In this paper, a hybrid inverse distance weighted (IDW) and the imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) was proposed for grade estimations in mining projects. Indeed, coefficients of IDW equation, power, influence were modified by applying ICA algorithm. For this, an example solved using IDW, ordinary kriging, IDW-ICA. After successfully validating IDW-ICA, iron grades estimated Baba Ali mine, ...

Soft Computing refers to the science of reasoning, thinking and deduction that recognizes and uses the real world phenomena of grouping, memberships, and classification of various quantities under study. As such, it is an extension of natural heuristics and capable of dealing with complex systems because it does not require strict mathematical definitions and distinctions for the system compone...

Biometrics, the computer-based validation of a persons’ identity, is becoming more and more essential due to the increasing demand for high-security systems. A biometric system testifies the authenticity of a specific physiological or behavioral characteristic possessed by a user. New requirements over actual biometric systems as robustness, higher recognition rates, tolerance for imprecision a...

Soft Computing has been described as computational systems that exploit tolerance for imprecision, uncertainty, partial truth and approximation [8]. Such systems include artificial neural networks, fuzzy systems, evolutionary algorithms and probabilistic reasoning. Artificial Immune Systems (AIS) have recently been proposed as an additional soft computing paradigm [5]. It has been argued that A...