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Subject: BART KOSKO IN IEEE S
From: terry.smith@canrem.com (Terry Smith)
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AA> I just read Kosko's new book 'Fuzzy Thinking'. My final impression
AA> is that it is a load of self promoting crap. I couldn't find a
AA> single new or usable idea in the whole thing. His description of how
AA> fuzzy logic is applied to real mechanisms just doesn't hold water.
AA> Th implementation in hardware reduces to piece-wise linear
AA> approximation.  Big deal. I must be missing something.

I agree he got a little world-saving at the end, but FL is the real deal 
and he proves it.


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