Soft Computing Approach for Mathematical Modeling of Engineering Problems

Contents

Preface

Editor Biographies

Contributors

Chapter 1 Soft Computing Techniques: An Overview

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The Concept of Uncertainty: The Role of Fuzzy Logic

1.3 The Concept of Complexity: The Role of Artificial Neural Networks

1.4 The Concept of Optimization: The Role of Evolutionary Algorithms

1.5 Concluding Remarks

Chapter 2 Solution of Linear Difference Equation in Interval Environment and Its Application

2.1 Introduction

2.1.1 Uncertainty via Interval Numbers

2.1.2 Difference Equation Versus Differential Equation

2.1.3 Relevance of Difference Equation Under Interval Uncertainty

2.1.4 Review on Imprecise Difference Equation

2.1.5 Novelties

2.1.6 Arrangement of the Chapter

2.2 Preliminaries

2.2.1 Interval Number

2.2.2 Difference ...