New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (22.00). No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. No chips or tears. From the Dust Jacket: "Lotfi Zadeh, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, invented fuzzy logic in 1964. Conventional logic divides the world into yes or no, black and white. Fuzzy logic deals in shades of gray. It can make computers think like people." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 319pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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Titolo

Fuzzy Logic : The Discovery of a Revolutionary Computer Technology - and How It Is Changing Our World

Editore

Simon & Schuster, New York

Data di pubblicazione

1993

Lingua

Inglese

ISBN 10

0671738437

ISBN 13

9780671738433

Rilegatura

Hardcover

Edizione

First Printing of the First Edition.

Condizione

Very Good condition

Condizione della sovraccoperta

Near Fine dust jacket

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Fuzzy Logic is an eye-opening book - an exciting tour of a high-tech world where visionary computer scientists are inventing the future, and a disturbing lesson in shortsighted business practices.
Imagine tossing your laundry into a "fuzzy" washing machine, pushing a button, and leaving thc machine to do the rest, from measuring out detergent to choosing a wash temperature. Imagine a microwave oven that watches over meals with more sensitivity than a human cook. Imagine a subway system that stops and starts so smoothly that passengers don't bother holding on to straps. Futuristic fantasy? No. In Japan, this is reality - and it's starting to explode into our marketplace.
Lotfi Zadeh, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, invented fuzzy logic in 1964. Conventional logic divides the world into yes and no, black and white. Fuzzy logic deals in shades of gray. It can thus make computers think like people.
But when Zadeh tried to sell his idea to the American academic community and to American companies, he met with ridicule and scorn. Only the Japanese saw the logic of fuzzy logic, and soon such companies as Matsushita and Sony will earn billions selling it back to us. And they will have a head start on the dazzling future possibilities of fuzzy logic: software that predicts the stock market based on the daily news, cars that drive themselves, sex robots with a humanlike repertoire of behavior, computers that understand and respond to normal human language, and molecule-size soldiers of health that roam the bloodstream, killing cancer cells and slowing the aging process.
Fuzzy Logic is the compelling tale of this remarkable new technology and the fascinating people who made it happen. It is also the story of what it took for American business to catch on to fuzzy logic - and how it will soon affect the lives of every one of us.

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