Rafael Alcalá Fernández

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Rafael Alcalá Fernández

Administrative data

Full member researcher

  • Position in UGR: Tenure professor
    Department where s/he teaches: Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Artificial
    Research group: TIC-186

Contributions and research experience

Publications in ISI SCI

  • Evolutionary Fuzzy Rule-Based Methods for Monotonic Classification
    Author-s: Alcala-Fdez, Jesus; Alcala, Rafael; Gonzalez, Sergio; Nojima, Yusuke; Garcia, Salvador
    Source: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON FUZZY SYSTEMS 25 6 1376 1390 2017
  • A multi-objective evolutionary method for learning granularities based on fuzzy discretization to improve the accuracy-complexity trade-off of fuzzy rule-based classification systems: D-MOFARC algorithm
    Author-s: Fazzolari, Michela; Alcala, Rafael; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: APPLIED SOFT COMPUTING 24 470 481 2014
  • Special Issue on "Evolutionary Fuzzy Systems" EFSs
    Author-s: Alcala, Rafael; Nojima, Yusuke; Ishibuchi, Hisao; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS 54 1 2 2013
  • A study on the application of instance selection techniques in genetic fuzzy rule-based classification systems: Accuracy-complexity trade-off
    Author-s: Fazzolari, Michela; Giglio, Bruno; Alcala, Rafael; Marcelloni, Francesco; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS 54 32 41 2013
  • A Review of the Application of Multiobjective Evolutionary Fuzzy Systems: Current Status and Further Directions
    Author-s: Fazzolari, Michela; Alcala, Rafael; Nojima, Yusuke; Ishibuchi, Hisao; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON FUZZY SYSTEMS 21 1 45 65 2013
  • Special Issue on Evolutionary Fuzzy Systems INTRODUCTION
    Author-s: Alcala, R.; Nojima, Y.; Ishibuchi, H.; Herrera, F.
    Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF UNCERTAINTY FUZZINESS AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS 20 -1 -1 2012
  • Special Issue on Evolutionary Fuzzy Systems
    Author-s: Alcala, Rafael; Nojima, Yusuke; Ishibuchi, Hisao; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS 5 2 209 211 2012
  • Automatic Laser Pointer Detection Algorithm for Environment Control Device Systems Based on Template Matching and Genetic Tuning of Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems
    Author-s: Chavez, F.; Fernandez, F.; Gacto, M. J.; Alcala, R.
    Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS 5 2 368 386 2012
  • A multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for an effective tuning of fuzzy logic controllers in heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems
    Author-s: Jose Gacto, Maria; Alcala, Rafael; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: APPLIED INTELLIGENCE 36 2 330 347 2012
  • Hybrid laser pointer detection algorithm based on template matching and fuzzy rule-based systems for domotic control in real home environments
    Author-s: Chavez, F.; Fernandez, F.; Alcala, R.; Alcala-Fdez, J.; Olague, G.; Herrera, F.
    Source: APPLIED INTELLIGENCE 36 2 407 423 2012
  • Special issue on evolutionary fuzzy systems
    Author-s: Nojima, Yusuke; Alcala, Rafael; Ishibuchi, Hisao; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: SOFT COMPUTING 15 12 2299 2301 2011
  • Multiobjective genetic fuzzy rule selection of single granularity-based fuzzy classification rules and its interaction with the lateral tuning of membership functions
    Author-s: Alcala, Rafael; Nojima, Yusuke; Herrera, Francisco; Ishibuchi, Hisao
