• DocumentCode
    2005269
  • Title

    Identical foundation of probability theory and fuzzy set theory

  • Author

    De Brucq, Denis ; Colot, Olivier ; Sombo, Arnaud

  • Author_Institution
    PSI, Rouen Univ., Mont Saint Aignan, France
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    8-11 July 2002
  • Firstpage
    1442
  • Abstract
    Information fusion introduces special operators o in probability theory and fuzzy theory. Some serious data certify in each case these two quite distinct techniques. The article shows that four postulates are the unique aim of these two theories. Evidence theory and fuzzy set theory often replace probabilities in medicine, economy and control. Fuzzy theory is used for example in a Japanese photographic engine. We solved the challenge of unifying such different techniques. With the four postulates: noncontradiction, continuity, universality, context dependence, we obtain the same functional equation from which are deduced probability and fuzzy set theories. The same postulates apply to confidences either in the dependence or independence situation. The foundation for the various modern theories of information fusion has been unified in the framework of uncertainty by deductions. The independence between elementary confidences do not need to be understood in the sense of probabilistic meaning.
  • Keywords
    fuzzy set theory; inference mechanisms; probability; sensor fusion; uncertainty handling; Dempster-Shafer; Japanese photographic engine; belief function; context dependence; economy; evidence theory; functional equation; fuzzy set theory; independence situation; information fusion; medicine; probabilistic meaning; probability theory; Calculus; Communication system control; Commutation; Engines; Equations; Fuzzy set theory; Game theory; Graphics; Probability; Uncertainty;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Fusion, 2002. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Annapolis, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-9721844-1-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIF.2002.1020985
  • Filename
    1020985