High Performance Programming for Soft Computing

This book examines the present and future of soft computer techniques. It explains how to use the latest technological tools, such as multicore processors and graphics processing units, to implement highly efficient intelligent system methods using a general purpose computer.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Soft Computing
Chapter 2: Introduction to Novel Microprocessor Architectures
Chapter 3: High-PerformanceOptimization Methods
Chapter 4: Graphics Processing Unit Programming and Applications
Chapter 5: GPU-based Conjugated Gradient Solution for Phase Field Models
Chapter 6: Parallel Computing Applied toa Diffusive Model
Chapter 7: Ant Colony Optimization(Past, Present and Future)
Chapter 8: Tool Path Optimization Based on Ant Colony Optimization for CNC Machining Operations
Chapter 9: A Compendium of Artificial Immune Systems
Chapter 10: Applications of Artificial Immune Algorithms
Chapter 11: A Parallel Implementation ofthe NSGA-II
Chapter 12: High-performance Navigation System for Mobile Robots
Chapter 13: A Method Using a Combination of Ant Colony Optimization Variants with Ant Set Partitioning
Chapter 14: Variants of Ant Colony Optimization: A Metaheuristic for Solving the Traveling Salesman Problem
Chapter 15: Quantum Computing