The series "Studies in Computational Intelligence" (SCI) publishes new developments and advances in the various areas of computational intelligence - quickly and with a high quality. The intent is to cover the theory, applications, and design methods of computational intelligence, as embedded in the fields of engineering, computer science, physics and life science, as well as the methodologies behind them. The series contains monographs, lecture notes and edited volumes in computational intelligence spanning the areas of neural networks, connectionist systems, genetic algorithms,...

This book presents the selected results of the 1^st International Symposium on Applied Computers and Information Technology (ACIT 2013) held on August 31 - September 4, 2013 in Matsue City, Japan, which brought together researchers, scientists, engineers, industry practitioners and students to discuss all aspects of Applied Computers & Information Technology and its practical challenges. This book includes the best 12 papers presented at the conference, which were chosen based on review scores submitted by members of the program committee and underwent further rigorous rounds of...