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Application Keynote Lecture

Prof. Bob John (University of Nottingham)

Type-2 Fuzzy Logic in Decision Support

Abstract

This talk will provide an overview of Bob's research in type-2 fuzzy logic and its application in Decision Support.

Type-2 fuzzy sets are fuzzy-fuzzy sets - that is, where the fuzzy set has membership grades that are themselves fuzzy sets, rather than numbers in [0,1]. Fuzzy sets (type-1) have had significant success in control applications but by their very definition are not particularly 'fuzzy' and struggle in applications that attempt to mimic human reasoning in decision support systems. Introduced in 1975, type-2 fuzzy logic really started to grow in the late '90s led by Bob and Jerry Mendel. In the intervening period the number of type-2 papers and researchers has grown considerably. This talk will introduce the audience to type-2 fuzzy logic and provide a brief history.

Bob will describe practical application of his work in decision support, such as the aggregation of uncertain information, supply chain modelling and medical diagnosis.


Bob John has a BSc in Mathematics, a MSc in Statistics and a PhD in Fuzzy Logic. He worked in industry for 10 years as a mathematician and knowledge engineer developing knowledge based systems for British Gas and the financial services industry. Bob spent 24 years at De Montfort University in various roles including Head of Department, Head of School and Deputy Dean. He led the Centre for Computational Intelligence research group from 2001 until 2012. Bob joined Nottingham this year where he leads on the LANCS initiative and Heads up the research group ASAP in the School of Computer Science. The LANCS Initiative is built on a collaboration between four U.K. Universities: Lancaster, Nottingham, Cardiff and Southampton. The U.K.'s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council granted £5.4 million to support the development of research at the edge of Computer Science and Operational Research. The Automated Scheduling, Optimisation and Planning (ASAP) research group carries out multi-disciplinary research into mathematical models and algorithms for a variety of real world optimisation problems. It has 8 academic staff, 9 researchers and over 30 PhD students.

SGAI

AI-2013 Thirty-third SGAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence. CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND 10-12 DECEMBER 2013

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internet access for delegates

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