SOFT COMPUTING LTP [et otal Contact Hours ~45 a/0}ol3 FE1204 prerequisite Nil PURPOSE [To enable the students acquire knowledge on Fuzzy Logic, Arificial Neural Network, Genetic Algorithm and Neuro Fuzzy Controllers INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES 1._ [To understand the concept of fuzzy logic and controllers 2.__|To understand the various architectures of ANN and its learning methods 3.__fToleam about basic concepts of genetic algorithm and its operators 4. [To understand the Neuro fuzzy control and its applications: UNIT | - INTRODUCTION TO SOFT COMPUTING (8 hours) Aims of Soft Computing-Foundations of Fuzzy Sets Theory-Basic Concepts and Properties of Fuzzy Sets- Elements of Fuzzy Mathematics-Fuzzy Relations-Fuzzy Logic UNIT II - APPLICATION OF FUZZY SETS (8 hours) Applications of Fuzzy Sets-Fuzzy Modeling - Fuzzy Decision Making-Pattern Analysis and Classification-Fuzzy Control Systems-Fuzzy Information Processing- Fuzzy Robotics. UNIT III - ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS (10 hours) Artificial Neural Networks-Models of Neuron-Architecture of Feed Forward Neural Networks, Recurrent Neural Networks-Leaming methods-supervised and unsupervised learning-Time Delay Neural Networks-Radial Basis Function Neural Networks-Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART) Neural Networks- Associative Neural Memory Models-Application of ANN. UNIT IV - GENETIC ALGORITHMS (B hours) Main Operators- Genetic Algorithm Based Optimization-Principle of Genetic Algorithm- Genetic Algorithm with Directed Mutation-Comparison of Conventional and Genetic Search Algorithms-Issues of GA in practical implementation- Introduction to Particle swarm optimization-PSO operators-GA and PSO in engineering applications. UNIT V - NEURO-FUZZY TECHNOLOGY (9 hours) Fuzzy Neural Networks and their leaming-Architecture of Neuro- Fuzzy Systems- Generation of Fuzzy Rules and membership functions - Fuzzification and Defuzzyfication in Neuro-Fuzzy Systems- Neuro-Fuzzy Identification - Neuro Fuzzy Control- Combination of Genetic Algorithm with Neural Networks-Combination of Genetic Algorithms and Fuzzy Logic-Neuro-Fuzzy and Genetic Approach in engineering applications. TEXT BOOKS 1. Sivanandam.S.N, Deeoa.s.N, “Principles of soft computing’,2" Edition, Wiley India Pvt Limited, 2011 2. duh Shing Roger Jang, Cheun Tsai Sun,Eiji Mizutani, “Neuro fuzzy and soft computing” ,Prentice Hall, 1997.