James J. Buckley,
Kevin D. Reilly,
Krishnamraju V. Penmetcha

Backpropagation and Genetic Algorithms
for
Training Fuzzy Neural Nets

F. Herrera and J. L. Verdegay, Eds.
Genetic Algorithms and Soft Computing.
Phisyca-Verlag Studies in Fuzziness, pp. 505-532.



Abstract

This chapter concerns combined backpropagation and genetic training of fuzzy neural nets whose weights and signals are given as real or triangular fuzzy numbers. The proposed fuzzy neural network with backpropagation and genetic-based learning system is used on problems which map a fuzzy or real input to a fuzzy or real output based on interval arithmetic operations. Experimental results demonstrating characteristics of various non-linear mappings are discussed.



Key Words: Fuzzy Neural Nets; Genetic Algorithms; Backpropagation Algorithm; Soft Computing; Fuzzy Systems.