1. IDENTIFICATI0N OF FUZZY SYSTEMS BY MEANS OF AN AUTO-TUNING ALGORITHM AND ITS APPLICATION TO NONLINEAR SYSTEMS ... 3 2. Identification of Fuzzy Models with the Aid of Evolutionary Data Granulation ... 42 3. Hybrid Identification of Fuzzy Rule-Based Models ... 68 4. Identification of Fuzzy Systems with the Aid of Genetic Fuzzy Granulation ... 99 5. Optimization of Fuzzy Systems based on Fuzzy Set Using Genetic Optimization and Information Granulation ... 109 6. The Design of Self-organizing Polynomial Neural Networks ... 123 7. Polynomial Neural Networks Architecture: Analysis and Design ... 150 8. Fuzzy Polynomial Neuron-Based Self-Organizing Neural Networks ... 174 9. Self-organizing neural networks with fuzzy polynomial neurons ... 192 10. Self-organizing Networks in Modeling Experimental Data in Software Engineering ... 207 11. Self-organizing Polynomial Neural Networks Based on Polynomial and Fuzzy Polynomial Neurons: Analysis and Design ... 242 12. A New Approach to Self-organizing Fuzzy Polynomial Neural Networks guided by Genetic Optimization ... 284 13. The Design of Genetically Optimized Self-organizing Neural Networks with Polynomial and Fuzzy Polynomial Neurons ... 302 14. HYBRID FUZZY POLYNOMIAL NEURAL NETWORKS ... 322 15. A New Approach to Genetically optimized Hybrid Fuzzy Set-based Polynomial Neural Networks with FSPNs and PNs ... 350