Title :
Measures of uncertainty and uncertainty-based information in GIT: A historical overview
Author :
Klir, George J. ; Bronevich, Andrey
Author_Institution :
Syst. Sci. & Ind. Eng. Dept., Binghamton Univ. (SUNY-Binghamton), Binghamton, NY
Abstract :
As an introduction to the special session on generalized information theory (GIT), a historical overview is presented in this paper of major results regarding justifiable measures of uncertainty for the various theories of imprecise probabilities.
Keywords :
history; information theory; probability; uncertain systems; generalized information theory; imprecise probabilities; uncertainty measures; uncertainty-based information; Calculus; Fuzzy sets; Industrial engineering; Information theory; Mathematics; Measurement uncertainty; Particle measurements; Set theory; Terminology;
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Information Processing Society, 2008. NAFIPS 2008. Annual Meeting of the North American
Conference_Location :
New York City, NY
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2351-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2352-1
DOI :
10.1109/NAFIPS.2008.4531310
