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Combining neural networks and fuzzy systems, this presents neural networks as trainable dynamical systems and develops mechanisms and principles of adaption, self-organization, covergence and global stability. It also includes the geometric theory of fuzzy sets, systems and associative memories.
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Kosko (University of Southern California) presents two important recent developments, neural networks and fuzzy systems, from a consistent systems dynamics point of view. Kosko, an active researcher in both fields, has written probably the first book that has discussed both these theories at once. He uses the mathematical tools of upper-division undergraduate curricula in engineering and science: calculus, including differential equations; linear algebra; and probability, to present the techniques, the basic theory, and some applications of neural networks and fuzzy systems, including many of the important stability and convergence theorems for neural networks, and presents a new, "geometric" interpretation of fuzzy sets. He also gives many insights into the interrelations of these two approaches, and includes a chapter relating fuzzy set theory to probability. The book comes with software to allow the reader to experiment with computer implementations of many of the neural networks and fuzzy systems presented. This book is much more mathematical and provides greater depth than books such as Philip D. Wasserman's Neural Computing: Theory and Practice (CH, Nov'89), which could serve as an excellent introduction to Kosko's book. Although difficult to follow in places, the authoritative coverage of two important new areas should make this book a valuable reference for upper-level undergraduates and faculty.-H. D. Warner, Western New England College
