In article <3B6FE4A1.3040909@bellatlantic.net>,
<predictr@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
>It is apparent that my last attempt to shed light on this subject has
>failed miserably, and that all sorts of side issues were raised which
>are irrelevant to the question of fuzzy logic's effectiveness at solving
>problems.
>The most common variety of fuzzy logic system is the fuzzy rule base
>which accepts one or more continuous values as input and yields a
>continuous output: fuzzy rule bases are functions of real numbers.
>My question to fuzzy critics is: if such functions can economically be
>made to serve as approximations to variables in real-world processes
>(they are a form of regression), is there any legitimate reason to
>dismiss their use out of hand?
I think the question is, what is inference?
If inference is belief, it is likely to be all wrong
anyhow; the current theories are just wrong, and the
null hypotheses, at least as tested, are false.
So I consider the sole problem as what action should be
taken, and if more than one, they should be essentially
equivalent. This is what "fuzzy inference" does not
address.
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