DocumentCode :
2571212
Title :
A fuzzy logic approach to the management of linguistically expressed uncertainty
Author :
Lopez de Mantaras, Ramon ; Meseguer, P. ; Sanz, Fernando ; Sierra, Carles ; Verdaguer, A.
Author_Institution :
Centre d´´Estudis Avancats de Blanes, Girona, Spain
fYear :
1988
fDate :
0-0 1988
Firstpage :
144
Lastpage :
151
Abstract :
A description is given to the expert system shell called MILORD and, in particular, its management of uncertainty. This shell contains two inference engines, a rule-oriented editor, a rule compiler, and an explanation module. MILORD can be used to perform three different calculi of uncertainty, on an expert-defined set of linguistic labels, depending on three different models of the conjunction, disjunction, and implication operators. The internal representation of each linguistic label is a possibility distribution on the unit interval. The calculus performed on these labels is not closed in general, and, therefore, it is necessary to close it by means of a linguistic approximation process. This, in turn, allows the conjunction, disjunction, and implication operations to be precomputed for all the pairs of linguistic labels, sorting the results in matrices. Thus, when MILORD is run on a knowledge base, the propagation and combination of uncertainty is performed accessing the precomputed matrices. The examples given correspond to an application to the diagnosis of pneumonias.<>
Keywords :
expert systems; fuzzy set theory; linguistics; MILORD; conjunction; diagnosis of pneumonias; disjunction; expert system shell; explanation module; fuzzy logic approach; implication operators; inference engines; linguistically expressed uncertainty; management; possibility distribution; rule compiler; rule-oriented editor; Biomedical equipment; Blood; Calculus; Engines; Fuzzy logic; Hospitals; Lungs; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Uncertainty;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Multiple-Valued Logic, 1988., Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0859-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISMVL.1988.5167
Filename :
5167
Link To Document :
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