Fuzzy Repertory Table: A Method for Acquiring Knowledge About Input Variables to Machine Learning Algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-139

  Castro Schez, Jose J ^a   Castro, Juan Luis ^b   Zurita, José Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Expert systems; Fuzzy repertory grid; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge based systems

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

FUZZY REPERTORY GRIDS; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT (PC) THEORY;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 1542363544     PISSN: 10636706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TFUZZ.2003.822684     Document Type: Article

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