Practical Applications of Soft Computing in Engineering


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Ch. 1. Automatic detection of microcalcifications in mammograms using a fuzzy classifier / A. P. Drijarkara, G. Naghdy, F. Naghdy -- ch. 2. Software deployability control system: application of Choquet integral and rough sets / James F. Peters III, Sheela Ramanna -- ch. 3. Predictive fuzzy model for control of an artificial muscle / Petar B. Petrovic -- ch. 4. Fuzzy supervisory control with fuzzy-PID controller and its application to petroleum plants / Tetsuji Tani, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Takeshi Furuhashi -- ch. 5. Genetic algorithm-based predictive control for nonlinear processes / Seung C. Shin, Zeungnam Bien -- ch. 6. Indirect neuro-control for multivariable nonlinear systems with application to 2-bar load systems / Jun Oh Jang, Hee Tae Chung -- ch. 7. Evolutionary computation for information retrieval based on user preference / Hak-Gyoon Kim, Sung-Bae Cho -- ch. 8. On-line tool condition monitoring based on a neurofuzzy intelligent signal feature classification procedure / Pan Fu, A. D. Hope, G. A. King -- ch. 9. Feature extraction by self-organized fuzzy templates with applications / Eiji Uchino, Shigeru Nakashima, Takeshi Yamakawa -- ch. 10. Inference of self-excited vibration in high-speed end-milling based on fuzzy neural networks / Chuanxin Su, Junichi Hino, Toshio Yoshimura -- ch. 11. Fuzzy logic and neural networks approach -- a way to improve overall performance of integrated heating systems / Evgueniy Entchev -- ch. 12. Application of fuzzy pattern matching and genetic algorithms to rotating machinery diagnosis / Jesus M. Fernandez Salido, Shuta Murakami -- ch. 13. Design and tuning a neurofuzzy power system stabilizer using genetic algorithms / Ali Afzalian, Derek A. Linkens -- ch. 14. Techniques of soft computing for emergency management in a mineral oils deposit / Alessandro De Carli, Sonia Pisani -- ch. 15. An application of logic programs with soft computing aspects to fault diagnosis in digital circuits / Hiroshi Sakai, Atsushi Imamoto, Akimichi Okuma -- ch. 16. Determination of the motion parameters from the perspective projection of a triangle / Myint Myint Sein, Hiromitsu Hama.




Application of Soft Computing Techniques in Civil Engineering


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Presents knowledge and experience of soft computing techniques in civil engineering. The principal concern of the book is to show how soft computing techniques can be applied to solve problems in research and practice.




Practical Applications of Soft Computing in Engineering


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Soft computing has been presented not only with the theoretical developments but also with a large variety of realistic applications to consumer products and industrial systems. Application of soft computing has provided the opportunity to integrate human-like vagueness and real-life uncertainty into an otherwise hard computer program.This book highlights some of the recent developments in practical applications of soft computing in engineering problems. All the chapters have been sophisticatedly designed and revised by international experts to achieve wide but in-depth coverage.




Soft Computing in Water Resources Engineering


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Engineers have attempted to solve water resources engineering problems with the help of empirical, regression-based and numerical models. Empirical models are not universal, nor are regression-based models. The numerical models are, on the other hand, physics-based but require substantial data measurement and parameter estimation. Hence, there is a need to employ models that are robust, user-friendly, and practical and that do not have the shortcomings of the existing methods. Artificial intelligence methods meet this need. Soft Computing in Water Resources Engineering introduces the basics of artificial neural networks (ANN), fuzzy logic (FL) and genetic algorithms (GA). It gives details on the feed forward back propagation algorithm and also introduces neuro-fuzzy modelling to readers. Artificial intelligence method applications covered in the book include predicting and forecasting floods, predicting suspended sediment, predicting event-based flow hydrographs and sedimentographs, locating seepage path in an earth-fill dam body, and the predicting dispersion coefficient in natural channels. The author also provides an analysis comparing the artificial intelligence models and contemporary non-artificial intelligence methods (empirical, numerical, regression, etc.). The ANN, FL, and GA are fairly new methods in water resources engineering. The first publications appeared in the early 1990s and quite a few studies followed in the early 2000s. Although these methods are currently widely known in journal publications, they are still very new for many scientific readers and they are totally new for students, especially undergraduates. Numerical methods were first taught at the graduate level but are now taught at the undergraduate level. There are already a few graduate courses developed on AI methods in engineering and included in the graduate curriculum of some universities. It is expected that these courses, too, will soon be taught at the undergraduate levels.




