Fuzzy knowledge and fuzzy systems affect our lives today as systems
enter the world of commerce. Fuzzy systems are incorporated in domestic
appliances (washing machine, air conditioning, microwave, telephone) and
in transport systems (a pilotless helicopter has recently completed a
test flight). Future applications are expected to have dramatic
implications for the demand for labor, among other things.
It was with such thoughts in mind that this first international survey
of future applications of fuzzy logic has been undertaken. The results
are likely to be predictive for a decade beyond the millenium. The
predictive element is combined with a bibliography which serves as an
historical anchor as well as being both extensive and extremely
useful.
Analysis and Evaluation of Fuzzy Systems is thus a milestone in the
development of fuzzy logic and applications of three representative
subsystems: Fuzzy Control, Fuzzy Pattern Recognition and Fuzzy
Communications.