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Soft Computing Techniques in Vision Science

Author : Srikanta Patnaik
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 364225506X
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Book Synopsis Soft Computing Techniques in Vision Science by : Srikanta Patnaik

Download or read book Soft Computing Techniques in Vision Science written by Srikanta Patnaik and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Special Edited Volume is a unique approach towards Computational solution for the upcoming field of study called Vision Science. From a scientific firmament Optics, Ophthalmology, and Optical Science has surpassed an Odyssey of optimizing configurations of Optical systems, Surveillance Cameras and other Nano optical devices with the metaphor of Nano Science and Technology. Still these systems are falling short of its computational aspect to achieve the pinnacle of human vision system. In this edited volume much attention has been given to address the coupling issues Computational Science and Vision Studies. It is a comprehensive collection of research works addressing various related areas of Vision Science like Visual Perception and Visual system, Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience, Psychophysics and Ophthalmology, linguistic relativity, color vision etc. This issue carries some latest developments in the form of research articles and presentations. The volume is rich of contents with technical tools for convenient experimentation in Vision Science. There are 18 research papers having significance in an array of application areas. The volume claims to be an effective compendium of computing developments like Frequent Pattern Mining, Genetic Algorithm, Gabor Filter, Support Vector Machine, Region Based Mask Filter, 4D stereo camera systems, Principal Component Analysis etc. The detailed analysis of the papers can immensely benefit to the researchers of this domain. It can be an Endeavour in the pursuit of adding value in the existing stock of knowledge in Vision Science.

New Soft Computing Techniques for System Modeling, Pattern Classification and Image Processing

Author : Leszek Rutkowski
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783642535710
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (357 download)

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Book Synopsis New Soft Computing Techniques for System Modeling, Pattern Classification and Image Processing by : Leszek Rutkowski

Download or read book New Soft Computing Techniques for System Modeling, Pattern Classification and Image Processing written by Leszek Rutkowski and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-03-12 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science has made great progress in the twentieth century, with the establishment of proper disciplines in the fields of physics, computer science, molecular biology, and many others. At the same time, there have also emerged many engineering ideas that are interdisciplinary in nature, beyond the realm of such orthodox disciplines. These in clude, for example, artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, artificial neural networks, evolutional computation, data mining, and so on. In or der to generate new technology that is truly human-friendly in the twenty-first century, integration of various methods beyond specific disciplines is required. Soft computing is a key concept for the creation of such human friendly technology in our modern information society. Professor Rutkowski is a pioneer in this field, having devoted himself for many years to publishing a large variety of original work. The present vol ume, based mostly on his own work, is a milestone in the devel opment of soft computing, integrating various disciplines from the fields of information science and engineering. The book consists of three parts, the first of which is devoted to probabilistic neural net works. Neural excitation is stochastic, so it is natural to investi gate the Bayesian properties of connectionist structures developed by Professor Rutkowski. This new approach has proven to be par ticularly useful for handling regression and classification problems vi Preface in time-varying environments. Throughout this book, major themes are selected from theoretical subjects that are tightly connected with challenging applications.

Soft Computing in Data Science

Author : Azlinah Mohamed
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811673349
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Soft Computing in Data Science written by Azlinah Mohamed and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Soft Computing in Data Science, SCDS 2021, which was held virtually in November 2021. The 31 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on AI techniques and applications; data analytics and technologies; data mining and image processing; machine & statistical learning.

Advanced Soft Computing Techniques in Data Science, IoT and Cloud Computing

Author : Sujata Dash
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030756572
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Book Synopsis Advanced Soft Computing Techniques in Data Science, IoT and Cloud Computing by : Sujata Dash

