Optimization with genetic algorithms of modular neural networks using interval type-2 fuzzy logic for response integration: The case of multimodal biometry

We describe in this paper a comparative study of fuzzy inference systems as methods of integration in modular neural networks (MNNpsilas) for multimodal biometry. These methods of integration are based on type-1 and type-2 fuzzy logic. Also, the fuzzy systems are optimized with simple genetic algorithms. First, we considered the use of type-1 fuzzy logic and later the approach with type-2 fuzzy logic. The fuzzy systems were developed using genetic algorithms to handle fuzzy inference systems with different membership functions, like the triangular, trapezoidal and gaussian; since these algorithms can generate the fuzzy systems automatically. Then the response integration of the modular neural network was tested with the optimized fuzzy integration systems. The comparative study of type-1 and type-2 fuzzy inference systems was made to observe the behavior of the two different integration methods of modular neural networks for multimodal biometry.