What Could Fuzzy Logic Bring to Statistical Information Systems?

The aim of the paper is to present the applicability of the fuzzy logic for statistical information systems in order to improve work with statistical data. The improvement offers the approximate reasoning in order to solve problems in a way that more resembles human logic. The paper examines the fuz...

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Main Author: Miroslav Hudec
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Czech Statistical Office 2011-03-01
Series:Statistika: Statistics and Economy Journal
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Online Access:http://www.czso.cz/csu/2011edicniplan.nsf/engt/78003485EF/$File/180211q158-70.pdf
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Summary:The aim of the paper is to present the applicability of the fuzzy logic for statistical information systems in order to improve work with statistical data. The improvement offers the approximate reasoning in order to solve problems in a way that more resembles human logic. The paper examines the fuzzy logic approach,emphasizes situations when the two-valued (crisp) logic is not adequate and offers solutions based on fuzzy logic. The first step of using data is its selection from a database. Although the Structured Query Language (SQL) is a very powerful tool, it is unable to satisfy needs for data selection based on linguistic expressions and degrees of truth. For this purpose the fuzzy generalised logicalcondition (GLC) was developed. Later researches have shown that the GLC formula is suitable for other processes concerning data, namely data classification and data dissemination.
ISSN:1804-8765