Rockwell Automation RSLogix 5000 Fuzzy Designer - Manual (Page 149)

149 Publication LOGIX-UM004A-EN-P - March 2007
Chapter
8
Glossary
Introduction In this section, you can find brief explanations on terminology used in
this document.
activation
A process by which the degree of fulfillment of a rule condition acts
on an output fuzzy set
aggregation
An operation which combines several fuzzy sets to produce a single
fuzzy set. In the context of fuzzy control, it is the method of activation
when multiple rules share the same term of a linguistic variable in the
rule conclusion.
application
A synonym for user programs
Centroid Average (CA)
A continuous defuzzification technique
client
An application that uses the services of an object
crisp set
A special case of a fuzzy set, in which the membership function
only takes two values, commonly defined as 0 and 1
defuzzification
A conversion of a fuzzy set into a numerical value
Degree Of Activation (DOA)
The degree to which the condition part of a rule is satisfied and
consequently the degree to which the terms in the rule conclusion
will be activated.