Hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets were introduced to grasp the uncertainty existing in human reasoning. In this paper, inspired by absolute order-of-magnitude qualitative reasoning techniques, an extension of the set of hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets is presented to capture differences between non-compatible preferences. In addition, an order relation and two closed operations over this ...

In this paper, we present a multistage genetic learning process for obtaining linguistic fuzzy rule-based classification systems that integrates fuzzy reasoning methods cooperating with the fuzzy rule base and learns the best set of linguistic hedges for the linguistic variable terms. We show the application of the genetic learning process to two well known sample bases, and compare the results...

The aim of this paper is to propose a procedure to estimate missing preference values when dealing with incomplete fuzzy linguistic preference relations assessed using a 2–tuple fuzzy linguistic approach. This procedure attempts to estimate the missing information in an individual incomplete fuzzy linguistic preference relation using only the preference values provided by the respective expert....

In this study an academician selection system has been developed for universities using fuzzy weighting and fuzzy ranking. In the system, effects of many criteria and views of many experts are evaluated for selection. Number of criteria, number of linguistic variables of criteria, names of linguistic variables, membership functions of linguistic variables, number of experts and alternatives can...

A new method is proposed to solve the multiple attribute decision making (MADM) problems with the trapezoid fuzzy linguistic variables ( Vs TFL ) based on the trapezoid fuzzy linguistic hybrid harmonic averaging (TFLHHA ) operator. To begin with, this paper reviews the concept and operational rules of the Vs TFL , the calculation method of the possibility degree with Vs TFL , and the comparison...

A neural fuzzy system learning with linguistic teaching signals is proposed in this paper. This system is able to process and learn numerical information as well as linguistic information. It can be used either as an adaptive fuzzy expert system or as an adaptive fuzzy controller. At first, we propose a fivelayered neural network for the connectionist realization of a fuzzy inference system. Th...

In this paper we have analyzed the accomplishment of several consistency conditions in a real decision case. A group of students showed their intensities of preference among the alternatives by means of linguistic labels represented by real numbers. The absolute and relative fulfillments of some kinds of fuzzy transitivity properties have been studied for individual and collective preferences. ...

This work aims to develop a practical study of the uninorms as rule antecedent aggregation operator family in Linguistic Fuzzy Modeling. Although they are well known from a theoretical point of view, they have only recently been introduced in a few specific and recent applications. Uninorms are parameterized operators that combine the membership values in the antecedent in a more flexible way t...

We present a neuro-fuzzy system for character recognition from printed documents using a fuzzy Hough transform technique. For each character pattern, fuzzy Hough transform extracts information from the standard Hough transform accumulator cells into a number of fuzzy sets. These basic fuzzy sets are combined by t-norms to synthesize additional fuzzy sets whose heights form an n-dimensional feat...

We recall the concept of a linguistic variable and the representation of its values (i.e. linguistic terms) by means of fuzzy sets. In this framework adverbs are represented by fuzzy modifiers, i.e. operators acting on these fuzzy sets. We investigate two important classes of popular fuzzy modifiers. Grounding on results from psycholinguistic research, we discuss their pro’s and contra’s for re...