The X-μ Approach: In Theory and Practice

Daniel Lewis, Trevor P Martin

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Abstract

Criticisms exist for fuzzy set theory which do not reside in classical (or “crisp”) set theory, some such issues exhibited by fuzzy set theory regard the law of excluded middle and law of contradiction. There are also additional complexities in fuzzy set theory for monotonicity, order and cardinality. Fuzzy set applications either avoid these issues, or use them to their advantage. The X-μ approach, however, attempts to solve some of these issues through analysis of inverse fuzzy membership functions. Through the inverse fuzzy membership function it is possible to computationally calculate classical set operations over an entire fuzzy membership. This paper firstly explores how the X-μ approach compares to both classical/crisp set theory and conventional fuzzy set theory, and explores how the problems regarding the laws of excluded middle and contradiction might be solved using X-μ. Finally the approach is implemented and applied to an area of big data over the world-wide-web, using movie ratings data.


Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems
Communications in Computer and Information Science Volume 444, 2014, pp 406-415
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCommunications in Computer and Information Science
PublisherSpringer
Pages406-415
Volume444
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-08852-5
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-08851-8
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Bibliographical note

Accessible online: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-08852-5_42

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