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Fuzzy neural network methodology applied to medical diagnosis
This paper presents a technique for building expert systems that combines the fuzzy-set approach with artificial neural network structures. This technique can effectively deal with two types of medical knowledge: a nonfuzzy one and a fuzzy one which usually contributes to the process of medical diagnosis. Nonfuzzy numerical data is obtained from medical tests. Fuzzy linguistic rules describing the diagnosis process are provided by a human expert. The proposed method has been successfully applied in veterinary medicine as a support system in the diagnosis of canine liver diseases
Fuzzy inequational logic
We present a logic for reasoning about graded inequalities which generalizes
the ordinary inequational logic used in universal algebra. The logic deals with
atomic predicate formulas of the form of inequalities between terms and
formalizes their semantic entailment and provability in graded setting which
allows to draw partially true conclusions from partially true assumptions. We
follow the Pavelka approach and define general degrees of semantic entailment
and provability using complete residuated lattices as structures of truth
degrees. We prove the logic is Pavelka-style complete. Furthermore, we present
a logic for reasoning about graded if-then rules which is obtained as
particular case of the general result
Tropical linear algebra with the Lukasiewicz T-norm
The max-Lukasiewicz semiring is defined as the unit interval [0,1] equipped
with the arithmetics "a+b"=max(a,b) and "ab"=max(0,a+b-1). Linear algebra over
this semiring can be developed in the usual way. We observe that any problem of
the max-Lukasiewicz linear algebra can be equivalently formulated as a problem
of the tropical (max-plus) linear algebra. Based on this equivalence, we
develop a theory of the matrix powers and the eigenproblem over the
max-Lukasiewicz semiring.Comment: 27 page
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