Syllabus

= **CSE659: Computational Intelligence** = = **Syllabus** =

** Contents **

 * Evolutionary Computation
 * Genetic Algorithms, Evolutionary Strategies, Evolutionary Programming
 * Particle Swarm Optimization
 * Ant Colony Optimization
 * Artificial Immune Systems
 * Other Algorithms
 * Harmony Search, Honey-Bee Optimization, Memetic Algorithms, Co-Evolution, Multi-Objective Optimization, Artificial Life
 * Simulated Annealing and Tabu Search
 * Constraint Handling
 * Neural Networks
 * Fuzzy Logic
 * Hybrid Techniques
 * Research Papers Reading

Books

 * Daniel Ashlock, Evolutionary Computation for Modeling and Optimization, 2005
 * Thomas Weise, Global Optimization Algorithms: Theory and Application, 2009
 * Gusz Eiben and Jim Smith, Introduction to Evolutionary Computing, 2007
 * Andries Engelbrecht, Computational Intelligence: An Introduction, 2007
 * Kenneth DeJong, Evolutionary Computation A Unified Approach, 2006

** Marks Distribution **

 * Two Midterms - 30%
 * Final - 25%
 * Assignments - 20%
 * Term Paper - 25%