A number of studies [26, 28, 33] have shown that the method of designing fuzzy rule based classifiers (FRBCs)
using multi-objective optimization evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) clearly depends on the evolutionary quality.
Each evolutionary algorithm has the advantages and the disadvantages. There are some hybrid mechanisms
proposed to tackle the disadvantages of a specific algorithm by making use of the advantages of the others. To
improve the application of the multi-objective particle swarm optimization with fitness sharing (MO-PSO) for the
FRBC design method proposed in [33], this paper represents an application of a hybrid multi-objective particle
swarm optimization algorithm with simulated annealing behavior (MOPSO-SA) to optimize the semantic
parameters of the linguistic variables and fuzzy rule selection in designing FRBCs based on hedge algebras
proposed in [7] which uses the genetic simulated annealing algorithm (GSA). By simulation, the MOPSO-SA has
shown to be more efficient and produced better results than both the GSA algorithm in [7] and the MO-PSO
algorithm in [33]. That is, to show a method of the FRBC design is better than another one using MOEA, the same
MOEA must be used.