This book brings together the contributions of leading researchers in the field of machine intelligence, covering areas such as fuzzy logic, neural networks, evolutionary computation and hybrid systems. There is wide coverage of the subject -- from simple tools, through industrial applications, to applications in high-level intelligent systems which are biologically motivated, such as humanoid robots (and selected parts of these systems, like the visual cortex). Readers will gain a comprehensive overview of the issues in machine intelligence, a field which promises to play a very important...

A collection of articles on the technologies needed for the construction of intelligent and information systems, and particularly on the role of uncertainty. The articles, written by some of the world's leading experts, cover the management of uncertainty and the modelling of intelligent and information systems. Issues related to optimization and learning in the face of uncertainty are discussed. Some of the articles describe applications to data fusion, document retrieval, risk management and nuclear plant control. Applications to the automation of human sensory skills are also presented....