by Leung Wing-shan, Queenie. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-82). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.iii / Acknowledgements --- p.v / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Current Problem --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2 --- Research Proposal --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3 --- Research Target --- p.8 / Chapter 1.4 --- Thesis Overview --- p.9 / Chapter 2 --- Fuzzy Logic and Fuzzy Petri Net --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1 --- Background --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2 --- Fuzzy sets --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3 --- Operations on fuzzy sets --- p.18 / Chapter 2.4 --- Fuzzy logic --- p.20 / Chapter 2.5 --- Weighted Fuzzy Petri Net --- p.23 / Chapter 2.6 --- Fuzzy reasoning --- p.25 / Chapter 2.7 --- More about fuzzy logic --- p.29 / Chapter 2.8 --- Chapter Summary --- p.31 / Chapter 3 --- Dynamic Certainty Factor --- p.32 / Chapter 3.1 --- Definition --- p.32 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Background --- p.33 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Examples --- p.37 / Chapter 3.2 --- Advantages --- p.43 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Best reasoning --- p.43 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Independency --- p.46 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Interaction effect --- p.49 / Chapter 3.3 --- Chapter Summary --- p.51 / Chapter 4 --- Experiment --- p.53 / Chapter 4.1 --- Transformation Definition --- p.54 / Chapter 4.2 --- Case Study --- p.61 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Example 1 --- p.61 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Example 2 --- p.63 / Chapter 4.3 --- Analysis --- p.65 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Comparisons --- p.65 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Discussion --- p.67 / Chapter 4.4 --- Chapter Summary --- p.68 / Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.69 / Chapter 5.1 --- Final Summary --- p.69 / Chapter 5.2 --- Deficiency and Improvement --- p.71 / Chapter 5.3 --- Future Research Aspect --- p.73 / Appendix --- p.75 / Chapter A --- Data Details --- p.76 / Bibliography --- p.79