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Machine learning can predict disease manifestations and outcomes in lymphangioleiomyomatosis (2020)
Journal Article
Chernbumroong, S., Johnson, J., Gupta, N., Miller, S., Mccormack, F. X., Garibaldi, J. M., & Johnson, S. R. (2021). Machine learning can predict disease manifestations and outcomes in lymphangioleiomyomatosis. European Respiratory Journal, 57(6), Article 2003036. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.03036-2020

Background: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare multisystem disease with variable clinical manifestations and differing rates of progression that make management decisions and giving prognostic advice difficult. We used machine learning to ident... Read More about Machine learning can predict disease manifestations and outcomes in lymphangioleiomyomatosis.

A Fast Inference and Type-Reduction Process for Constrained Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Systems (2020)
Journal Article
D'Alterio, P., Garibaldi, J. M., John, R. I., & Wagner, C. (2021). A Fast Inference and Type-Reduction Process for Constrained Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Systems. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 29(11), 3323-3333. https://doi.org/10.1109/TFUZZ.2020.3018379

Constrained interval type-2 (CIT2) fuzzy sets have been introduced to preserve interpretability when moving from type-1 to interval type-2 (IT2) membership functions. Although they can be used to produce type-2 fuzzy systems with enhanced explainabil... Read More about A Fast Inference and Type-Reduction Process for Constrained Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Systems.

End-to-End Fovea Localisation in Colour Fundus Images with a Hierarchical Deep Regression Network (2020)
Journal Article
Xie, R., Liu, J., Cao, R., Qiu, C. S., Duan, J., Garibaldi, J., & Qiu, G. (2020). End-to-End Fovea Localisation in Colour Fundus Images with a Hierarchical Deep Regression Network. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 40(1), 116-128. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2020.3023254

Accurately locating the fovea is a prerequisite for developing computer aided diagnosis (CAD) of retinal diseases. In colour fundus images of the retina, the fovea is a fuzzy region lacking prominent visual features and this makes it difficult to dir... Read More about End-to-End Fovea Localisation in Colour Fundus Images with a Hierarchical Deep Regression Network.

FuzzyR: An Extended Fuzzy Logic Toolbox for the R Programming Language (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Chen, C., Razak, T. R., & Garibaldi, J. M. (2020). FuzzyR: An Extended Fuzzy Logic Toolbox for the R Programming Language. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE) (1-8). https://doi.org/10.1109/fuzz48607.2020.9177780

This paper presents an R package FuzzyR which is an extended fuzzy logic toolbox for the R programming language. FuzzyR is a continuation of the previous Fuzzy R toolboxes such as FuzzyToolkitUoN. Whilst keeping existing functionalities of the previo... Read More about FuzzyR: An Extended Fuzzy Logic Toolbox for the R Programming Language.

Constrained Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Classification Systems for Explainable AI (XAI) (2020)
Conference Proceeding
D'Alterio, P., Garibaldi, J. M., & John, R. I. (2020). Constrained Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Classification Systems for Explainable AI (XAI). In Proceedings of IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI) 2020

In recent year, there has been a growing need for intelligent systems that not only are able to provide reliable classifications but can also produce explanations for the decisions they make. The demand for increased explainability has led to the eme... Read More about Constrained Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Classification Systems for Explainable AI (XAI).

Juzzy Constrained: Software for Constrained Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Sets and Systems in Java (2020)
Conference Proceeding
D'Alterio, P., Garibaldi, J. M., John, R. I., & Wagner, C. (2020). Juzzy Constrained: Software for Constrained Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Sets and Systems in Java. In Proceedings of IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI) 2020

Constrained interval type-2 (CIT2) fuzzy sets are a class of type-2 fuzzy sets that has been recently proposed as a way to extend type-1 membership functions to interval type-2 (IT2) while keeping a semantic connection between the IT2 fuzzy set and t... Read More about Juzzy Constrained: Software for Constrained Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Sets and Systems in Java.

Performance and Interpretability in Fuzzy Logic Systems – can we have both? (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Pekaslan, D., Chen, C., Wagner, C., & Garibaldi, J. M. (2020). Performance and Interpretability in Fuzzy Logic Systems – can we have both?.

Fuzzy Logic Systems can provide a good level of interpretability and may provide a key building block as part of a growing interest in explainable AI. In practice, the level of interpretability of a given fuzzy logic system is dependent on how well i... Read More about Performance and Interpretability in Fuzzy Logic Systems – can we have both?.

A Comprehensive Study of the Efficiency of Type-Reduction Algorithms (2020)
Journal Article
Chen, C., Wu, D., Garibaldi, J. M., John, R. I., Twycross, J., & Mendel, J. M. (2021). A Comprehensive Study of the Efficiency of Type-Reduction Algorithms. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 29(6), 1556 -1566. https://doi.org/10.1109/tfuzz.2020.2981002

Improving the efficiency of type-reduction algorithms continues to attract research interest. Recently, there have been some new type-reduction approaches claiming that they are more efficient than the well-known algorithms such as the enhanced Karni... Read More about A Comprehensive Study of the Efficiency of Type-Reduction Algorithms.

Uncertainty-Aware Forecasting of Renewable Energy Sources (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Pekaslan, D., Wagner, C., Garibaldi, J. M., Marín, L. G., & Sáez, D. (2020). Uncertainty-Aware Forecasting of Renewable Energy Sources. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data and Smart Computing (BigComp). https://doi.org/10.1109/bigcomp48618.2020.00-68

Smart grid systems are designed to enable the efficient capture and intelligent distribution of electricity across a distributed set of utilities. They are an essential component of increasingly important renewable energy sources, where it is vital t... Read More about Uncertainty-Aware Forecasting of Renewable Energy Sources.

Constrained Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Sets (2020)
Journal Article
Dalterio, P., Garibaldi, J. M., John, R., & Pourabdollah, A. (2021). Constrained Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Sets. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 29(5), 1212-1225. https://doi.org/10.1109/tfuzz.2020.2970911

In many contexts, type-2 fuzzy sets are obtained from a type-1 fuzzy set to which we wish to add uncertainty. However, in the current type-2 representation there is no restriction on the shape of the footprint of uncertainty and the embedded sets tha... Read More about Constrained Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Sets.

Towards a Framework for Capturing Interpretability of Hierarchical Fuzzy Systems - A Participatory Design Approach (2020)
Journal Article
Soria, D., Razak, T. R., Garibaldi, J. M., Pourabdollah, A., & Wagner, C. (2021). Towards a Framework for Capturing Interpretability of Hierarchical Fuzzy Systems - A Participatory Design Approach. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 29(5), 1160-1172. https://doi.org/10.1109/tfuzz.2020.2969901

Hierarchical fuzzy systems (HFSs) have been shown to have the potential to improve the interpretability of fuzzy logic systems (FLSs). However, challenges remain, such as: "How can we measure their interpretability?", "How can we make an informed ass... Read More about Towards a Framework for Capturing Interpretability of Hierarchical Fuzzy Systems - A Participatory Design Approach.