This paper describes a comparative study of type-1 and type-2 fuzzy controllers that are optimized using hierarchical genetic
algorithms. Fuzzy controllers of Sugeno and Mamdani form are studied. The hierarchical genetic algorithms optimize the membership
functions and the rules of the fuzzy controllers.
Keywords Mamdani Fuzzy Inference System - Sugeno Fuzzy Inference System - Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Inference System - Hierarchical Genetic Algorithms