Robustness of the regression models for uncertain categories

International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowldege-Based Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 681-695

  Bolotin, Arkady ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Binomial regression model; Categorization; Fuzzy dependent variable; Robustness; Uncertain categories

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

BINOMIAL REGRESSION MODELS; FUZZY DEPENDENT VARIABLES;

LINEAR REGRESSION;

EID: 38649140148     PISSN: 02184885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218488507004947     Document Type: Article

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