Soft Computing And Its Applications


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The concept of soft computing is still in its initial stages of crystallization. Presently available books on soft computing are merely collections of chapters or articles about different aspects of the field. This book is the first to provide a systematic account of the major concepts and methodologies of soft computing, presenting a unified framework that makes the subject more accessible to students and practitioners. Particularly worthy of note is the inclusion of a wealth of information about neuro-fuzzy, neuro-genetic, fuzzy-genetic and neuro-fuzzy-genetic systems, with many illuminating applications and examples.




New Concepts and Applications in Soft Computing


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The book provides a sample of research on the innovative theory and applications of soft computing paradigms. The idea of Soft Computing was initiated in 1981 when Professor Zadeh published his first paper on soft data analysis and constantly evolved ever since. Professor Zadeh defined Soft Computing as the fusion of the fields of fuzzy logic (FL), neural network theory (NN) and probabilistic reasoning (PR), with the latter subsuming belief networks, evolutionary computing including DNA computing, chaos theory and parts of learning theory into one multidisciplinary system. As Zadeh said the essence of soft computing is that unlike the traditional, hard computing, soft computing is aimed at an accommodation with the pervasive imprecision of the real world. Thus, the guiding principle of soft computing is to exploit the tolerance for imprecision, uncertainty and partial truth to achieve tractability, robustness, low solution cost and better rapport with reality. In the final analysis, the role model for soft computing is the human mind. We hope that the reader will share our excitement and find our volume both useful and inspiring.




Soft Computing Techniques and Applications in Mechanical Engineering


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The evolution of soft computing applications has offered a multitude of methodologies and techniques that are useful in facilitating new ways to address practical and real scenarios in a variety of fields. In particular, these concepts have created significant developments in the engineering field. Soft Computing Techniques and Applications in Mechanical Engineering is a pivotal reference source for the latest research findings on a comprehensive range of soft computing techniques applied in various fields of mechanical engineering. Featuring extensive coverage on relevant areas such as thermodynamics, fuzzy computing, and computational intelligence, this publication is an ideal resource for students, engineers, research scientists, and academicians involved in soft computing techniques and applications in mechanical engineering areas.




Soft Computing Methods for Practical Environment Solutions


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"This publication presents a series of practical applications of different Soft Computing techniques to real-world problems, showing the enormous potential of these techniques in solving problems"--Provided by publisher.




Soft Computing in Industrial Applications


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This volume of Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing contains accepted papers presented at WSC17, the 17th Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications, held from December 2012 to January 2013 on the Internet. WSC17 continues a successful series of scientific events started over a decade ago by the World Federation of Soft Computing. It brought together researchers from over the world interested in the ever advancing state of the art in the field. Continuous technological improvements make this online forum a viable gathering format for a world class conference. The aim of WSC17 was to disseminate excellent research results and contribute to building a global network of scientists interested in both theoretical foundations and practical applications of soft computing. The 2012 edition of the Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications consisted of general track and special session on Continuous Features Discretization for Anomaly Intrusion Detectors Generation and special session on Emerging Theories and Applications in Transportation Science. A total of 33 high quality research papers were accepted after a rigorous review process and are provided in this book.




Soft Computing and Its Applications, Volume One


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This is volume 1 of the two-volume set Soft Computing and Its Applications. This volume explains the primary tools of soft computing as well as provides an abundance of working examples and detailed design studies. The book starts with coverage of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic and their various approaches to fuzzy reasoning. Precisely speaking, this b