Preface
The IIZUKA conference originated from the Workshop on Fuzzy Systems Application in 1988 at a small city, Iizuka, which is located in the center of Fukuoka prefecture in the most southern island, Kyushu, of Japan, and was very famous for coal mining until forty years ago. Iizuka city is now renewed to be a science research park. The first IIZUKA conference was held in 1990 and from then onward this conference has been held every two years. The series of these conferences played important role in modern artificial intelligence.
The workshop in 1988 proposed the fusion of fuzzy concept and neuro-science and through this proposal the research on neuro-fuzzy systems and fuzzy neural systems has been encouraged to produce significant results.
The conference in 1990 was dedicated to the special topic, chaos, and nonlinear dynamical systems came into the interests of researchers in the field of fuzzy systems. The fusion of fuzzy, neural and chaotic systems was familiar to the conference participants in 1992. This new paradigm of information processing, including genetic algorithms and fractals is known to the world as Soft Computing.
Fuzzy Logic Systems Institute (FLSI) was established, under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports (MOMBUSHOU) and International Trade and Industry (MITI), in 1989 for the purpose of proposing brand-new technologies, collaborating with companies and universities, giving university students education of softcomputing, etc. FLSI is the major organization promoting IIZUKA Conference, so that this series of books edited from the conference is named as FLSI Soft Computing Series.
The SoftComputing Series covers a variety of topics in SoftComputing and will propose the emergence of a post-digital intelligent system.
Takeshi Yamakawa, Ph.D.
Chairman of IIZUKA 2000
Chairman of Fuzzy Logic Systems Institute
To contribute to this book series, contact editor@wspc.com
Published titles
Vol. 1
Advanced Signal Processing Technology by Soft Computing
edited by Charles Hsu
Vol. 2
Pattern Recognition in Soft Computing Paradigm
edited by Nikhil R Pal
Vol. 3
What Should be Computed to Understand and Model Brain Function?
From Robotics, Soft Computing, Biology and Neuroscience to Cognitive Philosophy
edited by Tadashi Kitamura
Vol. 4
Practical Applications of Soft Computing in Engineering
edited by Sung-Bae Cho
Vol. 5
New Paradigm of Knowledge Engineering by Soft Computing, A
edited by Liya Ding
Vol. 6
Brainware: Bio-Inspired Architecture and Its Hardware Implementation
edited by Tsutomu Miki
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