โ Scribed by B.S. Sembi; N.J.C. Baker; J. Efstathiou
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the panel session referring to Professor Zadeh's lecture when he discussed the concept of the "possibility distribution" as being distinct from the "probability distribution". Dr Kohout felt that the possibilistic approach could only be used with fuzzy reasoning. He foresaw many applications of this approach in biology and social sciences where crisp definitions were difficult and hence a more flexible approach using fuzzy reasoning is more suitable. He also felt that the introduction of multiple observers to a system and fuzzification would bring together possibility distribution and fuzzy reasoning.
Dr Mamdani from Queen Mary College, who has worked on the application of fuzzy set theory to control, spoke of his involvement and observation of the development of fuzzy set theory over a number of years. As a co-organiser of the Workshop he was pleased to see the response of people new to the theory who had applications for the theory. He stressed the important role that the solution of these problems could play in the development of fuzzy set theory and the way in which applications could point to weaknesses in the theory that would need solution.
Professor Franksen from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark saw a number of applications of fuzzy set theory. The first was in production management where he foresaw the possibility of people at last being able to describe what was happening. He also foresaw the theory as providing a bridge between computer data bases and shadow subjective data bases. He did, however, sound a word of caution to the researchers who increasingly show a tendency to move to new fields, such as psychology, as a result of 407
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