Saad A., Dahal K., Sarfraz M., Roy R. (eds.) Soft Computing in Industrial Applications: Recent and Emerging Methods and Techniques

Springer, 2007. — 330 p.On behalf of all members of the International Technical Program Committee of the 11th Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications (WSC11), we would like to extend our sincere welcome to you. The conference continues a tradition started over a decade ago by the World Federation of Soft Computing (WFSC) to bring together researchers interested in advancing state of the art in the field. Continuous technological improvements since then continue to make this online forum a viable gathering format for a world class conference.
The program committee received a total of 63 submissions, of which 61 papers qualified for peer review by the International Program Committee. Each paper was then reviewed by at least three referees, culminating in the acceptance of 30 papers for publication. Authors of all accepted papers were then notified to prepare and submit their final manuscripts and conference presentations. This resulted in a total of 28 final submissions by 73 authors that comprise the six sessions of the conference program. Based on the reviewers’ reports, the authors provided revised versions of the papers – all of them are featured in this book. Also featured is an invited paper based on a keynote presentation. The authors of several outstanding papers have been invited to submit significantly revised and extended versions of their papers to the Applied Soft Computing Journal.