Analog Circuit Sizing with Fuzzy Specifications: Addressing Soft Constraints

Chapter 4 introduces optimization problems with fuzzy constraints to integrate the humans’ flexibility and high optimization ability of evolutionary algorithms. Fuzzy sets, fuzzy constraint handling methods and the integration of fuzzy constraint handling methods into previous techniques are presented. The application field is fuzzy analog circuit sizing.

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