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In article <3fdikr$p08@crl2.crl.com>, rising@crl.com (Hawley K Rising) writes:
|>
|> ... I found his book
|> to be a very readable introduction to both NN's and Fuzzy Logic, and his
|> explanation of the differences between Fuzzy Logic and statistics isn't
|> found anywhere else.

I take it you mean differences between fuzzy logic and probability.
Kosko has some interesting points, but his conclusion that probability
is a special case of fuzziness is wrong. Reference:

@inproceedings{Dubo&Prad93,
    author  = {D. Dubois and H. Prade},
    title   = {Fuzzy sets and probability: Misunderstandings, bridges and gaps},
    booktitle = {Second IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems},
    organization = {IEEE},
    year    = {1993},
    pages   = {1059--1068},
    note    = {San Fransisco, California March 28--April 1, 1993},
}
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