Is the success of fuzzy logic really paradoxical?: Toward the actual logic behind expert systems

International Journal of Intelligent Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 295-326

  Nguyen, Hung T ^a   Kosheleva, Olga M ^b   Kreinovich, Vladik ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; FORMAL LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; LOGIC PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CHECK EQUIVALENCE; FUZZY PROPOSITION; TRUTH VALUES;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030151849     PISSN: 08848173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-111x(199605)11:5<295::aid-int4>3.0.co;2-j     Document Type: Article

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