Dedication. Contributing Authors. Preface. Acknowledgments. Chapter 1: Soft Computing and its Applications in Engineering and Manufacture; DT Pham, PTN Pham, MS Packianather, AA Afify. Chapter 2: Neural Networks Historical Review; D Andina, A Vega-Corona, JI Seijas, J Torres-Garcia.. Chapter 3: Artificial Neural Networks; DT Pham, MS Packianather, AA Fify. Chapter 4: Application of Neural Networks; D Andina, A Vega-Corona, JI Seijas, JM Alarcon. Chapter 5: Radial Basis Function Networks and their Application on Communication Systems; A Gallardo-Antolin, J Pascual-Garcia, JL Sancho-Gomez. Chapter 6: Biological Clues for Up-to-date Artificial Neuron; J Ropero-Pelaez, JR Castillo-Piqueira. Chapter 7: Support Vector Machines; J Gomez-Saenz-de-Tjada, J Seijas. Chapter 8: Fractals as Preprocessing Tool for Computational Intelligence Applications; A Tarquis, V Mendez, JM Anton, JB Grau, D Andina.
