Statistical inference about the means of fuzzy random variables: Applications to the analysis of fuzzy- and real-valued data

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 344-356

  Colubi, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bootstrap techniques; Characterization of real distributions; Estimation; Fuzzy expected value; Fuzzy random variable; Fuzzy representation; Hypothesis testing; Real valued random variables

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; KETONES; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICS;

BOOTSTRAP TECHNIQUES; FUZZY EXPECTED VALUE; FUZZY RANDOM VARIABLE; FUZZY REPRESENTATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; REAL-VALUED RANDOM VARIABLES;

RANDOM VARIABLES;

EID: 56049120809     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fss.2007.12.019     Document Type: Article

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