Analysis and Evaluation of Fuzzy Systems

Fuzzy knowledge and fuzzy systems affect our lives today as systems enter the world of commerce. Fuzzy systems are incorporated in domestic appliances (washing machine, air conditioning, microwave, telephone) and in transport systems (a pilotless helicopter has recently completed a test flight). Future applications are expected to have dramatic implications for the demand for labour, among other things. It was with such thoughts in mind that this international survey of future applications of fuzzy logic has been undertaken. The results are likely to be predictive for a decade beyond the millenium. The predictive element is combined with a bibliography which serves as an historical anchor. This text aims to be a milestone in the development of fuzzy logic and applications of three representative subsystems: fuzzy control, fuzzy pattern recognition and fuzzy communications.