Soft Computing: Theories and Applications: Proceedings of Socta 2019
暫譯: 軟計算：理論與應用：Socta 2019 會議論文集

本書專注於軟計算及其在解決各種領域中出現的現實問題的應用，這些領域包括醫學與健康照護、供應鏈管理、影像處理和密碼分析。書中匯集了在印度巴特那國立技術學院舉辦的國際軟計算：理論與應用會議（SoCTA 2019）上發表的高品質論文。該書為教師和研究人員提供了有價值的軟計算見解，並將激勵在這個動態領域中的進一步研究。

Dr. Millie Pant is an Associate Professor, Department of Applied Science and Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India. She has supervised 16 Ph.D.s in the area of numerical optimization, operations research, soft computing and swarm intelligence techniques with applications to various engineering design problems, image processing, computer vision, supply chain management. She has 181 research publications to her credit. She is PI and Co-PI in 2 DST and MHRD sponsored projects. She has edited 7 volumes of Conference Proceedings AISC series of Springer of SoCPros Conference series since 2017 and 2 volumes of Conference Proceedings AISC series of Springer of SoCTA Conference series. She is an Associate Editor in International Journal of Swarm Intelligence, Inderscience, and Guest Editor in several international journals like International Journal of Memetic Computing, Springer, International Journal of Collaborative Engineering, Inderscience. She is a reviewer in IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Applied Soft Computing, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Neural Network Works, Information science. She has acted as General Chair, Program Chair, Session and Track Chair in many national and international conferences. She has delivered Guest Lectures in the field of swarm intelligence, nature inspired computing, computational intelligence in institution of national and international repute like National University of Singapore, Singapore, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK, Brisbane, Australia, Zakopane, Poland, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, ABV-IIITM Gwalior, MANIT, Bhopal, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, NIT, Assam. She has international collaboration with MIRS Lab, USA, Liverpool Hope University, UK, and Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne, Paris, France. She is a founder member of SoCPros, SoCTA, and RAACE Conference series.

Dr. Tarun Kumar Sharma is Professor at Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun. He worked at Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University Rajasthan, India. He holds Ph.D. in Soft Computing from India Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He has supervised 2 Ph.D.s. He has 77 research publications to his credit. He is one of the founding member of SoCTA series. He acted as General Chair of RAACE 2017, Program Chair in SoCTA 2016, Organizing Secretary in SoCPros 2015, and PC member in SoCPros 2014 and SoCPRos 2013. He has edited 3 volumes of Conference Proceedings published by AISC series of Springer Publication and 2 edited books in Asset Analytics, Springer. He is Guest Editor in several international journals like IJACI, IJAIP, IJSIR, IJAMC, IJAEC, IJISDC, and IJPD. He is a member in the editorial board of national and international journals. He has acted as session and track chair in many national and international conferences. He has delivered Guest Lectures in the field of swarm intelligence, nature inspired computing, and computational intelligence in the institution of national and international repute. He is a founder member of SoCTA and RAACE Conference series. He is a member of IET, IANEG, CSTA, and MIRS Lab.

Dr. Rajeev Arya received the Engineering Degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Government Engineering College, Ujjain, (RGPV University, Bhopal) India, and the Master of Technology in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, India. He received the Ph.D. degree in Communication Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Patna, India. His current research interests are in wireless communication, ant colony optimization & soft computing techniques, cognitive radio, signal processing, communication systems & circuits design. He has published many articles in international journals and conferences. He is a member of the ISRD and the IAENG. He is an active reviewer in many reputed international journals.

Dr. Bikash Chandra Sahana is an Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, NIT Patna, India. He has supervised 10 M.Tech. and 32 B.Tech. students in the area of signal processing, optimization, soft computing and swarm intelligence techniques with applications to various engineering design problems, image processing and compression, computer vision, geophysical signal processing, filter design. He has 21 research publications in journals and conferences. He is a reviewer in IEEE access. He has delivered Guest Lectures in the field of geophysical signal processing, nature inspired computing, computational intelligence in the institution of national and international repute.

Dr. Hossein Zolfagharinia is an award-winning Assistant Professor of Operations Management in the Global Management Studies department at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University. He received his Undergraduate and Master's Degrees in Industrial Engineering. Following this, he earned his Ph.D. in Operations and Supply Chain Management from the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. In addition to his academic background, he has more than four years of professional work experience as a business method analyst in the oil and drilling industry. Furthermore, he gained experience in the area of Supply Chain Management through managing several projects in trucking and maritime transportation companies in the past (e.g., Logikor Inc., Global Spatial Technology Solutions (GSTS) Inc.). Dr. Zolfagharinia's two main research interests are in: (1) investigating the benefits of collaboration in supply chain management with a focus on logistics and transportation, (2) applying operations management techniques in a healthcare context. He is the author of a book chapter and several top-tier refereed journal articles. These journals include: European Journal of Operational Research, Transportation Research: Part B and Part E, International Journal of Production Economics, and Operations Research for Health Care. He frequently presents his work at scholarly/professional conferences at both the national and international levels (e.g., Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), Annual meeting of Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS), and Decision Sciences Institute (DSI)). He is the recipient of the 2017-2018 Dean's Scholarly, Research, and Creative Activity Award. He has received over $250,000 in the form of research grants, scholarships, and fellowships. These include Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council-Institutional Grant (SSHRC-SIG), Ontario Centers of Excellence (OCE), Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), the Best OGS Research Proposal, and the Ontario Institute of the Purchasing Management Association of Canada (OIPMAC) Achievement Excellence, and he is the provisional winner of Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Canada Paper Competition.

