Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!m.cs.uiuc.edu!kadie From: kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: What is "fuzzy logic"? Message-ID: Date: 2 Apr 91 18:34:32 GMT References: <1991Mar28.192533.3272@waikato.ac.nz> <13842@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> Sender: news@m.cs.uiuc.edu (News Database (admin-Mike Schwager)) Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL Lines: 20 Nntp-Posting-Host: herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu In mikeb@wdl35.wdl.loral.com (Michael H Bender) writes: [...] >I think there is legitimate reason for confusion here. It is my >understanding that in Dr.Zadeh's originial work he DID specify various >combination functions (e.g., how AND and OR would operate.) However, his >specifications seemed to be arbitrary and did not stand up well to the >force of criticism. As a result, many practicioners (myself included) have >developed our own combination functions. It is my belief that Dr. Zadeh >may have changed his mind over the years. [...] Are these new combination functions less arbitrary? (Alternatively, do they show that any choice of combination function is arbitrary?) -- Carl Kadie -- kadie@cs.uiuc.edu -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign