Between Mind and Computer: Fuzzy Science and Engineering

The "Fuzzy Explosion" in Japan and other countries is impelling people to pay more respect to the real contents, meaning and methodology of the theory and application of fuzzy engineering. Scientists are beginning to take advantage of fuzzy recognition and fuzzy decision making, characteristics of the human mind, for implementation in the computer. This breakthrough sees great potential. Its evolution heralds a revolution in computing. This volume is the first in a series which aims to document the advances in fuzzy set theory and its applications. It contains the latest work by important and influential researchers in the field. It also highlights the influences of Eastern and Western researchers in the development of fuzzy fields. It is hoped that new insights will arise out of the East-West collaboration. Presented in this volume are the latest advances in possibility logic programming, truth-valued flow inference, default knowledge representation, fuzzy control and applicability of fuzzy controllers, fuzzy neural-logic networks, I-fuzzy structure, fuzzy topology and others.