    Source: SOFT COMPUTING 15 12 2303 2318 2011
  • A Fuzzy Association Rule-Based Classification Model for High-Dimensional Problems With Genetic Rule Selection and Lateral Tuning
    Author-s: Alcala-Fdez, Jesus; Alcala, Rafael; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON FUZZY SYSTEMS 19 5 857 872 2011
  • A Fast and Scalable Multiobjective Genetic Fuzzy System for Linguistic Fuzzy Modeling in High-Dimensional Regression Problems
    Author-s: Alcala, Rafael; Jose Gacto, Maria; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON FUZZY SYSTEMS 19 4 666 681 2011
  • Integration of an Index to Preserve the Semantic Interpretability in the Multiobjective Evolutionary Rule Selection and Tuning of Linguistic Fuzzy Systems
    Author-s: Jose Gacto, Maria; Alcala, Rafael; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON FUZZY SYSTEMS 18 3 515 531 2010
  • A case study for learning behaviors in mobile robotics by evolutionary fuzzy systems
    Author-s: Mucientes, M.; Alcala-Fdez, J.; Alcala, R.; Casillas, J.
    Source: EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS 37 2 1471 1493 2010
  • Improving fuzzy logic controllers obtained by experts: a case study in HVAC systems (vol 31, pg 15, 2009)
    Author-s: Alcala, Rafael; Alcala-Fdez, Jesus; Gacto, Maria Jose; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: APPLIED INTELLIGENCE 31 3 254 254 2009
  • A Multiobjective Evolutionary Approach to Concurrently Learn Rule and Data Bases of Linguistic Fuzzy-Rule-Based Systems
    Author-s: Alcala, Rafael; Ducange, Pietro; Herrera, Francisco; Lazzerini, Beatrice; Marcelloni, Francesco
    Source: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON FUZZY SYSTEMS 17 5 1106 1122 2009
  • Improving fuzzy logic controllers obtained by experts: a case study in HVAC systems
    Author-s: Alcala, Rafael; Alcala-Fdez, Jesus; Gacto, Maria Jose; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: APPLIED INTELLIGENCE 31 1 15 30 2009
  • Learning the membership function contexts for mining fuzzy association rules by using genetic algorithms
    Author-s: Alcala-Fdez, Jesus; Alcala, Rafael; Jose Gacto, Maria; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: FUZZY SETS AND SYSTEMS 160 7 905 921 2009
  • Adaptation and application of multi-objective evolutionary algorithms for rule reduction and parameter tuning of fuzzy rule-based systems
    Author-s: Gacto, Maria Jose; Alcala, Rafael; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: SOFT COMPUTING 13 5 419 436 2009
  • Learning Weighted Linguistic Rules to Control an Autonomous Robot
    Author-s: Mucientes, M.; Alcala, R.; Alcala-Fdez, J.; Casillas, J.
    Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS 24 3 226 251 2009
  • A multi-objective genetic algorithm for tuning and rule selection to obtain accurate and compact linguistic fuzzy rule-based systems
    Author-s: Alcala, R.; Gacto, M. J.; Herrera, F.; Alcala-Fdez, J.
    Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF UNCERTAINTY FUZZINESS AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS 15 5 539 557 2007
  • Local identification of prototypes for genetic learning of accurate TSK fuzzy rule-based systems
    Author-s: Alcala, R.; Alcala-Fdez, J.; Casillas, J.; Cordon, O.; Herrera, F.
    Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS 22 9 909 941 3rd Conference for Fuzzy Logic and Technology SEP 10-12, 2003 Zittau, Zittau 2007
  • Genetic fuzzy systems: What!s next? An introduction to the special section
    Author-s: Cordon, Oscar; Alcala, Rafael; Alcala-Fdez, Jess; Rojas, Ignacio
