Zadeh's Centenary

Authors

  • Ioan DZITAC Editor-in-Chief, Agora University of Oradea & Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad

Keywords:

Zadeh, fuzzy sets, fuzzy logic, soft computing, centenary

Abstract

This is the introductory paper in a special issue on fuzzy logic dedicated to the centenary of the birth of Lotfi A. Zadeh published by International Journal of Computers Communications & Control (IJCCC). In 1965, Lotfi A. Zadeh published in the journal „Information and Control” the article titled „Fuzzy sets”, which today reaches over 117 thousand citations. The total sum of citations for all his papers is above 253 thousand. Based on the notion of fuzzy sets, fuzzy logic and the concept of soft computing emerged, bringing extremely important implications to the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In 2017, I published, whith F.G. Filip and M.J. Manolescu, a 42-page long paper in the IJCCC about the life and masterwork of Lotfi A. Zadeh, from which I will use some information in this material [15].

Author Biography

Ioan DZITAC, Editor-in-Chief, Agora University of Oradea & Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad

Editor-in-Chief of IJCCC

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