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What Is Computing with Words (CWW)?

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Computing with Words

Part of the book series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing ((STUDFUZZ,volume 277))

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There are many misconceptions about what Computing with Words is and what it has to offer. A common misconception is that CWW and NLP (Natural Language Processing) are closely related. In fact, this is not the case. CWW and NLP have different agendas and address different problems.

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Zadeh, L.A. (2013). What Is Computing with Words (CWW)?. In: Computing with Words. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 277. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27473-2_1

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