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The following topics are dealt with: automata network model; artificial neural system; economic softbot population; state feedback fuzzy control; multiagent system; spectral feature extraction; fuzzy logic controller; nonlinear queue management; TCP/IP network; multirobot system; AAM-based continuous facial expression recognition; face image sequence; gesture recognition; e-contract management system; social networking behavior; Web portal design; fuzzy support vector machine; fuzzy neural network stability; mobile robot control; autonomous robot; permanent magnet synchronous motor; peer-to-peer system; legal expert system; adaptive sliding mode control; heterogeneous wireless network; e-commerce; biometric-based technology; robust fixed point transformations-based model reference adaptive control; and inverted pendulum.