Applied Informatics/Computational Design

1.8. Summary of Research Plan This application for a grant is to cover research in a real-time hybrid anticipatory control system. If is based on both anticipatory computing and soft computing. Anticipatory computing is a new form of computation developed within the framework of the research financed by the DFG (cf. NA 196/5-1 and NA 196/5-2). An anticipatory system is defined as a system whose current state depends on a future state, and can be formulated as x(t) = f[x(t), x(t+1),p] Soft computing is a term that covers several perspectives—fuzzy sets, fuzzy neurosystems, perception-based computing, etc.—that have been proven effective in the digital processing of non-clear-cut formations pertinent to complex phenomena. Consequently, the emphasis of this Proposal resides in the implementation of anticipatory computing as related to possibilistic models. This should make possible the management of complex systems that can be controlled by a computer system as well as by a human user. The project is focused on real-time control, i.e., adjustment. The solution sought must correspond to the time expectations of control systems, which must function with great precision, but which must also be