Soft Computing: Goal, Tools and Feasibility
Sankar Kumar Pal, Nikhil Ranjan Pal · IETE Journal of Research · 1996
This paper discusses what soft computing is, the need for soft computing and real world computing (RWC) systems, the essential ingredients necessary to realise this, ie, neural networks, fuzzy logic and probabilistic reasoning and their role in soft computing. The development of hybrid computational paradigms are also explored and they are projected as a frontier research area in the evolution of sixth generation computing systems.