An Introduction to Many-Valued and Fuzzy Logic
Semantics, Algebras, And Derivation Systems
- Editore:
Cambridge University Press
- EAN:
9780521707572
- ISBN:
0521707579
- Pagine:
- 342
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione An Introduction to Many-Valued and Fuzzy Logic
This volume is an accessible introduction to the subject of many-valued and fuzzy logic suitable for use in relevant advanced undergraduate and graduate courses. The text opens with a discussion of the philosophical issues that give rise to fuzzy logic - problems arising from vague language - and returns to those issues as logical systems are presented. For historical and pedagogical reasons, three-valued logical systems are presented as useful intermediate systems for studying the principles and theory behind fuzzy logic. The major fuzzy logical systems - Lukaswiewicz, Goedel, and product logics - are then presented as generalizations of three-valued systems that successfully address the problems of vagueness. Semantic and axiomatic systems for three-valued and fuzzy logics are examined along with an introduction to the algebras characteristic of those systems. A clear presentation of technical concepts, this book includes exercises throughout the text that pose straightforward problems, that ask students to continue proofs begun in the text, and that engage students in the comparison of logical systems.
