Tim Ward suggested:
"And you might also want to google for:
Pease "fuzzy logic"

Bob Pease is a staff scientist at National Semiconductor. His
conclusions:
There is a tremendous amount of hype and outright falsehood, with very
little supporting data for the miracle applications.
It can help simplify some non-linear problems."


In this thread, the only strong claims made about fuzzy logic have been
that it is "risky" (which has gone unexplained) and that it is
non-deterministic, which is simply false.

Fuzzy logic has an extensive, published record of successful
applications on which to stand, both in control and elsewhere. I am
familiar with Bob Pease's criticism of certain published fuzzy control
applications, and he makes some good points. No one here, as I read
it, has made miraculous claims, nevertheless fuzzy logic has been used
to good effect to solve real-world problems.

You have apparently encountered some uncritical, starry-eyed fans of
fuzzy logic, for which you have my sympathy. Nonetheless, a technology
should be judged on its technical merits, not its adherents.


-Will Dwinnell
http://will.dwinnell.com