As Complexity Rises, Meaningful Statements Lose Precision -- but Why?

Authors

Miroslav Svitek, Czech Technical University in PragueFollow
Olga Kosheleva, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Vladik Kreinovich, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow

Publication Date

9-1-2021

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Technical Report: UTEP-CS-21-81

Abstract

One of the motivations for Zadeh's development of fuzzy logic -- and one of the explanations for the success of fuzzy techniques -- is the empirical observation that as complexity rises, meaningful statements lose precision. In this paper, we provide a possible explanation for this empirical phenomenon.