DescriptionThe two-volume set LNCS 11508 and 11509 constitutes the refereed proceedings of of the 18th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, ICAISC 2019, held in Zakopane, Poland, in June 2019.The 122 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 333 submissions. The papers included in the first volume are organized in the following five parts: neural networks and their applications; fuzzy systems and their applications; evolutionary algorithms and their applications; pattern classification; artificial intelligence in modeling and simulation.The papers included in the second volume are organized in the following five parts: computer vision, image and speech analysis; bioinformatics, biometrics, and medical applications; data mining; various problems of artificial intelligence; agent systems, robotics and control.Table of ContentsNeural Networks and Their ApplicationsFront MatterSpikeletFCN: Counting Spikelets from Infield Wheat Crop Images Using Fully Convolutional NetworksModifications of the Givens Training Algorithm for Artificial Neural NetworksDeep Neural Networks Applied to the Dynamic Helper System in a GPGPUCombining Neural and Knowledge-Based Approaches to Named Entity Recognition in PolishSensitivity Analysis of the Neural Networks Randomized LearningOn Approximating Metric Nearness Through Deep LearningSmart Well Data Generation via Boundary-Seeking Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial NetworksResilient Environmental Monitoring Utilizing a Machine Learning ApproachStudy of Learning Ability in Profit Sharing Using Convolutional Neural NetworkNeural Net Model Predictive Controller for Adaptive Active Vibration Suppression of an Unknown SystemRobust Training of Radial Basis Function Neural NetworksSequential Data Mining of Network Traffic in URL LogsOn Learning and Convergence of RBF Networks in Regression Estimation and ClassificationApplication of Deep Neural Networks to Music Composition Based on MIDI Datasets and Graphical RepresentationDense Multi-focus Fusion Net: A Deep Unsupervised Convolutional Network for Multi-focus Image FusionMicroscopic Sample Segmentation by Fully Convolutional Network for Parasite DetectionApplication of Spiking Neural Networks to Fashion ClassificationText Language Identification Using Attention-Based Recurrent Neural NetworksFilter Pruning for Efficient Transfer Learning in Deep Convolutional Neural NetworksRegularized Learning of Neural Network with Application to Sparse PCATrimmed Robust Loss Function for Training Deep Neural Networks with Label NoiseOn Proper Designing of Deep Structures for Image ClassificationConstructive Cascade Learning Algorithm for Fully Connected NetworksGenerative Adversarial Networks: Recent DevelopmentsFuzzy Systems and Their ApplicationsFront MatterFuzzy Modeling in the Task of Control Cartographic VisualizationMethod for Generalization of Fuzzy SetsThe 2-Additive Choquet Integral of Bi-capacitiesA New Class of Uninorm Aggregation Operations for Fuzzy TheoryDifferent Forms of Generalized Hypothetical Syllogism with Regard to R-ImplicationsA Fuzzy-Dynamic Bayesian Network Approach for Inference FilteringThe Estimation of Uncertain Gates: An Application to Educational IndicatorsFuzzy Reasoning in Control and Diagnostics of a Turbine Engine – A Case StudyApplication of Type-2 Fuzzy Sets for Analyzing Production ProcessesOn Explainable Recommender Systems Based on Fuzzy Rule Generation TechniquesDifferent Aggregation Modes Applications Within the Framework of Weights UncertaintyFuzzy Clustering High-Dimensional Data Using Information WeightingEvolutionary Algorithms and Their ApplicationsSolving the Software Project Scheduling Problem with Hyper-heuristicsInfluence of Social Coefficient on Swarm MotionAn Evaluative Study of Adaptive Control of Population Size in Differential EvolutionA New Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization and Evolutionary AlgorithmEvolutionary Algorithms Applied to a Shielding Enclosure DesignHybrid Multi-population Based Approach for Controllers Structure and Parameters SelectionImproving Population Diversity Through Gene Methylation SimulationStrategizing Game Playing Using Evolutionary ApproachUsing the Evolutionary Computation Approach in the Initial Phase of Protocol DiscoveringPopulation Diversity Analysis in Adaptive Differential Evolution Variants with Unconventional Randomization SchemesAnalyzing Control Parameters in DISHIterative Design and Implementation of Rapid Gradient Descent MethodThe Method of Predicting Changes of a Dynamic Signature Using Possibilities of Population-Based AlgorithmsPattern ClassificationFront MatterApplication of Elastic Principal Component Analysis to Person Recognition Based on Screen GesturesSentiment Analysis of YouTube Video Comments Using Deep Neural NetworksLayered Geometric LearningFast Algorithm for Prototypes Selection—Trust-Margin PrototypesClassifying Image Sequences with the Markov Chain Structure and Matrix Normal DistributionsThe Elastic k-Nearest Neighbours Classifier for Touch Screen GesturesWhole Image and Modular Image Face Classification – What is Really Classified?Classifier Selection for Highly Imbalanced Data Streams with Minority Driven EnsembleArtificial Intelligence in Modeling and SimulationFront MatterOn Sympathy and Symphony: Network-Oriented Modeling of the Adaptive Dynamics of Sympathy StatesAnalysis of Large Scale Power Systems via LASSO Learning AlgorithmsPattern-Based Forecasting Monthly Electricity Demand Using Multilayer PerceptronSquirrel-Cage Induction Motor Malfunction Detection Using Computational Intelligence MethodsBack MatterEditors BiographyLeszek Rutkowski, Rafał Scherer, Marcin Korytkowski Częstochowa University of Technology, Częstochowa, PolandWitold Pedrycz University of Alberta, Edmonton, CanadaRyszard Tadeusiewicz AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, PolandJacek M. Zurada University of Louisville, Louisville, USA