Title: Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning - IDEAL 2012
Abstract: The IDEAL conference is established as a unique interdisciplinary forum in the areas of intelligent data analysis and associated learning paradigms.It attracts experts, researchers, leading academics, practitioners, and industry representatives from machine learning, information processing, data mining, knowledge management, bio-informatics, neuro-informatics, bio-inspired models, agents and distributed systems, and hybrid systems.It has enjoyed a vibrant and successful history in the last 14 years in over ten locations in seven different countries.It continues to evolve to embrace emerging topics and exciting trends.This year was not an exception: IDEAL set foot in one of the most exciting and the fast developing countries in South America: Brazil.The conference received over 200 submissions, which were strictly peer-reviewed by the Program Committee.Only the papers judged to be of sufficient quality and novelty were accepted and included in the proceedings.This volume contains around 100 papers accepted and presented at the 13th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL 2012) held during August 29-31, 2012, in Natal, Brazil.The authors and attendees came from all over the world.The conference papers provide a good sample of current topics from methodologies, frameworks, and techniques to applications and case studies.The techniques include evolutionary algorithms, artificial neural networks, association rules, probabilistic modelling, agent modelling, particle swarm optimization, and kernel methods.The applications cover regression, classification, clustering and generic data mining, biological information processing, text processing, physical systems control, video analysis, and time series analysis.The conference also featured a Special Session on bioinspired models for industrial and medical applications.