Ace ANE (rages +) Reg. No. : Name : April 2016 Eighth Semester B.Tech. Degree Examinallon (2008 Sone UTING TECHNIQUES (E) 08.805 : Elective — IV (c) : SOFT Max. Marks : 100 Time : 3 Hours PART-A Answer all questions : i ation problem in engineering problems. 1. State the application of non-linear optimiss 2. How derivative based optimisation helps in solving engineering pl rent from conventional optimisation techniques ? roblems faster ? . How genetic algorithm differ .. Write down the potential applications of ANN. . Define membership function and state its importance in fuzzy logic. . Write down LMS Algorithm. What do you meant by defuzzification in fuzzy logic ? Compare and contrast classical logic and fuzzy logic. What do you meant by competitive learning in ANN ? i a) 140. What is the impact of weight in an ANN ? PART-B Answer one question from each Module. Module-1 11. a) Discuss the method of Steepest descent in optimisation problems. b) Write down the steps in genetic algorithm and its computations. OR 12. a) Explain classical Newton's method and its significance. b) Discuss the step size determination of derivative free optimisation. (10x4=40 Marks) 12 12 P.T.0.A-2346 IILOSIM, Module -2 13. Explain the back propagation algorithm used in Multi Layer Perceptron. 2 OR 14. a) Withneat architecture, explain the training algorithm of Kohonen self-organising feature maps. 10 b) State the application of Kohonen self organising maps. 5 c) What is Radial basis function in ANN ? How it works ? 5 Module-3 15. a) With reference to a case study, discuss the steps involved in the design of a fuzzy logic controller. b) Explain how a decision making system can be developed using fuzzylogic. 8 OR 16. a) Define defuzzification. 6 b) What are the different methods of defuzzification process in FLC ? 10 c) Define classical relations and fuzzy relations. 4