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- catalog abstract "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. Imagine tossing your laundry into a "fuzzy" washing machine, pushing a button, and leaving thc machine to do the rest, from measuring out detergent to choosing a wash temperature. Imagine a microwave oven that watches over meals with more sensitivity than a human cook. Imagine a subway system that stops and starts so smoothly that passengers don't bother holding on to straps. Futuristic fantasy? No. In Japan, this is reality - and it's starting to explode into our marketplace. Lotfi Zadeh, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, invented fuzzy logic in 1964. 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. But when Zadeh tried to sell his idea to the American academic community and to American companies, he met with ridicule and scorn. Only the Japanese saw the logic of fuzzy logic, and soon such companies as Matsushita and Sony will earn billions selling it back to us. And they will have a head start on the dazzling future possibilities of fuzzy logic: software that predicts the stock market based on the daily news, cars that drive themselves, sex robots with a humanlike repertoire of behavior, computers that understand and respond to normal human language, and molecule-size soldiers of health that roam the bloodstream, killing cancer cells and slowing the aging process. 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.".
- catalog contributor b4555085.
- catalog contributor b4555086.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "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. Imagine tossing your laundry into a "fuzzy" washing machine, pushing a button, and leaving thc machine to do the rest, from measuring out detergent to choosing a wash temperature. Imagine a microwave oven that watches over meals with more sensitivity than a human cook. Imagine a subway system that stops and starts so smoothly that passengers don't bother holding on to straps. Futuristic fantasy? No. In Japan, this is reality - and it's starting to explode into our marketplace. Lotfi Zadeh, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, invented fuzzy logic in 1964. 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. But when Zadeh tried to sell his idea to the American academic community and to American companies, he met with ridicule and scorn. Only the Japanese saw the logic of fuzzy logic, and soon such companies as Matsushita and Sony will earn billions selling it back to us. And they will have a head start on the dazzling future possibilities of fuzzy logic: software that predicts the stock market based on the daily news, cars that drive themselves, sex robots with a humanlike repertoire of behavior, computers that understand and respond to normal human language, and molecule-size soldiers of health that roam the bloodstream, killing cancer cells and slowing the aging process. 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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-306) and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue: a train runs in Sendai -- 1. The master -- 2. The cocaine of science -- 3. The Arago factor -- 4. The sharp mirage -- 5. Fuzzy engine, fuzzy inferno -- 6. The vague archipelago -- 7. The silk tracks -- 8. In electric town -- 9. Turf war -- 10. American Samurai -- 11. Fuzzy Delphi -- l2. Webs of cognition -- 13. Inside the Japanese labs -- 14. American upswing.".
- catalog extent "319 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Fuzzy logic.".
- catalog identifier "0671738437 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Fuzzy logic.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Simon & Schuster,".
- catalog relation "Fuzzy logic.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "628.9 20".
- catalog subject "Automatic control.".
- catalog subject "Competition, International.".
- catalog subject "Computer industry United States.".
- catalog subject "Fuzzy systems.".
- catalog subject "TJ213 .M353 1993".
- catalog subject "Technology transfer United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: a train runs in Sendai -- 1. The master -- 2. The cocaine of science -- 3. The Arago factor -- 4. The sharp mirage -- 5. Fuzzy engine, fuzzy inferno -- 6. The vague archipelago -- 7. The silk tracks -- 8. In electric town -- 9. Turf war -- 10. American Samurai -- 11. Fuzzy Delphi -- l2. Webs of cognition -- 13. Inside the Japanese labs -- 14. American upswing.".
- catalog title "Fuzzy logic / Daniel McNeill, Paul Freiberger.".
- catalog type "text".