Accounting for perception in possibility distributions: an algorithmic approach to solving the problem “How tall is Dan?”

The purpose of this work has been to provide a more realistic response to questions such as "How tall is Dan" based on known characteristics of an observer and the descriptors used for both the observer and the subject. Although this paper addresses only possibility distributions for height based on height-perception relations between a male observer and a male subject, it is readily apparent that other meaningful correlations may be possible in other areas of linguistic attributes such as age (old, young, etc.) and girth (fat, thin, etc.)