| Article ID: | iaor199919 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 29 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Start Page Number: | 459 |
| End Page Number: | 467 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1997 |
| Journal: | IIE Transactions |
| Authors: | Woodall William H., Barrett J. Douglas |
| Keywords: | fuzzy sets |
Fuzzy logic controllers have been used increasingly in industrial applications. We introduce the probabilistic controller as an alternative to fuzzy logic controllers. The probabilistic controller is a ‘universal’ controller with a structure closely analogous to a popular type of fuzzy logic controller, but it is not based on fuzzy logic.