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The typical fuzzy classifier consists of rules each one describing one of the classes. This paper presents a new fuzzy classifier with probabilistic IF-THEN rules. A learning algorithm based on the gradient descent method is proposed to identify the probabilistic IF-THEN rules from the training data set. This new fuzzy classifier is finally applied to the well-known Wisconsin breast cancer classification problem, and a compact, interpretable and accurate probabilistic IF-THEN rule base is achieved.
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Lv, H., Zhu, B., Tang, Y. (2007). Fuzzy Classifier with Probabilistic IF-THEN Rules. In: Melin, P., Castillo, O., Aguilar, L.T., Kacprzyk, J., Pedrycz, W. (eds) Foundations of Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing. IFSA 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4529. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72950-1_66
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