C++ Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic: Preface

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machine under control—this is the machine or process that you are controlling, for example, a

washing machine

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outputs—these are the measured response behaviors of your machine, for example, the

temperature of the water

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fuzzy outputs—these are the same outputs passed through a fuzzifier, for example, hot or very

cold

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inference engine/fuzzy rule base—an inference engine converts fuzzy outputs to actions to take

by accessing fuzzy rules in a fuzzy rule base. An example of a fuzzy rule: IF the output is very cold,

THEN increase the water temperature setting by a very large amount