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Topics Covered in Lecture #4

Recap of Lecture #3

Linguistic Approach

1. Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics
   • Grammar, Programming Languages, and Natural Languages
   • Chomsky classification of formal languages
2. Language as a fuzzy mapping
3. Linguistic variables, linguistic values
4. Modifiers and Relations
5. Saaty's Cardinal Ratio scale

Fuzzy Logics

1. Boolean Logic
2. Extended Boolean Logics (Predicate, Modal)
3. Multi-Valued Logics ( Kleen, Lukasiewicz )
4. Fuzzy-Valued Logics

Linguistic Approximation

• Feature Space Selection
• Weights Determination Using Saaty's Method
• Filtering in Feature Space
• Final Label Selection

PDF Files of Slides for Lectures 4 and 5

Author: Piero P. Bonissone bonissone@crd.ge.com