**Meet the editor**

Petrică Vizureanu was born on the 17th of October 1967, in Bârlad, Romania. He received the following degrees: M.Sc. in Heating Equipment, "Gh. Asachi" Technical University from Iasi (1992), Ph.D., "Gh. Asachi" Technical University from Iasi (1999). He has held these positions: Assistant (1993-1999), Lecturer (1999-2002), Ass. Professor (2002-2009), Professor (2009-today) at The

"Gh. Asachi" Technical University from Iasi – Romania. His research activity consists of Expert System for Heating System Programming, Computer Assisted Design for Heating Equipment, Heating Equipment for Materials Processing, Heat Transfer. He has published over 42 papers in international journals and conferences (proceedings) and 21 books.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Rocco

**Section 2 Research Applications 61**

**Diagnosis 63**

**Section 1 Industrial Applications 1**

Chapter 1 **Intelligent Systems for the Detection of Internal Faults in**

Chapter 2 **Electric Power System Operation Decision Support by Expert System Built with Paraconsistent Annotated Logic 29** João Inácio Da Silva Filho, Alexandre Shozo Onuki, Luís Fernando Pompeo Ferrara, Maurício Conceição Mário, José de Melo Camargo, Dorotéa Vilanova Garcia, Marcos Rosa dos Santos and Alexandre

Chapter 3 **Neural Networks and Decision Trees For Eye Diseases**

Chapter 5 **Neuro-Knowledge Model Based on a PID Controller to**

José Luis Calvo Rolle and Héctor Quintián Pardo

**Automatic Steering of Ships 101**

Chapter 4 **Heuristics for User Interface Design in the Context of Cognitive Styles of Learning and Attention Deficit Disorder 85** Sandra Rodrigues Sarro Boarati, Cecilia Sosa Arias Peixoto and

L. G. Kabari and E. O. Nwachukwu

Cleberson Eugenio Forte

Ivan N. da Silva, Carlos G. Gonzales, Rogério A. Flauzino, Paulo G. da Silva Junior, Ricardo A. S. Fernandes, Erasmo S. Neto, Danilo H.

**Power Transmission Transformers 3**

Spatti and José A. C. Ulson
