Fuzzy modeling: fundamentals, design and challenges

Witold Pedrycz – Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

 

Fuzzy modeling and fuzzy models have emerged as a novel paradigm firmly dwelled on the principles of computing with information granules – fuzzy sets. Over the past decades we have witnessed a truly remarkable progress in this area. We have arrived at a wealth of fuzzy models, their design patterns, and ensuing applications. The objective of this tutorial is to offer the audience a comprehensive exposure of the fundamentals, methodology and design practices of fuzzy modeling.  We discuss motivating factors behind fuzzy models, bring forward the underlying algorithmic setup and offer a critical assessment of existing development methods by clearly identifying their advantages and possible limitations.The tutorial is self-contained. As far as prerequisites are concerned, it is anticipated that the audience is familiar with the essentials of fuzzy sets.

Biography

Witold Pedrycz received the M.Sc., and Ph.D., D.Sci. all from the Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland. He is a Professor and Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Computational Intelligence in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. He is also with the Polish Academy of Sciences, Systems Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland.His research interests encompass a broad spectrum of Computational Intelligence, fuzzy modeling, knowledge discovery and data mining, fuzzy control including fuzzy controllers, pattern recognition, knowledge-based neural networks, granular and relational computing, and Software Engineering. He has published numerous papers in these areas. He is also an author of 12 research monographs. Witold Pedrycz has been a member of numerous program committees of IEEE conferences in the area of cybernetics, fuzzy sets and neurocomputing. He is a General Co-Chair of IEEE SMC 2009 to be held in San Antonio, TX in October 2009. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics-part A, Editor-in-Chief of Information Sciences, and Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. Dr. Pedrycz is a recipient of the prestigious Norbert Wiener award from the IEEE Society of Systems, Man, and Cybernetics and an IEEE Canada Silver Medal in Computer Engineering.