Fuzzy Logic in Chemistry [Hardcover]

Dennis H. Rouvray (Author)

List Price:	CDN$ 155.95
Price:	CDN$ 127.02 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details
You Save:	CDN$ 28.93 (19%)
	o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

Usually ships within 1 to 3 weeks.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. Gift-wrap available.

Product Details

Hardcover: 364 pages
Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (Mar 13 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0125989105
ISBN-13: 978-0125989107
Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 767 g

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

See Complete Table of Contents

Product Description

Review

"...the book provides a useful introduction to potential chemical applications,..."
--Gerald Maggiora, Pharmacia & Upjohn, CHEMISTRY & INDUSTRY.
"...the book is a good summary of current applications of fuzzy logic in chemistry. It provides a thought-provoking examination of the way chemists think about struture. In addition, the application oriented chapters illustrate the utility of fuzzy logic for understanding spectra and structures."
--Matthew Clark, Institute for Scientific Information, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Product Description

Fuzzy Logic has gained increasing acceptance as a way to deal with complexity and uncertainty in many areas of science and engineering. This book is the first to address its practical applications to chemical systems. Ten distinguished authors discuss the role of fuzzy logic in the characterization of a variety of chemical concepts, including chirality, quantum systems, molecular engineering and design, and hierarchical classification methods. Fuzzy Logic in Chemistry will appeal to both students and professionals who are seeking to learn more about theory and applications in an area of growing importance to the physical sciences.

Key Features
* The first book on the applications of fuzzy logic in chemistry
* Covers a topic relevant to many disciplines, including molecular design
* Discusses applications of fuzzy logic to the physical sciences, a rapidly growing area
* Features chapters from highly distinguished authors in the physical sciences

See all Product Description

Inside This Book (Learn More)

First Sentence
expected an unstoppable march in the progress of science and technology to solve all our ills. Over the centuries, the conceivable areas where we might look for certainty have been steadily whittled away, and this has resulted in substantial erosion of many of our belief systems. Read the first page

Explore More
Concordance

Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index

Tag this product

(What's this?)

Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.

Customer Reviews

There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.ca

5 star:		(0)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

Share your experience with this product with others

Create your own review

Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com ^(beta)

Amazon.com: 4.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars First book to use fuzzy logic in chemistry, July 30 2004

By W Boudville - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Fuzzy Logic in Chemistry (Hardcover)

A surprising thing about this book is that it appears to be the first to use fuzzy logic in chemistry. Given that it was published in 1997, that seems rather late, since fuzzy logic was well established in computing and electric engineering in the 1980s.

Ah, but better late than never. Since most chemists have never dealt with fuzzy logic, the editor chose the wise step of having several research chemists write the chapters. Hopefully, this will ease acceptance of the method amongst chemists.

The subjects of the chapters tend to be hard, unsurprisingly. No softball simple textbook examples. Instead, we deal with issues like determining the shape of a large molecule, or the design of a drug.

› Go to Amazon.com to see the review 4.0 out of 5 stars