Random Sets and Random Fuzzy Sets as Ill-Perceived Random Variables

An Introduction for Ph.D. Students and Practitioners
2014
ISBN: 978-3-319-08610-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 97 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1766 g

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Computational Intelligence

This short book provides a unified view of the history and theory of random sets and fuzzy random variables, with special emphasis on its use for representing higher-order non-statistical uncertainty about statistical experiments. The authors lay bare the existence of two streams of works using the same mathematical ground, but differing form their use of sets, according to whether they represent objects of interest naturally taking the form of sets, or imprecise knowledge about such objects.

Random (fuzzy) sets can be used in many fields ranging from mathematical morphology, economics, artificial intelligence, information processing and statistics per se, especially in areas where the outcomes of random experiments cannot be observed with full precision. This book also emphasizes the link between random sets and fuzzy sets with some techniques related to the theory of imprecise probabilities.

This small book is intended for graduate and doctoral students in mathematics or engineering, but also provides an introduction for other researchers interested in this area. It is written from a theoretical perspective. However, rather than offering a comprehensive formal view of random (fuzzy) sets in this context, it aims to provide a discussion of the meaning of the proposed formal constructions based on many concrete examples and exercises. This book should enable the reader to understand the usefulness of representing and reasoning with incomplete information in statistical tasks.  Each chapter ends with a list of exercises.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Couso, Inés

Sánchez, Luciano

Dubois, Didier

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Mathematische Logik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz Fuzzy-Systeme
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Mathematik für Ingenieure
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mathematik für Informatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Random sets as ill-perceived random variables.- Random fuzzy sets as ill-perceived random variables.