IFAC report: Round table discussion on the estimation and control in fuzzy environments

• Authors: Madan M Gupta
• Venue: Automatica (Journal of IFAC)
• Year: 1975

The main contributions to the round table discussion on 'Estimation and Control in Fuzzy Environments' which took place during the 3rd IFAC Symposium on Identification and System Parameter Estimation are summarized. Some viewpoints describing the future trends of the subject are also presented. It was a well-attended and lengthy session which lasted for about 4 hours. Considerable information was exchanged on this newly developed discipline. Introductory lectures were given by a panel of five speakers (Gupta-Canada, Zadeh-U.S.A., Fu-U.S.A., Tamura-Japan, Sugeno-Japan) which lasted for about 2 hours. The need for these introductory lectures was felt by the panel as well as by the audience in view of a relative unfamiliarity with the subject by many of the audience. After a brief coffee break, the session was opened for discussion and comments from the floor. A lively discussion took place and continued for another 2 hours. Even after this, the meeting proved to be too short, and Professor Zadeh was able to present some more results of his work the next day during the session on Adaptive Control. The purpose of this brief report is to summarize the main contributions made in the course of this stimulating round table discussion, and to draw conclusions on which the future work should be directed. A partial list of the bibliography is also included.