The arithmetic of discrete Z-numbers

Information Sciences

Volumn 290, Issue C, 2015, Pages 134-155

  Aliev, R A ^a   Alizadeh, A V ^b,c   Huseynov, O H ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

^b Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences   (Azerbaijan)

^c Azerbaijan Association of Zadeh's Legacy   (Azerbaijan)

^d AZERBAIJAN STATE OIL AND INDUSTRY UNIVERSITY   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

A discrete fuzzy number; A discrete probability distribution; A discrete Z number; A probability measure; Convolution; Z number

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; CONVOLUTION; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SETS; LINGUISTICS;

A DISCRETE Z-NUMBER; DISCRETE FUZZY NUMBERS; DISCRETE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY MEASURES; Z-NUMBER;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84926306134     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2014.08.024     Document Type: Article

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