Rudolf Kruse, Christian Borgelt, Frank Klawonn, Christian Moewes, Matthias Steinbrecher, Pascal Held

Computational Intelligence (eBook, PDF)

A Methodological Introduction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Computational intelligence (CI) encompasses a range of nature-inspired methods that exhibit intelligent behavior in complex environments.

This clearly-structured, classroom-tested textbook/reference presents a methodical introduction to the field of CI. Providing an authoritative insight into all that is necessary for the successful application of CI methods, the book describes fundamental concepts and their practical implementations, and explains the theoretical background underpinning proposed solutions to common problems. Only a basic knowledge of mathematics is required.

Topics and features:

• Provides electronic supplementary material at an associated website, including module descriptions, lecture slides, exercises with solutions, and software tools
• Contains numerous examples and definitions throughout the text
• Presents self-contained discussions on artificial neural networks, evolutionary algorithms, fuzzy systems and Bayesian networks
• Covers the latest approaches, including ant colony optimization and probabilistic graphical models
• Written by a team of highly-regarded experts in CI, with extensive experience in both academia and industry

Students of computer science will find the text a must-read reference for courses on artificial intelligence and intelligent systems. The book is also an ideal self-study resource for researchers and practitioners involved in all areas of CI.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
• Seitenzahl: 492
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447150138
• Artikelnr.: 38439749

Autorenporträt

Rudolf Kruse is a full professor at the Department of Computer Science of the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany, where he leads the working group on computational intelligence. Christian Moewes and Pascal Held are research assistants at the same institution. Christian Borgelt is a principal researcher at the European Centre for Soft Computing, Mieres, Spain. Frank Klawonn is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science of Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Wolfenbüttel, Germany. Matthias Steinbrecher is a member of the SAP Innovation Center, Potsdam, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- Part I: Neural Networks.- Introduction.- Threshold Logic Units.- General Neural Networks.- Multi-Layer Perceptrons.- Radial Basis Function Networks.- Self-Organizing Maps.- Hopfield Networks.- Recurrent Networks.- Mathematical Remarks for Neural Networks.- Part II: Evolutionary Algorithms.- Introduction to Evolutionary Algorithms.- Elements of Evolutionary Algorithms.- Fundamental Evolutionary Algorithms.- Computational Swarm Intelligence.- Part III: Fuzzy Systems.- Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Logic.- The Extension Principle.- Fuzzy Relations.- Similarity Relations.- Fuzzy Control.- Fuzzy Data Analysis.- Part IV: Bayes and Markov Networks.- Introduction to Bayes Networks.- Elements of Probability and Graph Theory.- Decompositions.- Evidence Propagation.- Learning Graphical Models.- Belief Revision.- Decision Graphs.

Rezensionen

"The book presents a thorough exposition of the main concepts of computational intelligence. ... It is an interesting book that may serve very well a wide audience, providing material for researchers, students as well as people working in industry." (Catalin Stoean, zbMATH 1500.68001, 2023)
"The authors have written Computational intelligence in such a way that it can serve as both a textbook and a helpful reference book for students and practitioners of computing science and related fields. The presentation is careful and friendly yet technically sound." (Soubhik Chakraborty, Computing Reviews, March 7, 2023)

From the reviews:

"This book teaches computational intelligence (CI) in a thorough, methodological manner that is theoretically profound and educationally oriented. ... this book is well designed for the independent student who wishes to learn the fundamentals of CI without the need for an instructor. The organization and thorough step-by-step methodology makes it an excellent startup guide for someone who wants to learn CI ... . This book is targeted at beginners, students, or professionals who wish to understand CI." (Mario Antoine Aoun, Computing Reviews, February, 2014)

"The book under review is a textbook that features sub-symbolic approaches developed within the field of Artificial Intelligence ... . It can be used as a companion book for lectures, with exercises and slides to be found on the book's website. With its focus on sub-symbolic approaches, it presents a comprehensive and detailled source of information complementary to other commonly used textbooks in Artificial Intelligence that mostly focus on symbolic approaches." (Jana Köhler, zbMATH, Vol. 1283, 2014)

"The book is a comprehensive treatise on computational intelligence with a focus on the underlying methodology and algorithms. ... The reader can enjoy a comprehensive and systematically arranged exposure of the material. ... The references following each chapter can serve as a list of introductory readings on the individual areas of computational intelligence. ... the reader gains a good sense of computational intelligence as an important endeavor supporting analysis and synthesis of intelligent systems. ... a useful compendium of knowledge for a broad audience." (Witold Pedrycz, Mathematical Reviews, November, 2013)