Total No. of Questions : 8] SEAT No.

P1453 [Total No. of Pages : 2

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B.E. (Information Technology)
SOFT COMPUTING (Elective - V)
(2019 Pattern) (414451 D) (Semester - VIII)
Time : 2½ Hours] [Max. Marks : 70
Instructions to the candidates:
1) Answers: Q.1 or Q.2, Q.3 or Q.4, Q.5 or Q.6, Q.7 or Q.8.
2) Neat diagrams must be drawn wherever necessary.
3) Figures to the right side indicate full marks.
4) Assume Suitable data if necessary.

Q1) a) What is Defuzzification? Explain any two methods of it with suitable eg.[9]

b) What is fuzzy logic? Enlist and explain it’s application areas. [8]

OR

Q2) a) What is fuzzy inference system? Distinguish between Mamdani fuzzy

inference system and Sugeno fuzzy inference system. [9]

b) What is Fuzziness? Explain the merits and demerits of fuzzy logic. [8]

Q3) a) What is GA? How GA is different than Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm

(MOGA)? [9]

b) What are types of mutation and cross over techniques.? Explain in brief.[9]

OR

Q4) a) Explain Encoding in Genetic Algorithms in detail. [9]

b) How to implement GA based clustering Algorithm? [9]

P.T.O.
Q5) a) Explain the concept of fuzzy logic controlled Genetic Algorithms with
suitable diagram. [9]

b) Explain Simplified Fuzzy ARTMAP with suitable case study. [8]

OR

Q6) a) Explain the working of Genetic Algorithm based back propagation network
with suitable diagram. [9]

b) Compare and contrast Genetic Algorithm based Back-propagation

Network and Fuzzy Logic Controlled Genetic Algorithms with suitable
diagrams. [8]

Q7) a) Describe an application about how soft computing can be used in

Information Retrieval and Semantic web. [9]

b) Describe how evolutionary computing is used in image processing. [9]

OR

Q8) Write Short Notes on following: (Any Three) [18]

a) Ant colony optimization (ACO)

b) Soft Computing in Software Engineering

c) Simulated Annealing

d) Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO).

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