Interval type-2 fuzzy sets constructed from several membership functions: Application to the fuzzy thresholding algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 230-244

  Pagola, Miguel ^a   Lopez Molina, Carlos ^a   Fernandez, Javier ^a   Barrenechea, Edurne ^a   Bustince, Humberto ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Image thresholding; interval entropy; interval type 2 fuzzy set (IT2FS)

Indexed keywords

BINARIZE; FUZZY THRESHOLDING; IMAGE THRESHOLDING; INTERVAL TYPE-2 FUZZY SETS;

ALGORITHMS; ENTROPY; FUZZY SETS;

MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS;

EID: 84875712332     PISSN: 10636706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TFUZZ.2012.2209885     Document Type: Article

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