COMPUTING WITH WORDS: THE CONCEPT OF CONFORMITY

摘要

Applying the generalised extension principle within the area of Computing with Words typically leads to complex maximisation problems. If distributed quantities ― such as, for instance, size distributions within human populations ― are considered, density functions representing these distributions become involved. Very often, the optimising density functions do not resemble those found in nature. This factor could narrow the practical usability of the results obtained. Therefore, a new concept ― called conformity ― is introduced which allows to overcome this lack of resemblance. Furthermore, a method to handle the resulting maximisation problems is described.