Special issue on advanced intelligent computing theories and methodologies

All the 34 articles appearing in this special issue on Advanced Intelligent Computing Theories and Methodologies are extended versions of the papers presented at the 2012 Eighth International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC2012) held on July 25–29, 2012 in Huangshan, China. All the papers included here have been thoroughly reviewed and revised with the support of many reviewers under the Elsevier Editorial System (EES). Thirtyfour papers representing less than five percent of all eligible papers accepted at the ICIC2012 are selected for inclusion in this special issue. The selected papers are organized into the following sections.