Fuzzy causal networks: General model, inference, and convergence

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 412-420

  Zhou, Sanming ^a   Liu, Zhi Qiang ^b   Zhang, Jian Ying ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fuzzy causal network (FCN); Fuzzy cognitive map; Fuzzy system; Inference; Intelligent system

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; INFERENCE ENGINES; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONSTANT WEIGHT MATRIX; FUZZY CAUSAL NETWORK; FUZZY COGNITIVE MAP;

FUZZY CONTROL;

EID: 33144477317     PISSN: 10636706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TFUZZ.2006.876335     Document Type: Article

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