Francisco Herrera
Francisco Herrera received the M.S. degree in mathematics in 1988 and the Ph.D. degree in mathematics in 1991, both from the University of Granada, Spain. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Granada. He has published more than 100 papers in international journals. He is coauthor of the book Genetic Fuzzy Systems: Evolutionary Tuning and Learning of Fuzzy Knowledge Bases (World Scientific, 2001). As editing activities, he has coedited four international books and coedited 16 special issues in international journals on different soft computing topics. He currently serves as an Area Editor of the Journal of Soft Computing (area of genetic algorithms and genetic fuzzy systems), and he serves as a member of the editorial board of the journals: Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Applied Intelligence, Intelligence, International Journal of Hybrid Intelligent Systems, Memetic Computation, International Journal of Computational Intelligence Research, Mediterranean Journal of Artificial Intelligence, International Journal of Information Technology and Intelligent Computing. He acts as Associated Editor of the following journals: IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systesms, Mathware and Soft Computing, Advances in Fuzzy Systems, and Advances in Computational Sciences and Technology. His current research interests include computing with words and decision making, data mining, data preparation, fuzzy rule-based systems, genetic fuzzy systems, knowledge extraction based on evolutionary algorithms, memetic algorithms, and genetic algorithms.
Biography Updated on 23 August 2008
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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]
- Local identification of prototypes for genetic learning of accurate TSK fuzzy rule-based systems
International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 22, no. 9, pp. 909–941, 2007 - Increasing fuzzy rules cooperation based on evolutionary adaptive inference systems
International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 22, no. 9, pp. 1035–1064, 2007 - Evolutionary stratified training set selection for extracting classification rules with trade off precision-interpretability?
Data & Knowledge Engineering, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 90–108, 2007 - Genetic learning of accurate and compact fuzzy rule based systems based on the 2-tuples linguistic representation?
International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 45–64, 2007 - Special Issue on Genetic Fuzzy Systems and the Interpretability–Accuracy Trade-off
International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 1–3, 2007 - A taxonomy and an empirical analysis of multiple objective ant colony optimization algorithms for the bi-criteria TSP?
European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 180, no. 1, pp. 116–148, 2007 - Some induced ordered weighted averaging operators and their use for solving group decision-making problems based on fuzzy preference relations
European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 182, no. 1, pp. 383–399, 2007 - A Proposal for the Genetic Lateral Tuning of Linguistic Fuzzy Systems and Its Interaction With Rule Selection
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 616–635, 2007 - Evolutionary Fuzzy Rule Induction Process for Subgroup Discovery: A Case Study in Marketing
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 578–592, 2007 - Group Decision-Making Model With Incomplete Fuzzy Preference Relations Based on Additive Consistency
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B (Cybernetics), vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 176–189, 2007 - Continuous scatter search: An analysis of the integration of some combination methods and improvement strategies
European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 169, no. 2, pp. 450–476, 2006 - Recent advancements of fuzzy sets: Theory and practice
Information Sciences, vol. 176, no. 4, pp. 349–351, 2006 - On the combination of evolutionary algorithms and stratified strategies for training set selection in data mining
Applied Soft Computing, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 323–332, 2006 - Rule Base Reduction and Genetic Tuning of Fuzzy Systems Based on the Linguistic 3-tuples Representation
Soft Computing, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 401–419, 2006 - Learning cooperative linguistic fuzzy rules using the best-worst ant system algorithm
International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 433–452, 2005 - A multigranular hierarchical linguistic model for design evaluation based on safety and cost analysis
International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 1161–1194, 2005 - New trends in the fuzzy modeling part I: novel approaches
Soft Computing, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 715–716, 2005 - Hybrid learning models to get the interpretability–accuracy trade-off in fuzzy modeling
Soft Computing, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 717–734, 2005 - New trends in fuzzy modeling. part II: applications
Soft Computing, vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 865–865, 2005 - Managing non-homogeneous information in group decision making
European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 166, no. 1, pp. 115–132, 2005 - Stratification for scaling up evolutionary prototype selection
Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 953–963, 2005 - A genetic rule weighting and selection process for fuzzy control of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 279–296, 2005 - Genetic Tuning of Fuzzy Rule Deep Structures Preserving Interpretability and Its Interaction With Fuzzy Rule Set Reduction
