As stressed in [1] and [12] an interesting question on philosophy of probability is to assign probabilistic valuations to individual phenomenon. In [10] such a question was discussed and a solution was proposed. In this chapter we start from the ideas in [10] to sketch a method to design expert systems, probabilistic in nature. Indeed, we assume that the probability an individual satisfies a property is the percentage of similar individuals satisfying such a property. In turn, we call "similar" two individuals sharing the same observable properties. Such an approach is extended to the case of vague properties. We adopt a formalism arising from formal concept analysis.

Similarities for crisp and fuzzy probabilistic expert systems / Coppola, Cristina; Gerla, Giangiacomo; Pacelli, Tiziana. - 224:(2008), pp. 23-42. [10.1007/978-3-540-76973-6_2]

Similarities for crisp and fuzzy probabilistic expert systems

Pacelli, Tiziana
2008

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As stressed in [1] and [12] an interesting question on philosophy of probability is to assign probabilistic valuations to individual phenomenon. In [10] such a question was discussed and a solution was proposed. In this chapter we start from the ideas in [10] to sketch a method to design expert systems, probabilistic in nature. Indeed, we assume that the probability an individual satisfies a property is the percentage of similar individuals satisfying such a property. In turn, we call "similar" two individuals sharing the same observable properties. Such an approach is extended to the case of vague properties. We adopt a formalism arising from formal concept analysis.
2008
978-354076972-9
Similarities for crisp and fuzzy probabilistic expert systems / Coppola, Cristina; Gerla, Giangiacomo; Pacelli, Tiziana. - 224:(2008), pp. 23-42. [10.1007/978-3-540-76973-6_2]
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