Do uncertainty and fuzziness present themselves (and behave) in the same way in hard and human sciences?

Communications in Computer and Information Science

Volumn 81 PART 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 334-343

  Termini, Settimo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b European Center for Soft Computing   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fuzziness; Hard sciences; Human sciences; Two cultures; Uncertainty; Use of formal methods in human sciences

Indexed keywords

FUZZINESS; HARD SCIENCE; HUMAN SCIENCE; TWO CULTURES; UNCERTAINTY;

DATA PROCESSING; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84880502920     PISSN: 18650929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14058-7_34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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