Plenary Lecture

The Fuzzy-Interpolative Adaptive Controllers


Associate Professor Marius M. Balas
“Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Automation and Applied Informatics
Romania
E-mail: marius.balas@ieee.org

Abstract: The lecture is discussing the fundamental sides of the fuzzy sets: the interpolative one. Since any fuzzy controller can be approximated by a corresponding interpolative one, the linear interpolations can be fully applied in almost any fuzzy sets application. The fuzzy-interpolative controllers are fuzzy controllers that may be equaled with linear interpolative networks. They are alloying the advantages of the linguistic representation of knowledge offered by the fuzzy side with the easiness of the interpolative implementations. Some applications focused on adaptive control and expert systems are presented.

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Marius M. Balas is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Automatics and Applied Informatics at the Faculty of Engineering, University “Aurel Vlaicu” Arad (Romania). He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Electronics and Telecommunications from Polytechnic University of Timisoara since 2001. He is author of more than 80 research papers in refereed journals and International Conferences. His research interests are in Fuzzy-Interpolative Controllers, Air conditioning, greenhouses, ABS braking and Autonomous Intelligent Cruise Control, etc.
He is member in Editorial Boards for national and international journals and participated in many international conferences as Organizer, Session Chair and member in International Program Committee.
Dr. Marius M. Balas has a great experience in research projects. He is member of EUSFLAT a Senior Member IEEE.