GENIE: a general neurofuzzy inference environment

Abstract

As the application domain of neuro-fuzzy inferencing systems becomes broader, users will find increasing difficulty in selecting the right models for their specific application. This paper describes the design and implementation of a general neuro-fuzzy inference environment (GENIE). Its purpose is to facilitate the assessment of new learning strategies and control models. GENIE includes a number of well known neuro-fuzzy inference (NFI) systems. Besides its control, GENIE gives users a graphical display of membership functions and the system being controlled, thereby allowing users to visually monitor the changes occurring inside the controller and the system being controlled. Two new performance metrics for neuro-fuzzy controllers are described that have been incorporated into GENIE.