Title : 
Fuzzy sets are fuzzy-continous
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Inst. fur Inf., Johann Wolfgang Goethe Univ., Germany
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In a classical arrangement we have on the one hand discrete symbolic and on the other hand continous numerical data attributes. The following evident questions arise: How can fuzzy sets be integrated in this classical schema? Are fuzzy sets discrete and/or continous? Can we measure how discrete, or continous, respectively, an attribute is? We will present the idea that fuzzy sets are continous and discrete sets with a certain degree by using a visualization technique. We measure continuity of a fuzzy set M by an area q(M)∈[0,1], that will be defined. If q(M)=0, then M is discrete. If q(M)=1, then it is continous. If q(M) is in (0,1), then M is defined as fuzzy-continous. Thus, a non-degenerated fuzzy set is a fuzzy-continous set. The value q(M) is a natural measure for fuzzy-continuity and 1-q(M) for fuzzy discreteness. Additionally to our theoretical consideration we will give some visualized examples.
         
        
            Keywords : 
data analysis; data visualisation; fuzzy set theory; discrete symbolic data attributes; fuzzy continous set; fuzzy continuity; fuzzy discrete sets; fuzzy discreteness; fuzzy sets; nondegenerated fuzzy set; numerical data attributes; visualization technique; Area measurement; Data analysis; Data visualization; Fuzzy sets; Set theory;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Fuzzy Information Processing Society, 2003. NAFIPS 2003. 22nd International Conference of the North American
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-7918-7
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/NAFIPS.2003.1226790