**米莉·潘特博士**是印度魯爾基工業學院應用科學與工程系的副教授。她在數值優化、運籌學、軟計算和群體智慧技術方面指導了16位博士生，這些技術應用於各種工程設計問題、影像處理、計算機視覺和供應鏈管理。她擁有181篇研究出版物。她是兩個由印度科學與技術部（DST）和人力資源發展部（MHRD）贊助項目的首席研究員和共同研究員。自2017年以來，她編輯了7卷由施普林格出版的AISC系列會議論文集，這些論文集來自SoCPros會議系列，以及2卷來自SoCTA會議系列的會議論文集。她是《國際群體智慧期刊》的副編輯，並在多個國際期刊中擔任客座編輯，如《國際模擬計算期刊》、《施普林格》、《國際協作工程期刊》等。她是《IEEE進化計算期刊》、《應用軟計算》、《應用數學與計算》、《神經網絡工作》、《資訊科學》的審稿人。她在許多國內和國際會議中擔任總主席、程序主席、會議和專題主席。她在新加坡國立大學、英國利物浦霍普大學、澳大利亞布里斯班、波蘭扎科帕內、德拉敦的圖形時代大學、梅魯特工程技術學院、ABV-IIITM Gwalior、Bhopal國立水文研究所等國內外知名機構發表了有關群體智慧、自然啟發計算和計算智能的客座講座。她與美國MIRS實驗室、英國利物浦霍普大學和法國巴黎東部克雷泰伊大學有國際合作。她是SoCPros、SoCTA和RAACE會議系列的創始成員。

**塔倫·庫馬爾·沙瑪博士**是德拉敦的圖形時代山大學的教授。他曾在印度阿米提大學拉賈斯坦分校的工程與技術學院工作。他擁有來自印度魯爾基工業學院的軟計算博士學位。他指導了2位博士生，擁有77篇研究出版物。他是SoCTA系列的創始成員之一。他曾擔任RAACE 2017的總主席、SoCTA 2016的程序主席、SoCPros 2015的組織秘書，以及SoCPros 2014和SoCPRos 2013的程序委員。他編輯了3卷由施普林格出版的AISC系列會議論文集和2本關於資產分析的編輯書籍。他是多個國際期刊的客座編輯，如IJACI、IJAIP、IJSIR、IJAMC、IJAEC、IJISDC和IJPD。他是國內外期刊的編輯委員會成員。他在許多國內和國際會議中擔任會議和專題主席。他在國內外知名機構發表了有關群體智慧、自然啟發計算和計算智能的客座講座。他是SoCTA和RAACE會議系列的創始成員。他是IET、IANEG、CSTA和MIRS實驗室的成員。

**拉吉夫·阿里亞博士**在印度烏賈因政府工程學院（RGPV大學，博帕爾）獲得電子與通信工程學位，並在印度丹哈巴德的印度理工學院（ISM）獲得電子與通信工程碩士學位。他在印度魯爾基工業學院獲得通信工程博士學位。目前，他是印度巴特那國立技術學院電子與通信工程系的助理教授。他目前的研究興趣包括無線通信、蟻群優化與軟計算技術、認知無線、信號處理、通信系統與電路設計。他在國際期刊和會議上發表了多篇文章。他是ISRD和IAENG的成員。他在許多知名國際期刊中擔任活躍的審稿人。

**比卡什·昌德拉·薩哈納博士**是印度巴特那國立技術學院電子與通信工程系的助理教授。他在信號處理、優化、軟計算和群體智慧技術方面指導了10位碩士生和32位學士生，這些技術應用於各種工程設計問題、影像處理與壓縮、計算機視覺、地球物理信號處理和濾波器設計。他在期刊和會議上發表了21篇研究出版物。他是《IEEE Access》的審稿人。他在國內外知名機構發表了有關地球物理信號處理、自然啟發計算和計算智能的客座講座。

**霍賽因·佐法哈里尼亞博士**是瑞爾森大學泰德·羅傑斯管理學院全球管理研究系的獲獎助理教授。他獲得了工業工程的本科和碩士學位。隨後，他在威爾弗里德·勞里埃大學的拉扎里迪斯商學院獲得運營與供應鏈管理的博士學位。除了學術背景外，他在石油和鑽探行業擔任商業方法分析師的專業工作經驗超過四年。此外，他在過去管理多個卡車和海運公司的項目中獲得了供應鏈管理方面的經驗（例如，Logikor Inc.、Global Spatial Technology Solutions (GSTS) Inc.）。佐法哈里尼亞博士的兩個主要研究興趣是：（1）調查供應鏈管理中合作的好處，重點關注物流和運輸；（2）在醫療保健背景下應用運營管理技術。他是一本書章和多篇頂級同行評審期刊文章的作者。這些期刊包括《歐洲運營研究期刊》、《交通研究：B部分和E部分》、《國際生產經濟學期刊》和《醫療保健運營研究》。他經常在國內外的學術/專業會議上發表他的研究（例如，運營研究與管理科學學會（INFORMS）、加拿大運營研究學會年會（CORS）和決策科學學會（DSI））。他是2017-2018年院長學術、研究和創意活動獎的獲得者。他獲得了超過250,000美元的研究資助、獎學金和獎學金，包括加拿大自然科學與工程研究委員會（NSERC）、社會科學與人文研究委員會-機構資助（SSHRC-SIG）、安大略省卓越中心（OCE）、安大略省研究生獎學金（OGS）、最佳OGS研究提案，以及安大略省採購管理協會（OIPMAC）卓越成就獎，他還是加拿大供應鏈與物流協會論文競賽的臨時獲獎者。