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Evolution of Fuzzy Logic: From Intelligent Systems and Computation to Human Mind

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Forging New Frontiers: Fuzzy Pioneers I

Part of the book series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing ((STUDFUZZ,volume 217))

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Inspired by human’s remarkable capability to perform a wide variety of physical and mental tasks without any measurements and computations and dissatisfied with classical logic as a tool for modeling human reasoning in an imprecise environment, Lotfi A. Zadeh developed the theory and foundation of fuzzy logic with his 1965 paper “Fuzzy Sets” [1] and extended his work with his 2005 paper “Toward a Generalized Theory of Uncertainty (GTU)—An Outline” [2]. Fuzzy logic has at least two main sources over the past century. The first of these sources was initiated by Peirce in the form what he called a logic of vagueness in 1900s, and the second source is Lotfi’s A. Zadeh work, fuzzy sets and fuzzy Logic in the 1960s and 1970s.

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  1. Computer Sciences Division, EECS Department and Imaging and Informatics Group-LBNL, BISC Program, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science – EECS, University of California Berkeley, 94720 Berkeley, USA

    Masoud Nikravesh

  2. PAN Warszawa Systems Research Institute, Newelska 6, 01-447 Warszawa, Poland

    Janusz Kacprzyk

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science(EECS), University of California Berkeley, Soda Hall 729, 94720-1776 Berkeley, USA

    Lofti A. Zadeh

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Nikravesh, M. (2007). Evolution of Fuzzy Logic: From Intelligent Systems and Computation to Human Mind. In: Nikravesh, M., Kacprzyk, J., Zadeh, L.A. (eds) Forging New Frontiers: Fuzzy Pioneers I. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 217. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73182-5_3

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