DocumentCode
2302224
Title
On the semantics and the use of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps in social sciences
Author
Carvalho, Joao Paulo
Author_Institution
Inst. Super. Tecnico, Tech. Univ. of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
fYear
2010
fDate
18-23 July 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
Abstract
Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM) have been around for more than twenty years, but the way how they have been used and the interpretation of their results are nowadays far from their original intended goal. This paper focus on discussing the structure, the semantics and the possible use of FCM as tools to model and simulate complex social, economic and political systems, while clarifying some issues that have been recurrent in published FCM papers.
Keywords
cognition; fuzzy set theory; social sciences; economic system; fuzzy cognitive maps; political system; social science; social system; Artificial neural networks; Biological system modeling; Fuzzy cognitive maps; Mathematical model; Neurons; Pollution measurement; Semantics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Barcelona
ISSN
1098-7584
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-6919-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FUZZY.2010.5584033
Filename
5584033
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