this book represents a thoroughly comprehensive treatment of computational intelligence from an electrical power system engineers perspective. thorough, well-organised and up-to-date, it examines in some detail all the important aspects of this very exciting and rapidly emerging technology, including: expert systems, fuzzy logic, artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms and hybrid systems. written in a concise and flowing manner, by experts in the area of electrical power systems who have had many years of experience in the application of computational intelligence for solving many complex and onerous power system problems, this book is ideal for professional engineers and postgraduate students entering this exciting field. this book would also provide a good foundation for senior undergraduate students entering into their final year of study.editorial: aggarwal; johns; yong-hua song