Soft Computing, Volume 21, Issue 2, January 2017

1) Editorial: Special issue on soft computing for knowledge management and web applications
Author(s): Chang-Shing Lee & Hung-Yu Kao
Pages: 281–282

2) Particle swarm optimization algorithm with environmental factors for clustering analysis
Author(s): Wei Song, Wei Ma & Yingying Qiao
Pages: 283-293

3) Heuristic procedures for improving the predictability of a genetic programming financial forecasting algorithm
Author(s): Michael Kampouridis & Fernando E. B. Otero
Pages: 295-310

4) Exploring lexical, syntactic, and semantic features for Chinese textual entailment in NTCIR RITE evaluation tasks
Author(s): Wei-Jie Huang & Chao-Lin Liu
Pages: 311-330

5) An empirical study on evaluating basic characteristics and adaptability to users of a preventive care system with learning communication robots
Author(s): Daisuke Kitakoshi, Takuya Okano & Masato Suzuki
Pages: 331-351

6) Feature-driven linguistic-based entity matching in linked data with application in pharmacy
Author(s): Parisa D. Hossein Zadeh, Mahsa D. Hossein Zadeh & Marek Z. Reformat
Pages: 353-368

7) Ontologies in engineering: the OntoDB/OntoQL platform
Author(s): Yamine Ait-Ameur, Mickaël Baron, Ladjel Bellatreche, Stéphane Jean & Eric Sardet
Pages: 369-389

8) A semantic frame-based intelligent agent for topic detection
Author(s): Yung-Chun Chang, Yu-Lun Hsieh, Cen-Chieh Chen & Wen-Lian Hsu
Pages: 391-401

9) SLMBC: spiral life cycle model-based Bayesian classification technique for efficient software fault prediction and classification
Author(s): Rajaganapathy Chinna Gounder Dhanajayan & Subramani Appavu Pillai
Pages: 403-415

10) A trust model for recommender agent systems
Author(s): Elham Majd & Vimala Balakrishnan
Pages: 417-433

11) A novel path planning algorithm based on plant growth mechanism
Author(s): Yaoming Zhou, Yongchao Wang, Xuzhi Chen, Lei Zhang & Kan Wu
Pages: 435-445

12) Seam warping: a new approach for image retargeting for small displays
Author(s): Lixia Zhang, Kangshun Li, Zhaoming Ou & Fubin Wang
Pages: 447-457

13) New third-order Newton-like method with lower iteration number and lower TNFE
Author(s): Pantelimon George Popescu, Radu Poenaru & Florin Pop
Pages: 459-466

14) A three-stage global optimization method for server selection in content delivery networks
Author(s): Ting Wang, Junde Song & Meina Song
Pages: 467-475

15) Nature-inspired metaheuristic multivariate adaptive regression splines for predicting refrigeration system performance
Author(s): Min-Yuan Cheng, Jui-Sheng Chou & Minh-Tu Cao
Pages: 477-489

16) Modified EMG-based handgrip force prediction using extreme learning machine
Author(s): Hongxin Cao, Shouqian Sun & Kejun Zhang
Pages: 491-500

17) Finite life span for improving the selection scheme in evolution strategies
Author(s): Ali Ahrari & Oliver Kramer
Pages: 501-513

18) Loss evaluation analysis of illegal attack in SCSKP
Author(s): Peng Zhang, Lei Liu, Rui Zhang & Guangli Li
Pages: 515-524

19) Day-ahead electricity price forecasting using WPT, GMI and modified LSSVM-based S-OLABC algorithm
Author(s): H. Shayeghi, A. Ghasemi, M. Moradzadeh & M. Nooshyar
Pages: 525-541

20) Hypoglycemia detection: multiple regression-based combinational neural logic approach
Author(s): Sai Ho Ling, Phyo Phyo San, Hak Keung Lam & Hung T. Nguyen
Pages: 543-553