Applied fuzzy arithmetic. An introduction with engineering applications

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The book is an extensive, systematic and lucidly written treatise on the subject of fuzzy numbers, their processing, and applications. As one of the fundamental concepts in fuzzy sets, fuzzy numbers are well endowed with underlying processing mechanisms, come with a well-defined semantics and help interpret results obtained in presence of uncertainty (granularity of available information). The book is split into two parts. The first one focuses on the fundamentals and brings all required prerequisites to make the book quite self-contained. The topics covered here include basics of fuzzy sets, fuzzy relations, and elementary fuzzy arithmetic. The two remaining chapters of this part address more advanced topics of fuzzy numbers and their processing. To alleviate the evident conservative style of processing promoted in fuzzy arithmetic (and interval analysis, for that matter), the author develops an interesting alternative, referred to as a transformation method, which helps curb the rapidly growing uncertainty (giving rise to a dramatically low granularity of the produced results). Furthermore, more specialized topics of fuzzy numbers are presented, such as inverse fuzzy arithmetic, defuzzification of fuzzy numbers, and scalar measures characterizing their properties (including imprecision and eccentricity). The second part of the book presents several representative applications in several disciplines of engineering, such as mechanical, geotechnical, biomedical and control. A series of case studies is well motivated and carefully described. The reader can easily benefit from studying a plethora of examples that cover a simulation of mechanical structures, vibration phenomena, identification of properties of porous media, and analysis and identification of models of the human glucose metabolism. The role of fuzzy numbers played in the context of sensitivity analysis becomes more apparent and could be fully appreciated. Overall, the book brings a comprehensive and timely material on the important topic of processing fuzzy numbers and thus offers an interesting insight into the applied aspects of fuzzy sets.




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