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Book cover Practical Applications of Fuzzy Technologies

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

Abstract

This chapter gives a summary of some applications of fuzzy sets, fuzzy logic and fuzzy control in civil and earthquake engineering that are available in the open literature. Due to the language limitation of the authors, the review is based primarily on publication in English, and even at that, it cannot be complete due to the large number of papers, books and studies that are in the literature. The discussion focuses on (civil engineering) applications; mathematical and other theoretical developments are covered elsewhere in this handbook. The general evolution of civil engineering involvement in fuzzy sets is first reviewed. From a humble beginning in the early 1970’s, fuzzy sets technology is now embraced by all disciplines of civil engineering. The presentation describes how the technology is used, but not why, as the use of fuzzy sets remains highly controversial in civil engineering and “why” is best left to other forums. In general, applications in civil and earthquake engineering fall into one of several standard protocols, which include structured processing, unstructured processing, expert systems and intelligent systems. These application groups are illustrated with selected examples, while details are left to the extensive (but certainly not exhaustive) list of references cited. Prognosis for continued growth is excellent in view of the trends of the profession/industry towards efficient maintenance and management of existing infrastructure, and improved functionality, performance and durability of new constructed facilities.

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