Nature Inspired Algorithms and Their Applications

NATURE-INSPIRED ALGORITHMS AND APPLICATIONS

The book’s unified approach of balancing algorithm introduction, theoretical background and practical implementation, complements extensive literature with well-chosen case studies to illustrate how these algorithms work.

Inspired by the world around them, researchers are gathering information that can be developed for use in areas where certain practical applications of nature-inspired computation and machine learning can be applied. This book is designed to enhance the reader’s understanding of this process by portraying certain practical applications of nature-inspired algorithms (NIAs) specifically designed to solve complex real-world problems in data analytics and pattern recognition by means of domain-specific solutions. Since various NIAs and their multidisciplinary applications in the mechanical engineering and electrical engineering sectors; and in machine learning, image processing, data mining, and wireless networks are dealt with in detail in this book, it can act as a handy reference guide.

Among the subjects of the 12 chapters are:

• A novel method based on TRIZ to map real-world problems to nature problems
• Applications of cuckoo search algorithm for optimization problems
• Performance analysis of nature-inspired algorithms in breast cancer diagnosis
• Nature-inspired computation in data mining
• Hybrid bat-genetic algorithm–based novel optimal wavelet filter for compression of image data
• Efficiency of finding best solutions through ant colony optimization techniques
• Applications of hybridized algorithms and novel algorithms in the field of machine learning.

Audience: Researchers and graduate students in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, machine learning, image processing, data mining, and wireless networks will find this book very useful.

S. Balamurugan, PhD is the Director of Research and Development, Intelligent Research Consultancy Services (iRCS), Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. He is also Director of the Albert Einstein Engineering and Research Labs (AEER Labs), as well as Vice-Chairman, Renewable Energy Society of India (RESI), India. He has published 45 books, 200+ international journals/ conferences, and 35 patents.

Anupriya Jain, PhD is an associate professor at the Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, Haryana.

Sachin Sharma, PhD is an assistant professor in computer applications at the Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, India. He has published more than 30 research papers in different areas of technology and has been a part of two patents as well.

Dinesh Goyal, PhD is the Director at the Poornima Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jaipur, India. His research interests are related to information & network security, image processing, data analytics, and cloud computing, and has published more than 60 research articles.

Sonia Duggal, PhD is an associate professor at the Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, Haryana.

Seema Sharma is an assistant professor at the Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, India.