A new model for linguistic modifiers

Abstract

AbstractThis paper presents a new model for the representation of linguistic modifiers. Each modifiers is characterized by three parameters and is identified by a single positive real number n. The number n fully characterizes the generic term of a boolean linguistic variable. The representation of the terms maintains the order relation with which they are used in natural language. Lastly, it is shown how this new model allows the fuzzy set of each boolean expression to be evaluated through suitably simple fuzzy functions