Multivariate methods were applied to denoise the gravity and geomagnetic signals continuously recorded by the permanent monitoring networks on the Etna volcano. Gravity and geomagnetic signals observed in volcanic areas are severely influenced by meteorological variables (i.e. pressure, temperature and humidity), whose disturbances can make the detection of volcanic source effects more difficul...

In this special issue on "Fuzzy Expert Systems," six papers cover a wide range of concerns--from theory to applications including: (1) a rule base reorganization, (2) a linear interpolation, (3) a neuro-fuzzy approach to pairwise comparison, (4) properties of reduction, in transitive matrices, (5) a consistency checking procedure, and (6) a context dependency model. We present a brief review of...

Fiber optic sensors can be used to monitor deformation and/or the overall integrity of structure components. In this paper, we propose a fuzzy control theory based control principle for sensors, and design a new kind of fiber optic sensor used for Geological monitoring. In order to validate the efficiency of the designed sensor, we simulate a water inrush model in a coal mine, and observe the w...

This work presents an observer-based adaptive control approach for time-delay chaotic systems with uncertainty. The chaotic system is initially expressed with the Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model. The design of the adaptive fuzzy observer is introduced based on the assumptions of chaotic system properties. Next, the design principle is applied to stabilization and tracking problems. Based on Lya...

in this article, the factors considered in the evaluating performance of urban management in ardabil are classified in two axes: 1. enabling and supporting entrepreneurs (with 10 components) and 2. providing the appropriate environment for entrepreneurs (with 6 components) and their importance are determined using the technique of multiple comparisons. the statistical population in this study a...

This paper proposes a graphical representation for the computation of complex functions with two fuzzy arguments. It is based on the theory of evidence, and has been compared with the theory of falling shadows with similar results for the AND operation. It is graphically shown that no general correspondence between grades of membership correlation and t-norms can be established when the extensi...

This paper introduces, in analogy to the concept of fuzzy numbers, the concept of fuzzy booleans, and examines approximate reasoning with the compositional rule of inference using fuzzy booleans. It is shown that each set of fuzzy rules is equivalent to a set of fuzzy rules with singleton crisp antecedents; in case of fuzzy booleans this set contains only two rules. It is shown that Zadeh's ext...

In this paper, a new set of spline functions called ``Flat End Fuzzy Spline" is defined to interpolate given fuzzy data. Some important theorems on these splines together with their existence and uniqueness properties are discussed. Then numerical examples are presented to illustrate the differences between of using our spline and other interpolations that have been studied before.