Download or read book Soft Computing and Fractal Theory for Intelligent Manufacturing written by Oscar Castillo and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-01-22 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book describes the application of soft computing techniques and fractal theory to intelligent manufacturing. Hybrid intelligent systems, which integrate different soft computing techniques and fractal theory, are also presented. The text covers the basics of fuzzy logic, neural networks, genetic algorithms, simulated annealing, chaos and fractal theory. It also describes in detail different hybrid architectures for developing intelligent manufacturing systems for applications in automated quality control, process monitoring and diagnostics, adaptive control of non-linear plants, and time series prediction. Real-world applications covered in this book include: tuning of televisions, battery charging, sound speaker testing, fruit classification, and stepping motors.