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Practical Applications of Fuzzy Technologies

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann

    1. Dept. of Operations Research, Aachen Institute of Technology, Aachen, Germany

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Part of the book series: The Handbooks of Fuzzy Sets (FSHS, volume 6)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Engineering and Natural Sciences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Fuzzy Control in the Process Industry: Common Practice and Challenging Perspectives

      • Jan Jantzen, Henk Verbruggen, Jens-Jørgen Østergaard
      Pages 3-56

    3. Fuzzy Sets in Engineering Design

      • Erik K. Antonsson, Hans-Jürgen Sebastian
      Pages 57-117

    4. Supervision, Fault-Detection and Fault-Diagnosis Methods

      • Rolf Isermann, Dominik Füssel
      Pages 119-159

    5. Quality Control and Maintenance

      • Jens Strackeljan, Richard Weber
      Pages 161-184

    6. Using Fuzzy Logic for Mobile Robot Control

      • Alessandro Saffiotti, Enrique H. Ruspini, Kurt Konolige
      Pages 185-205

    7. Civil Engineering

      • Felix Wong, Karen Chou, James Yao
      Pages 207-245

    8. Ecological Modeling and Data Analysis

      • Arkadiusz Salski
      Pages 247-266

    9. Fuzzy Sets Approach to Spatial Analysis

      • Yee Leung
      Pages 267-300

    10. Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

      • Willi Meier
      Pages 301-318

  3. Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 319-319
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    2. Fuzzy Logic and Possibility Theory in Biomedical Engineering

      • Kurt Becker
      Pages 321-335

    3. Approximate Reasoning in Computer-Aided Medical Decision Systems

      • Jean-Christophe Buisson
      Pages 337-361

    4. Image Processing in Medicine

      • James C. Bezdek, Melanie A. Sutton
      Pages 363-416

  4. Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 417-417
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    2. Strategic Planning

      • Miroslawa Lasek
      Pages 419-444

    3. Decision and Planning in Research and Development

      • Brigitte Werners, Richard Weber
      Pages 445-478

    4. Production Planning and Scheduling: Fuzzy and Crisp Approaches

      • I. B. Türkşen, M. H. Fazel Zarandi
      Pages 479-529

    5. Fuzzy Sets Methodologies in Actuarial Science

      • Richard A. Derrig, Krzysztof M. Ostaszewski
      Pages 531-553
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Since the late 1980s, a large number of very user-friendly tools for fuzzy control, fuzzy expert systems, and fuzzy data analysis have emerged. This has changed the character of this area and started the area of `fuzzy technology'. The next large step in the development occurred in 1992 when almost independently in Europe, Japan and the USA, the three areas of fuzzy technology, artificial neural nets and genetic algorithms joined forces under the title of `computational intelligence' or `soft computing'. The synergies which were possible between these three areas have been exploited very successfully.
Practical Applications of Fuzzy Sets focuses on model and real applications of fuzzy sets, and is structured into four major parts: engineering and natural sciences; medicine; management; and behavioral, cognitive and social sciences. This book will be useful for practitioners of fuzzy technology, scientists and students who are looking for applications of their models and methods, for topics of their theses, and even for venture capitalists who look for attractive possibilities for investments.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Operations Research, Aachen Institute of Technology, Aachen, Germany

    Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann

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