%0 Generic %D 2015 %T Fuzzy Membrane Computing: Theory and Applications %A Tao Wang %A Gexiang Zhang %A Mario J. Pérez-Jiménez %C Oradea, Romania %I Agora University Editing House - CCC Publications %K fuzzy membrane computing %K fuzzy reasoning spiking neural P systems %K fuzzy set %K linguistic term %K Membrane computing %K multi-fuzzy set %K trapezoidal fuzzy number %N 6 %P 904-935 %R doi: 10.15837/ijccc.2015.6.2080 %U http://univagora.ro/jour/index.php/ijccc/article/view/2080 %V 10 %X Fuzzy membrane computing is a newly developed and promising research direction in the area of membrane computing that aims at exploring the complex in- teraction between membrane computing and fuzzy theory. This paper provides a comprehensive survey of theoretical developments and various applications of fuzzy membrane computing, and sketches future research lines. The theoretical develop- ments are reviewed from the aspects of uncertainty processing in P systems, fuzzifica- tion of P systems and fuzzy knowledge representation and reasoning. The applications of fuzzy membrane computing are mainly focused on fuzzy knowledge representation and fault diagnosis. An overview of different types of fuzzy P systems, differences between spiking neural P systems and fuzzy reasoning spiking neural P systems and newly obtained results on these P systems are presented.