Performance Evaluation of Fuzzy Automata Using VHDL Simulation

Abstract

Fuzzy automata have been proposed in late 1960's, being among the firsts domains extended through the framework of fuzzy logic. Fuzzy automata (FA) are fuzzy logic extensions of classic, or crisp automata. Despite their long existence, fuzzy automata have quite few real-life applications, most of them related to fuzzy languages, while crisp automata are applied in many devices that are part of our everyday life, from coffee machines to ATMs. In this paper we continue our previous work of investigating by VHDL simulation the performance of fuzzy automata. The new aspect compared to our previous work is the focus on the applications of FA.