This chapter introduces a rule-based perspective on the framework of fuzzy lattices, and the Fuzzy Lattice Reasoning (FLR) classifier. The notion of fuzzy lattice rules is introduced, and a training algorithm for inducing a fuzzy lattice rule engine from data is specified. The role of positive valuation functions for specifying fuzzy lattices is underlined and non-linear (sigmoid) positive valu...

Ayache has recently proved that if R is an integrally closed domain such that each overring of R is treed, then R is a locally pseudo-valuation domain. We investigate the extent to which the analogue (in which one concludes that R is a locally pseudo-valuation ring) holds if R is generalized to a commutative ring. A positive result is obtained if R is an idealization D(+)K where D is an integra...

Nowadays, the appetite for the investment and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in RFID companies is growing rapidly. Although the huge number of papers have addressed the topic of business valuation models based on statistical methods or neural network methods, only a few are dedicated to constructing a general framework for business valuation that improves the performance with network g...

The purpose of this article is to present a short model-theoretic proof of the valuation property for a polynomially bounded, o-minimal theory T . The valuation property was conjectured by van den Dries [1], and proved for the polynomially bounded case by van den Dries– Speissegger [4] and for the power bounded case by Tyne [11]. Our proof uses the transfer principle for the theory Tconv (theor...

This paper discusses the standard welfare economics assumption anthropocentric welfarism, i.e. that only human well-being counts intrinsically. New survey evidence from a representative sample in Sweden is presented, indicating that anthropocentrism is strongly rejected, on average. However, most people appear to have a consequentialistic ethics, in line with conventional welfare economics. The...

We derive two big-step abstract machines, a natural semantics, and the valuation function of a denotational semantics based on the small-step abstract machine for Core Scheme presented by Clinger at PLDI’98. Starting from a functional implementation of this small-step abstract machine, (1) we fuse its transition function with its driver loop, obtaining the functional implementation of a big-ste...

In this paper we show that performance information about “forgone” alternatives (i.e., alternative that were considered but not chosen) can have a significant impact on post-choice valuation. Our approach introduces a new and parsimonious way of looking at satisfaction that combines the literature on post-choice valuation with research regarding generalized expected utility theory. While the po...

Consider the seller’s problem of finding “optimal” prices for her (divisible) goods when faced with a set of consumers, given that she can only observe their purchased bundles at set prices, i.e., access to only revealed preferences (demand oracle). We study both social welfare and profit maximization under this setting, assuming concave valuation function of consumers and convex production cos...

forests as one of the most important terrestrial ecosystems provide many ecosystem services that almost there is no market to present their values. among this non market services, gas regulation has a significant importance. plants absorb co2 and use it in photosynthesis process. this process, in addition to producing plant biomass and releasing o2, has the effective role in reducing the greenh...