Soft Computing for Problem Solving: Socpros 2018, Volume 1
暫譯: 問題解決的軟計算：Socpros 2018，第1卷

這本兩卷本的書籍呈現了第八屆國際軟計算問題解決會議（SocProS 2018）的成果。這次會議是由軟計算研究學會、利物浦霍普大學（英國）和維洛爾科技學院（印度）共同技術合作舉辦，匯聚了研究人員、工程師和實務工作者，討論引人深思的發展和挑戰，以選擇未來的潛在方向。這本書突顯了軟計算跨學科領域的最新進展和創新，包括有關演算法（人工免疫系統、人工神經網絡、遺傳演算法、遺傳編程和粒子群優化）和應用（控制系統、資料探勘和聚類、金融、天氣預測、博弈論、商業和預測應用）的原創研究論文。它為面對複雜且難以用傳統方法解決的現實問題的年輕和經驗豐富的研究人員提供了寶貴的資源。

Dr. Kedar Nath Das is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam, India. Over the past 10 years, he has made substantial contributions to research on soft computing, and has published several research papers in prominent national and international journals. His chief area of interest is in evolutionary and bio-inspired algorithms for optimization.

Dr. Jagdish Chand Bansal is an Associate Professor at the South Asian University, New Delhi, India and visiting research fellow at Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK. He has an excellent academic record and is a leading researcher in the field of swarm intelligence. Further, he has published numerous research papers in respected international and national journals.

Prof. Kusum Deep is a Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. Over the past 25 years, her research has made her a central international figure in the areas of nature-inspired optimization techniques, genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization.

Prof. Atulya Nagar holds the Foundation Chair as Professor of Mathematical Sciences and is Dean of the Faculty of Science at Liverpool Hope University, UK. Prof. Nagar is an internationally respected scholar working at the cutting edge of theoretical computer science, applied mathematical analysis, operations research, and systems engineering. He received a prestigious Commonwealth Fellowship for pursuing his doctorate (DPhil) in Applied Non-Linear Mathematics, which he earned from the University of York (UK) in 1996; and he holds BSc (Hons.), MSc, and MPhil (with Distinction) from the MDS University of Ajmer, India.

Prof. P. Ponnambalam is an Associate Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, India. His areas of research interests are Multilevel Converters, Fuzzy controller for multilevel converters, MPC controllers, Thermoelectric Generators for Solar Photo voltaic cells areas in which he is actively publishing. He is having 15 years of teaching experience.

Prof. Rani Chinnappa Naidu received the B.Eng. and M.Tech. degrees from VIT University, Vellore, India, and Ph.D. degree from Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK., all in Electrical Engineering. After that, she joined as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Northumbria Photovoltaic Applications Centre, Northumbria University, UK. She is currently an Associate Professor at VIT University. She is an Senior member in IEEE. She leads an appreciable number of research groups and projects in the areas such as solar photovoltaic, wind energy, power generation dispatch, power system optimization, and artificial intelligence techniques.

凱達·納特·達斯博士是印度阿薩姆邦西爾查爾國立技術學院數學系的助理教授。在過去的十年中，他在軟計算研究方面做出了重要貢獻，並在多個知名的國內外期刊上發表了多篇研究論文。他的主要研究興趣在於用於優化的進化算法和生物啟發算法。

賈格迪什·昌德·班薩爾博士是印度新德里的南亞大學的副教授，同時也是英國利物浦希望大學的訪問研究員。他擁有優秀的學術記錄，是群體智慧領域的領先研究者。此外，他在多個受尊敬的國際和國內期刊上發表了大量研究論文。

庫蘇姆·迪普教授是印度羅爾基印度理工學院數學系的教授。在過去的25年中，她的研究使她成為自然啟發優化技術、遺傳算法和粒子群優化領域的國際核心人物。

阿圖利亞·納加爾教授擔任英國利物浦希望大學數學科學基礎講座教授及科學學院院長。納加爾教授是一位國際公認的學者，專注於理論計算機科學、應用數學分析、運籌學和系統工程的前沿研究。他因追求應用非線性數學的博士學位（DPhil）而獲得了著名的英聯邦獎學金，並於1996年在約克大學（英國）獲得該學位；此外，他還擁有印度阿傑梅爾MDS大學的榮譽理學士學位、碩士學位和優異的哲學碩士學位。

P. 波南巴蘭教授是印度VIT大學電氣工程學院的副教授。他的研究興趣包括多級變換器、多級變換器的模糊控制器、模型預測控制器、太陽能光伏電池的熱電發電機等領域，並在這些領域積極發表論文。他擁有15年的教學經驗。

拉尼·欽納帕·奈杜教授獲得了印度維洛爾VIT大學的工程學士（B.Eng.）和技術碩士（M.Tech.）學位，以及英國泰恩河畔紐卡斯爾的諾森比亞大學的博士學位（Ph.D.），均為電氣工程專業。之後，她在諾森比亞大學的光伏應用中心擔任博士後研究員。她目前是VIT大學的副教授，並且是IEEE的高級會員。她領導著多個研究小組和項目，研究領域包括太陽能光伏、風能、電力生成調度、電力系統優化和人工智慧技術。