Fuzzy Boundaries

Professor Marian S. Stachowicz

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Minnesota

Fri Feb 11 15:10:00 NZDT 2005 in Room 031 MSCS

Abstract

The primary purpose of this lecture is to provide the participant with a comprehensive coverage of theoretical foundation of digital fuzzy set theory (DFS) and multivalued logic (MVL), as well as a broad overview of the increasingly important applications of these new areas of mathematics. Due to computational efficiency DFS and MVL could be used extensively, especially in real time implementations. Throughout the lecture, many examples are used to illustrate concepts, methods, and genetic applications. The applications, which are multi-disciplinary in nature, includes computing with words, automatic control, image processing, data base management, pattern recognition and so on.

A piano improvisation by Catherine Marie Charlton, inspired by the idea of fuzzy sets, will be played.