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 13–29, 2005 - Real-Coded Memetic Algorithms with Crossover Hill-Climbing
Evolutionary Computation, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 273–302, 2004 - Incorporating filtering techniques in a fuzzy linguistic multi-agent model for information gathering on the web
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 148, no. 1, pp. 61–83, 2004 - Genetic fuzzy systems. New developments
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 141, no. 1, pp. 1–3, 2004 - Ten years of genetic fuzzy systems: current framework and new trends
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 141, no. 1, pp. 5–31, 2004 - Some issues on consistency of fuzzy preference relations
European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 154, no. 1, pp. 98–109, 2004 - Induced ordered weighted geometric operators and their use in the aggregation of multiplicative preference relations
International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 233–255, 2004 - Editorial Real coded genetic algorithms
Soft Computing, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 223–224, 2004 - Hybrid crossover operators for real-coded genetic algorithms: an experimental study
Soft Computing, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 280–298, 2004 - A taxonomy for the crossover operator for real-coded genetic algorithms: An experimental study
International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 309–338, 2003 - A study of the origin and uses of the ordered weighted geometric operator in multicriteria decision making
International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 689–707, 2003 - Preference modeling and applications: EUROFUSE 2001
International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 18, no. 7, pp. 709–710, 2003 - A hierarchical knowledge-based environment for linguistic modeling: models and iterative methodology
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 138, no. 2, pp. 307–341, 2003 - Preference modelling and applications. Selected papers from EUROFUSE 2001, Granada
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 137, no. 1, pp. 1–2, 2003 - A note on the reciprocity in the aggregation of fuzzy preference relations using OWA operators
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 137, no. 1, pp. 71–83, 2003 - Using evolutionary algorithms as instance selection for data reduction in KDD: an experimental study
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 561–575, 2003 - Comments on the benchmarks in "a proposal for improving the accuracy of linguistic modeling" and related articles
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 861–865, 2003 - Linguistic modeling with hierarchical systems of weighted linguistic rules
International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, vol. 32, no. 2-3, pp. 187–215, 2003 - Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, vol. 14, no. 3/4, pp. 323–339, 2003
- Linguistic modeling by hierarchical systems of linguistic rules
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 2–20, 2002 - A consensus model for multiperson decision making with different preference structures
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 394–402, 2002 - COR: a methodology to improve ad hoc data-driven linguistic rule learning methods by inducing cooperation among rules
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B (Cybernetics), vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 526–537, 2002 - A linguistic decision model for promotion mix management solved with genetic algorithms
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 131, no. 1, pp. 47–61, 2002 - A note on the internal consistency of various preference representations
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 131, no. 1, pp. 75–78, 2002 - Integrating multiplicative preference relations in a multipurpose decision-making model based on fuzzy preference relations
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 122, no. 2, pp. 277–291, 2001 - Recent advances in genetic fuzzy systems
Information Sciences, vol. 136, no. 1-4, pp. 1–5, 2001 - A genetic learning process for the scaling factors, granularity and contexts of the fuzzy rule-based system data base
Information Sciences, vol. 136, no. 1-4, pp. 85–107, 2001 - Genetic feature selection in a fuzzy rule-based classification system learning process for high-dimensional problems
Information Sciences, vol. 136, no. 1-4, pp. 135–157, 2001 - Hybridizing genetic algorithms with sharing scheme and evolution strategies for designing approximate fuzzy rule-based systems
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 118, no. 2, pp. 235–255, 2001 - A linguistic decision model for personnel management solved with a linguistic biobjective genetic algorithm
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 118, no. 1, pp. 47–64, 2001 - Generating the knowledge base of a fuzzy rule-based system by the genetic learning of the data base
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 667–674, 2001 - Adaptive genetic operators based on coevolution with fuzzy behaviors
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 149–165, 2001 - A model based on linguistic 2-tuples for dealing with multigranular hierarchical linguistic contexts in multi-expert decision-making
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B (Cybernetics), vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 227–234, 2001 - Fuzzy modeling by hierarchically built fuzzy rule bases
International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 61–93, 2001 - Multiperson decision-making based on multiplicative preference relations
European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 129, no. 2, pp. 372–385, 2001 - International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems, vol. 9, no. Supp, p. 33, 2001
