Optimazation of Fuzzy Systems by Switching Reasoning Methods Dynamically

This paper proposes that the best reasoning(i.e. rule evaluation) method which should be used in a fuzzy system significantly depends on the reasoning environment. It is shown that allowing for dynamic switching of reasoning methods leads to better performance, even when only two different reasoning methods are considered. This paper discusses DSFS (Dynamic Switching Fuzzy System) which dynamically switches and finds the best reasoning method (from among 80 different possible reasoning methods) to use depending on the reasoning situation. To overcome the reasoning speed and memory problem of DSFS due to its computational requirements, the DSFS Switching Reasoning Table method is proposed and its higher performance as compared to a conventional fuzzy system is shown. Finally, efforts to obtain general relationships between the characteristics of different reasoning methods and the actual control surface/environment is discussed.