Alcalá Fernández, JesúsAlonso Moral, José María2019-03-132019-03-132015Jesús Alcalá-Fdez and José M. Alonso (2016) A Survey of Fuzzy Systems Software: Taxonomy, Current Research Trends and Prospects. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 24 (1), 40-56. Doi: 10.1109/TFUZZ.2015.24262121063-6706http://hdl.handle.net/10347/18372Fuzzy systems have been used widely thanks to their ability to successfully solve a wide range of problems in different application fields. However, their replication and application require a high level of knowledge and experience. Furthermore, few researchers publish the software and/or source code associated with their proposals, which is a major obstacle to scientific progress in other disciplines and in industry. In recent years, most fuzzy system software has been developed in order to facilitate the use of fuzzy systems. Some software is commercially distributed, but most software is available as free and open-source software, reducing such obstacles and providing many advantages: quicker detection of errors, innovative applications, faster adoption of fuzzy systems, etc. In this paper, we present an overview of freely available and open-source fuzzy systems software in order to provide a well-established framework that helps researchers to find existing proposals easily and to develop well-founded future work. To accomplish this, we propose a two-level taxonomy, and we describe the main contributions related to each field. Moreover, we provide a snapshot of the status of the publications in this field according to the ISI Web of Knowledge. Finally, some considerations regarding recent trends and potential research directions are presentedeng© 2016 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other worksFuzzy logicFuzzy systemsFuzzy systems softwareSoftware for applicationsSoftware engineeringEducational softwareOpen source softwarejournal article10.1109/TFUZZ.2015.2426212open access