Toward a general theory of reasoning with uncertainty. I: Nonspecificity and fuzziness
International Journal of Intelligent SystemsPublished 1 January 1986
Ronald R. Yager
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It is shown that these two theories of approximate reasoning and mathematical evidence are equievalent in the face of fuzzy and possiblistic uncertainty.
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We described teh theories of approximate reasoning and mathematical evidence. We show that in the face of possibilistic uncertainty they lead to equivalent inferences. After approapriateely extending the mathematical theory of evidence to the fuzzy environment we show that these two theories are equievalent in the face of fuzzy and possiblistic uncertainty.
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