Partial Backlogging Inventory Model for Decaying Items, Considering Stock and Price Dependent Consumption Rate in Fuzzy Environment.- Efficient Protocol Prediction Algorithm for MANET Multimedia Transmission under JF Periodic Dropping Attack.- New Placement Strategy for Buffers in Critical Chain.- Inducing Fuzzy Association Rules with Multiple Minimum Supports for Time Series Data.- RGA Analysis of Dynamic Process Models under Uncertainty.- Steps towards Web Ubiquitous Computing.- Estimation of Uncertainty Using Entropy on Noise Based Soft Classifiers.- Location Management in Mobile Computing Using Swarm Intelligence Techniques.- Genetic Algorithm Based Optimization of Material Removal Rate with Surface Finish Constraints in Abrasive Water Jet Cutting of Carbon-Epoxy Composites.- Fingerprint and Minutiae Points Technique.- Optimization Problems in Pulp and Paper Industries.- Integrating ERP with E-Commerce: A New Dimension towards Growth for Micro, Small & Medium Scale Enterprises in India.- A New Heuristic for Disassembly Line Balancing Problems With AND/OR Precedence Relations.- A New Approach to Rework in Merge Production Systems.- An Iterative Marching with Correctness Criterion Algorithm for Shape from Shading Under Oblique Light Source.- Enhancement of Mean Shift Tracking through Joint Histogram of Color and Color Coherence Vector.- A Rubric based Assessment of Student Performance Using Fuzzy Logic.- Representation and Classification of Medicinal Plants: A Symbolic Approach based on Fuzzy Inference Technique.- Fractal Image Compression Using Dynamically Pipelined GPU Clusters.- Person Identification using Components of Average Silhouette Image.- Modified LSB Method Using New Cryptographic Algorithm for Steganography.- TDAC: Co-expressed Gene Pattern Finding Using Attribute Clustering.- An Introduction to Back Propagation Learning and Its Application in Classification of Genome Data Sequence.- Sobel-fuzzy Technique to Enhance the Detection of Edges in Grayscale Images Using Auto-Thresholding.- Hesitant k-Nearest Neighbor (HK-nn) Classifier for Document Classification and Numerical Result Analysis.- Lower Bound on Naïve Bayes Classifier Accuracy in Case of Noisy Data.- A Neuro-fuzzy Approach to Diagnose and Classify Learning Disability.- A Review of Hybrid Machine Learning Approaches in Cognitive Classification.- “A Safer Cloud”, Data Isolation and Security by Tus-Man Protocol.- Poem Classification Using Machine Learning Approach.- Novel Class Detection in Data Streams.- Analyzing Random Forest Classifier with Different Split Measures.- Text Classification Using Machine Learning Methods – A Survey.- Weka Based Classification Techniques for Offline Handwritten Gurmukhi Character Recognition.- An Efficient Fingerprint Indexing Scheme.- Gait Biometrics: An Approach to Speed Invariant Human Gait Analysis for Person Identification.- XML based Authentication to handle SQL Injection.- Observation Probability in Hidden Markov Model for Credit Card Fraudulent Detection.- Comparative Study of Feature Reduction and Machine Learning Methods for Spam Detection.- Generation of Key Bit-streams Using Sparse Matrix-vector Multiplication for Video Encryption.- Steganography based Secure Communication.- Hierarchy of Communities in Dynamic Social Network.- SLAOCMS: A Layered Architecture of SLA Oriented Cloud Management System for Achieving Agreement during Resource Failure.- Semantic Search in E-Tourism Services: Making Data Compilation Easier.- Deep Questions in the “Deep or Hidden” Web.- Combined and Improved Framework of Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS) and Platform as a Service (PAAS) in Cloud Computing.- Website Reorganization based on Topology and Usage Patterns.- Web Search Personalization Using Ontological User Profiles.- Autonomous Computation Offloading Application for Android Phones using Cloud.- Optimizing Battery Utilization and Reducing Time Consumption in Smartphones Exploiting the Power of Cloud Computing.- On Clustering of DNA Sequence of Olfactory Receptors Using Scaled Fuzzy Graph Model.- Linear Hopfield Based Optimization for Combined Economic Emission Load Dispatch Problem.- Soft Computing Approach for VLSI Min-Cut Partitioning: The State of the Arts.- Multimedia Classification Using ANN Approach.- Live Traffic English Text Monitoring Using Fuzzy Approach.- Digital Mammogram and Tumour Detection Using Fractal Based Texture Analysis: A Box-Counting Algorithm.- Approaches of Computing Traffic Load for Automated Traffic Signal Control: A Survey.- Comparative Analysis of Neural Model and Statistical Model for Abnormal Retinal Image Segmentation.- An Efficient Training Dataset Generation Method for Extractive Text Summarization.- Online Identification of English Plain Text Using Artificial Neural Network.