Within the framework proposed in this paper, we address the issue of extending the certain networks to a fuzzy certain networks in order to cope with a vagueness and limitations of existing models for decision under imprecise and uncertain knowledge. This paper proposes a framework that combines two disciplines to exploit their own advantages in uncertain and imprecise knowledge representation ...

Uncertain input parameters may result from "fuzziness", "randomness" or "fuzzy randomness". With the use of fuzzy set theory, uncertain input parameters may be described mathematically as fuzzy variables or fuzzy random variables and may be integrated into safety assessment analysis. With the aid of -discretization involving the multiple solution of special optimization problems, fuzzy input pa...

Fuzzy probabilities have been widely used in the areas of risk assessment and decision making. Here, we propose a system based on fuzzy probabilities for assessing the intensity of pedestrian collisions and levels of injury. The proposed approach uses possibility probability distributions for demonstrating fuzzy probabilities. A composition of possibility probability distributions (fuzzy probab...

Coevolutionary algorithms have received increased attention in the past few years within the domain of evolutionary computation. In this paper, we combine the search power of coevolutionary computation with the expressive power of fuzzy systems, introducing a novel algorithm, Fuzzy CoCo: Fuzzy Cooperative Coevolution. We demonstrate the efficacy of Fuzzy CoCo by applying it to a hard, real-worl...

A genemlized possibility-distribution-fuzzy-relationalmodel is proposed considering semantic ambiguity for membership attribute values and ambiguity contained in them. And then the extended relational algebra is shown. In order to eliminate the semantic ambiguity, a membership attribute is attached to each attribute. This clarifies the origin of membership attribute values. What a membership at...

‘‘Is there a need for fuzzy logic?” is an issue which is associated with a long history of spirited discussions and debate. There are many misconceptions about fuzzy logic. Fuzzy logic is not fuzzy. Basically, fuzzy logic is a precise logic of imprecision and approximate reasoning. More specifically, fuzzy logic may be viewed as an attempt at formalization/mechanization of two remarkable human ...