A NON-NUMERIC APPROACH TO UNCERTAIN REASONING
- 1 March 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of General Systems
- Vol. 23 (4) , 343-359
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03081079508908047
Abstract
This paper presents a non-numeric approach to uncertain reasoning by extending the incidence calculus. In parallel to the well known fuzzy, belief/plausibility, probability, and necessity/possibility measures, the corresponding classes of non-numeric functions are examined. A method of constructing non-numeric functions is discussed using the notion of compatibility relations. Non-numeric functions are used to interpret uncertain reasoning by providing possible-worlds semantics for both qualitative and quantitative methods.Keywords
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