Fuzzy semantics in collaborative processes

Author

Chen, Su-Shing

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Missouri Univ., Columbia, MO, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

20-21 Aug 1998

Firstpage

320

Lastpage

323

Abstract

The paper reports on the reasoning of fuzzy semantics in collaborative processes, including groupware, workflow and CSCW software tools, as a fuzzy label relaxation process. A prototype Web based system is being implemented. In label relaxation, not only will new evidence update the fuzzy measures of a collection of propositions, but also the constraint satisfaction among those propositions in distributed cognitive maps will revise the measures. This mechanism is somewhat similar to human group behavior, which is an evolutive process converging to the most satisfactory result

Keywords

fuzzy set theory; fuzzy systems; groupware; inference mechanisms; office automation; uncertainty handling; CSCW software tools; collaborative processes; constraint satisfaction; distributed cognitive maps; evolutive process; fuzzy label relaxation process; fuzzy measures; fuzzy semantics; groupware; human group behavior; most satisfactory result; propositions; prototype Web based system; reasoning; workflow; Collaboration; Collaborative software; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Fuzzy cognitive maps; Fuzzy reasoning; Humans; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fuzzy Information Processing Society - NAFIPS, 1998 Conference of the North American

Conference_Location

Pensacola Beach, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4453-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAFIPS.1998.715598

Filename

715598