The two-volume set LNAI 11288 and 11289 constitutes the proceedings of the 17th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2018, held in Guadalajara, Mexico, in October 2018.

Evolutionary and Nature-Inspired Intelligence.- A Genetic Algorithm to Solve Power System Expansion Planning With Renewable Energy.- Memetic Algorithm for constructing Covering Arrays of variable strength based on Global-best Harmony Search and Simulated Annealing.- An Adaptive Hybrid Evolutionary Approach for a Project Scheduling Problem that Maximizes the Effectiveness of Human Resources.- Best Paper award, first place: Universal Swarm Optimizer for Multi-Objective Functions.- Broadcasting and sharing of parameters in an IoT network by means of a Fractal of Hilbert using Swarm Intelligence.- Solid waste collection in Ciudad Universitaria-UNAM using a VRP approach and Max-Min Ant System algorithm.- Selection of Characteristics and Classification of Microarrays using Bioinspired Algorithms and Generalized Neuron.- Supervised and unsupervised neural networks: Experimental study for anomaly detection in electrical consumption.- Artificial neural networks and common spatial patterns for the recognition of motor information from EEG signals.- Classification of Motor Imagery EEG Signals with CSP filtering through Neural Networks Models.- Efficiency Analysis of article Tracking with Synthetic PIV using SOM.- Machine Learning.- Transforming Mixed Data Bases for Machine Learning: A Case Study.- Full model selection in huge datasets and for proxy models construction.- Single imputation methods applied to a global geothermal database.- Feature Selection for Automatic Classification of Gamma-ray and Background Hadron Events with Different Noise Levels.- Ranking based Unsupervised Feature Selection Methods: an Empirical Comparative Study in High Dimensional Datasets.- Dynamic Selection Feature Extractor for Trademark Retrieval.- Bayesian Chain Classifier with Feature Selection for Multi-label Classification.- A Time Complexity Analysis to the ParDTLT Parallel Algorithm for Decision Tree Induction.- Infrequent Item-to-item Recommendation via Random Fields.- An approachbased on contrast patterns for bot detection on web log files.- User recommendation in low degree networks with a learning-based approach.- Volcanic anomalies detection through Recursive Density Estimation.- A Rainfall Prediction Tool for Sustainable Agriculture Using Random Forest.- Kolb's Learning styles, learning activities and academic performance in a Massive Private Online Course.- Tremor Signal Analysis for Parkinson's Disease Detection Using Leap Motion Device.- Fuzzy Logic and Uncertainty Management.- Modeling Decisions for Project Scheduling Optimization Problem Based on Type-2 Fuzzy Numbers.- Differential Evolution algorithm using a dynamic crossover parameter with a high-speed interval type 2 fuzzy system.- Allocation Centers Problem on Fuzzy Graphs with Largest Vitality Degree.- Fuzzy Design of Nearest Prototype Classifier.- A Fuzzy Harmony Search algorithm for the optimization of a Benchmark set of functions.- An Innovative and Improved Mamdani Inference (IMI) Method.- AGeneral Method for Consistency Improving in Decision-Making Under Uncertainty.