Download or read book Advanced Soft Computing Techniques in Data Science, IoT and Cloud Computing written by Sujata Dash and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book plays a significant role in improvising human life to a great extent. The new applications of soft computing can be regarded as an emerging field in computer science, automatic control engineering, medicine, biology application, natural environmental engineering, and pattern recognition. Now, the exemplar model for soft computing is human brain. The use of various techniques of soft computing is nowadays successfully implemented in many domestic, commercial, and industrial applications due to the low-cost and very high-performance digital processors and also the decline price of the memory chips. This is the main reason behind the wider expansion of soft computing techniques and its application areas. These computing methods also play a significant role in the design and optimization in diverse engineering disciplines. With the influence and the development of the Internet of things (IoT) concept, the need for using soft computing techniques has become more significant than ever. In general, soft computing methods are closely similar to biological processes than traditional techniques, which are mostly based on formal logical systems, such as sentential logic and predicate logic, or rely heavily on computer-aided numerical analysis. Soft computing techniques are anticipated to complement each other. The aim of these techniques is to accept imprecision, uncertainties, and approximations to get a rapid solution. However, recent advancements in representation soft computing algorithms (fuzzy logic,evolutionary computation, machine learning, and probabilistic reasoning) generate a more intelligent and robust system providing a human interpretable, low-cost, approximate solution. Soft computing-based algorithms have demonstrated great performance to a variety of areas including multimedia retrieval, fault tolerance, system modelling, network architecture, Web semantics, big data analytics, time series, biomedical and health informatics, etc. Soft computing approaches such as genetic programming (GP), support vector machine–firefly algorithm (SVM-FFA), artificial neural network (ANN), and support vector machine–wavelet (SVM–Wavelet) have emerged as powerful computational models. These have also shown significant success in dealing with massive data analysis for large number of applications. All the researchers and practitioners will be highly benefited those who are working in field of computer engineering, medicine, biology application, signal processing, and mechanical engineering. This book is a good collection of state-of-the-art approaches for soft computing-based applications to various engineering fields. It is very beneficial for the new researchers and practitioners working in the field to quickly know the best performing methods. They would be able to compare different approaches and can carry forward their research in the most important area of research which has direct impact on betterment of the human life and health. This book is very useful because there is no book in the market which provides a good collection of state-of-the-art methods of soft computing-based models for multimedia retrieval, fault tolerance, system modelling, network architecture, Web semantics, big data analytics, time series, and biomedical and health informatics.

Soft Computing Techniques in Vision Science

Author : Srikanta Patnaik
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783642255083
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Soft Computing Techniques in Vision Science written by Srikanta Patnaik and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Special Edited Volume is a unique approach towards Computational solution for the upcoming field of study called Vision Science. From a scientific firmament Optics, Ophthalmology, and Optical Science has surpassed an Odyssey of optimizing configurations of Optical systems, Surveillance Cameras and other Nano optical devices with the metaphor of Nano Science and Technology. Still these systems are falling short of its computational aspect to achieve the pinnacle of human vision system. In this edited volume much attention has been given to address the coupling issues Computational Science and Vision Studies. It is a comprehensive collection of research works addressing various related areas of Vision Science like Visual Perception and Visual system, Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience, Psychophysics and Ophthalmology, linguistic relativity, color vision etc. This issue carries some latest developments in the form of research articles and presentations. The volume is rich of contents with technical tools for convenient experimentation in Vision Science. There are 18 research papers having significance in an array of application areas. The volume claims to be an effective compendium of computing developments like Frequent Pattern Mining, Genetic Algorithm, Gabor Filter, Support Vector Machine, Region Based Mask Filter, 4D stereo camera systems, Principal Component Analysis etc. The detailed analysis of the papers can immensely benefit to the researchers of this domain. It can be an Endeavour in the pursuit of adding value in the existing stock of knowledge in Vision Science.

Soft Computing in Machine Learning

Author : Sang-Yong Rhee
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331905533X
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Soft Computing in Machine Learning by : Sang-Yong Rhee

Download or read book Soft Computing in Machine Learning written by Sang-Yong Rhee and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As users or consumers are now demanding smarter devices, intelligent systems are revolutionizing by utilizing machine learning. Machine learning as part of intelligent systems is already one of the most critical components in everyday tools ranging from search engines and credit card fraud detection to stock market analysis. You can train machines to perform some things, so that they can automatically detect, diagnose, and solve a variety of problems. The intelligent systems have made rapid progress in developing the state of the art in machine learning based on smart and deep perception. Using machine learning, the intelligent systems make widely applications in automated speech recognition, natural language processing, medical diagnosis, bioinformatics, and robot locomotion. This book aims at introducing how to treat a substantial amount of data, to teach machines and to improve decision making models. And this book specializes in the developments of advanced intelligent systems through machine learning. It consists of 11 contributions that features illumination change detection, generator of electronic educational publications, intelligent call triage system, recognition of rocks at uranium deposits, graphics processing units, mathematical model of hit phenomena, selection and mutation in genetic algorithm, hands and arms motion estimation, application of wavelet network, Kanizsa triangle illusion, and support vector machine regression. Also, it describes how to apply the machine learning for the intelligent systems. This edition is published in original, peer reviewed contributions covering from initial design to final prototypes and verifications.

Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing for Nuclear Science and Engineering

Author : Da Ruan
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789810243562
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (435 download)

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Book Synopsis Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing for Nuclear Science and Engineering by : Da Ruan

Download or read book Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing for Nuclear Science and Engineering written by Da Ruan and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2000 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is divided into three parts. The first part, ?Mathematical Tools and New Developments?, provides basic tools to treat fuzzy set theory, rough set theory, fuzzy control, fuzzy modelling, decision support systems, and related applications. The second part, ?Intelligent Engineering Applications?, reports on engineering problems such as man-machine interface, risk analysis, image processing, robotics, knowledge-based engineering, expert systems, process control integration, diagnosis, measurements and interpretation by intelligent techniques and soft computing used for general engineering applications. The third part, ?Nuclear Engineering Applications?, concentrates on nuclear applications and covers several topics such as nuclear energy, nuclear safety assessment, radioactive waste management, nuclear measurements, nuclear safeguards, nuclear reactor operation, reactor controller design, fuel reload pattern design, signal validation, nuclear power plants, and optimizations in nuclear applications.

