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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Bio-Inspired Biclustering Algorithms and Their Applications
International Journal of Natural Computing Research (IJNCR)

Journal website: http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-natural-computing-research/1148

Special Issue Call for Papers: http://goo.gl/s2VvIh

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Biclustering, also known as Co-Clustering and Two-way Clustering, is the process of concurrently clustering the objects and features of a data set. This problem can be solved by different formulations, such as finding subsets of rows and columns that express a correlation among its elements, partitioning the data as a checkerboard structure in matrices or reordering the elements of the data set while maximizing the smoothness of transition between sequence of rows and columns. This class of algorithms became popular with the application to Gene Expression Analysis and, more than a decade later, it was applied to a range of different applications such as Recommendation Systems, Text Mining, Image Clustering, and many more. This problem is usually solved by means of meta-heuristics approaches, since it is known to be NP-complete and most of its applications impose several constraints and conflicting objectives.

The aim of this Special Issue is to publish recent developments of Bio-Inspired Biclustering Algorithms, Information Theoretic Approaches, review the possible formulations to this problem and its implications, and explore the wide range of possible applications to these approaches.

Topics
• Proposal of new bio-inspired biclustering algorithms;
• Review of different formulations to the biclustering problem;
• Study different conflicting objectives to this problem;
• Investigate Information Theoretic Approaches and Hybridization with Bio-Inspired techniques;
• Case study and comparison of biclustering approaches;
• Real-world applications of biclustering algorithms.

Deadlines
Paper proposal submission (short abstract) – 13/09/2013
Acceptance of proposals – 17/09/2013
Full paper submission – 10/11/2013
Notification of acceptance – 10/12/2013
Reviewed paper submission - 20/01/2014
Final decision – 20/02/2014
Final paper submission – 20/03/2014

Submission
Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished articles will be considered. Interested authors must consult the journal’s guidelines for manuscript submissions at http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf prior to submission. All article submissions will be forwarded to at least 3 members of the Editorial Review Board of the journal for double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically.

All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:
Fabrício Olivetti de França
Associate Editor
International Journal of Natural Computing Research
Email: olivetti.ijncr@gmail.com

more details: http://goo.gl/s2VvIh