An inference engine toolkit for computing with words

Computing with Words is an emerging paradigm in knowledge representation and information processing. It provides a mathematical model to represent the meaning of imprecise words and phrases in natural language and introduces advanced techniques to perform reasoning on inexact knowledge. Since its in...

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Published in:Journal of ambient intelligence and humanized computing 2013-08, Vol.4 (4), p.451-470
Main Authors: Khorasani, Elham S., Patel, Purvag, Rahimi, Shahram, Houle, Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Artificial Intelligence
Computational Intelligence
Data processing
Engineering
Fuzzy logic
Fuzzy sets
Inference
Knowledge representation
Language
Life insurance
Linguistics
Natural language
Original Research
Reasoning
Robotics and Automation
Soft computing
Toolkits
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
Variables
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Summary:Computing with Words is an emerging paradigm in knowledge representation and information processing. It provides a mathematical model to represent the meaning of imprecise words and phrases in natural language and introduces advanced techniques to perform reasoning on inexact knowledge. Since its introduction, there have been many studies on computing with words but mostly from the theoretical point of view and the paradigm still lacks sufficient support from the software side. This paper is an attempt to fill this gap by presenting an enhanced inference engine toolkit for supporting computing with words. The scope of the presented toolkit, as opposed to many available fuzzy logic tools, goes beyond simple fuzzy-if-then rules and performs a chain of inferences on complex fuzzy propositions containing fuzzy arithmetics, fuzzy quantifiers, and fuzzy probabilities. The toolkit may be appealing to researchers, practitioners, and educators in knowledge based applications and soft computing as it implements a powerful declarative language which allows users to express their knowledge in a more natural and convenient way and performs a chain of reasoning on imprecise propositions.
ISSN:1868-5137
1868-5145
DOI:10.1007/s12652-012-0137-8