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Complexity and Fuzziness in 20th Century Science and Technology

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Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems. Applications (IPMU 2010)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 81))

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This historical and philosophical paper shows the parallel views of Warren Weaver and Lotfi Zadeh in the 1950s and 1960, respectively, on mathematics in science and technology and their calls for “new mathematics” to solve a new class of problems.

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  1. European Centre for Soft Computing, Edificio Científico-Tecnológico. 3a Planta, C Gonzalo Gutiérrez Quirós S/N, 33600, Mieres, Asturias, Spain

    Rudolf Seising

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  1. Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany

    Eyke Hüllermeier

  2. Department of Knowledge Processing and Language Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    Rudolf Kruse

  3. Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44221, Dortmund, (Germany)

    Frank Hoffmann

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Seising, R. (2010). Complexity and Fuzziness in 20th Century Science and Technology. In: Hüllermeier, E., Kruse, R., Hoffmann, F. (eds) Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems. Applications. IPMU 2010. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 81. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14058-7_37

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