An Ontological and Epistemological Perspective of Fuzzy Set Theory

by I. Burhan Turksen and . Burhan Türken

Fuzzy set and logic theory suggest that all natural language linguistic expressions are imprecise and must be assessed as a matter of degree. But in general membership degree is an imprecise notion which requires that Type 2 membership degrees be considered in most applications related to human decision making schemas. Even if the membership functions are restricted to be Type1, their combinations generate an interval - valued Type 2 membership. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444518916
• ISBN13: 9780444518910
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Length: 542 Pages
• Weight: 2.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 9.6"