Title :
Conditional subjective probability and fuzzy theory
Author :
Coletti, Giulianella ; Scozzafava, Romano
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Matematica, Perugia Univ., Italy
Abstract :
Our aim is to propose an interpretation of fuzzy set theory in terms of conditional events and coherent conditional probabilities. During the past few years, a large number of papers have been devoted to support either the thesis that probability theory is all that is required for reasoning about uncertainty, or the negative view maintaining that probability is inadequate to capture what is usually treated by fuzzy theory. In this paper (containing only some preliminaries results: our research is still in progress) we emphasize the role of conditioning (in a proper framework, i.e. de Finetti´s approach to subjective probability through coherence) to get rid of many controversial aspects
Keywords :
fuzzy set theory; inference mechanisms; probability; uncertainty handling; conditional events; conditional subjective probability; conditioning; fuzzy set theory; reasoning about uncertainty; Frequency measurement; Fuzzy reasoning; Fuzzy set theory; Fuzzy sets; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Information Processing Society, 1999. NAFIPS. 18th International Conference of the North American
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5211-4
DOI :
10.1109/NAFIPS.1999.781657