Fuzzy Logic with Engineering Applications

About the Author. Preface to the Third Edition. 1 Introduction. The Case for Imprecision. A Historical Perspective. The Utility of Fuzzy Systems. Limitations of Fuzzy Systems. The Illusion: Ignoring Uncertainty and Accuracy. Uncertainty and Information. The Unknown. Fuzzy Sets and Membership. Chance Versus Fuzziness. Sets as Points in Hypercubes. Summary. References. Problems. 2 Classical Sets and Fuzzy Sets. Classical Sets. Operations on Classical Sets. Properties of Classical (Crisp) Sets. Mapping of Classical Sets to Functions. Fuzzy Sets. Fuzzy Set Operations. Properties of Fuzzy Sets. Alternative Fuzzy Set Operations. Summary. References. Problems. 3 Classical Relations and Fuzzy Relations. Cartesian…