Fuzzy Expert Systems and Fuzzy Reasoning
Chapter One
Introduction
The objective of this book is simple: to enable the reader to construct successful
real-world fuzzy expert systems for problem solving. Accomplishing this objective,
however, is not simple. We must not only transmit a good deal of knowledge in
several different fields, but must also transmit the skills necessary to use this
diverse knowledge fruitfully. To do this, we have concentrated on techniques that
are simple in themselves, and that embody considerable power in problem
solving. The examples we have chosen to illustrate these techniques are also must
often quite simple. But do not be misled; there is a vast difference between
"simple" and "trivial".
Our scope will be, of necessity, somewhat larger than the preceding paragraph
might indicate. In real life, we solve problems by thinking about them; we must
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