Foundations of Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems & Knowledge Engineering (Computational Intelligence S.) - Hardcover

Kasabov, Nikola

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262112124 ISBN 13: 9780262112123

Publisher: MIT Press, 1996

Synopsis

Neural networks and fuzzy systems are different aprpoaches to introducing human-like reasoning into expert systems. This text combines the study of these two subjects, their basics and their use, along with symbolic AI methods to build comprehensive artificial intelligence systems. Kasabov describes rule-based and connectionist techniques and then their combinations, with fuzzy logic included, showing the application of the different techniques to a set of simple prototype problems, which makes comparisons possible. A particular feature of the text is that it is filled with applications in engineering, business and finance. AI problems that cover most of the application-oriented research in the field (pattern recognition, speech and image processing, classification, planning, optimization, prediction, control, decision making, and game simulations) are discussed and illustrated with concrete examples. Intended both as a text for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as a reference for researchers in the field of knowledge engineering, "Foundations of Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Engineering" has chapters structured for various levels of teaching and includes work by the author along with the classic material. Data sets for the examples in the book as well as an integrated software environment that can be used to solve the problems and do the exercises at the end of each chapter are available free through anonymous ftp.

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-- Anca Ralescu, Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Cincinnati " Covering the latest issues and achievements, this well documented, precisely presented text is timely and suitable for graduate and upper undergraduate students in knowledge engineering, intelligent systems, AI, neural networks, fuzzy systems, and related areas. The author's goal is to explain the principles of neural networks and fuzzy systems and to demonstrate how they can be applied to building knowledge-based systems for problem solving. Especially useful are the comparisons between different techniques (AI rule-based methods, fuzzy methods, connectionist methods, hybrid systems) used to solve the same or similar problems." -- Anca Ralescu, Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Cincinnati & quot; Covering the latest issues and achievements, this well documented, precisely presented text is timely and suitable for graduate and upper undergraduate students in knowledge engineering, intelligent systems, AI, neural networks, fuzzy systems, and related areas. The author's goal is to explain the principles of neural networks and fuzzy systems and to demonstrate how they can be applied to building knowledge-based systems for problem solving. Especially useful are the comparisons between different techniques (AI rule-based methods, fuzzy methods, connectionist methods, hybrid systems) used to solve the same or similar problems.& quot; -- Anca Ralescu, Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Cincinnati "Covering the latest issues and achievements, this well documented, precisely presented text is timely and suitable for graduate and upper undergraduate students in knowledge engineering, intelligent systems, AI, neural networks, fuzzy systems, and related areas. The author's goal is to explain the principles of neural networks and fuzzy systems and to demonstrate how they can be applied to building knowledge-based systems for problem solving. Especially useful are the comparisons between different techniques (AI rule-based methods, fuzzy methods, connectionist methods, hybrid systems) used to solve the same or similar problems."--Anca Ralescu, Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Cincinnati

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0262112124
• ISBN 13: 9780262112123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 568