Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing: Recent Applications

The closely related fields of computational intelligence and soft computing cover such broad areas as fuzzy systems; artificial neural networks; evolutionary, population-based, and memetic algorithms; cognitive computing; and many others. The common points in these approaches are in the sub-symbolic representation of knowledge, which enables the modeling and highly efficient (often approximate) algorithmic solution of mathematically intractable systems and problems. These methods are also referred to as being "biologically inspired", as the starting ideas in them usually come from microscopic or macroscopic biological "systems", i.e., animals, populations of animals, and even the human body and thinking processes—even though these are often radically simplified in the implementation. It is sometimes amazing how efficient a method inspired by a phenomenon such as biological evolution can be when the optimal solution in a mathematically unsolvable task (e.g., NP-complete bin packing, traveling salesman) must be still sought in real life.

This Special Issue targets the collection of recent applications where such approaches have proved successful and efficient, covering the spectrum of new models ready to be applied in practical modeling (such as new extended fuzzy cognitive map models simulating the convergence behavior of uncertain multiconcept systems), new deep learning, hierarchical and multicomponent fuzzy-rule-based models, decision and control applications, or memetic algorithms for optimizing logistics and related tasks.

The condition for inclusion in the Special Issue is the presentation of either (i) a novel methodological approach that is clearly suitable for real-life applications or (ii) an essentially new and working application with elements of novel approaches or novel combinations of existing methodologies.

Please note that all submissions must be within the general scope of the Symmetry journal.

Prof. Dr. Kóczy T. László
Prof. István A. Harmati
Guest Editors

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