How does the Dendrocoleum lacteum orient to light? A fuzzy modeling approach
We apply fuzzy modeling to derive a mathematical model for a biological phenomena: the orientation to light of the planarian Dendrocoleum lacteum. This behavior was described by several ethologists and fuzzy modeling allows us to transform their verbal descriptions into a mathematical model. The behavior of the resulting mathematical model, as studied using both simulations and rigorous analysis, is congruent with the behavior actually observed in nature. This seems to indicate that the verbal explanations suggested by the ethologists are indeed correct. We believe that the fuzzy modeling approach demonstrated here may supply a suitable framework for biomimicry, that is, the design of artificial systems based on mimicking a natural behavior observed in nature. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
linguistic modeling hybrid systems discrete-event systems