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uzzy Logic (FL) is a method of reasoning that resembles human reasoning.The approach of FL imitates the way of decision making in humansthat involves all intermediate possibilities between digital values YES and NO.The conventional logic block that a computer can understand takes precise input and producesa definite output as TRUE or FALSE, which is equivalent to human’s YES or NO. The inventor of fuzzy logic, Lotfi Zadeh, observed that unlike computers, the human decision making includes a range of possibilities between YES and NO, such as

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