Rule-based modeling: precision and transparency
- 1 February 1998
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part C (Applications and Reviews)
- Vol. 28 (1), 165-169
- https://doi.org/10.1109/5326.661100
Abstract
This article is a reaction to recent publications on rule-based modeling using fuzzy set theory and fuzzy logic. The interest in fuzzy systems has recently shifted from the seminal ideas about complexity reduction toward data-driven construction of fuzzy systems. Many algorithms have been introduced that aim at numerical approximation of functions by rules, but pay little attention to the interpretability of the resulting rule base. We show that fuzzy rule-based models acquired from measurements can be both accurate and transparent by using a low number of rules. The rules are generated by product-space clustering and describe the system in terms of the characteristic local behavior of the system in regions identified by the clustering algorithm. The fuzzy transition between rules makes it possible to achieve precision along with a good qualitative description in linguistic terms. The latter is useful for expert evaluation, rule-base maintenance, operator training, control systems design, user interfacing, etc. We demonstrate the approach on a modeling problem from a recently published article.Keywords
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