Title :
Interval type-2 fuzzy logic system to simulate the environment resources stochasticity affecting the growth of a population
Author :
Leal-Ramírez, Cecilia ; Castillo, Oscar ; Rodríguez-Díaz, Antonio
Author_Institution :
Chem. Sci. & Eng., Autonomous Univ. of Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico
Abstract :
There exist several ways to model population growth at present time, which are mainly based on mathematics. However we present a new model based on fuzzy cellular theory. An interval type-2 fuzzy logic system (IT2-FLS) is designed to evaluate the population growth parameters based on the environment resources stochasticity, in time and space. Interval type-2 fuzzy sets are used to measure the uncertainties of the environment resources. The main goal of this work is to demonstrate how the IT2-FLS integrated into a population growth model can make a suitable evaluation of the parameters required to make that the population size reach a stable equilibrium level on which it fluctuates into a time interval and after that, population size goes down as consequence of insufficient resources. This behaviour is the fundamental basis of the majority of the mathematical models made through the years in ecology to study the population dynamics.
Keywords :
cellular automata; ecology; environmental factors; fuzzy logic; fuzzy set theory; stochastic processes; IT2-FLS; ecology; environmental resource stochasticity simulation; fuzzy cellular automata theory; interval type-2 fuzzy logic system; interval type-2 fuzzy set; mathematical model; population dynamics; population growth model; population size; stable equilibrium level; time interval; uncertainty measurement; Automatic control; Biological system modeling; Chemical engineering; Data analysis; Environmental factors; Expert systems; Fluctuations; Fuzzy logic; Mathematical model; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Systems, 2009. FUZZ-IEEE 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jeju Island
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3596-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1098-7584
DOI :
10.1109/FUZZY.2009.5277263