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 | | A First Course in Fuzzy and Neural Control by Hung T. Nguyen, Nadipuram R. Prasad, Carol L. Walker, Ebert A. Walker ISBN-10: 9781584882442 ISBN-10: 1-58488-244-1 ISBN-13: 9781584882442 ISBN-13: 978-1-58488-244-2 Hardcover 2002-11-26 Chapman & Hall/CRC Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Although the use of fuzzy control methods has grown nearly to the level of classical control, the true understanding of fuzzy control lags seriously behind. Moreover, most engineers are well versed in either traditional control or in fuzzy control-rarely both. Each has applications for which it is better suited, but without a good understanding of both, engineers cannot make a sound determination of which technique to use for a given situation.A First Course in Fuzzy and Neural Control is designed to build the foundation needed to make those decisions. It begins with an introduction to standard control theory, then makes a smooth transition to complex problems that require innovative fuzzy, neural, and fuzzy-neural techniques. For each method, the authors clearly answer the questions: What is this new control method? Why is it needed? How is it implemented? Real-world examples, exercises, and ideas for student projects reinforce the concepts presented.Developed from lecture notes for a highly successful course titled The Fundamentals of Soft Computing, the text is written in the same reader-friendly style as the authors' popular A First Course in Fuzzy Logic text. A First Course in Fuzzy and Neural Control requires only a basic background in mathematics and engineering and does not overwhelm students with unnecessary material but serves to motivate them toward more advanced studies. | ||
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Fascinating Introduction to Bio-Inspired Technolgies A First Course in Fuzzy and Neural Control provide a great introduction to fuzzy and neural systems, giving enough level of detail when needed and without missing the point that it is intended for an introductory course. The book provides a well-balanced lecture going from key concepts of classical control theory to soft-computing control techniques. This is definitely a "must have" book in any personal library of anyone interested in the study and development of bio-inspired technologies. From academic point of view, A First Course in Fuzzy and Neural Control is the ideal text book for introductory courses on the subject that will be the source of inspiration for the students to get motivated to explore the fascinating world of soft-computing and bio-inspired technologies. | ||
Intermedium level This book deepens concepts about fuzzy theory and fuzzy control. It is a useful tool to develop applications in fuzzy control. Otherwise this one presents a basic introduction to neural network, furthermore the theory about neural-fuzzy and fuzzy-neural is presented in basic form. The book contains a large number of examples about all items and Matlab software is used in many of they. I would catalog this book in medium level of deepening. Topics about fuzzy control are tried deeper than neuro-fuzzy, fuzzy-neural topics. | ||
Excellent introductory book Fascinating reading. I had trouble putting it down at times, which is a lot to be said for a text book! Although I had lots of experience with classical control methods I hadn't studied neural or fuzzy systems before. I found the book gave me an excellent introduction to the topics in a highly readable format and yet also gave me the details mathematics required to be able to be able to program fuzzy and neural systems myself. It also had examples using the Matlab toolboxes which was useful. | ||