Generalized theory of uncertainty (GTU)-principal concepts and ideas

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-46

  Zadeh, Lotfi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Generalized constraint based computation; Natural language computation; Precisiation; Statistics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GENERALIZED CONSTRAINT-BASED COMPUTATION; GENERALIZED THEORY OF UNCERTAINTY (GTU); NATURAL LANGUAGE COMPUTATION; PRECISIATION;

UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750351856     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2006.04.029     Document Type: Article

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