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From: sthomas@decan.gate.net (S.F. Thomas)
Subject: Re: Kosko considered fuzzy (Re: [HELP] Fuzzy Neural Networks)
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 00:38:10 GMT
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Peter Hamer (pgh@bnr.co.uk) wrote:
: In article <D5t63G.BKF@unx.sas.com> saswss@hotellng.unx.sas.com (Warren Sarle) writes:
: >
: >Kosko's writing is very confusing. Ignore the text, read the formulas.

: But intent and interpretation are major issues. You only need to think of
: statistics where similar terms (eg confidence interval) and even identical
: formulae are used by schools as different as the frequentists and the bayesians.
: They have totally different views on: what they are trying to do; what is
: possible; and the interpretation of the formulae.

: I suppose I am really saying that intent and interpretation are the areas where
: I have most problems understanding the fuzzy movement. Where is a good place
: to find a discussion on such topics as intent and interpretation in the fuzzy
: field; ideally relating it to other schools of uncertain reasoning.

I agree with you about the importance of intent and interpretation.
As to a place to find a discussion of such topics, may I suggest my
"Fuzziness and Probability", which should be due out in print by the
summer.  

In the belief that, after cursing the darkness, it is time to light a 
candle ...

: Peter

: BTW I have managed to find only a very limited coverage of such issues in
: the much older field of statistics (Bennett's book being a very honourable
: exception). It's difficult to do, and demands a breadth of vision much wider
: than a single school of thought. 

Cheers!
S.F. Thomas
