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On Fuzzy Focal Elements Combining

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Uncertainty and Imprecision in Decision Making and Decision Support: Cross-Fertilization, New Models and Applications (IWIFSGN 2016)

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The Dempster-Shafer theory can be extended for fuzzy focal elements. When knowledge from different sources is combined, membership functions of the elements should be also joined. The paper suggests a combination of knowledge by means of the conjunction of data-driven membership functions. A discussion on an influence of the combination on the basic probability assignment is provided. The method can be helpful for medical knowledge transfer.

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This research was supported by statutory funds (BK–220/RAu-3/2016) of the Institute of Electronics, Silesian University of Technology.

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  1. Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science, Institute of Electronics, Silesian University of Technology, 16 Akademicka St., 44-100, Gliwice, Poland

    Ewa Straszecka

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  1. Department of Bioinformatics and Mathematical Modelling, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Krassimir T. Atanassov

  2. Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Janusz Kacprzyk

  3. Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Andrzej Kałuszko

  4. WIT - Warsaw School of Information Technology, Warsaw, Poland

    Maciej Krawczak

  5. Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Jan Owsiński

  6. Faculty of Technical Sciences, “Prof. Assen Zlatarov” University, Bourgas, Bulgaria

    Sotir Sotirov

  7. Faculty of Technical Sciences, “Prof. Assen Zlatarov” University, Bourgas, Bulgaria

    Evdokia Sotirova

  8. Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Eulalia Szmidt

  9. Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Sławomir Zadrożny

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Straszecka, E. (2018). On Fuzzy Focal Elements Combining. In: Atanassov, K., et al. Uncertainty and Imprecision in Decision Making and Decision Support: Cross-Fertilization, New Models and Applications. IWIFSGN 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 559. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65545-1_2

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