Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing

Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing is an open access journal that joins computing with engineering and mathematics, published by Wiley.《Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing》是一份把计算与工程、数学相连的开放获取期刊，由威立出版。

It was founded in 2009 and gathers work on methods that cope with uncertainty, vagueness and incompleteness.该刊创办于 2009 年，汇集应对不确定、模糊与不完整信息的方法方面的工作。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3, and it stands in the third quartile of artificial intelligence.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在人工智能类目列第三区。

Scope

• The journal takes computational intelligence and soft computing as its subject, and it asks how a hard problem is met without exact rules.该刊以计算智能与软计算为题材，追问难题如何在无需精确规则的情况下被应对。

• Computing is joined to engineering and to mathematics, and the journal takes work that reaches across the three.计算与工程、数学相连，该刊收载横跨三者的工作。

• Fuzzy systems are named, and the journal carries work on how a system reasons with degrees rather than with a yes or a no.模糊系统被点名，该刊刊载系统如何以程度而非是非进行推理的工作。

• Neural networks are treated, and the journal admits work on how a network is trained to find a pattern.神经网络得到处理，该刊收载网络如何被训练以找出模式的工作。

• Genetic algorithms are named, and the journal takes work on how a population of solutions is bred toward a better one.遗传算法被点名，该刊收载解群如何被培育向更优解的工作。

• Evolutionary computation is part of the remit, and the journal carries work on how a search borrows from how living things change.进化计算属于收稿范围，该刊刊载搜索如何借鉴生物变化的工作。

• Swarm methods are treated, and the journal admits work on how a flock or a colony is imitated to solve a problem.群智能方法得到处理，该刊收载如何模仿鸟群或蚁群以求解问题的工作。

• Pattern recognition is named, and the journal carries work on how a shape or a signal is classified.模式识别被点名，该刊刊载形状或信号如何被分类的工作。

• Machine learning is treated, and the journal takes work on how a model is fitted to data and checked.机器学习得到处理，该刊收载模型如何被拟合于数据并受检验的工作。

• Data mining is named, and the journal admits work on how a large set is searched for something useful.数据挖掘被点名，该刊收载大型数据集如何被搜寻出有用之物的工作。

• Optimisation is part of the remit, and the journal carries work on how a cost or a loss is driven down.优化属于收稿范围，该刊刊载成本或损失如何被压低的工作。

• Decision support is named, and the journal takes work on how a system helps a person choose.决策支持被点名，该刊收载系统如何帮助人作出选择的工作。

• Applications are drawn from the natural and the social sciences, and the journal asks that a method be tried on a real problem.应用取自自然科学与社会科学，该刊要求方法在真实问题上受检验。

• Reviews are taken alongside original work, and the journal asks that a survey set out where a method stands.综述与原创工作一并收载，该刊要求述评陈明某一方法的现状。

History

• The journal was founded in 2009, and it has carried work on soft computing from its first volume.该刊创办于 2009 年，自首卷起便载有软计算方面的工作。

• It was launched by an open access publisher, and it appeared online from the start.该刊由一家开放获取出版方创办，自始即以在线形式出现。

• That house was later taken into a larger publisher, and the title was set within a series of journals run on a shortened route.那家出版方后来并入一家更大的出版机构，该刊被安置在一个走缩短路径的刊物系列之中。

• Only one number is in use for the title, and the journal is published online rather than in print.该刊只使用一个刊号，以在线而非印刷形式出版。

• The volume number follows the year itself, so that a paper is filed under the year it appeared.该刊卷号即随年份，论文按其出现的年份归档。

• There is no issue to wait for, and a paper appears as soon as it has passed review.该刊没有可等待的分期，论文一经通过评审即行出现。

• Access was open from the start, and every article is free to read from the moment it appears.该刊自始即开放获取，每篇文章自出现那一刻起即可免费阅读。

• A publication charge applies to an accepted paper, and the journal points to the publisher's policy and to its waiver scheme.被录用的论文须缴纳出版费用，该刊指明出版方的政策与减免方案。

• Authors keep the copyright of their work, and every article is released under a licence that allows reuse with attribution.作者保留其作品的著作权，每篇文章以允许署名再用的许可发布。

• The impact figure has risen in recent editions, standing at 2.4 for 2023 and reaching 3.3 in the 2025 edition.影响因子在近期各版中上升，2023 年为 2.4，2025 年版为 3.3。

