| Computing with Words in Information/Intelligent Systems 2: Applications 1999 Edition Contributor(s): Zadeh, Lotfi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3790812188 ISBN-13: 9783790812183 Publisher: Physica-Verlag OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1999 Annotation: 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. Computing with words may form a basis of a computational theory of perception inspired by a remarkable human ability to perform a wide variety of tasks on the basis of vague and imprecise information expressed in natural language. In "Part 2," applications in a wide array of fields are presented which use the paradigm of computing with words, exemplified by reasoning, data analysis, data mining, machine learning, risk analyses, reliability and quality control, decision making, optimization and control, databases, medical diagnosis, business analyses, traffic management, power system planning, military applications, etc. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Natural Language Processing - Medical - Computers | Management Information Systems |
| Dewey: 006.35 |
| LCCN: 99034568 |
| Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing |
| Physical Information: 1.31" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.31 lbs) 610 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These two volumes consisting of Foundations and Applications provide the current status of theoretical and empirical developments in "computing with words". In philosophy, the twentieth century is said to be the century of language. This is mainly due to Wittgenstein who said: "The meaning of a word is its use in the language game". "The concept game is a concept with blurred edges". In the first phrase, "the language game" implies the everyday human activity with language, and in the latter, "game" simply implies an ordinary word. Thus, Wittgenstein precisely stated that a word is fuzzy in real life. Unfortunately this idea about a word was not accepted in the conventional science. We had to wait for Zadeh's fuzzy sets theory. Remembering Wittgenstein's statement, we should consider, on the one hand, the concept of "computing with words" from a philosophical point of view. It deeply relates to the everyday use of a word in which the meaning of a word is fuzzy in its nature. |