- Novel Approach to Predict Promoter Region (NAPPR) based on Short Range Interaction between DNA Sequences. “Eco-Computation”: A Step towards more Friendly Green Computing.- A Comparative Study of Performance of Different Window Functions for Speech Enhancement.- Methods for Estimation of Structural State of Alkali Feldspars.- Iris Recognition System Using Local Features Matching Technique.- Fast and Accurate Face Recognition Using SVM and DCT.- Multi-temporal Satellite Image Analysis Using Gene Expression Programming.- An Advanced Approach of Face Alignment for Gender Recognition Using PCA.- Analysis of Pattern Storage Network with Simulated Annealing for Storage and Recalling of Compressed Image Using SOM.- Non-rigid Image Registration of Brain MR Images Using Normalized Mutual Information.- A Proposal for Deployment of Wireless Sensor Network in Day-to-day Home and Industrial Appliances for a Greener Environment.- Energy-Aware Mathematical Modelling of Packet Transmission through Cluster Head from Unequal Clusters in WSN.- Evaluation of Various Battery models for Bellman Ford Ad-hoc Routing Protocol in VANET Using Qualnet.- A Comparative Analysis of Emotion Recognition from Stimulated EEG Signals.- Propagation Delay Analysis for Bundled Multi-walled CNT in Global VLSI Interconnects.- Improvement in Radiation Parameters Using Single Slot Circular Microstrip Patch Antenna.- A П-Slot Microstrip Antenna with Band Rejection Characteristics for Ultra Wideband Applications.- A Technique to Minimize the Effect on Resonance Frequency Due to Fabrication Errors of MS Antenna by Operating Dielectric Constant.- Artificial Neural Network Model for Forecasting the Stock Price of Indian IT Company.- V/f based Speed Controllers for an Induction Motor Using AI Techniques: A Comparative Analysis.- Enhanced Technique to Identify Higher Level Clones in Software.- Privacy Protected Mining Using Heuristic based Inherent Voting Spatial Cluster Ensembles.- Smart Relay Based Online Estimation of Process Model Parameters.- Software Cost Estimation Using Similarity Difference between Software Attributes.- Mining Knowledge from Engineering Materials Database for Data Analysis.- Rule based Architecture for Medical Question Answering System.- Adaptive Mutation-driven Search for Global Minima in 3-D Coulomb Clusters: A new Method with Preliminary Applications.-A New Rough-Fuzzy Clustering Algorithm and Its Applications.- A Novel Rough Set Based Clustering Approach for Streaming Data.- Optimizing Number of Cluster Heads in Wireless Sensor Networks for Clustering Algorithms.- Data Clustering Using Cuckoo Search Algorithm (CSA).- Search Result Clustering through Expectation Maximization based Pruning of Terms.- Intensity-based Detection of Microcalcification Clusters in Digital Mammograms Using Fractal Dimension.- Palmprint Recognition Using Geometrical and Statistical Constraints.- A Diversity based Comparative Study for Advance Variants of Differential Evolution.- Computing Vectors Based Document Clustering and Numerical Result Analysis.- Altered Fingerprint Identification & Classification Using SP Detection & Fuzzy Classification.- Optimal Advertisement Planning for Multi Products Incorporating Segment Specific and Spectrum Effect of Different Medias.- Two Storage Inventory Model for Perishable Items with Trapezoidal Type Demand under Conditionally Permissible Delay in Payment.- Development of an EOQ Model for Multi Source & Destinations, Deteriorating Products under Fuzzy Environment.- A Goal Programming Model for Advertisement Selection on Online News Media.- An Integrated Approach and Framework for Document Clustering Using Graph based Association Rule Mining.- Desktop Virtualization and Green Computing Solutions.- Noise Reduction from the Micro Array Images to Identify the Intensity of the Expression.- A comparative Study on Machine Learning Algorithms in Emotion State Recognition Using ECG.- Fault Diagnosis of Ball Bearings Using Support Vector Machine and Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Classifier.- Designing a Closed-loop Logistic Network in Supply Chain by reducing its Unfriendly Consequences on Environment.- Optimal Component Selection based on Cohesion & Coupling for Component based Software System.- Some Issues on Choices of Modalities for Multimodal Biometric Systems.- An Adaptive Iterative PCA-SVM based Technique for Dimensionality Reduction to Support Fast Mining of Leukemia Data.- Social Evolution: An evolutionary Algorithm Inspired by Human Interactions.- A Survey on Filter Techniques for Feature Selection in Text Mining.- An Effective Hybrid Method based on DE, GA, and K-means for Data Clustering.- Studies and Evaluation of EIT Image Reconstruction in EIDORS with Simulated Boundary Data.- Coverage of Indoor WLAN in Obstructed Environment Using Particle Swarm Optimization.- Stereovision for 3D Information.

