DocumentCode
3021557
Title
Possibility theory vs. probability theory in decision analysis
Author
Zadeh, L.A.
Author_Institution
University of California, Berkeley, California
fYear
1977
fDate
7-9 Dec. 1977
Firstpage
1267
Lastpage
1269
Abstract
In decision analysis, information analysis, reliability theory, control theory, choice theory, game theory and most other theories in which the concept of uncertainty plays an important role, it has long been -- and continues to be -- an unquestion assumption that uncertainty is a concomitant of randomness and, as such, should be treated by the methods provided by probability theory. However, as we learn more about the issues relating to uncertainty, it is becoming increasingly clear that randomness and uncertainty are by no means coextensive concepts, and that uncertainty has two distinct facets -- fuzziness and randomness -- both of which play basic roles in human reasoning, decision-making and concept formation.
Keywords
Decision making; Fuzzy sets; Game theory; Humans; Laboratories; Possibility theory; Reliability theory; Uncertainty;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Decision and Control including the 16th Symposium on Adaptive Processes and A Special Symposium on Fuzzy Set Theory and Applications, 1977 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location
New Orleans, LA, USA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CDC.1977.271764
Filename
4046034
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