The “Fuzzy Explosion” emanating from Japan has compelled more people than ever to ponder the meaning and potential of fuzzy engineering. Scientists all over are now beginning to harness the power of fuzzy recognition and decision-making — reminescent of the way the human mind works — in computer applications.In this book a blue-ribbon list of contributors discusses the latest developments in topics such as possibility logic programming, truth-valued flow inference, fuzzy neural-logic networks and default knowledge representation. This volume is the first in a series aiming to document advances in fuzzy set theory and its applications.Contents:Foreword (L Zadeh)Preface (P-Z Wang & K-F Loe)Hypothetical Reasoning in Possibilistic Logic: Basic Notions, Applications and Implementation Issues (S Benferhat et al.)An Automatic Start-Up and Shut-Down Control of a Drum-Type Boiler Using Fuzzy Logic (Z Bien et al.)Applicability of the Fuzzy Controller (J J Buckley)Fuzzy Representation and Inference Methods (I B Turksen)Fuzzy Neural-Logic Networks (S C Chan et al.)I-Fuzzy Structure: The World of Strictly Monotonous Norms (L T Kóczy)Fuzzy Decision Making: A Survey (P-T Chang & E S Lee)Fuzzy Topology Stratifications and Category Theory (Y-M Liu)Foundations of Fuzzy Logic Programming (M Mukaidono & H Kikuchi)Optimization of Fuzzy Models for System Analysis, Pattern Recognition and Knowledge Engineering (W Pedrycz)Non Standard Fuzzy Arithmetic (E Sanchez)Fuzzy Random Dynamic Systems (G-Y Wang & J-P Ou)Truth Valued Flow Inference and Its Mathematical Theory (P-Z Wang & H-M Zhang)Default Knowledge Representation in the Theory of Approximate Reasoning: An Implementation (H Scarpelli et al.).Readership: Computer scientists.Key Features:Contains surveys by leading experts such as Bressan, Clarke, Rockafellar and Sussmann of the most interesting, cutting-edge researchA unique opportunity to appreciate the intriguing interplay between differential geometric control and nonsmooth analysisAll contributions address the widest possible audience through an enjoyable yet rigorous expository style
