This book presents the basics of the Laser Assisted Oxygen (LASOX) cutting process its
development advantages and shortcomings together with detailed information on the research
work carried out to date regarding the modelling and optimization of the process. It introduces
two integrated soft computing-based models consisting of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN-GA and
ANN SA) for the modelling and optimization of LASOX cutting. It also includes an in-depth
discussion on the basic working algorithms of soft computing tools such as Artificial Neural
Networks Genetic Algorithms Simulated Annealing etc. The book not only provides an approach
to optimizing LASOX by means of soft computing-based integrated models but also illustrates
the practical implementation of the proposed models.
