Introduction

Soft Computing is a peer‑reviewed journal dedicated to soft computing system solutions. It publishes research on the fusion of evolutionary algorithms, genetic programming, neural networks, fuzzy systems, Bayesian networks, chaos theory, and related methodologies. The journal encourages integration of these techniques into both foundational theory and advanced real-world applications, serving as an international forum for scientists and engineers.

Editorial Board

Editorial Assistant

Ciriaco D’Ambrosio, PhD, University of Salerno, Italy

Area Editors

• Foundation, Algebraic and Analytical Methods in Soft Computing: Yichuan Yang, PhD, Beihang University, China
• Fuzzy Systems and their Mathematics: Zahra Alijani, PhD, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Mathematical Methods in Data Science: Thomas Reichelt, PhD, Heidelberg University, Germany
• Data Analytics and Machine Learning: Giovanni Felici, PhD, Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica “Antonio Ruberti”, Italy
• Optimization: Monica Gentili, PhD, University of Louisville, United States
• Soft Computing in Decision Making and in Modeling in Economics: Rocco Zaccagnino, PhD, University of Salerno, Italy
• Application of Soft Computing: Marcello Sanguineti, PhD, University of Genova, Italy
• Neural Networks: Arcangelo Castiglione, PhD, University of Salerno, Italy
• Algebraic and Analytical Methods in Soft Computing: Anatolij Dvurecenskij, PhD, Mathematical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Bratislava

Associate Editors

• Aleksandra Świercz, PhD, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
• Alessandro Renda, PhD, University of Pisa, Italy
• Ali Ahmadian, PhD, Wenzhou-Kean University, China
• Andrea Campagner, PhD, Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Italy
• Andrea Raiconi, PhD, National Research Council (CNR), Naples, Italy
• Anna Schiomachen, PhD, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
• Antonio Diglio, PhD, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
• Antonio Maria Rinaldi, PhD, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
• Antonio Staiano, PhD, University of Napoli, Italy
• Asoke Kumar Bhunia, PhD, The University of Burdwan, India
• Avijit Duary, PhD, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, India
• Boffa Stefania, PhD, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
• Carmela Piccolo, PhD, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
• Carmine Cerrone, PhD, University of Molise, Italy
• Carmine Sorgente, PhD, University of Salerno, Italy
• Chandrashekhar Meshram, PhD, PM College of Excellence, Jaywanti Haksar Govt. Post-Graduate College, India
• Chin-Chia Wu, PhD, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
• Ciriaco D’Ambrosio, PhD, University of Salerno, Italy
• Claudio Sterle, PhD, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
• Constantine Tsinakis, PhD, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
• Corrado Mencar, PhD, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
• Cristian Mendico, PhD, Université Bourgogne Europe, France
• Daniela Zaharie, PhD, West University of Timisoara, Romania
• Daniele Masti, PhD, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy
• Daniele Santoni, PhD, National Research Council, Italy
• Danilo Macciò, PhD, National Research Council (CNR), Italy
• Emanuel Weitschek, PhD, UniNettuno, Italy
• Endre Pap, PhD, Singidunum University, Serbia
• Erik Cuevas, PhD, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
• Fabio Cumbo, PhD, University of Trento, Italy
• Fabio Scotti, PhD, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
• Fang-Yie Leu, PhD, Tunghai University, Taiwan
• Ferdinando Di Martino, PhD, University Federico II Naples, Italy
• Francesca Guerriero, PhD, Università della Calabria, Italy
• Francesco Biancalani, PhD, Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca, Italy
• Francesco Carrabs, PhD, University of Salerno, Italy
• Francesco Marcelloni, PhD, Universita’ di Pisa, Italy
• Francesco Palmieri, PhD, Second University of Naples, Italy
• Francisco Chiclana Parrilla, PhD, De Montfort University, UK
• Gabriella Casalino, PhD, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
• Gerardo Canfora, PhD, University of Sannio, Italy
• Gianni D’Angelo, PhD, University of Salerno, Italy
• Giorgio Gnecco, PhD, IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy
• Giovanni Acampora, PhD, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
• Giuseppe Sergioli, PhD, University of Cagliari, Italy
• Hailiang Ye, PhD, China Jiliang University, China
• Hemen Dutta, PhD, Gauhati University, India
• Hsien-Chung Wu, PhD, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan
• Hua Ke, PhD, Tongji University, China
• Jagdish Chand Bansal, PhD, South Asian University, India
• Jian Zhou, PhD, Shanghai University, China
• Jin Hee Yoon, PhD, Sejong University, South Korea
• Jinwu Gao, PhD, Ocean University of China, China
• Kit Yan Chan, PhD, Curtin University, Australia
• Loredana Caruccio, PhD, University of Salerno, Italy
• Marek Ogiela, PhD, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
• Mario F. Pavone, PhD, University of Catania, Italy
• Mario Rosario Guarracino, PhD, Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking, Italy
• Martin Dyba, PhD, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Massimiliano Ferrara, PhD, Bocconi University and Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
• Massimo Ficco, PhD, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy
• Massimo Squillante, PhD, University of Sannio, Italy
• Mauro Gaggero, PhD, National Research Council (CNR), Italy
• Mehdi Salimi, PhD, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada, and TU Dresden, Germany
• Michael J. Watts, PhD, Media Design School, New Zealand
• Michiro Kondo, PhD, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
• Ming Li, PhD, Zhejiang Normal University, China
• Mirko Navara, PhD, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic
• Mohammad Atif Omar, PhD, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
• Mohammed Abdelsamea, PhD, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
• Mohsen Mohammadi, PhD, Northwestern University, USA
• Monica Bianchini, PhD, Universita degli Studi di Siena, Italy
• Nimisha Ghosh, PhD, Shiv Nadar University, India
• Noam Goldberg, PhD, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
• Ömer Faruk Ertuğrul, PhD, Batman University, Türkiye
• Ong Yew Soon, PhD, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Paola Bertolazzi, PhD, National Research Council, Italy
• Paolo Andreini, PhD, University of Siena, Italy
• Pasquale Carotenuto, PhD, Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo Mauro Picone, Italy
• Petr Dostál, PhD, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
• Plamen Angelov, PhD, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom
• Raffaele Pizzolante, PhD, University of Salerno, Italy
• Roman Słowiński, PhD, Poznań University of Technology, Poland
• S P Tiwari, PhD, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), India
• Salvatore Corrente, PhD, University of Catania, Italy
• Salvatore Rampone, PhD, University of Benevento, Italy
• Salvatore Sessa, PhD, University degli Studi di Napoli Federerico II, Italy
• Sanaz Mostaghim, PhD, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
• Serafina Lapenta, PhD, Universita degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
• Srimantoorao S Appadoo, PhD, University of Manitoba, Canada
• Stefano Aguzzoli, PhD, University of Milano, Italy
• Susana Irene Díaz Rodríguez, PhD, University of Oviedo, Spain
• Tzung-Pei Hong, PhD, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• Ugo Fiore, PhD, Information Services Center of University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
• Xiao Long Xin, PhD, North-West University, China
• Xin Luo, PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, China
• Yan Meng, PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
• Yaodong Ni, PhD, University of International Business and Economics, China
• Yaroslav D. Sergeyev, PhD, University of Calabria, Italy
• Yiqiao Cai, PhD, Huaqiao University, China
• Zhen-Song Chen, PhD, Wuhan University, China
• Zhigang Su, PhD, Southeast University, China
• Gerarda Fattoruso, PhD, University of Foggia, Italy
• Jason C. Hung, PhD, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Aims & Scope

• Foundations

• Methodologies

• Applications