a parametric representation of linguistic hedges in zadeh’s fuzzy logic：在zadeh的模糊语言模糊限制语的参数表示.pdf

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning 30 (2002) 203–223 /locate/ijar A parametric representation of linguistic hedges in Zadeh’s fuzzy logic V.N. Huynh a,b,*, T.B. Ho b, Y. Nakamori b a Department of Computer Science, University of Quinhon, 170 An Duong Vuong, Quinhon, Vietnam b School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advance dInstitute of Science an dTechnology, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan Received 1 September 2001; accepted 1 March 2002 Abstract This paper proposes a model for the parametric representation of linguistic hedges in Zadeh’s fuzzy logic. In this model each linguistic truth-value, which is generated from a primary term of the linguistic truth variable, is identified by a real number r depending on the primary term. It is shown that the model yields a method of efficiently computing linguistic truth expressions accompanied with a rich algebraic structure of the linguistic truth domain, namely De Morgan algebra. Also, a fuzzy logic based on the parametric representation of linguistic truth-values is introduced. 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved. Keywords: Linguistic hedges; Linguistic variable; Distributive lattice; De Morgan algebra; Fuzzy logic; Approximate reasoning 1. Introduction In 1970s, Zadeh [19–23] introduced and developed the theory of approxi- mate reasoning based on the notions of linguistic variable and fuzzy logic. Informally, by a linguistic variable we mean a variable whose values are words in a natural or artificial language. For example, Age is a linguistic variable * Corresponding author. Tel.: +845-681-8429; fax: +845-684-6089. E-mail a ress: huynh@jaist.ac.jp (V.N. Huynh