This paper is related to a research of modelling fuzzy-neural systems using the coevolutionary algorithm, and has the focus on advantages of using the coevolutionary algorithm for system structure optimization. In the context of this work, the term fuzzy-neural system defines the system that can be used as the fuzzy system with all its functionalities or as the neural network with all its functionalities. The hybridization of fuzzy logic, neural networks and coevolutionary algorithm and its architecture are presented in general, and the role of the coevolutionary algorithm in structure optimization is described in details. Results of testing with Iris Database, from UCI Machine Learning Repository are also presented. Tests performed during the research supports the conclusion that usage of the coevolutionary algorithm for the fuzzy-neural system’s structure optimization is very efficient.

Presents information on the 25th International Conference on Information, Communication, and Automation Technologies.

This paper presents novel GA-ANFIS expert system prototype for dermatological disease detection by using dermatological features and diagnoses collected in real conditions. Nine dermatological features are used as inputs to classifiers that are based on Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems (ANFIS) for the first level of fuzzy model optimization. After that, they are used as inputs in Genetic Algorithm (GA) for the second level of fuzzy model optimization within GA-ANFIS system. GA-ANFIS system performs optimization in two steps. Modelling and validation of the novel GA-ANFIS system approach is performed in MATLAB environment by using validation set of data. Some conclusions concerning the impacts of features on the detection of dermatological diseases were obtained through analysis of the GA-ANFIS. We compared GA-ANFIS and ANFIS results. The results confirmed that the proposed GA-ANFIS model achieved accuracy rates which are higher than the ones we got by ANFIS model.