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From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: Fuzzy Logic ?
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 23:15:42 GMT
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abrown@hpcvcec.cv.hp.com (Allen Brown) writes:
>Another thing that you don't mention (and the last guy completely
>missed) is that the solutions come out first order continuous even tho
>you may have entered a discontinuous description of the problem
>domain.  If you don't understand what I just said, try this:
>Its easy to write a complex model that won't cause your motor to have
>an epileptic fit.

       The derivatives have discontinuities, though.

       A bad fuzzy controller does seem to behave better than a bad PID 
controller.

						John Nagle
