Soft Computing: Theories and Applications

Virtual Experimental Analysis of Redundant Robot Manipulators using Neural Networks.- Selection of Energy Efficient Material: an Entropy-TOPSIS Approach.- Analyses & Detection of Health Insurance Fraud Using Data Mining & Predictive Modeling Techniques.- Software Cost Estimation Using Artificial Neural Network.- A Three Layer Approach for Overlay Text Extraction in Video Stream.- Recognition of Noisy Numbers Using Neural Network.- Secure Group Authentication Scheme for LTE-Advanced.- Frequency Fractal Behaviour in the Retina Nano Centre- Fed Dipole Antenna Network of a Human Eye.- Trigonometric Probability Tuning in Asynchronous Differential Evolution.- Analytical review on Image Compression using Fractal Image Coding.- The Fulcrum principle between Parasympathetic and Sympathetic peripheral systems: Auditory noise can modulate body's peripheral temperature.- Improved Clustering Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Network.- Fuzzy based probabilistic ecological risk assessment approach: Acase study of heavy metal contaminated soil.- Performance Comparisons of Four Modified Structures of Log Periodic Three Element Microstrip Antenna Arrays.- Preliminary Study of Ecommerce Adoption in Indian Handicraft SME: A Case Study.- Threat Detection for Software Vulnerability using DE based Adaptive Approach.- Methods to choose the 'Best-fit' Patch in Patch-Based Texture Synthesis Algorithm.- Revisiting Requirements Analysis Techniques and Challenges.- Speech Recognition with Combined MFCC, MODGDF and ZCPA Features Extraction techniques using NTN and MNTN conventional Classifiers for Telugu language.- Real Time Sentiment Analysis of Big Data Applications Using Twitter Data with Hadoop Framework.- Addressing Security concerns for Infrastructure of Cloud Computing.

Dr. Millie Pant is an associate professor in the Department of Paper Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) in India. A well-known figure in the field of swarm intelligence and evolutionary algorithms, she has published several research papers in respected national and international journals.

Dr. Kanad Ray is a professor of Physics at the Department of Physics at the Amity School of Applied Sciences, Amity University Rajasthan (AUR), Jaipur. In an academic career spanning over 19 years, he has published and presented research papers in several national and international journals and conferences in India and abroad. He has authored a book on the Electromagnetic Field Theory. Dr Ray's current research areas of interest include cognition, communication, electromagnetic field theory, antenna & wave propagation, microwave, computational biology, and applied physics.

Dr. Tarun Kumar Sharma has a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence as well as MCA and MBA degrees, and is currently associated with the Amity University Rajasthan (AUR) in Jaipur. His research interests encompass swarm intelligence, nature-inspired algorithms and their applications in software engineering, inventory systems, and image processing. He has published more than 60 research papers in international journals and conferences. He has over 13 years of teaching experience and has also been involved in organizing international conferences. He is a certified internal auditor and a member of the Machine Intelligence Research (MIR) Labs, WA, USA and Soft Computing Research Society, India.

Dr. Sanyog Rawat is presently associated with the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, SEEC, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, India. He holds a B.E. in Electronics and Communication, an M.Tech in Microwave Engineering and Ph.D. in Planar Antennas. Dr. Rawat has been involved in organizing various workshops on