Computing with Words in Information/Intelligent Systems 1
Subtitle: Foundations
By: edited by Lotfi A. Zadeh, Janusz Kacprzyk
Contributors: Kacprzyk, Janusz
Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing -- 33; Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing -- 33
Publisher: Physica-Verlag HD; Imprint: Physica
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 518
ISBN-13: 9783662113622; 9783790818734
Subjects: Translators (Computer programs); Computer science; Artificial intelligence; Management information systems
Description: The volume is the first one in the world literature which is a comprehensive, up to date account on computing with words, a new direction in broadly perceived intelligent systems, proposed and advocated by Professor Zadeh, the founder of fuzzy sets theory and fuzzy logic. Historically, computing was focused on manipulation of numbers. However, in recent years it became more and more obvious that computing had been encompassing not only this, but also manipulation on signal, sounds, images and text; the latter aspects of computing are becoming more and more relevant. However, the traditional manipulation of text (e.g., machine translation, spell checking, etc.) does not cover the mainstream of computing with words, mainly the representation and manipulation of propositions from natural language describing operations and relations. Such problems cannot be solved by conventional methods of logic, probability theory and numerical analysis. Fuzzy logic is shown to be an effective tool to handle such problems. Computing with words may form a basis of a computational theory of perceptions inspired by a remarkable human ability to perform a wide variety of tasks just on the basis of vague and imprecise information expressed in natural language. In Part 1 foundations of computing with words related to linguistic aspects, fuzzy logic and approximate reasoning, granularity, calculations on verbal quantities, and general architectures for the implementation of computing with words are presented.
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Table of contents: title: Introductory Sections; title: Computing with Words: Linguistic Aspects; title: Computing with Words and Information Granularity; title: Computing with Words: Logical Aspects; title: Computing with Words: Numerical Aspects; title: General Frameworks for Computing with Words.