Fuzzy Logic: The Revolutionary
Computer Technology That Is
Changing Our World by Daniel
Mcneill
Excellent
Fuzzy logic is a way to program computers so that they can mimic the
imprecise way that humans make decisions. This important book traces
the dramatic story of Lofti Zadeh, the Iranian-American professor who
developed this concept, and his struggle to sell it to the American
academic and business communities.
Personal Review: Fuzzy Logic: The Revolutionary Computer
Technology That Is Changing Our World by Daniel Mcneill
'Fuzzy Logic: A Revolutionary Computer Technology that is changing our
world', a book by Daniel McNeill and Paul Freiberger, is all about the
history and philosophy of fuzzy logic. This book was written nearly a

decade from now and the main body consists of 275 pages of text (pp. 9 to
283). It took me 2 weeks to finish reading this book since I underlined
important terms, concepts, and names of the people who contributed to the
development of fuzzy logic. Without underlining, I think anyone can read
this book in less than a week. The book has the following advantages and
disadvantages:
Advantages:
1. It has quotations from famous people at the beginning of each chapter.
2. It is comprehensive.
3. It has been a major source of reference of most websites on fuzzy logic.
4. It is lightweight and measures approximately 7' x 5' inches.
Disadvantages:
1. It contains only a few diagrams.
2. It is monochromatic (lacks color).
3. It is generally non-technical.
I understand its predominantly non-technical approach (3rd disadvantage)
because I assumed that there has been a lack of English technical
references for fuzzy logic in the early 90's. Therefore, these are my
comments/suggestions:
Comments/Suggestions:
1. I suggest that the authors revise the book to include 2 parts:
a. Fuzzy Logic: History and Philosophy
b. Fuzzy Logic: Concepts and Applications
2. The revised version should include more mathematical
diagrams/models, sample problems with solutions, and exercises with odd-
numbered solutions.
3. The revised version should include technical references such as
'Heaven in a Chip: Fuzzy Visions of Society and Science in the Digital Age'
by Bart Kosko, 'Learning and Soft Computing: Support Vector Machines,
Neural Networks, and Fuzzy Logic Models' by Vojislav Kecman, 'Genetic
Fuzzy Systems: Evolutionary Tuning and Learning of Fuzzy Knowledge
Bases' by Oscar Cordon, 'Fuzzy Engineering' by Bart Kosko, and Fuzzy
Logic and Neuro Fuzzy Applications Explained' by Constantin Von Altrock.

4. The revised version should include sample applications with simulation
using free downloadable fuzzy logic software/program from the internet
such as FuzzyLib 2.0 and Simple Inference Engine 1.0 which are currently
both available...
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