Conceptual data modeling has become essential for non-traditional application areas. Some conceptual data models have been proposed as tools for database design and object-oriented database modeling. Information in real-world applications is often vague or ambiguous. Currently, a little research is underway on modeling the imprecision and uncertainty in conceptual data modeling and the conceptu...

Takagi-Sugeno (TS) fuzzy modeling and control techniques are applied to the classical nonlinear Ball and Beam problem. The nonlinear model is segmented to different local linear models. Local controllers are hence designed using LMI theory for achieving a robust control behavior for ball position. TS fuzzy modeling is applied to generate suitable fuzzy models, and the associated controllers. Us...

anti-lock braking system (abs) is a nonlinear and time varying system including uncertainty, so it cannot be controlled by classic methods. intelligent methods such as fuzzy controller are used in this area extensively; however traditional fuzzy controller using simple type-1 fuzzy sets may not be robust enough to overcome uncertainties. for this reason an interval type-2 fuzzy controller is de...

Fuzzy set theory has been extensively applied to extend various data models and resulted in numerous contributions, mainly with respect to the popular relational model or to some related form of it. To satisfy the need of modeling complex objects with imprecision and uncertainty, recently many researches have been concentrated on fuzzy semantic (conceptual) and object-oriented data models. This...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is inherently an unstable system and this necessitated the need of an external controller to stabilize and to control it. In this paper presents the exploration into the simulation, design and analysis of two autopilot schemes: (1) a fuzzy-PID controller and, (2) hybrid PID-Fuzzy controller for controlling pitch plane dynamics of an aircraft. The modeled fuzzy logi...

The VHDL-AMS based genetic optimization of fuzzy logic controller for movement control systems is discussed here. The designs have been carried out in the digital domain with HDL. The basic components of the fuzzy logic controller are designed using VHDL-AMS. The proposed work focuses on control of speed with respect to input parameter such as Alignment & distance with triangular membership fun...

Continuous advancement of information technology is looking for more generalized and specific database definition that could make possible the storage, retrieval and manipulation of multiple, different variety of imprecise, ambiguous, and incomplete complex information in the form of data. To explore such databases, researchers’ blends the concept of database with object oriented modeling and f...

Many knowledge representation methods have been developed for the purpose of defining an exact (nonfuzzy) knowledge type. The introduction of fuzzy variables imposes additional challenges when representing knowledge. The application of a certainty factor in relation to uncertain knowledge is a largely used method in overcoming this challenge. Applying this method in conjunction with Petri nets ...

The treatment of complex systems often requires the manipulation of vague, imprecise and uncertain information. Indeed, the human being is competent in handling of such systems in a natural way. Instead of thinking in mathematical terms, humans describes the behavior of the system by language proposals. In order to represent this type of information, Zadeh proposed to model the mechanism of hum...

Fuzzy rules, doubtlessly one of the most powerful tools of fuzzy logic, have not only been used successfully in established application areas like control engineering and approximate reasoning, but more recently also in the field of data mining. In this chapter, we provide a synthesis of different approaches to fuzzy association analysis, that is, the data-driven extraction of interesting patte...