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Density in the temperature interval (293.15 to 323.15) K and excess enthalpy at 303.15 K are determined for 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [BMIM] [BF 4 ] + ethanol or + nitromethane and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium methylsulfate [BMIM][MeSO 4 ] + ethanol or + nitromethane. Excess molar volumes are calculated at several temperatures from density data. Both excess properties are fitted to a Redlich-Kisterbased equation, and results are discussed in terms of the chemical nature of the compounds that form the mixtures.

Artificial neural networks (ANN) are computationally based mathematical tools inspired by the fundamental cell of the nervous system, the neuron. ANN constitute a simplified artificial replica of the human brain consisting of parallel processing neural elements similar to neurons in living beings. ANN is able to store large amounts of experimental information to be used for generalization with the aid of an appropriate prediction model. ANN has proved useful for a variety of biological, medical, economic and meteorological purposes, and in agro-food science and technology. The olive oil industry has a substantial weight in Mediterranean's economy. The different steps of the olive oil production process, which include olive tree and fruit care, fruit harvest, mechanical and chemical processing, and oil packaging have been examined in depth with a view to their optimization, and so have the authenticity, sensory properties and other quality-related properties of olive oil. This paper reviews existing literature on the use of bioinformatics predictive methods based on ANN in connection with the production, processing and characterization of olive oil. It examines the state of the art in bioinformatics tools for optimizing or predicting its quality with a view to identifying potential deficiencies or aspects for improvement.

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