Syllogistic Reasoning in Fuzzy Logic and Its Application to Usuality and Reasoning with Dispositions

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn SMC-15, Issue 6, 1985, Pages 754-763

  Zadeh, Lofti A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; REASONING;

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FUZZY SETS;

FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYLLOGISM; REASONING WITH DISPOSITIONS; USUALITY THEORY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0022270417     PISSN: 00189472     EISSN: 21682909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.1985.6313459     Document Type: Article

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