The theory of fuzzy sets has become known in Czechoslovakia in the early
seventies. Since then, it was applied in various areas of science,
engineering and economics where indeterminate concepts had to be
handled. There has been a number of national semi- nars and conferences
devoted to this topic. However, the International Symposium on Fuzzy
Approach to Reasoning and Decision-Making, held in 1990, was the first
really representative international meeting of this kind organized in
Czechoslovakia. The symposium took place in the House of Scientists of
the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in Bechyne from June 25 till 29,
1990. Its main organizer was Mining In- stitute of the Czechoslovak
Academy of Sciences in Ostrava in cooperation and support of several
other institutions and organizations. A crucial role in preparing of the
Sym- posium was played by the working group for Fuzzy Sets and Systems
which is active in the frame of the Society of Czechoslovak
Mathematicians and Physicists. The organizing and program committee was
headed by Dr. Vilem Novak from the Mining Institute in Ostrava. Its
members (in alphabetical order) were Dr. Martin Cerny (Prague), Prof.
Bla- hoslav Harman (Liptovsky Mikulas), Ema Hyklova (Prague), Prof.
Zdenek Karpfsek (Brno), Jan Laub (Prague), Dr. Milan MareS -
vice-chairman (Prague), Prof. Radko Mesiar (Bratislava), Dr. Jifi
Nekola - vice-chairman (Prague), Daria Novakova (Os- trava), Dr.
Jaroslav Ramfk (Ostrava), Prof. Dr. Beloslav Riecan (Bratislava), Dr.
Jana TalaSova (Pi'erov) and Dr. Milos Vitek (Pardubice).