DocumentCode
65754
Title
Fuzzy Concept Hierarchies and Evidence Resolution
Author
Petry, Frederick E. ; Yager, Ronald R.
Author_Institution
Naval Res. Lab., Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
Volume
22
Issue
5
fYear
2014
fDate
Oct. 2014
Firstpage
1151
Lastpage
1161
Abstract
Evidence resolution has been studied previously for crisp hierarchies and here we develop approaches for fuzzy concept hierarchies. Since fuzzy hierarchies are characterized by decompositions of their domains as opposed to partitions, properties and measures of decompositions are developed. Fuzzy complete and partial evidence resolution is defined and related to the valuation of evidence. Finally a for-and-against analysis is developed for the selection of which concept to choose in the generalization.
Keywords
fuzzy set theory; crisp hierarchy; fuzzy concept hierarchy; partial evidence resolution; Color; Forensics; Fuzzy sets; Hair; Terrorism; Uncertainty; Weapons; Congruence of decompositions; decomposition; evidence resolution; fuzzy hierarchy; granularity measure; overlap measure; partitioning;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Fuzzy Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1063-6706
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TFUZZ.2013.2286412
Filename
6646245
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