Soft Computing: Theories and Applications

Author : Millie Pant
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811056870
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Soft Computing: Theories and Applications written by Millie Pant and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on soft computing and its applications to solve real-life problems occurring in different domains ranging from medical and health care, supply chain management and image processing to cryptanalysis. It presents the proceedings of International Conference on Soft Computing: Theories and Applications (SoCTA 2016), offering significant insights into soft computing for teachers and researchers and inspiring more and more researchers to work in the field of soft computing. The term soft computing represents an umbrella term for computational techniques like fuzzy logic, neural networks, and nature inspired algorithms. In the past few decades, there has been an exponential rise in the application of soft computing techniques for solving complex and intricate problems arising in different spheres of life. The versatility of these techniques has made them a favorite among scientists and researchers working in diverse areas. SoCTA is the first international conference being organized at Amity University Rajasthan (AUR), Jaipur. The objective of SoCTA 2016 is to provide a common platform to researchers, academicians, scientists, and industrialists working in the area of soft computing to share and exchange their views and ideas on the theory and application of soft computing techniques in multi-disciplinary areas. The aim of the conference is to bring together young and experienced researchers, academicians, scientists, and industrialists for the exchange of knowledge. SoCTA especially encourages the young researchers at the beginning of their career to participate in this conference and present their work on this platform.

Soft Computing for Problem Solving

Author : Manoj Thakur
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811965250
Total Pages : 727 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Soft Computing for Problem Solving written by Manoj Thakur and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-01 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an insight into the 11th International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving (SocProS 2022). This international conference is a joint technical collaboration of the Soft Computing Research Society and the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi. This book presents the latest achievements and innovations in the interdisciplinary areas of Soft Computing, Machine Learning, and Data Science. It brings together the researchers, engineers, and practitioners to discuss thought-provoking developments and challenges, in order to select potential future directions. It covers original research papers in the areas including but not limited to algorithms (artificial neural network, deep learning, statistical methods, genetic algorithm, and particle swarm optimization) and applications (data mining and clustering, computer vision, medical and healthcare, finance, data envelopment analysis, business, and forecasting applications). This book is beneficial for young as well as experienced researchers dealing across complex and intricate real-world problems for which finding a solution by traditional methods is a difficult task.

Handbook on Soft Computing for Video Surveillance

Author : Sankar K. Pal
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439856842
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Handbook on Soft Computing for Video Surveillance written by Sankar K. Pal and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-01-25 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information on integrating soft computing techniques into video surveillance is widely scattered among conference papers, journal articles, and books. Bringing this research together in one source, Handbook on Soft Computing for Video Surveillance illustrates the application of soft computing techniques to different tasks in video surveillance. Worldwide experts in the field present novel solutions to video surveillance problems and discuss future trends. After an introduction to video surveillance systems and soft computing tools, the book gives examples of neural network-based approaches for solving video surveillance tasks and describes summarization techniques for content identification. Covering a broad spectrum of video surveillance topics, the remaining chapters explain how soft computing techniques are used to detect moving objects, track objects, and classify and recognize target objects. The book also explores advanced surveillance systems under development. Incorporating both existing and new ideas, this handbook unifies the basic concepts, theories, algorithms, and applications of soft computing. It demonstrates why and how soft computing methodologies can be used in various video surveillance problems.

Advances in Soft Computing and Machine Learning in Image Processing

Author : Aboul Ella Hassanien
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319637541
Total Pages : 711 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Book Synopsis Advances in Soft Computing and Machine Learning in Image Processing by : Aboul Ella Hassanien

Download or read book Advances in Soft Computing and Machine Learning in Image Processing written by Aboul Ella Hassanien and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of the latest applications of methods from soft computing and machine learning in image processing. It explores different areas ranging from image segmentation to the object recognition using complex approaches, and includes the theory of the methodologies used to provide an overview of the application of these tools in image processing. The material has been compiled from a scientific perspective, and the book is primarily intended for undergraduate and postgraduate science, engineering, and computational mathematics students. It can also be used for courses on artificial intelligence, advanced image processing, and computational intelligence, and is a valuable resource for researchers in the evolutionary computation, artificial intelligence and image processing communities.