    Source: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON FUZZY SYSTEMS 15 4 533 535 2007
  • A proposal for the genetic lateral tuning of linguistic fuzzy systems and its interaction with rule selection
    Author-s: Alcala, Rafael; Alcala-Fdez, Jesus; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON FUZZY SYSTEMS 15 4 616 635 2007
  • Rule base reduction and genetic tuning of fuzzy systems based on the linguistic 3-tuples representation
    Author-s: Alcala, Rafael; Alcala-Fdez, Jesus; Gacto, Maria Jose; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: SOFT COMPUTING 11 5 401 419 27th Annual German Conference on Artificial Intell SEP 20-24, 2004 Ulm, Ulm 2007
  • Genetic learning of accurate and compact fuzzy rule based systems based on the 2-tuples linguistic representation
    Author-s: Alcala, Rafael; Alcala-Fdez, Jesus; Herrera, Francisco; Otero, Jose
    Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPROXIMATE REASONING 44 1 45 64 1st International Workshop on Genetic Fuzzy System MAR 17-19, 2005 Granada, Granada 2007
  • Hybrid learning models to get the interpretability-accuracy trade-off in fuzzy modeling
    Author-s: Alcala, R; Alcala-Fdez, J; Casillas, J; Cordon, O; Herrera, F
    Source: SOFT COMPUTING 10 9 717 734 2006
  • A genetic rule weighting and selection process for fuzzy control of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems
    Author-s: Alcala, R; Casillas, J; Cordon, O; Gonzalez, A; Herrera, F
    Source: ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 18 3 279 296 2005
  • Linguistic modeling with hierarchical systems of weighted linguistic rules
    Author-s: Alcala, R; Cano, JR; Cordon, O; Herrera, F; Villar, P; Zwir, I
    Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPROXIMATE REASONING 32 2-3 187 215 2003
  • Comparison and design of interpretable linguistic vs. scatter FRBSs: GM3M generalization and new rule meaning index for global assessment and local pseudo-linguistic representation
    Author-s: Galende, Marta; Jose Gacto, Maria; Sainz, Gregorio; Alcala, Rafael
    Source: INFORMATION SCIENCES 282 190 213 2014
  • Interpretability of linguistic fuzzy rule-based systems: An overview of interpretability measures
    Author-s: Gacto, M. J.; Alcala, R.; Herrera, F.
    Source: INFORMATION SCIENCES 181 20 4340 4360 2011
  • METSK-HDe: A multiobjective evolutionary algorithm to learn accurate TSK-fuzzy systems in high-dimensional and large-scale regression problems
    Author-s: Gacto, M. J.; Galende, M.; Alcala, R.; Herrera, F.
    Source: INFORMATION SCIENCES 276 63 79 2014
  • Evolutionary data mining and applications: A revision on the most cited papers from the last 10 years (2007-2017)
    Author-s: Alcala, Rafael; Jose Gacto, Maria; Alcala-Fdez, Jesus
    Source: WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-DATA MINING AND KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY 8 2 0 0 2018
  • Fuzzy control of HVAC systems optimized by genetic algorithms
    Author-s: Alcala, R; Benitez, JM; Casillas, J; Cordon, O; Perez, R
    Source: APPLIED INTELLIGENCE 18 2 155 177 2003
  • Linguistic modeling with weighted double-consequent fuzzy rules based on cooperative coevolutionary learning
    Author-s: Alcala, R; Casillas, J; Cordon, O; Herrera, F
    Source: INTEGRATED COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING 10 4 343 355 2003
  • Building fuzzy graphs: Features and taxonomy of learning for non-grid-oriented fuzzy rule-based systems
    Author-s: Alcala, R; Casillas, J; Cordon, O; Herrera, F
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & FUZZY SYSTEMS 11 3-4 99 119 2001

