Fuzzy Control - the revolutionary computer technology that is changing our world - these and other headlines could be read when in the early 90's news from Japan came over telling us about the success of fuzzy controllers. The idea which was put into practice had been suggested by Lot? A. Zadeh in Berkeley in 1965. It had been developed and tested in some practical - plications, especially in Europe. In Japan fuzzy control was celebrated as a technology re?ecting the Japanese way of thinking by its unsharpness and - plicitoverlappingofseveralstatements. Anewtechnologyboomwaspredicted for Japan which would make Europe lose ground. Consequently, this news created unrest. Research projects were initiated and development departments were engaged to translate fuzzy control into products. Adversaries and supporters hurried up to inform themselves and intensely discussed whether the conventional or the fuzzy control were the better alternative. Finally, the excitement cooled down since in recent years fuzzy control was analyzed fromthe classical pointofview. Thus,amoreobjective evaluation of its strong and weak points was possible. Furthermore, it was shown how fuzzy systems could be put to use in the steering level which is the level above the control loop, especially in interaction with other methods of soft computing and arti?cial intelligence. Based on these fundamentals, the aim of this book is to support the convenient use of fuzzy controllers and fuzzy systems in the branch of control engineering and automation systems.

presents a critical discussion of fuzzy controllers from control theory perspective includes a detailed introduction to fuzzy systems and control theory

Autorentext
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Kruse ist Leiter des Lehrstuhls für Neuro-Fuzzy-Systeme an der Universität Magdeburg. Prof. Dr. Frank Klawonn ist an der FH Braunschweig (Bereich Data Mining, Fuzzy-Systeme, neuronale Netze und evolutionäre Algorithmen) tätig.

Klappentext

The book provides a critical discussion of fuzzy controllers from the perspective of classical control theory. Special emphases are placed on topics that are of importance for industrial applications, like (self-) tuning of fuzzy controllers, optimisation and stability analysis. The book is written as a textbook for graduate students as well as a comprehensive reference book about fuzzy control for researchers and application engineers. Starting with a detailed introduction to fuzzy systems and control theory the reader is guided to up-to-date research results.

Inhalt
Fundamentals of Fuzzy Systems.- Fundamentals of Control Theory.- Design of Fuzzy Controllers.- Stability Analysis of Fuzzy Controllers.- Parametrization and Optimization of Fuzzy Controllers.