Comments on “A distance-based statistical analysis of fuzzy number-valued data” by the SMIRE research group

International audienceThis paper is a fine review of various aspects related to the statistical handling of "on-tic" random fuzzy sets by the means of appropriate distances. It is quite comprehensive and helpful, as it clarifies the status of fuzzy sets in such methods, explains the advan-tages of using a distance-based approach, specifies the pitfalls in which one should not fall when dealing with "ontic" random fuzzy sets and provides some illustration of practical computations. Not being a statistician but an occasional user of statistics, my discussion will mainly focus on this more practical aspect