Conferences in ISI CPCI-Science

  • A Case Study on the Application of Instance Selection Techniques for Genetic Fuzzy Rule-Based Classifiers
    Author-s: Giglio, Bruno; Marcelloni, Francesco; Fazzolari, Michela; Alcala, Rafael; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: 2012 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUZZY SYSTEMS (FUZZ-IEEE) -1 -1 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FU JUN 10-15, 2012 Brisbane, Brisbane 2012
  • Evolutionary Learning of a Laser Pointer Detection Fuzzy System for an Environment Control System
    Author-s: Chavez, Francisco; Fernandez, Francisco; Alcala, Rafael; Alcala-Fdez, Jesus; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUZZY SYSTEMS (FUZZ 2011) 256 263 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FU JUN 27-30, 2011 Taipei, Taipei 2011
  • Musical Genre Classification by means of Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems: A preliminary approach
    Author-s: Fernandez, Francisco; Chavez, Francisco; Alcala, Rafael; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: 2011 IEEE CONGRESS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION (CEC) 2571 2577 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) JUN 05-08, 2011 New Orleans, New Orleans 2011
  • Analysis of the Performance of a Semantic Interpretability-Based Tuning and Rule Selection of Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems by Means of a Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm
    Author-s: Jose Gacto, Maria; Alcala, Rafael; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: TRENDS IN APPLIED INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, PT II, PROCEEDINGS 6097 228 238 23rd International Conference on Industrial, Engin JUN 01-04, 2010 Cordoba, Cordoba 2010
  • Genetic Tuning of a Laser Pointer Environment Control Device System for Handicapped People with Fuzzy Systems
    Author-s: Chavez, Francisco; Fernandez, Francisco; Alcala-Fdez, Jesus; Alcala, Rafael; Herrera, Francisco; Olague, Gustavo
    Source: 2010 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUZZY SYSTEMS (FUZZ-IEEE 2010) -1 -1 2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intellig JUL 18-23, 2010 Barcelona, Barcelona 2010
  • Knowledge Base Learning of Linguistic Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems in a Multi-objective Evolutionary Framework
    Author-s: Ducange, P.; Alcala, R.; Herrera, F.; Lazzerini, B.; Marcelloni, F.
    Source: HYBRID ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS 5271 747 754 3rd International Workshop on Hybrid Artificial In SEP 24-26, 2008 Univ Burgos, Univ Burgos, Univ Burgos 2008
  • A multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for rule selection and tuning on fuzzy rule-based systems
    Author-s: Alcala, Rafael; Alcala-Fdez, Jesus; Gacto, Maria Jose; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: 2007 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUZZY SYSTEMS, VOLS 1-4 1372 1377 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems JUL 23-26, 2007 London, London 2007
  • Genetic learning of membership functions for mining fuzzy association rules
    Author-s: Alcala, Rafael; Alcala-Fdez, Jesus; Gacto, M. J.; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: 2007 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUZZY SYSTEMS, VOLS 1-4 1543 1548 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems JUL 23-26, 2007 London, London 2007
  • Improving fuzzy rule-based decision models by means of a genetic 2-tuples based tuning and the rule selection
    Author-s: Alcala, R; Alcala-Fdez, J; Berlanga, FJ; Gacto, MJ; Herrera, F
    Source: MODELING DECISIONS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 3885 317 328 3rd International Conference on Modeling Decisions APR 03-05, 2006 Tarragona, Tarragona 2006
  • Genetic lateral and amplitude tuning with rule selection for fuzzy control of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems
    Author-s: Alcala, R.; Alcala-Fdez, J.; Berlanga, F. J.; Gacto, M. J.; Herrera, F.
    Source: ADVANCES IN APPLIED ARTICIAL INTELLIGENCE, PROCEEDINGS 4031 452 461 19th International Conference on Industrial, Engin JUN 27-30, 2006 Annecy, Annecy 2006
  • Genetic learning of the knowledge base of a fuzzy system by using the linguistic 2-tuples representation
    Author-s: Alcala, R; Alcala-Fdez, J; Herrera, F; Otero, J
    Source: FUZZ-IEEE 2005: Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems 797 802 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems MAY 22-25, 2005 Reno, Reno 2005
  • Genetic tuning on fuzzy systems based on the linguistic 2-tuples representation
    Author-s: Alcala, R; Herrera, F
    Source: 2004 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUZZY SYSTEMS, VOLS 1-3, PROCEEDINGS 233 238 Annual IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Syst JUL 25-29, 2004 Budapest, Budapest 2004
  • Combining rule weight learning and rule selection to obtain simpler and more accurate linguistic fuzzy models
    Author-s: Alcala, R; Cordon, O; Herrera, F
    Source: MODELLING WITH WORDS: LEARNING, FUSION, AND REASONING WITHIN A FORMAL LINGUISTIC REPRESENTATION FRAM 2873 44 63 2003
  • Improving simple linguistic fuzzy models by means of the weighted COR methodology
    Author-s: Alcala, R; Casillas, J; Cordon, O; Herrera, F
    Source: ADVANCES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - IBERAMIA 2002, PROCEEDINGS 2527 294 302 8th Ibero-American Conference on Artifical Intelli NOV 12-15, 2002 SEVILLE, SEVILLE 2002

