Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Accurate Identification of the Spectral Complex Refractive Index and Particle Size Distribution in Participating Media Using an Ant Colony Algorithm
Hong Qia, Ya-Tao Ren, Biao Zhangb and Li-Ming Ruan
Chapter 2. Parametric Optimization of Laser Beam Machining Processes Using a Shuffled Frog Leaping Algorithm
Ankan Mitra and Shankar Chakraborty
Chapter 3. Tuning of Mamdani-Type PID Controllers: A Constrained Nonlinear Optimisation Approach
Paulo Gil, Ana Sebastião and Luís Palma
Chapter 4. The Application of Particle Swarm Optimization for Solving Electrical Engineering Problems
Mahamad Nabab Alam
Chapter 5. The Application of Swarm Intelligence Techniques to Enhance the Performance of the Optimization Kernel of Analog IC Sizing Tools
Maryam Dehbashian
Chapter 6. A Comparative Study on Binary Artificial Bee Colony Optimization Methods for Feature Selection
Zeynep Banu Ozger, Bulent Bolat and Banu Diri
Chapter 7. Accelerating the Differential Evolution Algorithm in the Optimization of Amplifiers by Applying the gm/ID Method
Adriana Carolina Sanabria-Borbón, Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle and Luis Gerardo de la Fraga
Chapter 8. A Metaheuristic Approach for Urban Traffic Optimization Using an Ant Colony Model
Sabbani Imad, Youssfi Mohamed, Bouattane Omar, Grunder Oliver and Barakat Oussama
Chapter 9. A PSO-PCA Optimization Approach for Control Design
Luis Brito Palma, Rui Azevedo Antunes, Vasco Brito and Paulo Gil
Chapter 10. Ant Colony Optimization for Optimal Analog Filter Sizing
Loubna Kritele, Bachir Benhala, and Izeddine Zorkani
Chapter 11. Optimal Design of RF CMOS Circuits by Means of an Artificial Bee Colony Technique
Hamid Bouyghf, Bachir Benhala and Abdelhadi Raihani
Chapter 12. Sensitivity Analysis in the Optimization of Analog Active Filters by Applying the Richardson Extrapolation
Amin Sallem and Pedro Pereira
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