Computing with Words

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Paul P. Wang
Wiley, 2001 M04 30 - 466 pages
Fuzzy logic refers to a computer's ability to make decisions involving "grey" or "fuzzy" areas. As linguistics contains numerous "grey" areas, computing with words through the use of fuzzy logic is an extremely hot topic in database and Internet research. This book explores the state of the art in linguistic computation, discussing how current research findings are extending the application of fuzzy logic beyond control engineering and intelligent systems into the use of language on a computer. Fuzzy logic pioneer, Dr. Lofti Zadeh, provides the introduction for this thought-provoking work.

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... weighted information under the importance degrees [ 25 ] . Linguistic Conjunction Functions ( LC ) . The linguistic conjunction functions used in our approach are the following t - norms , which are monotonically nondecreasing in the ...
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... weighted query where a set of terms related to the documents desired is specified . 2. Interface agents ( one for the user , generally ) , which communicate the user's weighted query to the task agents and filter the documents retrieved ...
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... weighted queries in information retrieval systems , J. Am . Soc . Inf . Sci . , 38 : 23-24 , 1987 . 65. R. R. Yager , On ordered weighted averaging aggregation operators in multicriteria decision making , IEEE Trans . Syst . Man Cybern ...

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MEYSTEL Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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FROM COMPUTING WITH NUMBERS TO COMPUTING WITH
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THE PROBLEMS
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adverbs agents aggregation algorithms analysis applications approach artificial intelligence Bandler basic BK-products body systems Clinaid cognitive linguistic cognitive sciences complex computational semiotics computational verb computing with words concept constraint propagation context coreference crisp decision defined Definition domain dynamic entities environment example expressed extraction FDNF Figure formal front end fuzzy constraint fuzzy graph fuzzy information granulation fuzzy logic fuzzy relations Fuzzy Sets Syst grammar granularity human identified IEEE important inference input intelligent systems interpretation knowledge representation L. A. Zadeh L. J. Kohout labels language discourse linear linguistic terms linguistic variable mathematical meaning natural language processing neural objects operator perceptions performance phrase precision predicate principle problem Proc procedures propositions query reasoning relational computations relational structures represented rules SCIP Section semantic semiotic descriptors sentence specific syntactic texts theory tion truth tables ural language values WordNet

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About the author (2001)

PAUL P. WANG, PhD, received his doctorate from The Ohio State University and is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He has published extensively in the fields of mathematical systems modeling, fuzzy logic, pattern recognition, intelligent systems, and the applications of computational intelligence methodologies to the medical and management expert systems design. His work with Masaki Togai during the 1980s led to the fabrication of the first fuzzy logic chips. Dr. Wang has been a member of the board of directors of several corporations, including Intelligent Machine, Inc. He is also the founder and CEO of the Association for Intelligent Machinery.

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TitleComputing with Words
Volume 3 of Wiley Series on Intelligent Systems
EditorPaul P. Wang
Editionillustrated
PublisherWiley, 2001
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized20 Nov 2007
ISBN0471353744, 9780471353744
Length466 pages
  
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