Yuji Yoshida - Böcker

Decision modeling is a key area in the developing field of AI, and this timely work connects researchers and professionals with the very latest research. It constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Modeling Decisions for Artificial Intelligence, held in Kitakyushu, Japan, in August 2007. The 42 revised full papers presented together with 4 invited lectures are devoted to theory and tools, as well as applications.

The book focuses on the recent dynamical development in fuzzy decision making. Various kinds of dynamics regarding not only time but also structure of systems are discussed in theory and applications. First, fuzzy dynamic programming is reviewed from a viewpoint of its origin and we consider its development in theory and applications. Next, the structure of dynamics in systems is considered in relation to fuzzy mathematical programming. Furthermore, some topics potentially related to dynamics are presented: financial management, fuzzy differential for fuzzy optimization of continuous-time fuzzy systems, and fuzzy ordering in multi-objective fuzzy systems. Finally, a unified approach in fuzzy decision making is developed. Readers can learn various kinds of methods to solve dynamical problems in fuzzy decision making through these chapters.