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Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Logic

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Fuzzy Logic in Management

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Fuzzy sets were introduced by Zadeh [9] in 1965 to represent/manipu-late data and information possessing nonstatistical uncertainties. Fuzzy sets serve as a means of representing and manipulating data that are not precise, but rather fuzzy.

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Carlsson, C., Fedrizzi, M., Fullér, R. (2004). Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Logic. In: Fuzzy Logic in Management. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 66. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8977-2_2

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