ARE FUZZY SYSTEMS UNIVERSAL APPROXIMATORS?

1 August 1999

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of General Systems

Vol. 28 (2-3) , 259-282
https://doi.org/10.1080/03081079908935238

Abstract

This paper is a critical reflection on various results in lileralure claiming that fuzzy systems are universal approximators. For this purpose the most specific features of fuzzy systems are outlined and it is discussed to which extent they are incorporated in the formal definition of a Tuzzy system in literature. It is argued that fuzzy systems can only be universal approximators in a rather reduced sense where some crucial features are neglected. The goal is to give an impulse to investigate more adequate mathematical concepts of a fuzzy system thai also take into account such features as transparency and linguistic interpretability.

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