Dr. B.V. Babu is currently the Pro Vice Chancellor of DIT University, Dehradun. Earlier he was the Director of IET at JK Lakshmipat University and prior to that he was with BITS Pilani. He has over 28 years of teaching, research, consultancy, and administrative experience. He did his Ph D from IIT Bombay. He held various administrative positions such as Dean of various divisions during over 15 years of his tenure at BITS Pilani. His research interests include Evolutionary Computation, Environmental Engineering, Biomass Gasification, Energy Integration, Artificial Neural Networks, Nanotechnology, and Modeling and Simulation. He is Editorial Board member of 6 International Journals, has published 6 books, and has around 220 research publications in international and national journals and conference proceedings.

Prof. Atulya K. Nagar holds the Foundation Chair, as Professor and Head of Mathematics and Computer Science at Liverpool Hope University. He is an internationally recognised scholar working at the cutting edge of theoretical computer science, natural computing, applied mathematical analysis, operations research, and systems engineering and his work is underpinned by strong complexity-theoretic foundations. He received a prestigious Commonwealth Fellowship for pursuing his Doctorate (DPhil) in Applied Non-Linear Mathematics, which he earned from the University of York in 1996. He holds BSc (Hons.), MSc, and MPhil (with Distinction) from the MDS University of Ajmer, India.

Dr. Kusum Deep is a full Professor with the Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. She earned her Ph D from IIT Roorkee in 1988 and carried out Post Doctoral Research at Loughborough University, UK during 1993-94. She has co-authored a book entitled ‘Optimization Techniques’ and has 75 research publications in refereed International Journals and 60 research papers in International/National Conferences. She is on the editorial board of a number of International and National Journals. She is the Founder President of Soft Computing Research Society, India and the secretary of Forum of Interdisciplinary Mathematics. Her areas of specialization are numerical optimization and their applications to engineering, science and industry.

Dr. Millie Pant is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Science and Engineering, Saharanpur Campus of IIT Roorkee. She did her Ph D from mathematics department of IIT Roorkee. She has supervised 5 Ph D theses and at present four Ph D students are working under her guidance. She has to her credit more than 100 research papers in various journals and conferences of national and international repute. Also she has completed sponsored projects of DST and MHRD. Dr. Millie Pant is a member of editorial board of ‘Int. J. of Mathematical Modeling, Simulation and Applications’ and an executive editor of International Journal of Swarm Intelligence (IJSI).

Dr. Jagdish Chand Bansalis an Assistant Professor at South Asian University New Delhi. Dr. Bansal has obtained his Ph D in Mathematics from IIT Roorkee. He is the Editor-in-Chief of “International Journal of Swarm Intelligence (IJSI)” published by Inderscience. His Primary area of interest is Nature Inspired Optimization Techniques. He has published 42 research papers in various international journals/conferences.

Dr. Kanad Ray is Associate Professor in Physics at Institute of Engineering and Technology of JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur. He obtained his Doctoral Degree in Physics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. In his academic career spanning over 19 years, he has published and presented research papers in several national and international journals and conferences in India and abroad. He has authored a book on Electromagnetic Field Theory. Dr Ray’s current research areas of interest include applied physics, communication and cognitive neurodynamics.

Dr. Umesh Gupta is working as Associate Professor in Mathematics at Institute of Engineering and Technology of JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur. He has 13 years of teaching and research experience. He did his Ph D from University of Rajasthan. His areas of research are Fluid Mechanics, Optimization and Statistics. He has number of research publications in International & National Journals & Conference Proceedings to his credit. He has authored textbooks on Engineering Mathematics and Research Methods in Management. He has presented his papers in various conferences held in India and abroad.