Fuzzy sets in approximate reasoning, Part 1: Inference with possibility distributions

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 143-202

  Dubois, Didier ^a   Prade, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Approximate reasoning; fuzzy logic; generalized modus ponens; possibility theory; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949277903     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0114(91)90050-Z     Document Type: Article

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