Research and Application of Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 9 September 2026 | Viewed by 23
Special Issue Editor
Interests: decision support systems; fuzzy cognitive maps; artificial neural networks; large language models; evolutionary computation; natural language processing; time series prediction; machine learning; data mining
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to announce a new Special Issue “Research and Application of Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Cognitive Maps” of the journal Applied Sciences. The aim of this Special Issue is to present recent developments and practical applications of artificial neural networks, fuzzy cognitive maps, deep learning architectures, and novel techniques for training neural networks.
In recent years, artificial neural networks have become widely used to solve challenging real-world problems, from medicine and finance to robotics and natural language processing. Modern artificial neural network architectures include advanced models designed to solve specific problems, such as fuzzy cognitive maps, large language models, convolutional neural networks, generative adversarial networks, or hybrid approaches.
This Special Issue aims to present new scientific achievements in the field of novel models and applications of artificial neural networks, fuzzy cognitive maps and optimization algorithms, deployed case studies, experimental research, or state-of-the-art reviews. This Special Issue will publish high-quality, original research papers articles and critical reviews on topics related (but not limited) to the following:
- Artificial neural networks;
- Fuzzy cognitive maps;
- Recurrent neural networks;
- Large language models;
- Convolutional neural networks;
- Explainable neural networks;
- Hybrid models;
- Deep learning;
- Supervised learning;
- Unsupervised learning;
- Reinforcement learning;
- Evolutionary algorithms;
- Time series prediction;
- Text data classification;
- Image classification;
- Decision support systems;
- Natural language processing.
Dr. Katarzyna Poczęta
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- artificial neural networks
- fuzzy cognitive maps
- deep learning
- hybrid models
- machine learning
- classification
- prediction
- analysis
- natural language processing
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