A philosophical study on fuzzy sets and fuzzy applications

Author

Joronen, T.T.

Author_Institution

Metso Autom., Tampere, Finland

Volume

2

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1141

Abstract

The development of fuzzy sets has led to computational theory of perceptions (CTP). This paper presents a philosophical study on fuzzy sets and fuzzy applications and aims towards a deeper understanding about them. Ludwig Wittgenstein´s philosophy can be used to illustrate fuzzy sets. Relating to Wittgenstein´s approach, some interesting studies on ´vagueness´ appeared before the genesis of fuzzy sets in 1965. We introduce a simple meaning articulation paradigm (MAP) of human meaning processing and apply it to fuzzy applications. The MAP applied to two case studies on fuzzy optimization and on a fuzzy Web query shows that some problems exist in traditional approaches.

Keywords

fuzzy logic; fuzzy set theory; optimisation; philosophical aspects; psychology; Ludwig Wittgenstein´s philosophy; computational theory of perceptions; fuzzy Web query; fuzzy applications; fuzzy optimization; fuzzy sets; human meaning processing; meaning articulation paradigm; philosophical study; vagueness; Automation; Biological system modeling; Fuzzy set theory; Fuzzy sets; Humans; Information processing; Logic; Machine intelligence; Paper technology; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fuzzy Systems, 2003. FUZZ '03. The 12th IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7810-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUZZ.2003.1206592

Filename

1206592