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2003 NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware (EH'03)   p. 101
Evolvable Building Blocks for Analog Fuzzy Logic Controllers
J.F. Amaral, UERJ - Rio de Janeiro State University
J.L. Amaral, UERJ - Rio de Janeiro State University
C. Santini, PUC-Rio - Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
R. Tanscheit, PUC-Rio - Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
M. Vellasco, PUC-Rio - Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
M. Pacheco, PUC-Rio - Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
A. Mesquita, COPPE/UFRJ - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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Abstract
This work discusses the use of an Evolvable Hardware (EHW) platform in the synthesis of analog electronic circuits for Fuzzy Logic Controllers. A Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC) is defined by a collection of fuzzy if-then rules and a set of membership functions characterizing the linguistic terms associated with the inputs and output of the FLC. The EHW analog platform, named PAMA-NG (Programmable Analog Multiplexer Array - Next Generation), is a reconfigurable platform that consists of integrated circuits whose internal connections can be programmed by Evolutionary Computation techniques, such as Genetic Algorithms, to synthesize circuits. The PAMA-NG is classified as a Field Programmable Analog Array (FPAA). FPAAs have appeared recently and constitute the state of the art in the technology of reconfigurable platforms. These devices will become the building blocks of a forthcoming class of hardware, with the important features of self-adaptation and selfrepairing, through automatic reconfiguration. This article of these devices enables the self-adapting and selfrepairing features, which are important in applications where circuits need to operate for long periods in harsh environments. This is especially appealing to FLC hardware that could be used in this type of applications. Previous FLC analog hardware implementations [7][8] are based on designer's experience and intuition following electronic circuit design common rules. On the other hand, synthesis of unconventional electronic circuits is particular appealing to EHW [6]. Its use in the synthesis of analog electronic circuits that implement fuzzy inference systems has been explored recently with promising results [9][10][11]. This paper is divided into four additional sections. The second presents some basics architectural aspects of FLCs and their analog hardware implementations. Section describes the PAMA (Programmable Analog Multiplexer Array) [12] and the modifications carried out to evolve fuzzy circuits with the new platform PAMA-NG (PAMA - Next Generation). Section 4 presents case studies that focus on the evolution of building blocks for analog FLCs. Section 5 concludes the work.
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Citation:  J.F. Amaral, J.L. Amaral, C. Santini, R. Tanscheit, M. Vellasco, M. Pacheco, A. Mesquita, "Evolvable Building Blocks for Analog Fuzzy Logic Controllers," eh, p. 101,  2003 NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware (EH'03),  2003