Collaborative Research Centre 531: Computational Intelligence – Theory and Practice (Sonderforschungsbereich 531: Computational Intelligence – Theorie und Praxis)
Jörn Mehnen, Thomas Michelitsch, Carsten Witt · it - Information Technology · 2007
Computational Intelligence (CI) is an umbrella term for modern problem solvers such as Evolutionary Algorithms, Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic. These methods have received increasing attention due to their simplicity, robustness and generality. The Collaborative Research Center “Computational Intelligence“ (SFB 531) is concerned with the theoretical foundations and applications of CI methods. This article focuses on two examples from different research domains within SFB 531. First, exemplary results for the runtime analysis of evolutionary algorithms are summarized and evaluated. Second, applied research on mold temperature control is dealt with. Here it is stressed how the wide variety of CI methods leads to very efficient solutions to the problem and how still substantial improvements can be obtained by hybridization with expert's knowledge.