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THE PRESENT STATE-OF-THE-ART FUZZY TECHNOLOGY IN FINLAND

1994; Volume: 6; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3156/jfuzzy.6.2_254

2432-9932

Vesa A. Niskanen,

Information Systems and Technology Applications

At the beginning the focus was on basic research, in such areas as logic, mathematics, methodology and decision making, Today several practical applications have been developed, as will be jllustrated in examples below.Although the total number of researchers is fuzzy ferty, we have enthusiasti- cally participated in fuzzy activities at the international level.During the last two years, thanks to the invasion of Japanese applications, among others, interest in fuzziness has clearly awakened in Finland, and, for example, several radio and tv programs as well as newspaper articles have considered fuzziness.As a matter of curiosityit can be mentioned that the famous Finnish rally drivers Ari Vatanen and Markku Alen utilize fuzzy shift control in their Subarus.Hence, the fuzzy future seems to hold great promise for Finnish researchers.2.