Title :
Toward fuzzy-valued matching and similarity assessment
Author :
Sudkamp, Thomas ; Cross, Valerie
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wright State Univ., Dayton, OH, USA
Abstract :
A fuzzy-valued measure of the degree of matching of two fuzzy sets is proposed based on the Jaccard index applied to the level sets. This measure satisfies a generalization the criteria of Dubois and Prade (1982) for point-valued matching indices. A similarity index is obtained by combining the matching index with a proximity assessment. These fuzzy-valued indices provide a more comprehensive summarization of the similarity of fuzzy sets than the standard point-valued measures
Keywords :
fuzzy set theory; pattern matching; Jaccard index; fuzzy sets; fuzzy-valued indices; fuzzy-valued matching measure; level sets; point-valued matching index; proximity assessment; similarity assessment; similarity index; Computer science; Data analysis; Databases; Fuzzy sets; Level set; Measurement standards; Pattern analysis; Pattern recognition; Position measurement; Shape measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Information Processing Society, 1996. NAFIPS., 1996 Biennial Conference of the North American
Conference_Location :
Berkeley, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3225-3
DOI :
10.1109/NAFIPS.1996.534704
