Table of Contents

1. Neuro-Fuzzy and Genetic Systems for Computing with Words.- Neural Fuzzy Intelligent Agents.- Neuro Fuzzy Systems for Data Analysis.- A New Fuzzy Inference System Based on Artificial Neural Network and Its Applications.- Encouraging Cooperation in the Genetic Iterative Rule Learning Approach for Qualitative Modeling.- 2. Tools for Linguistic Data Modeling and Analysis.- Fuzzy Graphs with Linguistic Input-Outputs by Fuzzy Approximation Models.- Fuzzy Random Variables: Modeling Linguistic Statistical Data.- 3. Linguistic Models in System Reliability, Quality Control and Risk Analyses.- Linguistic Model of System Reliability Analysis.- Lifetime Tests for Vague Data.- Systems Analytic Models for Fuzzy Risk Estimation.- 4. Linguistic Models in Decision Making, Optimization and Control.- Decision Analysis by Advanced Fuzzy Systems.- Group Decision Making and a Measure of Consensus under Fuzzy Preferences and a Fuzzy Linguistic Majority.- Linear Programming with Words.- Computing with Words in Control.- On Linguistic Fuzzy Constraint Satisfaction Problems.- 5. Linguistic and Imprecise Information in Databases and Information Systems.- Data Models for Dealing with Linguistic and Imprecise Information.- Fuzzy Set Approaches to Model Uncertainty in Spatial Data and Geographic Information Systems.- Computing Fuzzy Dependencies with Linguistic Labels.- The Paradigm of Computing with Words in Intelligent Database Querying.- Linguistic Data Mining.- Evaluation of Connectionist Information Retrieval in a Legal Documemt Collection.- 6. Applications.- Using Linguistic Models in Medical Decison Making.- The Fuzzy Logic Advisor for Social Judgements: A First Attempt.- Conceptualisation with GABEK: Ideas on Social Change in South Africa.- A Linguistic Decision Model to Suppliers Selection in International Purchasing.- Fuzzy System for Air Traffic Flow Management.- A Fuzzy Approach to Contracting Electrical Energy in Competitive Electricity Markets.- Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Computing in Nuclear Engineering.- Computational Intelligence Techniques in Landmine Detection.

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