Handbook of Research on Modern Cryptographic Solutions for Computer and Cyber Security

Author : Gupta, Brij
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522501061
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research on Modern Cryptographic Solutions for Computer and Cyber Security written by Gupta, Brij and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internet usage has become a facet of everyday life, especially as more technological advances have made it easier to connect to the web from virtually anywhere in the developed world. However, with this increased usage comes heightened threats to security within digital environments. The Handbook of Research on Modern Cryptographic Solutions for Computer and Cyber Security identifies emergent research and techniques being utilized in the field of cryptology and cyber threat prevention. Featuring theoretical perspectives, best practices, and future research directions, this handbook of research is a vital resource for professionals, researchers, faculty members, scientists, graduate students, scholars, and software developers interested in threat identification and prevention.

Handbook of Research on Emerging Perspectives in Intelligent Pattern Recognition, Analysis, and Image Processing

Author : Kamila, Narendra Kumar
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466686553
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research on Emerging Perspectives in Intelligent Pattern Recognition, Analysis, and Image Processing written by Kamila, Narendra Kumar and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ###############################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################

Computational Intelligence Techniques for New Product Design

Author : Kit Yan Chan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642274757
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Computational Intelligence Techniques for New Product Design written by Kit Yan Chan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-02-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applying computational intelligence for product design is a fast-growing and promising research area in computer sciences and industrial engineering. However, there is currently a lack of books, which discuss this research area. This book discusses a wide range of computational intelligence techniques for implementation on product design. It covers common issues on product design from identification of customer requirements in product design, determination of importance of customer requirements, determination of optimal design attributes, relating design attributes and customer satisfaction, integration of marketing aspects into product design, affective product design, to quality control of new products. Approaches for refinement of computational intelligence are discussed, in order to address different issues on product design. Cases studies of product design in terms of development of real-world new products are included, in order to illustrate the design procedures, as well as the effectiveness of the computational intelligence based approaches to product design. This book covers the state-of-art of computational intelligence methods for product design, which provides a clear picture to post-graduate students in industrial engineering and computer science. It is particularly suitable for researchers and professionals working on computational intelligence for product design. It provides concepts, techniques and methodologies, for product designers in applying computational intelligence to deal with product design.

Human-Computer Interaction: The Agency Perspective

Author : Marielba Zacarias
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642256910
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Book Synopsis Human-Computer Interaction: The Agency Perspective by : Marielba Zacarias

Download or read book Human-Computer Interaction: The Agency Perspective written by Marielba Zacarias and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-01-21 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agent-centric theories, approaches and technologies are contributing to enrich interactions between users and computers. This book aims at highlighting the influence of the agency perspective in Human-Computer Interaction through a careful selection of research contributions. Split into five sections; Users as Agents, Agents and Accessibility, Agents and Interactions, Agent-centric Paradigms and Approaches, and Collective Agents, the book covers a wealth of novel, original and fully updated material, offering: To provide a coherent, in depth, and timely material on the agency perspective in HCI To offer an authoritative treatment of the subject matter presented by carefully selected authors To offer a balanced and broad coverage of the subject area, including, human, organizational, social, as well as technological concerns. ü To offer a hands-on-experience by covering representative case studies and offering essential design guidelines The book will appeal to a broad audience of researchers and professionals associated to software engineering, interface design, accessibility, as well as agent-based interaction paradigms and technology.

Soft Computing

Author : Devendra K. Chaturvedi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540774807
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Soft Computing written by Devendra K. Chaturvedi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-20 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introduction to some new fields in soft computing with its principal components of fuzzy logic, ANN and EA. The approach in this book is to provide an understanding of the soft computing field and to work through soft computing using examples. It also aims to integrate pseudo-code operational summaries and Matlab codes, to present computer simulation, to include real world applications and to highlight the distinctive work of human consciousness in machine.

Advances in Soft Computing

Author : Rajkumar Roy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447108191
Total Pages : 627 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Soft Computing written by Rajkumar Roy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Soft Computing contains the most recent developments in the field of soft computing in engineering design and manufacture. The book comprises a selection of papers that were first presented in June 1998 at the 3rd On-line World Conference on Soft Computing in Engineering Design and Manufacturing. Amongst these are four invited papers by World-renowned researchers in the field. Soft computing is a collection of methodologies which aim to exploit tolerance for imprecision, uncertainty and partial truth to achieve tractability, robustness and low solution cost. The area of applications of soft computing is extensive. Principally the constituents of soft computing are: fuzzy computing, neuro-computing, genetic computing and probabilistic computing. The topics in this book are well focused on engineering design an d manufacturing. This broad collection of 43 research papers, has been arranged into nine parts by the editors. These include: Design Support Systems, Intelligent Control, Data Mining and New Topics in EA basics. The papers on evolutionary design and optimisation are of particular interest. Innovative techniques are explored and the reader is introduced to new, highly advanced research results. The editors present a unique collection of papers that provide a comprehensive overview of current developments in soft computing research around the world.