Book chapters in ISI

  • Improving a Fuzzy Association Rule-Based Classification Model by Granularity Learning based on Heuristic Measures over Multiple Granularities
    Author-s: Fazzolari, Michela; Alcala, Rafael; Nojima, Yusuke; Ishibuchi, Hisao; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: 2013 IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY FUZZY SYSTEMS (GEFS) 44 51 6th IEEE International Workshop on Genetic and Evo APR 16-19, 2013 Singapore, Singapore 2013
  • Generating Single Granularity-Based Fuzzy Classification Rules for Multiobjective Genetic Fuzzy Rule Selection
    Author-s: Alcala, Rafael; Nojima, Yusuke; Herrera, Francisco; Ishibuchi, Hisao
    Source: 2009 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUZZY SYSTEMS, VOLS 1-3 1718 1723 18th IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy System AUG 20-24, 2009 Jeju Isl, Jeju Isl 2009
  • A Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithm for Tuning Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems with Measures for Preserving Interpretability
    Author-s: Gacto, M. J.; Alcala, R.; Herrera, F.
    Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE JOINT 2009 INTERNATIONAL FUZZY SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION WORLD CONGRESS AND 2009 EUROPE 1146 1151 Joint International-Fuzzy-Systems-Association Worl JUL 20-24, 2009 Lisbon, Lisbon 2009
  • Distributed Genetic Tuning of Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems
    Author-s: Robles, Ignacio; Alcala, Rafael; Manuel Benitez, Jose; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE JOINT 2009 INTERNATIONAL FUZZY SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION WORLD CONGRESS AND 2009 EUROPE 1740 1744 Joint International-Fuzzy-Systems-Association Worl JUL 20-24, 2009 Lisbon, Lisbon 2009
  • Handling High-Dimensional Regression Problems by Means of an Efficient Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm
    Author-s: Jose Gacto, Maria; Alcala, Rafael; Herrera, Francisco
    Source: 2009 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS 109 114 9th International Conference on Intelligent System NOV 30-DEC 02, 2009 Univ Pisa, Univ Pisa, Univ Pisa 2009
  • Applying rule weight derivation to obtain cooperative rules
    Author-s: Alcala, R; Casillas, J; Cordon, O; Herrera, F
    Source: ADVANCES IN SOFT COMPUTING: ENGINEERING DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING 139 147 7th Online World Conference on Soft Computing in I SEP 23-OCT 04, 2002 ELECTR NETWORK 2003

Doctoral Dissertations supervised

  • Study and Design of Multi-Objective Evolutionary Fuzzy Systems for Improving the Interpretability-Accuracy Trade-O of Linguistic Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems when Dealing with High-Dimensional and Large Scale Problems
    Author: Michela Fazzolari
    Institution: Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Artificial (UGR),
    Dissertation date: 2013-11-29
    Supervision: Rafael Alcalá Fernández, Francisco Herrera Triguero
  • Optimización Evolutiva Multi-Objetivo de Medidas de Complejidad e Interpretabilidad Semántica para Sistemas Basados en Reglas Lingüísticas
    Author: María José Gacto Colorado
    Institution: Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Artificial (UGR),
    Dissertation date: 2010-11-05
    Supervision: Rafael Alcalá Fernández, Francisco Herrera Triguero
  • Modelado Lingüístico Flexible Mediante el Uso de la Representación de 2-Tuplas Lingüísticas
    Author: Jesús Alcalá Fernández
    Institution: Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Artificial (UGR),
    Dissertation date: 2006-09-19
    Supervision: Rafael Alcalá Fernández, Francisco Herrera Triguero
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