Advances in computational intelligence (UKCI 2012)

This special issue of Soft Computing contains a selection of extended versions of papers presented during the 12th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI 2012) held at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK) on 5–7 September, 2012. UKCI is an annual conference which provides a stimulating forum for the academic community to share ideas on theoretical and practical aspects of computational intelligence techniques and is designed to encourage a lively atmosphere for discussing the research findings and future problems, making new contacts and forging collaborations. Over the past eleven editions of UKCI, the list of topics has evolved alongside the field of Computational Intelligence. The current topics of the conference cover all aspects of computational intelligence, neural networks, learning, fuzzy logic, fuzzy systems,machine learning, biologically-inspired computing, artificial immune systems, multi-agent systems, games, data mining, web intelligence, computational intelligence and self-awareness and various applications of computational intelligence. Based on the reviewers’ recommendations, a number of authors were invited by the conference chairs to submit the extension of their papers to this special issue. Following a rigorous review process adhering to the standards of Soft Computing journal, 13 substantially extended papers have been carefully chosen to be included in this issue. These