Advanced Engineering Optimization Through Intelligent Techniques: Select Proceedings of Aeotit 2018
暫譯: 智能技術下的高級工程優化：2018年Aeotit會議選輯

本書包含了在2018年舉行的國際會議「透過智能技術進行先進工程優化」（AEOTIT）上發表的選定同行評審論文。該書結合了學術界和業界專業人士的貢獻，涵蓋了機械、製造、土木、汽車、電氣、化學、計算機和電子工程等所有主要工程學科的先進優化技術。書中討論了不同的優化技術和演算法，如遺傳演算法（Genetic Algorithm, GA）、差分演化（Differential Evolution, DE）、模擬退火（Simulated Annealing, SA）、粒子群優化（Particle Swarm Optimization, PSO）、人工蜂群演算法（Artificial Bee Colony, ABC）、人工免疫演算法（Artificial Immune Algorithm, AIA）、基於教學學習的優化演算法（Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization, TLBO）以及許多其他最新的元啟發式技術及其應用。本書將為學生、研究人員和實務工作者提供寶貴的參考，幫助他們解決各種優化問題。

Dr. R. Venkata Rao is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, India. He has more than 28 years of teaching and research experience. He completed his B.Tech. in 1988, M.Tech. in 1991, Ph.D. in 2002, and obtained his D.Sc. in 2017. Dr. Rao's research interests include: advanced optimization algorithms and their applications to design, thermal and manufacturing engineering, and fuzzy multiple attribute decision-making (MADM) methods and their industrial applications. He has more than 300 research papers to his credit, published in national and international journals and conference proceedings. He has received national and international awards for his research efforts. He is a reviewer for more than 80 national and international journals and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals. He has also been a Visiting Professor at Cracow University of Technology, Poland in January 2016, November 2016, and June 2018, at BITS Pilani Dubai campus in 2017, and at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok in 2008, 2010, 2015 and 2018. He has authored six books entitled "Decision Making in the Manufacturing Environment Using Graph Theory and Fuzzy Multiple Attribute Decision Making Methods" (Volume 1 (2007) and Volume 2 (2013)), "Advanced Modeling and Optimization of Manufacturing Processes: International Research and Development" (2010), "Mechanical Design Optimization Using Advanced Optimization Techniques" (2012), "Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization Algorithm And Its Engineering Applications" (2016), and "Jaya: An Advanced Optimization Algorithm And Its Engineering Applications" (2018), all of which were published by Springer.

Dr. Jan Taler is a Professor and Director of the Institute of Thermal Power Engineering of Cracow University of Technology, Poland. He has more than 40 years of teaching and research experience, having completed his M.Sc. in 1974, Ph.D. in 1977, and D.Sc. in 1987. He has published about 300 articles in scientific journals. He has authored 10 books and over 20 chapters in scientific monographs and entries in the Encyclopedia of Thermal Stresses. He conducts research in the field of heat transfer engineering and thermal power engineering with special interest in the following areas - inverse heat conduction problems, measurement of heat flux and heat transfer coefficient, ash fouling and slagging in steam boilers, dynamics of large steam boilers, and optimization of thermal systems. He has participated in many research projects funded by industry and the Polish Committee for Scientific Research. Many of his innovative technical solutions have been implemented in power plants.

Dr. R. Venkata Rao 是印度蘇拉特 S. V. 國立技術學院機械工程系的教授。他擁有超過 28 年的教學和研究經驗。他於 1988 年獲得 B.Tech. 學位，1991 年獲得 M.Tech. 學位，2002 年獲得 Ph.D. 學位，並於 2017 年獲得 D.Sc. 學位。Rao 博士的研究興趣包括：先進的優化演算法及其在設計、熱能和製造工程中的應用，以及模糊多屬性決策（MADM）方法及其在工業中的應用。他發表了超過 300 篇研究論文，這些論文刊登於國內外期刊和會議論文集中。他因其研究努力獲得了國內外獎項。他是超過 80 本國內外期刊的審稿人，並擔任幾本國際期刊的編輯委員會成員。他曾於 2016 年 1 月、2016 年 11 月和 2018 年 6 月擔任波蘭克拉科夫科技大學的訪問教授，2017 年於比爾拉尼大學迪拜校區，及於 2008、2010、2015 和 2018 年在泰國亞洲科技大學擔任訪問教授。他著有六本書，分別為《使用圖論和模糊多屬性決策方法的製造環境決策》（第一卷（2007）和第二卷（2013））、《製造過程的先進建模與優化：國際研究與發展》（2010）、《使用先進優化技術的機械設計優化》（2012）、《基於教學學習的優化演算法及其工程應用》（2016）以及《Jaya：一種先進的優化演算法及其工程應用》（2018），這些書籍均由 Springer 出版。

Dr. Jan Taler 是波蘭克拉科夫科技大學熱能工程研究所的教授及所長。他擁有超過 40 年的教學和研究經驗，於 1974 年獲得 M.Sc. 學位，1977 年獲得 Ph.D. 學位，並於 1987 年獲得 D.Sc. 學位。他在科學期刊上發表了約 300 篇文章。他著有 10 本書籍，並在科學專著中撰寫了超過 20 章，以及在《熱應力百科全書》中有條目。他的研究領域包括熱傳工程和熱能工程，特別關注以下領域：逆熱傳導問題、熱流和熱傳導係數的測量、蒸汽鍋爐中的灰燼結垢和熔渣、 大型蒸汽鍋爐的動力學，以及熱系統的優化。他參與了許多由工業界和波蘭科學研究委員會資助的研究項目。他的許多創新技術解決方案已在發電廠中實施。