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ambiguity-methods

Calculate the Ambiguity of a Fuzzy Number


Description

The ambiguity (Delgado et al, 1998) is a measure of nonspecificity of a fuzzy number.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'FuzzyNumber'
ambiguity(object, ...)

Arguments

object

a fuzzy number

...

additional arguments passed to alphaInterval

Details

The ambiguity is defined as val(A) := int_0^1 α(A_U(α) - A_L(α))dα.

Value

Returns a single numeric value.

References

Delgado M., Vila M.A., Voxman W. (1998), On a canonical representation of a fuzzy number, Fuzzy Sets and Systems 93, pp. 125-135.

See Also

Other characteristics: expectedValue, value, weightedExpectedValue, width


FuzzyNumbers

Tools to Deal with Fuzzy Numbers

v0.4-6
LGPL (>= 3)
Authors
Marek Gagolewski [aut, cre], Jan Caha [ctb]
Initial release
2019-02-05

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