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width-methods

Calculate the Width of a Fuzzy Number


Description

The width (Chanas, 2001) is a measure of nonspecificity of a fuzzy number.

Usage

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

Arguments

object

a fuzzy number

...

additional arguments passed to expectedInterval

Details

The width of A is defined as width(A) := EI_U(A) - EI_L(A), where EI is the expectedInterval.

Value

Returns a single numeric value.

References

Chanas S. (2001), On the interval approximation of a fuzzy number, Fuzzy Sets and Systems 122, pp. 353-356.

See Also


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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