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This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Mining Intelligence and Knowledge Exploration, MIKE 2013, held in Tamil Nadu, India on December 2013. The 82 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 334 submissions. The papers cover the topics such as feature selection, classification, clustering, image processing, network security, speech processing, machine learning, information retrieval, recommender systems, natural language processing, language, cognition and computation and other certain problems in dynamical systems.

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A Feature Selection Method Using Hierarchical Clustering.- Rank Aggregation for Filter Feature Selection in Credit Scoring.- Hybrid Approach for Palmprint Recognition Using Compound Features.- An Empirical Evaluation of SVM on Meta Features for Authorship Attribution of Online Texts.- An Empirical Comparison of Discretization Methods for Neural Classifier.- Using a Normalized Score Multi-Label KNN to Classify Multi-label Herbal Formulae.- Unsupervised Approach to Hindi Music Mood Classification.- Motion Intensity Code for Action Recognition in Video Using PCA and SVM.- Performance Analysis of Tree Based Classification Algorithms for Intrusion Detection System.- Heart Disease Classification Using PCA and Feed Forward Neural Networks.- Non-disjoint Cluster Analysis with Non-uniform Density.- Segmentation of Crop Nutrient Deficiency Using Intuitionistic Fuzzy C-Means Color Clustering Algorithm.- An Efficient Artificial Bee Colony and Fuzzy C Means Based Co-regulated Biclustering from Gene Expression Data.- Bisecting K-Means Initialization Technique for Protein Sequence Motif Identification.- A Proposed Hybrid Medoid Shift with K-Means (HMSK) Segmentation Algorithm to Detect Tumor and Organs for Effective Radiotherapy.- Face Representation Using Averaged Wavelet, Micro Patterns and Recognition Using RBF Network.- Face Recognition in Very Low Bit Rate SPIHT Compressed Facial Images.- Modified Kittler and Illingworth´s Thresholding for MRI Brain Image Segmentation.- Histogram Based Split and Merge Framework for Shot Boundary Detection.- Boundary Detection of Objects in Digital Images Using Bit-Planes and Threshold Modified Canny Method.- Segmentation of Mango Region from Mango Tree Image.- Detection and Removal of Scratches in Images.- An Automatic Method to Locate Tumor from MRI Brain Images Using Wavelet Packet Based Feature Set.- Segmentation of Microcalcifications in Digital Mammogram Images Using Intensity Modified Black Top-Hat Transformation and Gauss Distribution.- Intensity, Shape and Size Based Detection of Lung Nodules from CT Images.- Detection of Cardiac Abnormality from Measures Calculated from Segmented Left Ventricle in Ultrasound Videos.- A Comparative Study of Wavelet Coders for Image Compression.- Directional Decomposition for Odia Character Recognition.- Efficient Touching Text Line Segmentation in Tamil Script Using Horizontal Projection.- eCS: Enhanced Character Segmentation - A Structural Approach for Handwritten Kannada Scripts.- Image Restoration by Using Evolutionary Technique to Denoise Gaussian and Impulse Noise.- Digital Watermarking Using Modified Techniques in Spectral Domain of Image.- Materialized View Selection Using Memetic Algorithm.- Forgery Detection in Ballistic Motion Videos Using Motion Estimation and Modelling.- An Extended Region Incrementing Visual Cryptography Scheme Using Unexpanded Meaningful Shares.- Online Signature Verification Based on Recursive Subset Training.- An Authenticated Transitive-Closure Scheme for Secure Group Communication in MANETS.- A Novel Ensemble Learning-Based Approach for Click Fraud Detection in Mobile Advertising.- Neutral Speech to Anger Speech Conversion Using Prosody Modification.- Expressive Speech Synthesis System Using Unit Selection.- Edge Based Graph Neural Network to Recognize Semigraph Representation of English Alphabets.- Neural Rotor Time Constant Estimation for Indirect Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drives.

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