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The Signed Distance Measure in Fuzzy Statistical Analysis

Theoretical, Empirical and Programming Advances

  • Provides a didactical approach to advanced fuzzy statistical methods, together with examples and illustrations
  • Compares fuzzy statistical approaches with standard classical approaches
  • Addresses theoretical advances, applications and programming tools

Part of the book series: Fuzzy Management Methods (FMM)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. Introduction

    • Rédina Berkachy
    Pages 1-7
  3. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-11
    2. Fundamental Concepts on Fuzzy Sets

      • Rédina Berkachy
      Pages 13-33
    3. Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems

      • Rédina Berkachy
      Pages 35-45
    4. Distances Between Fuzzy Sets

      • Rédina Berkachy
      Pages 47-85
    5. Fuzzy Random Variables and Fuzzy Distributions

      • Rédina Berkachy
      Pages 87-113
    6. Fuzzy Statistical Inference

      • Rédina Berkachy
      Pages 115-175
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 177-178
  5. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
    2. Evaluation of Linguistic Questionnaire

      • Rédina Berkachy
      Pages 181-211
    3. Fuzzy Analysis of Variance

      • Rédina Berkachy
      Pages 213-257
  6. An R Package for Fuzzy Statistical Analysis: A Detailed Description

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 259-259
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 341-346

About this book

The main focus of this book is on presenting advances in fuzzy statistics, and on proposing a methodology for testing hypotheses in the fuzzy environment based on the estimation of fuzzy confidence intervals, a context in which not only the data but also the hypotheses are considered to be fuzzy. The proposed method for estimating these intervals is based on the likelihood method and employs the bootstrap technique. A new metric generalizing the signed distance measure is also developed. In turn, the book presents two conceptually diverse applications in which defended intervals play a role: one is a novel methodology for evaluating linguistic questionnaires developed at the global and individual levels; the other is an extension of the multi-ways analysis of variance to the space of fuzzy sets. To illustrate these approaches, the book presents several empirical and simulation-based studies with synthetic and real data sets. In closing, it presents a coherent R package called “FuzzySTs” which covers all the previously mentioned concepts with full documentation and selected use cases. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to all researchers whose work involves advanced fuzzy statistical methods.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Applied Statistics And Modelling (ASAM) Department of Informatics, Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

    Rédina Berkachy

About the author

Dr. Rédina Berkachy is a Senior Researcher at the Applied Statistics and Modelling (ASAM) group at the Department of Informatics, Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Fribourg, and a Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland. She holds a BSc in Mathematics from the Lebanese University (Lebanon), a MSc in Numerical Analysis and Mathematical Modelling from the Saint-Joseph University of Beirut (Lebanon), and a PhD in Statistics from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). Her main research interests are fuzzy statistics and their applications, fuzzy decision making and mathematical and statistical modelling. She is also an R developer and the author of FuzzySTs package available on CRAN. 

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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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Hardcover Book USD 139.99
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