Fuzzy Logic with Engineering Applications

Ross presents fuzzy logic as a broad field of techniques for describing and measuring the doubt that engineers face when a system is vague, imprecise, or only partly understood. The approach rests on fuzzy set theory, which generalizes classical sets. Instead of an item either belonging to a set or not, it can belong to a set to some degree, which gives a reasoning framework suited to real-world ambiguity.

The discipline is young, and its theory and applications have advanced considerably within roughly the past ten years. This new edition updates the earlier version and is aimed at a general engineering readership. Its chapters focus on core fuzzy logic topics and are supported by many worked examples, end-of-chapter problems, and case studies drawn from industry. An online supplement accompanies the text.