Soft Computing: Recent Advances and Applications in Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
暫譯: 軟計算：工程與數學科學的最新進展與應用

本書以系統化的方式探討軟計算技術，從其初始階段到該領域的最新發展。書中提供了現有知識的調查，並通過研究人員的前沿原創貢獻展示當前的尖端發展狀態。

Pradip Debnath is an Assistant Professor (in Mathematics) at the Department of Applied Science and Humanities, Assam University, Silchar (a central university), India. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the National Institute of Technology Silchar, India. His research interests include fixed point theory, nonlinear functional analysis, soft computing and mathematical statistics. He has published more than 60 papers in various journals of international repute and is reviewer for more than 40 international journals. Dr. Debnath is also a reviewer for "Mathematical Reviews" published by the American Mathematical Society. He is the Lead Editor of the books "Metric Fixed Point Theory - Applications in Science, Engineering and Behavioural Sciences" (2021, Springer Nature), "Soft Computing Techniques in Engineering, Health, Mathematical and Social Sciences" (2021, CRC Press) and "Fixed Point Theory and Fractional Calculus: Recent Advances and Applications" (2022, Springer Nature). He has successfully guided Ph.D. students in the areas of fuzzy logic, soft computing and fixed point theory. He has recently completed a Basic Science Research Project on fixed point theory funded by the UGC, the Government of India. Having been an academic gold medalist during his post-graduation studies from Assam University, Silchar, Dr. Debnath has qualified several national-level examinations in mathematics in India.

Oscar Castillo holds the Doctor in Science degree (Doctor Habilitatus) in Computer Science from the Polish Academy of Sciences (with the Dissertation "Soft Computing and Fractal Theory for Intelligent Manufacturing"). He is a Professor of Computer Science in the Graduate Division, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Tijuana, Mexico. In addition, he is serving as Research Director of Computer Science and head of the research group on Hybrid Fuzzy Intelligent Systems. Currently, he is President of HAFSA (Hispanic American Fuzzy Systems Association) and Past President of IFSA (International Fuzzy Systems Association). Prof. Castillo is also Chair of the Mexican Chapter of the Computational Intelligence Society (IEEE). He also belongs to the Technical Committee on Fuzzy Systems of IEEE and to the Task Force on "Extensions to Type-1 Fuzzy Systems". He is also a member of NAFIPS, IFSA and IEEE. He belongs to the Mexican Research System (SNI Level 3). His research interests are in Type-2 Fuzzy Logic, Fuzzy Control, Neuro-Fuzzy and Genetic-Fuzzy hybrid approaches.

Poom Kumam received the B.S., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from Burapha University (BUU), Chiang Mai University (CMU), and Naresuan University (NU), respectively. In 2008, he received a grant from Franco-Thai Cooperation for short-term visited at the Laboratoire de Mathematiques, Universite de Bretagne Occidentale, France. He was also a Visiting Professor for a short-term research with Professor Anthony To-Ming Lau at the University of Alberta, AB, Canada. He is currently a Full Professor with the Department of Mathematics, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), where he is also the Head of the KMUTT Fixed Point Theory and Applications Research Group since 2007 and also leading of the Theoretical and Computational Science Center (TaCS-Center) in 2014 (now, became to TaCS-Center of Excellence in 2021). He has successfully advised 5 master's, and 44 Ph.D. graduates. . Dr. Poom Kumam has been Highly Cited Researcher (HCR 2015, 2016, 2017). He has also been listed and ranked in the 197th Place in General Mathematics among the Top 2% Scientists in the World 2021 (Published by Stanford University in USA).

Pradip Debnath 是印度阿薩姆大學（Assam University）應用科學與人文學系的助理教授。他在印度西爾查爾的國立技術學院（National Institute of Technology Silchar）獲得數學博士學位。他的研究興趣包括不動點理論、非線性泛函分析、軟計算和數學統計。他在各大國際知名期刊上發表了超過60篇論文，並擔任超過40本國際期刊的審稿人。Debnath博士也是美國數學學會出版的《數學評論》（Mathematical Reviews）的審稿人。他是《度量不動點理論 - 在科學、工程和行為科學中的應用》（2021年，Springer Nature）、《工程、健康、數學和社會科學中的軟計算技術》（2021年，CRC Press）以及《不動點理論與分數微積分：近期進展與應用》（2022年，Springer Nature）這三本書的主編。他成功指導了在模糊邏輯、軟計算和不動點理論領域的博士生。他最近完成了一項由印度政府UGC資助的有關不動點理論的基礎科學研究項目。在阿薩姆大學西爾查爾的研究生學習期間，Debnath博士曾獲得學術金獎，並且通過了多項印度的數學國家級考試。

Oscar Castillo 擁有波蘭科學院的計算機科學博士學位（Doctor Habilitatus），其論文為《智能製造的軟計算與分形理論》。他是墨西哥蒂華納科技學院（Tijuana Institute of Technology）研究生部的計算機科學教授。此外，他擔任計算機科學研究主任及混合模糊智能系統研究小組的負責人。目前，他是HAFSA（西班牙裔美國模糊系統協會）的會長，並曾擔任IFSA（國際模糊系統協會）的前會長。Castillo教授也是IEEE計算智能學會墨西哥分會的主席，並且是IEEE模糊系統技術委員會及「對一型模糊系統的擴展」工作小組的成員。他還是NAFIPS、IFSA和IEEE的成員，並屬於墨西哥研究系統（SNI Level 3）。他的研究興趣包括二型模糊邏輯、模糊控制、神經模糊和遺傳模糊混合方法。

Poom Kumam 獲得了來自布拉帕大學（Burapha University）、清邁大學（Chiang Mai University）和那魯素大學（Naresuan University）的數學學士、碩士和博士學位。2008年，他獲得法國與泰國合作的短期訪問資助，前往法國西布列塔尼大學的數學實驗室（Laboratoire de Mathematiques）進行研究。他還曾在加拿大阿爾伯塔大學與Anthony To-Ming Lau教授進行短期研究，擔任訪問教授。目前，他是泰國國王蒙庫特科技大學（King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi，KMUTT）數學系的正教授，自2007年以來擔任KMUTT不動點理論與應用研究小組的負責人，並於2014年領導理論與計算科學中心（TaCS-Center），該中心於2021年成為卓越中心（TaCS-Center of Excellence）。他成功指導了5名碩士生和44名博士生。Kumam博士曾被評為高被引研究者（HCR 2015、2016、2017），並在2021年被斯坦福大學列入全球前2%科學家的數學總類中排名第197位。