Evidence resolution using concept hierarchies

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 299-308

  Petry, Frederick E ^a   Yager, Ronald R ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MACHINE INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept hierarchy; Decision making; Fuzzy sets; Generalization; Granular categories

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SETS; NEURAL NETWORKS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

EVIDENCE RESOLUTION; GRANULAR CATEGORIES;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 42549155286     PISSN: 10636706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TFUZZ.2007.895966     Document Type: Article

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