The use of random-fuzzy variables for the implementation of decision rules in the presence of measurement uncertainty

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1482-1488

  Ferrero, Alessandro ^a   Salicone, Simona ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision rules; Digital signal processing (DSP) based measurement; Fuzzy variables; Measurement characterization; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECISION THEORY; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FUZZY SETS; MEASUREMENTS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DECISION RULES; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING MEASUREMENT; FUZZY VARIABLES; MEASUREMENT CHARACTERIZATION; UNCERTAINTY;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 23344453381     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2005.851081     Document Type: Article

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