Application of Fuzzy Logic to Approximate Reasoning Using Linguistic Synthesis

TLDR

The paper applies fuzzy logic to design controllers for industrial plants and proposes extending the approach to prescriptive or self‑organizing systems. A fuzzy logic system synthesizes linguistic control protocols that emulate a skilled operator for industrial plant controllers. The approach has been successfully applied to pilot‑scale plants and practical settings, demonstrating its merits and usefulness in control engineering.

Abstract

This paper describes an application of fuzzy logic in designing controllers for industrial plants. A fuzzy logic is used to synthesize linguistic control protocol of a skilled operator. The method has been applied to pilot scale plants as well as in practical situations. The merits of this method and its usefulness to control engineering are discussed. An avenue for further work in this area is described where the need is to go beyond a purely descriptive approach, and means for implementing a prescriptive or a self-organizing system are explored.