In Memoriam LOTFI A. ZADEH
Journal Title: Memoirs of the Scientific Sections - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue
Abstract
The paper entitled In Memoriam Lofti A. Zadeh synthesizes the main scientific achievements of a great man-of-science – system theorist, computer scientist, physicist and engineer - the author of several key notions, such as: optimality, uncertainty, reasoning and meaning. The main areas of his scientific concerns, analyzed in numerous books, studies, articles, include topics of decision-making, optimality, discrete systems and probability.
Authors and Affiliations
Horia Nicolai Teodorescu
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