Title :
An Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic System to test statistical hypothesis on means.
Author :
García, Juan Carlos Figueroa ; Rodriguez, Daniel ; Sierra, Alejandro
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Autom. Microelectron. & Comput. Intell., Univ. Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas, Bogota, Colombia
Abstract :
This paper presents a general inference engine based on interval type-2 fuzzy logic systems (IT2 FLS) to contrast statistical hypothesis on means. Fuzzy statistics is an useful approach which offers new answers for imprecise and uncertain statistical problems. In this way, we propose an extension of the Type-1 FLS reported by Figueroa and Soriano to an Interval type-2 FLS for involving uncertainty in the definition of the FLS. The proposed inference engine attempts to use uncertain hypothesis tests to obtain a fulfilment degree of Ho and after using the IASCO type reduction algorithm, we obtain a crisp information criteria about the hypothesis being tested, useful for many analysts who need to get information about samples.
Keywords :
fuzzy logic; inference mechanisms; statistical testing; IASCO type reduction algorithm; fuzzy statistics; inference engine; interval type-2 fuzzy logic system; statistical hypothesis; type-1 FLS; Bayesian methods; Engines; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy sets; Fuzzy systems; Logic testing; Probability; Statistical analysis; System testing; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Information Processing Society, 2009. NAFIPS 2009. Annual Meeting of the North American
Conference_Location :
Cincinnati, OH
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4575-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4577-6
DOI :
10.1109/NAFIPS.2009.5156439