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Fault tolerance in rules-based systems, 200205

Feature vectors, role in ART1 algorithm, 37

FeedEntryType, 305306

Filtering agents . See WebAgent application

FireRule function, 223224

Food Chain Model

agents in, 154158

competition in, 159

energy and metabolism in, 158, 179182

environment, 153154

perception algorithm and, 171176

reproduction in, 158159, 184185

sample iteration, 159163

simulating, 152

Winner-Takes-All neural nets , 156158

Forward chaining in rules-based systems, 196, 351

Functions antProduct and selectNextCity (code listing), 7374

Function simulateAnts (code listing), 7476

Fuzzy axioms, 241242

Fuzzy logic

advantages to, 254

agent intelligence and, 283

applications for, 243245, 254

axioms, 241242

battery charge control example, 243245

The Battery Charge Control Function, 251252

CD-ROM content, 351

control functions, 251252

degree of membership (degree of truth), 237

described, 235

early research, 6

fuzzy controls, 238241, 243245

Fuzzy Logic Operators (code listing), 246257

hedge functions, 242

Helper Functions for Creating Membership Functions (code listing), 247248

The Main Loop (code listing), 252253

membership functions, 237, 244245, 247251

operators in, 241242

quality of service example, 235237

Temperature Membership Functions (code listing), 250251

Voltage Membership Functions (code listing), 249250