Softcomputing, SS 03

Barbara Hammer

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Contact hours:

• course: starting at April, 6th

  Monday, 10.15-11.45, AVZ 31/449a
  Wednesday, 8.30-10.00, 32/109

• exercises: starting at April, 15th

  Tuesday, 12.15-13.45, 31/449a

Note: On July, 7th, the lecture will take place in 31/E05 instead of 449a.

!!! The final examination (Klausur) will take place on July, 14th, 10.15, 31/449a. You can bring with you all written or printed material. !!!

(No electronic devices such as laptops or cellphones since they might interfere with the examination correction system ;-)

General comments:

• Topic: Fuzzy sets and operations on fuzzy sets, fuzzy clustering, fuzzy logic, fuzzy control, some optimization algorithms, genetic and evolutionary algorithms, unsupervised neural models

• Prerequisites: analysis, algebra, at least one programming language

• Demands for certificate: 50% overall of weekly homeworks to be done in groups, a test to determine the grade

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Exercises

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Material:

• a script is available: ps, pdf

  Please note: this is more or less complete, but still erroneous. Please inform me if you recognize errors or you think something should better be explained in a different way or you have any other suggestions! The script is intended to contain the definitions, algorithms, and mathematics. Accompanying examples, pictures, and explanations cavn be found in the lecture.

• there exists a Semesterapparat in the library (N) including some books and solutions of the exercises

• several online scripts:
  • about fuzzy sets and control, T. Feuring
  • about neurofuzzy, R. Fuller
  • about applications of fuzzy systems, P.P. Bonissone
  • about genetic algorithms, D. Beasley, D.R. Bull, R. Martin

• books which I find useful:
  • Kruse/Gebhardt/Klawonn, Fuzzy-Systeme, Teubner
  • Höppner/Klawonn/Kruse/Runkler, Fuzzy Cluster Analysis, Wiley
  • Michels/Klawonn/Kruse/Nürnberger, Fuzzy-Regelung, Springer
  • Aarts/Lenstra, Local search in combinatorial optimization, John Wiley
  • Mitchell, An introduction to genetic algorithms, MIT Press
  • Michalewicz/Fogel, How to solve it: modern heuristics, Springer
  • Holland, adaptation in natural and artificial systems, MIT Press
  • Ritter/Martinetz/Schulten, Neural computation and self-organizing maps: an introduction, Addison-Wesley

• a mailinglist is available. To join it, you need an account for the computer science network. You can add your e-mail-address (corresponding to the account in computer science; other e-mail addresses are not accepted) at the RB-homepage, click on 'Mailinglisten'.

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... a rather dry page so far. To cheer you up: a situation which would be perfectly fine in softcomputing ...

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