this study investigates the prediction model of compressive strength of self–compacting concrete (scc) by utilizing soft computing techniques. the techniques consist of adaptive neuro–based fuzzy inference system (anfis), artificial neural network (ann) and the hybrid of particle swarm optimization with passive congregation (psopc) and anfis called psopc–anfis. their performances are comparativ...

The aim of this study is to employ the novel Adaptive Network-based Fuzzy Inference System to optimize the torque applied on the knee link of a rehabilitation robot. Given the special conditions of stroke or spinal cord injury patients, devices with minimum error are required for performing the rehabilitation exercises. After examining the anthropometric data tables of human body, parameters su...

Image enhancement plays a vital role in various applications. There are many techniques to remove the noise from the image and produce the clear visual of the image. Moreover, there are several filters and image smoothing techniques available in the literature. All these available techniques have certain limitations. Recently, neural networks are found to be a very efficient tool for image enha...

This paper addresses the problem of tuning the input and the output parameters of a fuzzy logic controller. The system learns autonomously without supervision or a priori training data. Two novel techniques are proposed. The first technique combines Q(λ)-learning with function approximation (fuzzy inference system) to tune the parameters of a fuzzy logic controller operating in continuous state...

Evolving fuzzy systems are data-driven fuzzy (rule-based) systems supporting an incremental mode of model adaptation in dynamically changing environments; typically, such models are learned on a continuous stream of data in an online manner. This paper advocates the use of visualization techniques in order to help a user gain insight into the process of model evolution. More specifically, dynam...

At present quality of software systems is a major issue, still well defined criteria to measure it needs to be established. The object-oriented (OO) systems, which is different from procedural paradigm requires valid and effective metrics to assess quality of the software. There is considerable research interest in developing and applying sophisticated techniques to construct models for estimat...

Wind generation is hectic by nature, making wind power forecasting highly challenging, particularly for short time frames. Forecasting of wind power is becoming progressively more important to power system operators and electricity market.Wind power is variable and irregular over various timescales as it is weather dependent. Thus precise forecasting of wind power is acknowledged as a major con...

It is well known as the prediction of radio wave path loss in urban environment plays a key role in order to correctly plan wireless systems and mobile communication networks. To obtain more flexible prediction models able to give accurate results, in recent years Soft computing Techniques has been exploited. In this study, a novel approach based on ellipsoidal fuzzy inference system EFIS is in...

This study deals with the design of distributed power systems and optimal capacitor placement based on the ANFIS (Adaptive Network Fuzzy Inference Systems) using Mamdani-type fuzzy inference model. Traditionally, this problem of optimal capacitor placement has been solved through various optimization techniques, but it is less accuracy of finding placement and more time consuming. This can be a...