• The journal is indexed in the emerging sources citation index, and it is carried in Scopus and in the directory of open access journals.该刊被新兴资源引文索引收录，并被 Scopus 与开放获取期刊目录收录。

• A decision is reached in about eight weeks, and the publisher reports the span from submission to a first decision.该刊约在八周内作出决定，出版方报告了从投稿到首次决定的时间跨度。

• Special issues are assembled around a theme, and the journal gathers papers on a single method or a single field.该刊围绕主题编成专刊，汇集关于某一方法或某一领域的论文。

Editors

• The title is edited through a body of academic editors rather than by one named editor-in-chief.该刊由一组学术编辑主持，而非由一位具名的主编主持。

• Those editors are drawn by subject, and the journal names them beside the papers they have handled.这些编辑按学科遴选，该刊将他们列于其所处理的论文之侧。

• A reviewer who takes a paper is asked to judge whether a method was tried on a real problem or only on a sample.承接论文的审稿人须判断方法是在真实问题上受检验，还是仅在样本上受检验。

• An editorial board advises on direction, and the journal draws its members from universities in several countries.一个编委会为方向提供建议，该刊从数个国家大学遴请成员。

• The journal sets out the classes of manuscript it takes, along with the length and structure each of them should follow.该刊列明所收稿件的类别，以及各类别应遵循的篇幅与结构。

• Each paper is sent to independent referees, and the review is anonymous on the side of the reviewer.每篇论文送交独立审稿人，评审在审稿人一侧为匿名。

• Authors must declare any competing interest, and the journal states its ethical requirements in full.作者必须声明任何利益冲突，该刊完整说明其伦理要求。

• Similarity checking is applied to each submission, and the journal records the service it uses for the purpose.每篇投稿都做相似度检查，该刊记录了为此使用的服务。

• A study is asked to report how a model was tuned and how its result was checked against a held out set.研究须报告模型如何被调参，其结果又如何在一个留出集上受检验。

• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's system, and an enquiry may be made before a paper is written.稿件通过出版方的系统投递，在动笔之前可先行询问。

• The journal is read by computer scientists and by applied mathematicians, by engineers and by statisticians, and it writes for all of them.该刊的读者既有计算机科学家与应用数学家，也有工程师与统计学家，它为这几类人写作。

• Work that carries a method from a toy problem toward a real one is given room, and the journal asks what the carrying changes.把方法从简单例题带向真实问题的工作有篇幅可用，该刊追问这一带动改变了什么。

• Studies that report a negative result are taken, since a method that failed to generalise is worth recording.报告阴性结果的研究也在收载之列，因为未能泛化的方法同样值得记录。

• Work on a hybrid method appears among the subjects, and the journal carries papers on how two techniques are made to work together.混合方法方面的工作列于选题之中，该刊刊载两种技术如何被使其协同的论文。

• Work on a clustering problem is treated, and the journal admits papers on how a set is divided into groups.聚类问题方面的工作得到处理，该刊收载集合如何被分为若干组的工作。

• The journal keeps its reviews distinct from its original reports, and a reader can tell from the rubric which is which.该刊把综述与原始报告区分开来，读者可从栏目看出何者为何者。

• Work on an interval method is named, and the journal carries papers on how a computation is bounded when data are uncertain.区间方法方面的工作被点名，该刊刊载数据不确定时计算如何被界定范围的工作。

• Work on a recommendation system is treated, and the journal admits papers on how a preference is inferred from behaviour.推荐系统方面的工作得到处理，该刊收载偏好如何自行中被推断的工作。

• Work on a time series prediction is named, and the journal carries papers on how a forecast is made and how it is scored.时间序列预测方面的工作被点名，该刊刊载预测如何被作出、又如何被评分的工作。

• Work on an image classification task is treated, and the journal asks how a model is judged on data it has not seen.图像分类任务方面的工作得到处理，该刊追问模型如何在未见数据上被评判。

• Work that weighs a method against its computing cost is welcomed, and the journal carries papers on what the method buys.把方法与其计算代价相权衡的工作受到欢迎，该刊刊载该方法换得何物的论文。

• The journal follows the publisher's policy on research integrity, and it records corrections and withdrawals where they arise.该刊遵循出版方的研究诚信政策，出现更正与撤稿时予以记录。