Title :
Fuzzy Hardware: A Retrospective and Analysis
Author :
Zavala, Antonio Hernández ; Nieto, Oscar Camacho
Author_Institution :
Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ing. y Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ingenierfa y Tecnologfas Avanzadas, Inst. Politec. Nac., Mexico City, Mexico
Abstract :
Worldwide, fuzzy systems are becoming a very useful mathematical tool to deal with nonlinear problems by inferring from a rule base that contains the necessary knowledge extracted from an expert. There are diverse forms to implement a fuzzy system depending on the desired response time, for which hardware implementations are best suited for high-speed demands. Fuzzy hardware has been exploited since the mid-1980s, and there have been many interesting architecture cases with different functional and performance characteristics that are reviewed in this paper from a categorical and historical point of view.
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; field programmable gate arrays; fuzzy logic; fuzzy systems; inference mechanisms; knowledge acquisition; knowledge based systems; ASIC; FPGA; application-specific integrated circuits; field-programmable gate array; fuzzy hardware; fuzzy logic; fuzzy systems; knowledge extraction; mathematical tool; nonlinear problems; programmable devices; rule inference; Computer architecture; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy systems; Hardware; Pipeline processing; Pragmatics; Software; Decision making; digital hardware; fuzzy hardware; fuzzy systems; inference system;
Journal_Title :
Fuzzy Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TFUZZ.2011.2181179
