§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the implications for the computer software industry of developments in fuzzy logic.
Mr. NorthFuzzy logic is potentially valuable in areas of computation which call for "human-like" reasoning based on qualitative or imprecise information, for example speech and vision systems, expert systems technology and database interrogation. Many of the developments are still in their infancy, though a few are now maturing in the expert system and database field. Such concepts can complement other advanced tools and methods to enable the computer software industry to develop novel and powerful applications. I am sure that the industry will take advantage of these opportunities as they present themselves.