國際模糊系統協會(IFSA)官方刊物自1978年創刊以來，《模糊集與系統》雜志一直致力于模糊集與系統理論與應用的國際發展。模糊集理論現在包含了一個組織良好的基本概念語料庫，包括(但不限于)聚合操作、廣義關系理論、信息內容的具體度量、模糊數演算。模糊集也是非加性不確定性理論(即可能性理論)的基石，也是語言和數值建模的通用工具(基于規則的模糊系統)的基石。現在許多著作將模糊概念與其他科學學科以及現代技術相結合。在數學領域，模糊集引發了與范疇理論、拓撲、代數、分析等相關的新的研究課題。模糊集也是近年來研究廣義測度和積分的一種趨勢，并與統計方法相結合。此外，模糊集在多值邏輯的傳統中具有很強的邏輯基礎。基于模糊集的技術也是信息技術發展的重要組成部分。在信息處理領域，模糊集在聚類、數據分析和數據融合、模式識別和計算機視覺等方面具有重要意義。模糊規則建模已與神經網絡和進化計算等其他技術相結合，并應用于系統和控制工程，應用于機器人、復雜過程控制和監督。在信息系統領域，模糊集在開發智能靈活的人機接口和存儲不精確的語言信息方面發揮著重要作用。在人工智能中，各種形式的知識表示和自動推理框架都得益于基于模糊集的技術，如插值推理、非單調推理、診斷、邏輯規劃、約束定向推理等。模糊專家系統不僅用于故障診斷，也用于醫學領域。在決策和組織科學中，模糊集對偏好建模和多準則評價產生了重要影響，使優化技術更貼近用戶需求。應用可以發現在許多領域，如管理，生產研究和金融。此外，模糊集理論的概念和方法已經吸引了許多其他學科的科學家，如認知心理學和社會科學的一些方面的以人為本的研究。《模糊集和系統的范圍已經擴大,占所有方面的領域,同時強調其特異性之間的鴻溝是人類表達的靈活性和精度和清晰的數學或計算機表示,他們是數字或符號。該雜志歡迎在模糊集領域的原創和重大貢獻，無論是在經驗或數學基礎上，或其應用于任何領域的信息技術，更廣泛地說，在任何領域的調查，模糊集是相關的。特別歡迎證明模糊方法在實際問題中的實用性的應用論文。模糊集和系統出版高質量的研究文章，調查以及案例研究。單獨的部分是最近的文獻和公報，其中提供研究報告、書評、會議公告和各種新聞項目。邀請的評論文章一般感興趣的主題，并定期出版特別問題。

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