In essence, Computing with Words (CWW) is a system of computation in
which the objects of computation are predominantly words, phrases and
propositions drawn from a natural language. CWW is based on fuzzy
logic. In science there is a deep-seated tradition of according
much more respect to numbers than to words. In a fundamental way, CWW
is a challenge to this tradition. What is not widely recognized is
that, today, words are used in place of numbers in a wide variety of
applications ranging from digital cameras and household appliances to
fraud detection systems, biomedical instrumentation and subway
trains. CWW offers a unique capability—the capability to
precisiate natural language. Unprecisiated (raw) natural language
cannot be computed with. A key concept which underlies precisiation of
meaning is that of the meaning postulate: A proposition, p, is a
restriction on the values which a variable, X—a variable which is
implicit in p—is allowed to take. CWW has an important ramification
for mathematics. Addition of the formalism of CWW to mathematics
empowers mathematics to construct mathematical solutions of
computational problems which are stated in a natural language.
Traditional mathematics does not have this capability.
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Principal Concepts and Ideas
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ISBN
9783642274732
Publisert
2020
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Springer
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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