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;;; Answers to Questions about Fuzzy Logic and Fuzzy Expert Systems *

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;;; Written by Mark Kantrowitz, Erik Horstkotte, and Cliff Joslyn

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This FAQ is posted once a month on the 13th of the month. In between postings, the latest version of this FAQ is available by anonymous ftp from CMU:
 
 

To obtain the files from CMU, connect by anonymous FTP to

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using username "anonymous" and password "name@host" (substitute your email address) or via AFS in the Andrew File System directory /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ai-repository/ai/pubs/faqs/fuzzy/ and get the file fuzzy.faq.

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The direct URL for the Fuzzy FAQ is

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If you need to cite the FAQ for some reason, use the following format:

Mark Kantrowitz, Erik Horstkotte, and Cliff Joslyn, "Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Fuzzy Logic and Fuzzy Expert Systems",

comp.ai.fuzzy, <month>, <year>, ftp.cs.cmu.edu:/user/ai/pubs/faqs/fuzzy/fuzzy.faq,

mkant+fuzzy-faq@cs.cmu.edu.

*** Table of Contents:

[1] What is the purpose of this newsgroup?

[2] What is fuzzy logic?

[3] Where is fuzzy logic used?

[4] What is a fuzzy expert system?

[5] Where are fuzzy expert systems used?

[6] What is fuzzy control?

[7] What are fuzzy numbers and fuzzy arithmetic?

[8] Isn't "fuzzy logic" an inherent contradiction?

Why would anyone want to fuzzify logic?

[9] How are membership values determined?

[10] What is the relationship between fuzzy truth values and probabilities?

[11] Are there fuzzy state machines?

[12] What is possibility theory?

[13] How can I get a copy of the proceedings for <x>?

[14] Fuzzy BBS Systems, Mail-servers and FTP Repositories

[15] Mailing Lists

[16] Bibliography

[17] Journals and Technical Newsletters

[18] Professional Organizations

[19] Companies Supplying Fuzzy Tools

[20] Fuzzy Researchers

[21] Elkan's "The Paradoxical Success of Fuzzy Logic" paper

[22] Glossary

[24] Where to send calls for papers (cfp) and calls for participation

Search for [#] to get to topic number # quickly. In newsreaders which

support digests (such as rn), [CNTL]-G will page through the answers.