Ebook: Fuzzy Logic: A Framework for the New Millennium

At the beginning of the new millennium, fuzzy logic opens a new challenging perspective in information processing. This perspective emerges out of the ideas of the founder of fuzzy logic - Lotfi Zadeh, to develop 'soft' tools for direct computing with human perceptions. The enigmatic nature of human perceptions manifests in their unique capacity to generalize, extract patterns and capture both the essence and the integrity of the events and phenomena in human life. This capacity goes together with an intrinsic imprecision of the perception-based information. According to Zadeh, it is because of the imprecision of the human imprecision that they do not lend themselves to meaning representation through the use of precise methods based on predicate logic. This is the principal reason why existing scientific theories do not have the capability to operate on perception-based information. We are at the eve of the emergence of a theory with such a capability. Its applicative effectiveness has been already demonstrated through the industrial implementation of the soft computing - a powerful intelligent technology centred in fuzzy logic. At the focus of the papers included in this book is the knowledge and experience of the researchers in relation both to the engineering applications of soft computing and to its social and philosophical implications at the dawn of the third millennium. The papers clearly demonstrate that Fuzzy Logic revolutionizes general approaches for solving applied problems and reveals deep connections between them and their solutions.

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The book focuses on both the engineering applications of fuzzy logic and soft computing and its social applications and philosophical insights at the dawn of the third millennium. The included papers clearly demonstrate that fuzzy logic revolutionizes general approaches to solving applied problems and reveals deep connections between those approaches and the underlying unique theoretical framework. The book consists of three parts: Understanding Society, Mathematics, and Modelling and Control Systems. The first part reveals different aspects of fuzziology, a new study of fuzziness inherent in human knowledge. The second part explores the mathematical foundations of soft computing, while the third part elicits its innovative engineering applications.

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The book focuses on both the engineering applications of fuzzy logic and soft computing and its social applications and philosophical insights at the dawn of the third millennium. The included papers clearly demonstrate that fuzzy logic revolutionizes general approaches to solving applied problems and reveals deep connections between those approaches and the underlying unique theoretical framework. The book consists of three parts: Understanding Society, Mathematics, and Modelling and Control Systems. The first part reveals different aspects of fuzziology, a new study of fuzziness inherent in human knowledge. The second part explores the mathematical foundations of soft computing, while the third part elicits its innovative engineering applications.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Fuzzy Logic: A Framework for the New Millennium....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Introduction to Fuzziology....Pages 9-26
Why Does Fuzzy Logic Need the Challenge of Social Complexity?....Pages 27-44
Fuzziology and Lifelong Learning....Pages 45-53
Use of Fuzziology when Dealing with Hard Negotiation....Pages 54-62
Fuzzy and Amorphic Boundaries in Intercultural Space: The Case of Mexico and the USA....Pages 63-78
Self-Organisation of the Community: Democratic Republic or Anarchic Utopia....Pages 79-93
The Poetic License of the Fuzzy Paradigm....Pages 94-98
Fuzzy Interplay of Contrasts as Perception-Based Invariant in Art and Design....Pages 99-110
Human Behaviour: Moving from Dizzy to Fuzzy....Pages 111-136
Fuzziology in Search of Insights for Understanding Global Economy....Pages 137-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
On Self-Organization of Cooperative Systems and Fuzzy Logic....Pages 147-167
Evolutionary Optimization of Fuzzy Models....Pages 168-203
Sugeno Integral from a Point of View of Fuzzy Logic....Pages 204-214
On Understanding the Structure of Variance-Covariance Matrix for Dealing with Fuzziness in Financial Markets....Pages 215-224
Towards Robot Soccer Controlled by Fuzzy Logic....Pages 225-239
Indexing and Retrieval of Fuzzy Shapes....Pages 240-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Reasoning and Analysis of Uncertainties within Command and Control Navigation Simulation Using Fuzzy Logic Petri Net....Pages 253-262
Indirect Adaptive Fuzzy Control of Nonlinear Systems with Terminal Sliding Modes....Pages 263-276
A New Approach in Fuzzy Adaptive Filtering....Pages 277-287
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Exploring the Explanatory Capabilities of Intelligent System Technologies....Pages 288-300
Integrating Soft Computing Classification Technique For Linguistic Data in a Petroleum Engineering Application....Pages 301-310
P-Expert: A Prototype Expert Advisory System in the Management and Control of Parthenium Weed in Central Queensland....Pages 311-325
Designing a Fuzzy Gain Lyapunov Adaptive Filter Algorithm....Pages 326-336
Neuro-Fuzzy Control Applications: Looking for New Areas and Techniques?....Pages 337-351
Modelling Coral Bleaching Events Using a Fuzzy Logic Technique....Pages 352-362
Sources, Measurements and Models of Type 2 Fuzziness in the New Millennium....Pages 363-385
Learning Ecology for Human and Machine Intelligence: A Soft Computing Approach....Pages 386-393

