Measurement's result and its error as fuzzy variables: background and perspectives

Authors

Gennady N. Solopchenko
Konstantin K. Semenov
Vladik Kreinovich, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Leon Reznik

Publication Date

6-2009

Comments

Technical Report: UTEP-CS-09-18

Short version published in the Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Measurement Technology and Intelligent Instruments ISMTII'2009, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 28 - July 2, 2009, pp. 4-132 - 4-136; full version published in Key Engineering Materials, 2010, Vol. 437, pp. 487-491.

Abstract

The possibility of using fuzzy variables for describing measurands and their error characteristics is investigated. The elementary arithmetic operations within the limits of such representation are considered.