Aggregation Functions: A Guide for Practitioners

• Main Authors: Beliakov, Gleb (Author), Pradera, Ana (Author), Calvo, Tomasa (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, 221
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Computers.; Artificial intelligence.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Computer Science.; Theory of Computation.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Software Engineering.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

Aggregation of information is of primary importance in the construction of knowledge based systems in various domains, ranging from medicine, economics, and engineering to decision-making processes, artificial intelligence, robotics, and machine learning. This book gives a broad introduction into th...

Table of Contents:

• Averaging Functions
• Conjunctive and Disjunctive Functions
• Mixed Functions
• Choice and Construction of Aggregation Functions
• Interpolatory Type Aggregation Functions
• Other Types of Aggregation and Additional Properties.