Advances in Soft Computing: Engineering Design and Manufacturing

by Jose M. Benitez (Editor), Oscar Cordon (Editor), Frank Hoffmann (Editor), Rajkumar Roy (Editor)

Overview

Soft computing embraces methodologies for the development of intelligent systems that have been successfully applied to a large number of real-word problems. This collection of keynote papers, presented at the 7th On-line World Conference on Soft Computing in Engineering Design and Manufacturing, provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in fuzzy, neural and evolutionary computing techniques and applications in engineering design and manufacturing.

Features:
- New and highly advanced research results at the forefront of soft computing in engineering design and manufacturing.
- Keynote papers by world-renowned researchers in the field.
- A good overview of current soft computing research around the world.

A collection of methodologies aimed at researchers and professional design and manufacturing engineers who develop and apply intelligent systems in computer engineering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781852337551
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	08/22/2003
Edition description:	2003
Pages:	385
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

Fault Diagnosis of Air-Conditioning System using CMAC Neural Network Approach.-Prototypes Stability Analysis in the Design of Radial Basis Function Neural Networks.- Canadian Weather Analysis using Connectionist Learning Paradigms.- TACDSS: Adaptation Using a Hybrid Neuro-Fuzzy System.- Application of Neural Networks and Expert Systems in a Hierarchical Approach to the Intelligent Greenhouse Control.- Artificial Neural Networks Design Using Evolutionary Algorithms.- Intelligent Control of a Stepping Motor Drive Using a Hybrid Neuro-Fuzzy ANFIS Approach.- Benchmark between Three Controllers Structure in IFOC: PID, IP and New Fuzzy-PID Regulator.- XML based Modelling of Soft Computing Methods.- Determining the Model Order of Non-linear Input-Output Systems by Fuzzy Clustering.- Fuzzy Self-Organizing Map based on Regularized Fuzzy c-means Clustering.- Outline Representation of Fonts using Genetic Approach.- Process-Oriented Plant Layout Design using a Fuzzy Set Decomposition Algorithm.- A Fuzzy Color Image Segmentation Applied to Robot Vision.- Improvements to the Cor Metholology by Means of Weighted Fuzzy Rules.- Representation of Concept Specialization Distance through Resemblance Relations.- Kernel-based Face Recognition by a Reformulation of Kernel Machines.- Face Recognition Using Multi Log-Polar Images and Gabor Filters.- Evolutionary Fuzzy Volume Tuner for Cellular Phones.- A Performance Analysis of Statistical Classifier SMO with other Data Mining Classifiers.- Two term-layers: An Alternative Topology for Representing Term Relationships in the Bayesian Network.- C-FOCUS: A Continuous Extension of FOCUS.- 2D Image Registration with Iterated Local Search.- Function Finding and the Creation of Numerical Constants in Gene Expression Programming.- A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for Multi-Hypothesis Tracking.- Differential Evolution Algorithm with Adaptive Control Parameters.- A Distributed-Population Genetic Algorithm for Discovering Interesting Prediction Rules.- Confidence interval based crossover using a L1 norm localization estimator for real-coded genetic al.- Cooperative Particle Swarm Optimization for Robust Control System Design.- 1-D Parabolic Search Mutation.- Global Optimization of Climate Control Problems using Evolutionary and Shastic Algorithms.- Surface Defect Inspection: An Immune Approach.- A Hybrid CHC Genetic Algorithm for Macro Cell Global Routing.- Genetic Models for the Rational Exploitation of Resources.- Discrete Variable Structure Control Design based on Lamarckian Evolution.- GA-P based Search of Structures and Parameters of Dynamical Process Models.- Visual Inspection of Fuzzy Clustering Results.- Intelligent Information Retrieval: Some Research Trends.- Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization: Current and Future Challenges.