{"id":1650,"date":"2011-12-07T15:22:18","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T21:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/knowledge\/?p=1650"},"modified":"2018-02-09T14:20:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T20:20:02","slug":"plastic-material-selection-fuzzy-logic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/1650\/plastic-material-selection-fuzzy-logic\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Material Selection | Fuzzy Logic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Recorded\u00a0December 7, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Presented by\u00a0UL I&amp;I<\/p>\n<p>Customer <strong>plastic material selection<\/strong> requirements are rarely well-defined, at least in property values and numeric terms. Many times we have to transfer qualitative terms into quantitative terms so that we can find the right material. 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