Paper:
Building a Type-2 Fuzzy Qualitative Regression Model
Yicheng Wei and Junzo Watada
Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems, Waseda University, 2-7 Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 808-0135, Japan
Type-1 fuzzy regression model is constructed with type-1 fuzzy coefficients dealing with real value inputs and outputs. From the fuzzy set-theoretical point of view, uncertainty also exists when associated with qualitative data (membership degrees). This paper intends to build a qualitative regression model to measure uncertainty by applying the type-2 fuzzy set as the model’s coefficients. We are thus able to quantitatively describe the relationship between qualitative object variables and qualitative values of multivariate attributes (membership degree or type-1 fuzzy set), which are given by subjective recognition and judgment. We will build a basic qualitative model first and then improve it capable of ranging inputs. We will also give a heuristic solution in the end.
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