A general framework for upper and lower possibilities and necessities

International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowldege-Based Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-33

  Tsiporkova, Elena ^a   De Baets, Bernard ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(fuzzy) multivalued mapping; Basic necessity assignment; Basic possibility assignment; Conditional necessity; Conditional possibility; Strict t conorm; Strict t norm; Upper and lower possibilities and necessities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039096706     PISSN: 02184885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218488598000021     Document Type: Article

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