Preface Web Site Details The authors'web site for this book is http://www.computelligence.org/issue/CICI/ CICI.html.(There is a link to this site from the publisher's web site.)Software imple- mentations are written for the Windows and/or Java environment,and executable versions of software described in the implementation chapters are located and main- tained on the web site.Included as part of each implementation are the ancillary files-a run file and a data file-needed to run the implementation.In addition,out- put(results)files,obtained by the authors using the executable and ancillary files, are provided.You may want to rename these output files,or move them to another directory,so that you can compare your results with those of the authors. We'd like to emphasize that the software is not just for demonstration;you can use it for many real-world applications.The Cand C++source code has been written using the Borland C++4.5 development environment.The Java code will run on any computer that supports the Java Virtual Machine;this includes machines running Windows,Unix,and Macintosh operating systems. Of special note are the recent variations of particle swarm optimization that have been integrated into the EC theory and paradigms chapter and the EC implementa- tions chapter.Source code is provided on the web site for some of the implementa- tions so that you can modify the software for specific applications. Some of our software can be run using a web browser.Other software,including source code,is useful only after downloading it from the book's web site.Approx- imately 600 slides that cover the material in this book are available to instructors (or anyone else)at no cost.These slides,configured as Word files,are downloadable from the web site.The site also contains hyperlinks to other resource information on the Internet related to subjects in this book. A significant amount of source code is also on the web site.A total of eight software modules are available,both as executables and as source code: ■Genetic algorithm Particle swarm optimization(including multiple swarms) ■ Back-propagation neural network Learning vector quantization neural network Self-organizing feature map neural network Evolutionary back-propagation neural network ■Fuzzy rule system Evolutionary fuzzy rule system We ask that you send the authors a payment of US $25 per software module of source code($150 for all of the source code)if you find it useful.We are relying on your honesty.(The address is on the web site with the software.)Preface ~.,~~ Web Site Details The authors' web site for this book is http://www.computelligence.org/issue/CICI/ CICI.html. (There is a link to this site from the publisher's web site.) Software imple￾mentations are written for the Windows and/or lava environment, and executable versions of software described in the implementation chapters are located and main￾tained on the web site. Included as part of each implementation are the ancillary files~a run file and a data file~needed to run the implementation. In addition, out￾put (results) files, obtained by the authors using the executable and ancillary files, are provided. You may want to rename these output files, or move them to another directory, so that you can compare your results with those of the authors. We'd like to emphasize that the software is not just for demonstration; you can use it for many real-world applications. The C and C++ source code has been written using the Borland C++ 4.5 development environment. The lava code will run on any computer that supports the lava Virtual Machine; this includes machines running Windows, Unix, and Macintosh operating systems. Of special note are the recent variations of particle swarm optimization that have been integrated into the EC theory and paradigms chapter and the EC implementa￾tions chapter. Source code is provided on the web site for some of the implementa￾tions so that you can modify the software for specific applications. Some of our software can be run using a web browser. Other software, including source code, is useful only after downloading it from the book's web site. Approx￾imately 600 slides that cover the material in this book are available to instructors (or anyone else) at no cost. These slides, configured as Word files, are downloadable from the web site. The site also contains hyperlinks to other resource information on the Internet related to subjects in this book. A significant amount of source code is also on the web site. A total of eight software modules are available, both as executables and as source code: m Genetic algorithm m Particle swarm optimization (including multiple swarms) m Back-propagation neural network m Learning vector quantization neural network [] Self-organizing feature map neural network [] Evolutionary back-propagation neural network [] Fuzzy rule system . Evolutionary fuzzy rule system We ask that you send the authors a payment of US $25 per software module of source code ($150 for all of the source code) if you find it useful. We are relying on your honesty. (The address is on the web site with the software.)