Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems

Preface. 1. Improvement of Fuzzy Control Methods; M. Mizumoto. 2. Neural Networks and Fuzzy Basis Functions for Functional Approximation; Liang Jin, M.M. Gupta, P.N. Nikiforuk. 3. Ordering Fuzzy Real Quantities; R. Lowen. 4. Fuzzy Logic Controllers for Aircraft Flight Control; Jia Luo, E. Lan. 5. A Classical Controller: a Special Case of the Fuzzy Logic Controller; T. Brehm, K. Rattan. 6. Real Time Fuzzy Logic Controller for Balancing a Beam-and-Ball System; N. Godfrey, Hua Li, Yuandong Ji, W. Marcy. 7. Design of Fuzzy Controllers Based on Frequency and Transient Characteristics; K. Tanaka. 8. Fuzzy Inference Integrating 3D Measuring System with Adaptive Sensing Strategy; K. Shimojima, T. Fukuda, F. Arai, H. Matsuura. 9. Robot Hand--Eye Coordination Based on Fuzzy Logic; S. Kumaresan, Hua Li, Xing-Min Li. 10. Using FPGA Technique for Design and Implementation of a Fuzzy Inference System; D. Hung. 11. An Empirical Analysis of One Type of Direct Adaptive Fuzzy Control; H. Bersini, V. Gorrini. 12. Automatic Optimal Design of Fuzzy Systems Based on Universal Approximation and Evolutionary Programming; M. Nyberg, Yoh-Han Pao. 13. Intelligent Control Using Dynamic Neural Networks with Robotic Applications; Liang Jin, M.M. Gupta, P.N. Nikiforuk. 14. Camcorder Operation Judgement Using a Neural Computing Approach; K. Kaneda, P. Wang. 15. Model Reduction and Control of Multistage Flash (MSF) Desalinization Plants; S. Ramamurthy, J. Pal, A. Sinha, D.M.K. Al Gobaisi, G.P. Rao. Index.

Madan M. Gupta is a professor in the Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He received a BE from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, and a PhD from the University of Warwick, Canada. A Fellow of the IEEE and the SPIE, Professor Gupta has been awarded the Kaufmann Prize Gold Medal for Research in the field of fuzzy logic.