Voting-model based evaluation of fuzzy quantified sentences: A general framework

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-120

  Diaz Hermida F ^a   Bugarin A ^a   Carinena P ^a   Barro, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basic mass assignment; Evidence theory; Fuzzy quantifiers; Random sets; Theory of generalized quantifiers; Voting model

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS;

BASIC MASS ASSIGNMENT; EVIDENCE THEORY; FUZZY QUANTIFIERS; RANDOM SETS; THEORY OF GENERALIZED QUANTIFIERS; VOTING MODEL;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 3042681502     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fss.2004.03.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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