Recent Developments and New Directions in Soft Computing

✍ Scribed by Lotfi A. Zadeh, Ali M. Abbasov, Ronald R. Yager, Shahnaz N. Shahbazova, Marek Z. Reformat (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 450
• Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing 317
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book reports on the latest advances and challenges of soft computing. It gathers original scientific contributions written by top scientists in the field and covering theories, methods and applications in a number of research areas related to soft-computing, such as decision-making, probabilistic reasoning, image processing, control, neural networks and data analysis.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Model of the Applicability of Expert System Based on Neural Networks Technology and Hybrid Systems for Decision Making....Pages 3-18
Group Multiple Criteria Decision Making: Multiset Approach....Pages 19-33
Knowledge Fusion in Context-Aware Decision Support: Ontology-Based Modeling and Patterns....Pages 35-51
Preference Function Reconstruction for Multiple Criteria Decision Making Based on Machine Learning Approach....Pages 53-63
A Multi Criteria Group Decision Making Process Based on the Soft Fusion of Coherent Evaluations of Spatial alternatives....Pages 65-79
Distributed Manufacturing Scheduling Based on a Dynamic Multi-criteria Decision Model....Pages 81-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Probabilistic Reasoning in a Fuzzy Context....Pages 97-115
Approximate Z-number Evaluation Based on Categorical Sets of Probability Distributions....Pages 117-134
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Spatiotemporal Human Brain Activities on Recalling Names of Body Parts II....Pages 137-147
Novel Image Fusion Based on F-transform....Pages 149-164
Improving the Accuracy of a Fuzzy-Based Single-Stroke Character Recognizer by Antecedent Weighting....Pages 165-179
The Development of an Algorithmic Model of Object Recognition Using Visual and Sound Information Based on Neuro-fuzzy Logic....Pages 181-193
Image Thresholding by Grouping Functions: Application to MRI Images....Pages 195-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Noise Technologies for Operating the System for Monitoring of the Beginning of Violation of Seismic Stability of Construction Objects....Pages 211-232
Analytical Structure Characterization and Stability Analysis for a General Class of Mamdani Fuzzy Controllers....Pages 233-247
Fuzzy Control as the Entrance Door to Control Theory....Pages 249-261
Nonlinear Control for Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output Nonlinear Systems with PB Models Based on I/O Linearization....Pages 263-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Improving the Model Convergence Properties of Classifier Feed-Forward MLP Neural Networks....Pages 281-293
Chaotic Systems Predictability Using Neuro-Fuzzy Systems and Neural Networks with Bred Vectors....Pages 295-313
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Creation the Model of Educational and Methodical Support Based on Fuzzy Logic....Pages 317-330
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Decision-Making Based on Fuzzy Estimation of Quality Level for Cargo Delivery....Pages 331-344
Efficacy of Selected Soft Computing Techniques in Ranking of Sites for Hazardous Industrial Installation....Pages 345-359
Fuzzy Resolution with Similarity-Based Reasoning....Pages 361-378
Development of Environment Friendly Air Conditioner Using Fuzzy logic....Pages 379-391
A Fuzzy Stochastic Programming Approach for Multi-level Capacitated Lot-Sizing Problem Under Uncertainty....Pages 393-407
Context-Dependent Interpretation of Medical Data....Pages 409-425
Front Matter....Pages 427-427
Time Series Trend Extraction and Its Linguistic Evaluation Using F-Transform and Fuzzy Natural Logic....Pages 429-442
Using Artificial Neural Networks in Fuzzy Time Series Analysis....Pages 443-451
Using Zadeh’s Granulation Concept: Granular Logics and Their Application to Sensor Data Analysis....Pages 453-466

✦ Subjects

Computational Intelligence; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)