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| Author(s): |
Helder Knidel
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação |
| Defense date: | 2006-10-04 |
| Examining board members: |
Fernando José Von Zuben;
Aluizio Fausto Ribeiro Araujo;
Gilmar Barreto;
Renato da Rocha Lopes
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| Advisor: | Fernando José Von Zuben; Leandro Nunes de Castro |
| Abstract | |
This thesis considers the extension and development of immune-inspired tools. The developed tools are devoted to the resolution of clustering and classification problems with binary or real-valued data attributes. Inspired by ideas of the immune system, the considered algorithms have produced robust and parsimonious solutions. A common feature in the developed tools is the automatic definition of the number of prototypes by means of cloning and pruning stages. Based on the projection of prototypes, using a technique of multidimensional scaling, a visualization tool of immune networks with multivariate numerical data was developed, making it possible to get a description of the global structure of the groups, to visualize the presence and form of groups, to discover low representative prototypes and to identify outliers. Finally, a device composed of one of the tools considered above, a dedicated heuristic and an algorithm for iterative local search was developed. The application of this device solved in an innovative way a problem related to channel equalization (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 03/10326-9 - Extensoes e aplicacoes avancadas de sistemas imunologicos artificiais. |
| Grantee: | Helder Knidel |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |