Overview

This volume examines Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) operators. These OWA operators make it possible to change the form of aggregation from the ""pessimistic"" minimum-type aggregation through all intermediate types including the conventional arithmetic mean and nonconventional aggregations, to the ""optimistic"" maximum-type aggregations. Included are contributions from a number of fields where these operators have been applied. These fields are decision analysis under uncertainty, learning and classification, multi-person decision-making and consensus formation, and flexible database querying and information retrieval.

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Author:   Ronald R. Yager ,  J. Kacprzyk
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1997 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.500kg
ISBN:  

9780792399346

ISBN 10:   079239934
Pages:   347
Publication Date:   31 May 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Basic Issues in Aggregation.- Kolmogorov’ s theorem and its impact on soft computing.- Possibility and necessity in weighted aggregation.- OWA operators and an extension of the contrast model.- Equivalence of changes in proportions at crossroads of mathematical theories.- 2. Fundamental Aspects of OWA Operators.- On the inclusion of importances in OWA aggregation.- On the linguistic OWA operator and extensions.- Alternative representations of OWA operators.- 3. Mathematical Issues and OWA Operators.- Useful tools for aggregation procedures: some consequences and applications of Strossen ’s measurable Hahn-Banach theorem.- OWA specificity.- Ordered continuous means and information.- 4. OWA Operators in Decision Analysis.- OWA operators in decision making with uncertainty and nonnumeric payoffs.- On the role of immediate probability in various decision making models.- Risk management using fuzzy logic and genetic algorithms.- OWA operators for doctoral student selection problem.- 5. OWA Operators in Multicriteria and Multiperson Decision Making.- Beyond min aggregation in multicriteria decision: (ordered) weighted mean, discri-min, leximin.- OWA operators in group decision making and consensus reaching under fuzzy preferences and fuzzy majority.- Applications of the linguistic OWA operators in group decision making.- Aggregation rules in committee procedures.- 6. OWA Operators in Querying and Information Retrieval.- Quantified statements and some interpretations for the OWA operators.- Using OWA operators in flexible query processing.- Application of OWA operatrors to soften information retrieval systems.- Implementation of OWA operators in fuzzy querying for Microsoft Access.- 7. OWA Operators in Learning and Classification.- OWA-based computing: learningalgorithms.- OWA operators in machine learning from imperfect examples.- An application of OWA operators to the aggregation of multiple classification decisions.

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