Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Editor-in-Chief B. Grabot ENIT-LGP, Ave D' Azereix BP 1629, 65016 Tarbes, France, Deputy Editor-in-Chief R. Unland Inst. of Computer Science & Business Info Systems, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Forsthausweg 2, 47057 Duisburg, Germany, Consulting Editor R. Vingerhoeds ENIT-LGP, 47 Avenue d'Avereiz, 65016 Tarbes, France, Emeritus Editor L. Motus Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia, Board of Editors A. Abbod Brunel University, Middlesex, England, UK, G. Battistelli Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy, R. Bergmann Universität Trier, Trier, Germany, C. Chan University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada, C.W. Chan University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T, Hong Kong, R. Chiong Swinburne University of Technology, Lilydale, Victoria, VIC, Australia, L. dos Santos Coelho Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, I. Guler Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, T. James Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA, VA, USA, D-S. Jeng University of Dundee, Dundee, UK, J. Kocijan Institut "Jozef Stefan", Ljubljana, Slovenia, P. Kopacek Technische Universität Wien, Wien, Austria, W. Moczulski Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland, G. Morel Université Henri Poincaré (Nancy I), Nancy, France, S. Parthasarathy Algologic Research & Solutions, Secunderabad, India, P. Siarry Université Paris 12 Val de Marne, Creteil, France, H. Tianfield Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK, E.D. Ubeyli TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey, Associate Editors A. Ben-David Holon, Israel, A. Broggi Italy, D.F. Cook VA, USA, C.W. de Silva ON, Canada, F. Deravi UK, S.Y. Foo FL, USA, B.D. Netten Netherlands, T.S. Ng Hong Kong, G. Weiss Maastricht, Netherlands