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The book focuses on both the engineering applications of fuzzy logic and soft computing and its social applications and philosophical insights at the dawn of the third millennium. The included papers clearly demonstrate that fuzzy logic revolutionizes general approaches to solving applied problems and reveals deep connections between those approaches and the underlying unique theoretical framework. The book consists of three parts: Understanding Society, Mathematics, and Modelling and Control Systems. The first part reveals different aspects of fuzziology, a new study of fuzziness inherent in human knowledge. The second part explores the mathematical foundations of soft computing, while the third part elicits its innovative engineering applications.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Fuzzy Logic: A Framework for the New Millennium....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Introduction to Fuzziology....Pages 9-26
Why Does Fuzzy Logic Need the Challenge of Social Complexity?....Pages 27-44
Fuzziology and Lifelong Learning....Pages 45-53
Use of Fuzziology when Dealing with Hard Negotiation....Pages 54-62
Fuzzy and Amorphic Boundaries in Intercultural Space: The Case of Mexico and the USA....Pages 63-78
Self-Organisation of the Community: Democratic Republic or Anarchic Utopia....Pages 79-93
The Poetic License of the Fuzzy Paradigm....Pages 94-98
Fuzzy Interplay of Contrasts as Perception-Based Invariant in Art and Design....Pages 99-110
Human Behaviour: Moving from Dizzy to Fuzzy....Pages 111-136
Fuzziology in Search of Insights for Understanding Global Economy....Pages 137-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
On Self-Organization of Cooperative Systems and Fuzzy Logic....Pages 147-167
Evolutionary Optimization of Fuzzy Models....Pages 168-203
Sugeno Integral from a Point of View of Fuzzy Logic....Pages 204-214
On Understanding the Structure of Variance-Covariance Matrix for Dealing with Fuzziness in Financial Markets....Pages 215-224
Towards Robot Soccer Controlled by Fuzzy Logic....Pages 225-239
Indexing and Retrieval of Fuzzy Shapes....Pages 240-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Reasoning and Analysis of Uncertainties within Command and Control Navigation Simulation Using Fuzzy Logic Petri Net....Pages 253-262
Indirect Adaptive Fuzzy Control of Nonlinear Systems with Terminal Sliding Modes....Pages 263-276
A New Approach in Fuzzy Adaptive Filtering....Pages 277-287
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Exploring the Explanatory Capabilities of Intelligent System Technologies....Pages 288-300
Integrating Soft Computing Classification Technique For Linguistic Data in a Petroleum Engineering Application....Pages 301-310
P-Expert: A Prototype Expert Advisory System in the Management and Control of Parthenium Weed in Central Queensland....Pages 311-325
Designing a Fuzzy Gain Lyapunov Adaptive Filter Algorithm....Pages 326-336
Neuro-Fuzzy Control Applications: Looking for New Areas and Techniques?....Pages 337-351
Modelling Coral Bleaching Events Using a Fuzzy Logic Technique....Pages 352-362
Sources, Measurements and Models of Type 2 Fuzziness in the New Millennium....Pages 363-385
Learning Ecology for Human and Machine Intelligence: A Soft Computing Approach....Pages 386-393
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