9 1/2" x 6 1/4", 320 pages, black and white text illustrations, bibliography. Fuzzy Logic is an eye-opening book - an exciting tour of a high-tech world where visionary computer scientists are inventing the future, and a disturbing lesson in shortsighted business practices. Conventional logic divides the world into yes and no, black and white. Fuzzy logic deals in shades of gray. It can thus make computers think like people. Fuzzy Logic is the compelling tale of this remarkable new technology and the fascinating people who made it happen. It is also the story of what it took for American business to catch on to fuzzy logic - and how it will soon affect the lives of every one of us. Hb in dw, a near fine copy.

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Title: Fuzzy Logic: The Discovery of a Revolutionary Computer Technology - and How it is Changing Our World
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, New York NY
Publication Date: 1993
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0671738437
ISBN 13: 9780671738433
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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"Fuzzy logic" is a way to program computers so that they can mimic the imprecise way that humans make decisions. This technology allows for many innovative applications, including cars that virtually drive themselves, washing machines that pick the right wash cycles and water temperature automatically and air conditioning and heaters that adjust to the number of people in the room. This book traces the dramatic story of Lotfi Zadeh, an Iranian-American professor at Berkeley who began developing fuzzy logic more than 27 years ago, and his struggle and subsequent failure to sell his idea to the American academic and business communities.

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