Preface

Introduction A Manifesto: Fuzzy Information Engineering

D. Dubois

H. Prade

R. R. Yager

Clarifying Information Part 1: Sensing and Enhancing

Guiding Note

1 Fuzzy Sensors: An Overview

G. Mauris

E. Benoit

L. Foulloy

2 A Fuzzy Freehand Drawing System

C. L. P. Chen

S. Xie

3 Handwritten Numeric Field Location via Fuzzy Logic

P. Gader

J. M. Keller

J. Cai

4 Segmenting Medical Images with Fuzzy Models: An Update

J. C. Bezdek

L. O. Hall

M. Clark

D. Goldgof

L. P. Clarke

5 Fuzzy Modelling and Fuzzy Mathematical Morphology Applied to 3D Reconstruction of Blood Vassels by Multi-Modality Data Fusion

I. Bloch

C. Pellot

F. Sureda

A. Herment

6 Multisources Information-Fusion Application for Satellite Image Classification

L. Roux

J. Desachy

7 Elicitation, Pooling, and Assessment of Expert Opinion in the Possibilistic Framework

S. A. Sandri

Clarifying Information Part 2: Abstracting and Modeling

Guiding Note

8 Learning from Imperfect Data

B. Bouchon-Meunier

C. Marsala

M. Ramdani

9 Extracting Fuzzy Rules from Data for Function Approximation and Pattern Classification

S. L. Chiu

10 Probabilistic Validation of Fuzzy Rules with NonFuzzy Conclusions

F. Bergadano

V. Cutello

11 Nonlinear Channel Equalization by Adaptive Fuzzy Filter

L. X. Wang

J. M. Mendel

12 Possibilistic Time-Series Model and Analysis of Consumption

J. Watada

13 Virtual Worlds in Feedback Fuzzy Systems

J. A. Dickerson

B. Kosko

Retrieving Information Part 1: Querying

Guiding Note

14 Fuzzy Queries in Microsoft Access V.2

J. Kacprzyk

S. Zadrozny

15 Extending SQL Retrieval Features for the Handling of Flexible Queries

P. Bosc

O. Pivert

16 A Fuzzy SQL Summary Language for Data Discovery

D. Rasmussen

R. R. Yager

17 A Fuzzy Information Retrieval System Handling Users' Preferences on Document Sections

G. Bordogna

G. Pasi

18 Data Model and Fuzzy Information Retrieval for Scenic Image Database: Theoretical Extension of a Traditional Crisp Model to Fuzzy Model

Y. Isomoto

K. Yoshine

H. Nakatani

N. Ishii

19 Query Fuzzification for Internet Information Retrieval

H. L. Larsen

R. R. Yager

20 Fuzzy Database Techniques: An Application to Criminal Investigation

R. Vandenberghe

R. De Caluwe

21 An Approach to Modelling Impreciseness and Uncertainity in the Object-Oriented Data Model

R. George

R. Srikanth

B. P. Buckles

F. E. Petry

Retrieving Information Part 2: Reasoning

Guiding Note

22 The Progression of the First Fuzzy Logic Control Application

L. P. Holmblad

J. J. Ostergaard

23 MILORD: The Architecture and the Management of Linguistically Expressed Uncertainty

L. Godo

R. Lopez de Mantaras

C. Sierra

A. Verdaguer

24 Fuzzy Set Methods in Inheritance Networks

R. R. Yager

25 POSSINFER: A Software Tool for Possibilistic Inference

J. Gebhardt

R. Kruse

26 Possibilistic ATMS in a Data Fusion Problem

S. Beneferhat

T. Chehire

F. Fulvio Monai

27 Possibilistic Handling of Uncertainity in Practical Fault Isolation

D. Cayrac

D. Dubois

H. Prade

28 A Fuzzy Categorial Grammar for the Harmonization of Melodies

F. S. Correa da Silva

F. Kon

Exploiting Information Part 1: Decision-Making

Guiding Note

29 Operators in Models of Decision Making

H. J. Zimmerman

30 Use of Fuzzy Decision-Making Method of a Large-Scale and Multiple Objectives Problem

H. Maeda

S. Murakami

31 Fuzzy Measures and Integrals: A Survey of Applications and Recent Issues

M. Grabisch

32 Risk Management with Imprecise Information

K. J. Engemann

R. R. Yager

H. E. Miller

33 Use of Possibility Theory to Measure Driver Anxiety During Signal Change Intervals

S. Kikuchi

V. Perincherry

34 An Interactive GDSS for Consensus Reaching using Fuzzy Logic with Linguistic Quantifiers

J. Kacprzyk

S. Zadrozny

M. Fedrizzi

Exploiting Information Part 2: Designing and Optimizing

Guiding Note

35 Tuning the Cutting Edge Conditions on a Machining Transfer Line Using Fuzzy Constraint Propagation

D. Dubois

36 Media Selection and Other Applications of Fuzzy Linear Programming

H. J. Zimmerman

37 Fuzzy Set Methods in Separation Process Synthesis

S. Djouad

P. Floquet

S. Domenech

L. Pibouleau

38 Improving Engineering Design with Fuzzy Sets

E. K. Antonsson

K. N. Otto

39 Fuzzy Scheduling: Principles and Experiments

H. Fargier

40 Scheduling System Design: Three Fuzzy Theory Approaches

I. B. Turksen

41 Tuning of Fuzzy Rules for Multiobjective Scheduling

B. Grabot

L. Geneste

A. Dupeux

Index