Fuzziness: From epistemic considerations to terminological clarification

International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowldege-Based Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 481-503

  Toth, Herbert ^a  

^a NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ambiguity, fuzziness, vagueness; Fuzzy sets, fuzzy logic

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042933375     PISSN: 02184885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021848859700035X     Document Type: Article

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