International Journal of applied mathematics and computer science

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Number 3 - September 2015
Volume 25 - 2015

Computing with words with the use of inverse RDM models of membership functions

Andrzej Piegat, Marcin Pluciński

Abstract
Computing with words is a way to artificial, human-like thinking. The paper shows some new possibilities of solving difficult problems of computing with words which are offered by relative-distance-measure RDM models of fuzzy membership functions. Such models are based on RDM interval arithmetic. The way of calculation with words was shown using a specific problem of flight delay formulated by Lotfi Zadeh. The problem seems easy at first sight, but according to the authors’ knowledge it has not been solved yet. Results produced with the achieved solution were tested. The investigations also showed that computing with words sometimes offers possibilities of achieving better problem solutions than with the human mind.

Keywords
computing with words, fuzzy arithmetic, RDM fuzzy arithmetic, granular computing

DOI
10.1515/amcs-2015-0049