edited by Da Ruan (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN)) , Pierre D'hondt (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN)) , Martine De Cock (Ghent University, Belgium) , Mike Nachtegael (Ghent University, Belgium) , & Etienne E Kerre (Ghent University, Belgium)

FLINS, originally an acronym for “Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent technologies in Nuclear Science”, has now been extended to include computational intelligent systems for applied research. FLINS 2004, is the sixth in a series of international conferences, covers state-of-the-art research and development in applied computational intelligence for applied research in general and for power/nuclear engineering in particular. This book presents the latest research trends and future research directions in the field.

The proceedings have been selected for coverage in:

• Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings® (ISTP / ISI Proceedings)

• Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)

• CC Proceedings — Engineering & Physical Sciences

• Uncertainty Modelling in Real-Time: From Logistics to Financial Management (H-J Zimmermann)
• Reasoning with Uncertain Intelligence Information (R R Yager)
• An Introduction to a Self Organizable and Regulating Engine (P P Wang & J Robinson)
• Hand Gesture as a Means of Human-Friendly Interface/Interaction (Z Bien et al.)
• Higher-Order Neural Units for Image Processing and Their Applications to Robot Routing Problems (Z-G Hou et al.)
• Classifiers and Decision Makers (J Montero)
• Fuzzy Data Mining: Fuzziness/Uncertainty in Discovery of Associations (G Chen)
• Uncertain Information Processing: From Theory to Implementations at Southwest Jiaotong University in China (Y Xu)
• and other papers