- Analysis and guidelines to obtain a good uniform fuzzy partition granularity for fuzzy rule-based systems using simulated annealing
International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 187–215, 2000 - Applied Intelligence, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 187–204, 2000
- Gradual distributed real-coded genetic algorithms
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 43–63, 2000 - A proposal for improving the accuracy of linguistic modeling
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 335–344, 2000 - A 2-tuple fuzzy linguistic representation model for computing with words
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 746–752, 2000 - International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems, vol. 8, no. 5, p. 539, 2000
- Linguistic decision analysis: steps for solving decision problems under linguistic information
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 115, no. 1, pp. 67–82, 2000 - Choice functions and mechanisms for linguistic preference relations
European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 120, no. 1, pp. 144–161, 2000 - Searching for basic properties obtaining robust implication operators in fuzzy control
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 111, no. 2, pp. 237–251, 2000 - A fusion approach for managing multi-granularity linguistic term sets in decision making
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 114, no. 1, pp. 43–58, 2000 - Solving an assignment–selection problem with verbal information and using genetic algorithms
European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 119, no. 2, pp. 326–337, 1999 - Hierarchical distributed genetic algorithms
International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 1099–1121, 1999 - MOGUL: A methodology to obtain genetic fuzzy rule-based systems under the iterative rule learning approach
International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 1123–1153, 1999 - Applied Intelligence, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 5–24, 1999
- A two-stage evolutionary process for designing TSK fuzzy rule-based systems
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B (Cybernetics), vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 703–715, 1999 - Artificial Intelligence Review, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 265–319, 1998
- Genetic learning of fuzzy rule-based classification systems cooperating with fuzzy reasoning methods
International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 13, no. 10-11, pp. 1025–1053, 1998 - Choice processes for non-homogeneous group decision making in linguistic setting
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 94, no. 3, pp. 287–308, 1998 - Integrating three representation models in fuzzy multipurpose decision making based on fuzzy preference relations
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 97, no. 1, pp. 33–48, 1998 - A learning process for fuzzy control rules using genetic algorithms
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 100, no. 1-3, pp. 143–158, 1998 - Combining numerical and linguistic information in group decision making
Information Sciences, vol. 107, no. 1-4, pp. 177–194, 1998 - Fuzzy sets and operations research: Perspectives
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 90, no. 2, pp. 207–218, 1997 - A rational consensus model in group decision making using linguistic assessments
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 88, no. 1, pp. 31–49, 1997 - Fuzzy connectives based crossover operators to model genetic algorithms population diversity
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 92, no. 1, pp. 21–30, 1997 - Applicability of the fuzzy operators in the design of fuzzy logic controllers
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 15–41, 1997 - Aggregation operators for linguistic weighted information
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 646–656, 1997 - Linguistic measures based on fuzzy coincidence for reaching consensus in group decision making
International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, vol. 16, no. 3-4, pp. 309–334, 1997 - A three-stage evolutionary process for learning descriptive and approximate fuzzy-logic-controller knowledge bases from examples
International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 369–407, 1997 - Fuzzy boolean programming problems with fuzzy costs: A general study
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 81, no. 1, pp. 57–76, 1996 - A model of consensus in group decision making under linguistic assessments
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 73–87, 1996 - Direct approach processes in group decision making using linguistic OWA operators
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 79, no. 2, pp. 175–190, 1996 - Dynamic and heuristic fuzzy connectives-based crossover operators for controlling the diversity and convergence of real-coded genetic algorithms
International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 1013–1040, 1996 - A linguistic decision process in group decision making
Group Decision and Negotiation, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 165–176, 1996 - Three models of fuzzy integer linear programming
European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 83, no. 3, pp. 581–593, 1995 - A sequential selection process in group decision making with a linguistic assessment approach
Information Sciences, vol. 85, no. 4, pp. 223–239, 1995 - Knowledge-based systems and fuzzy boolean programming
International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 211–225, 1994 - Boolean programming problems with fuzzy constraints
Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 285–293, 1993