A new fuzzy criterion-referenced assessment with a fuzzy rule selection technique and a monotonicity-preserving similarity reasoning scheme

Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 261-279

  Jee, Tze Ling ^a   Tay, Kai Meng ^a   Ng, Chee Khoon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Criterion referenced assessment; fuzzy inference system; fuzzy rule reduction; monotonicity property; optimization; similarity reasoning

Indexed keywords

CRITERION-REFERENCED ASSESSMENT; FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS; FUZZY RULE REDUCTION; MONOTONICITY PROPERTY; SIMILARITY REASONING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; FUZZY SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION;

FUZZY RULES;

EID: 84873592098     PISSN: 10641246     EISSN: 18758967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IFS-2012-0552     Document Type: Article

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