s used directly in very few applications. One good example of its application is the Sony Palmtop. This device is one of the new handheld messaging systems that have become very popular of late. With it, you can use a computer light pen to write words on the screen. The computer then uses a form of fuzzy logic to decipher the written text into a chosen computer font. It's an ingenious idea when you take into account the billions of different styles of handwriting. The computer takes in the written information and applies the logic to find which character is the closest match.The need for Fuzzy logic is growing with advancements in robotics and artificial intelligence. Fuzzy CLIPS is an extension of the CLIPS (C Language Integrated Production System) expert system shell from NASA. It was developed by the Integrated Reasoning Group of the Institute for Information Technology of the National Research Council of Canada and has been widely distributed for a number of years. It enhances CLIPS by providing a fuzzy reasoning capability that is fully integrated with CLIPS facts and inference engine allowing one to represent and manipulate fuzzy facts and rules. Fuzzy CLIPS can deal with exact, fuzzy (or inexact), and combined reasoning, allowing fuzzy and normal terms to be freely mixed in the rules and facts of an expert system. The system uses two basic inexact concepts, fuzziness and uncertainty. It has provided a useful environment for developing fuzzy applications but it does require significant effort to update and maintain as new versions of CLIPS are released. There is another application of fuzzy logic in oil drilling. Their goal is to apply fuzzy modeling and genetic algorithm to model infill drilling oil and recovery using data collected from oil wells. Their preliminary results show that this modeling can improve the prediction accuracy of statistical models that were previously developed.Another application is in highway traf...
