CP9254 SOFT COMPUTING

CP9254 SOFT COMPUTING

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO SOFT COMPUTING AND NEURAL
NETWORKS

Evolution of Computing - Soft Computing Constituents – From Conventional AI to
Computational Intelligence - Machine Learning Basics

UNIT II GENETIC ALGORITHMS

Introduction to Genetic Algorithms (GA) – Applications of GA in Machine Learning -
Machine Learning Approach to Knowledge Acquisition.

UNIT III NEURAL NETWORKS

Machine Learning Using Neural Network, Adaptive Networks – Feed forward Networks –
Supervised Learning Neural Networks – Radial Basis Function Networks -
Reinforcement Learning – Unsupervised Learning Neural Networks – Adaptive
Resonance architectures – Advances in Neural networks.

UNIT IV FUZZY LOGIC

Fuzzy Sets – Operations on Fuzzy Sets – Fuzzy Relations – Membership Functions-
Fuzzy Rules and Fuzzy Reasoning – Fuzzy Inference Systems – Fuzzy Expert Systems
– Fuzzy Decision Making.
UNIT V NEURO-FUZZY MODELING

Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems – Coactive Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling –
Classification and Regression Trees – Data Clustering Algorithms – Rulebase Structure
Identification – Neuro-Fuzzy Control – Case studies.


TEXT BOOKS:
1. Jyh-Shing Roger Jang, Chuen-Tsai Sun, Eiji Mizutani, “Neuro-Fuzzy and Soft
Computing”, Prentice-Hall of India, 2003.
2. George J. Klir and Bo Yuan, “Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Logic-Theory and
Applications”,Prentice Hall, 1995.
3. James A. Freeman and David M. Skapura, “Neural Networks Algorithms,
Applications, and Programming Techniques”, Pearson Edn., 2003.

REFERENCES:
1. Mitchell Melanie, “An Introduction to Genetic Algorithm”, Prentice Hall, 1998.
2. David E. Goldberg, “Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization and Machine
Learning”, Addison Wesley, 1997.
3. S. N. Sivanandam, S. Sumathi and S. N. Deepa, “Introduction to Fuzzy Logic using
MATLAB”, Springer, 2007.
4. S.N.Sivanandam · S.N.Deepa, “ Introduction to Genetic Algorithms”, Springer, 2007.
5. Jacek M. Zurada, “Introduction to Artificial Neural Systems”, PWS Publishers, 1992.