[[File:Soft_Computing_pic.jpg|thumb|Concept illustration of ''Soft computing'']]
'''Soft computing''' is a collection of [[artificial intelligence]]-based computational techniques.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|title=Soft Computing Techniques|date=2016|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/soft-computing-in-electromagnetics/soft-computing-techniques/3220054EB1CB76AB1C34CF1F86660E69|work=Soft Computing in Electromagnetics: Methods and Applications|pages=9–44|editor-last=Choudhury|editor-first=Balamati|place=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-12248-2|access-date=2021-02-24|editor2-last=Jha|editor2-first=Rakesh Mohan}}</ref> including the fundamentals of [[neural network]], [[fuzzy logic]], and [[genetic algorithm]] which, in turn, offers the superiority of humanlike problem solving capabilities.<ref>{{Citation|last=Shukla|first=K. K.|title=CHAPTER 17 - Soft Computing Paradigms for Artificial Vision|date=2000-01-01|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780126464900500202|work=Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems|pages=405–417|editor-last=Sinha|editor-first=NARESH K.|series=Academic Press Series in Engineering|place=San Diego|publisher=Academic Press|language=en|isbn=978-0-12-646490-0|access-date=2021-02-24|editor2-last=Gupta|editor2-first=MADAN M.}}</ref>
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== History ==
The theory and techniques related to soft computing were first introduced in 1980s.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ibrahim|first=Dogan|date=2016-01-01|title=An Overview of Soft Computing|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050916325467|journal=Procedia Computer Science|series=12th International Conference on Application of Fuzzy Systems and Soft Computing, ICAFS 2016, 29–30 August 2016, Vienna, Austria|language=en|volume=102|pages=34–38|doi=10.1016/j.procs.2016.09.366|issn=1877-0509|doi-access=free}}</ref> The term "soft computing" was coined by [[Lotfi A. Zadeh]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Zadeh|first=Lotfi A.|date=1994-03-01|title=Fuzzy logic, neural networks, and soft computing|url=https://doi.org/10.1145/175247.175255|journal=Communications of the ACM|volume=37|issue=3|pages=77–84|doi=10.1145/175247.175255|issn=0001-0782}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> It combines the fundamentals of [[neural network]], [[fuzzy logic]], and [[genetic algorithm]] which, in turn, offers the superiority of humanlike problem solving capabilities.<ref>{{Citation|last=Shukla|first=K. K.|title=CHAPTER 17 - Soft Computing Paradigms for Artificial Vision|date=2000-01-01|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780126464900500202|work=Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems|pages=405–417|editor-last=Sinha|editor-first=NARESH K.|series=Academic Press Series in Engineering|place=San Diego|publisher=Academic Press|language=en|isbn=978-0-12-646490-0|access-date=2021-02-24|editor2-last=Gupta|editor2-first=MADAN M.}}</ref>
