Zadeh, Lotfi A.
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Name (Latin)
Zadeh, Lotfi A.
Other forms of name
Zadă, Lu̇tfi
Zade, Li︠u︡tfi
Zadeh, L. A. (Lotfi Asker)
Zadeh, Lotfi Asker
Date of birth
1921-02-04
Date of death
2017-09-06
Place of birth
Baku (Azerbaijan)
Associated country
United States
Iran
Other associated place
Berkeley (Calif.)
Field of activity
Fuzzy logic
Fuzzy mathematics
Associate group
University of California, Berkeley
Occupation
College teachers
Computer scientists
Electrical engineers
Mathematicians
Associated Language
eng aze
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Lotfi Asker
Sources of Information
- His Frequency analysis of variable networks, 1950.
- Fuzzy sets and decision analysis, 1983:CIP t.p. (L.A. Zadeh) book t.p. (Lotfi A. Zadeh)
- LCCN 63-14581: His Linear system theory, 1963(hdg.: Zadeh, Lotfi Asker; usage: Lotfi A. Zadeh)
- Du̇ni̐a daḣilărsiz i̐ashai̐a bilmir, 2000:t.p. verso (Lu̇tfi Zadă) p. 125, etc. (Li︠u︡tfi Zade; b. 1921 in Baku, emigrated from Iran to America in 1944; discoverer of the theory of 'fuzzy logic', has been working at Berkeley University since 1959)
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Wikipedia description:
Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh (; Azerbaijani: Lütfi Rəhim oğlu Ələsgərzadə; Persian: لطفی علیعسکرزاده; 4 February 1921 – 6 September 2017) was a mathematician, computer scientist, electrical engineer, artificial intelligence researcher, and professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. Zadeh is best known for proposing fuzzy mathematics, consisting of several fuzzy-related concepts: fuzzy sets, fuzzy logic, fuzzy algorithms, fuzzy semantics, fuzzy languages, fuzzy control, fuzzy systems, fuzzy probabilities, fuzzy events, and fuzzy information. Zadeh was a founding member of the Eurasian Academy.
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