Lotfi Zadeh: the genius creator of fuzzy logic

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Zadeh, fuzzy sets, fuzzy logic, generalized theory of uncertainty, Z-number, fuzzy

Abstract

Lotfi Asker Zadeh: mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist and Iranian-American professor at the University of California in Berkeley. He created the theory of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic. Zadeh is one of the most remarkable geniuses of the current era. Among his other creations are the Z-transform method, the approach of the theory of linear systems based on states, linguistic variables, fuzzy control, approximate reasoning, theory of possibility, "soft computing", computation with words, computational theory of perceptions, theory of the granulation of fuzzy information, generalized theory of uncertainty, and Z-numbers.

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Author Biographies

Carlos Lameda Montero, Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuela

Ingeniero Electrónico. Magister en Ingeniería Eléctrica. Magister en Ciencias de la Computación. Doctor en Ciencias de la Ingeniería mención Productividad. Profesor-investigador de la Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica “Antonio José de Sucre” (UNEXPO), Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Correo: clameda@unexpo.edu.ve

Ennodio Torres Cruz, Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuela

Profesor de Matemáticas y Física. Máster en Ciencias Matemáticas. Doctor en Ciencias Matemáticas. Profesor Titular Jubilado de la Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado (UCLA). Profesor y Tutor del Doctorado en Ciencias de la Ingeniería Mención Productividad de la Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica “Antonio José de Sucre”(UNEXPO). Correo: ejtorresc.doctorado@unexpo.edu.ve

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Publicaciones en Ciencias y Tecnologia Vol 12 nro 2 año 20189

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2018-11-05

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C. Lameda Montero and E. Torres Cruz, “Lotfi Zadeh: the genius creator of fuzzy logic”, Publ.Cienc.Tecnol, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 127-133, Nov. 2018.

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