Modified Artificial Potential Field Approaches for Mobile Robot Navigation in Unknown Environments -- ASIC Implementation of Fixed-point iterative, Parallel and Pipeline CORDIC Algorithm -- Adaptive Sensor Ranking based on Utility Using Logistic Regression -- A Hybrid Approach for Intrusion Detection System -- Inspection of Crop-Weed Image Database Using Kapur's Entropy and Spider-Monkey-Optimization -- Implementation of Fuzzy based Multi-Carrier and Phase-Shifted PWM Symmetrical Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter -- Derived Shape Features for Brain Hemorrhage Classification -- Prediction of Crime Rate Using Data Clustering Technique -- Analysis of Fractional Order Deterministic HIV/AIDS Model During Drug Therapy Treatment -- Comparison of Performance of Four Element Microstrip Array Antenna Using Electromagnetic Band Gap Structures -- Optimal Renewable Energy Resource Based Distributed Generation Allocation in a Radial Distribution System. .

This two-volume book presents the outcomes of the 8th International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving, SocProS 2018. This conference was a joint technical collaboration between the Soft Computing Research Society, Liverpool Hope University (UK), and Vellore Institute of Technology (India), and brought together researchers, engineers and practitioners to discuss thought-provoking developments and challenges in order to select potential future directions. The book highlights the latest advances and innovations in the interdisciplinary areas of soft computing, including original research papers on algorithms (artificial immune systems, artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, genetic programming, and particle swarm optimization) and applications (control systems, data mining and clustering, finance, weather forecasting, game theory, business and forecasting applications). It offers a valuable resource for both young and experienced researchers dealing with complex and intricate real-world problems that are difficult to solve using traditional methods.