A new approach to the summarization of data

Information SciencesPublished 1 October 1982

Ronald R. Yager

DOI10.1016/0020-0255(82)90033-0

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A new approach to the summarization of data based upon the theory of fuzzy subsets allows for a linguistic summary of the data and is useful for both numeric and nonnumeric data.

Abstract

We introduce a new approach to the summarization of data based upon the theory of fuzzy subsets. This new summarization allows for a linguistic summary of the data and is useful for both numeric and nonnumeric data. It summarizes the data in terms of three values: a summarizer, a quantity in agreement, and a truth value. We also discuss a procedure for investigating the informativeness of a summary.

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