Technical Reports from 2018
Why STEM?, Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
Why Superforecasters Change Their Estimates on Average by 3.5%: A Possible Theoretical Explanation, Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
A Symmetry-Based Explanation of the Main Idea Behind Chubanov's Linear Programming Algorithm, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich, and Thongchai Dumrongpokaphan
Type-2 Fuzzy Analysis Explains Ubiquity of Triangular and Trapezoid Membership Functions, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich, and Shahnaz Shahbazova
From Gig Economy to Gig Education, Olga Kosheleva, Julian Viera Jr., and Vladik Kreinovich
Should School Feel Like a Family: Lessons from Business Controversy as Interpreted by Decision Making Theory, Olga Kosheleva, Julian Viera Jr., and Vladik Kreinovich
From Traditional Neural Networks to Deep Learning: Towards Mathematical Foundations of Empirical Successes, Vladik Kreinovich
Lotfi Zadeh: a Pioneer in AI, a Pioneer in Statistical Analysis, a Pioneer in Foundations of Mathematics, and a True Citizen of the World, Vladik Kreinovich
Symmetries Are Important, Vladik Kreinovich
Why Encubation?, Vladik Kreinovich, Rohan Baingolkar, Swapnil S. Chauhan, and Ishtjot S. Kamboj
Optimization under Fuzzy Constraints: From a Heuristic Algorithm to an Algorithm That Always Converges, Vladik Kreinovich and Juan Carlos Figueroa-Garcia
A Turing Machine Is Just a Finite Automaton with Two Stacks: A Comment on Teaching Theory of Computation, Vladik Kreinovich and Olga Kosheleva
Which Fuzzy Logic Operations Are Most Appropriate for Ontological Semantics: Theoretical Explanation of Empirical Observations, Vladik Kreinovich and Olga Kosheleva
Economics of Commitment: Why Giving Away Some Freedom Makes Sense, Vladik Kreinovich, Olga Kosheleva, Mahdokhat Afravi, Genesis Bejarano, and Marisol Chacon
Which t-Norm Is Most Appropriate for Bellman-Zadeh Optimization, Vladik Kreinovich, Olga Kosheleva, and Shahnaz Shahbazova
Why Triangular and Trapezoid Membership Functions: A Simple Explanation, Vladik Kreinovich, Olga Kosheleva, and Shahnaz Shahbazova
Why Bohmian Approach to Quantum Econometrics: An Algebraic Explanation, Vladik Kreinovich, Olga Kosheleva, and Songsak Sriboonchitta
When Is Propagation of Interval and Fuzzy Uncertainty Feasible?, Vladik Kreinovich, Andrzej Pownuk, Olga Kosheleva, and Aleksandra Belina
Can Mass Be Negative?, Vladik Kreinovich and Sergei Soloviev
Asset-Based Teaching and Learning with Diverse Learners in Postsecondary Settings, Erika L. Mein
Bhutan Landscape Anomaly: Possible Effect on Himalayan Economy (In View of Optimal Description of Elevation Profiles), Thach N. Nguyen, Laxman Bokati, Aaron A. Velasco, and Vladik Kreinovich
Algorithmic Need for Subcopulas, Thach N. Nguyen, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich, and Nguyen Hoang Phuong
Blockchains Beyond Bitcoin: Towards Optimal Level of Decentralization in Storing Financial Data, Thach N. Nguyen, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich, and Nguyen Hoang Phuong
Towards Optimal Implementation of Decentralized Currencies: How to Best Select Probabilities in an Ethereum-Type Proof-of-Stake Protocol, Thach N. Nguyen, Christian Servin, and Vladik Kreinovich
Gartner's Hype Cycle: A Simple Explanation, Jose Perez and Vladik Kreinovich
How Interval Measurement Uncertainty Affects the Results of Data Processing: A Calculus-Based Approach to Computing the Range of a Box, Andrew Pownuk and Vladik Kreinovich
Fuzzy Ideas Explain a Complex Heuristic Algorithm for Gauging Pavement Conditions, Edgar Daniel Rodriguez Velasquez, Carlos M. Chang Albitres, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
Measurement-Type "Calibration" of Expert Estimates Improves Their Accuracy and Their Usability: Pavement Engineering Case Study, Edgar Daniel Rodriguez Velasquez, Carlos M. Chang Albitres, and Vladik Kreinovich
How to Take Expert Uncertainty into Account: Economic Approach Illustrated by Pavement Engineering Applications, Edgar Daniel Rodriguez Velasquez, Carlos M. Chang Albitres, Thach N. Nguyen, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
Detecting At-Risk Students: Empirical Results and Their Theoretical Explanation, Edgar Daniel Rodriguez Velasquez, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
How to Detect Crisp Sets Based on Subsethood Ordering of Normalized Fuzzy Sets? How to Detect Type-1 Sets Based on Subsethood Ordering of Normalized Interval-Valued Fuzzy Sets?, Christian Servin, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
Probability-Based Approach Explains (and Even Improves) Heuristic Formulas of Defuzzification, Christian Servin, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
Towards Foundations of Fuzzy Utility: Taking Fuzziness into Account Naturally Leads to Intuitionistic Fuzzy Degrees, Christian Servin and Vladik Kreinovich
Fuzzy Analogues of Sets and Functions Can Be Uniquely Determined from the Corresponding Ordered Category: A Theorem, Christian Servin, Gerardo Muela, and Vladik Kreinovich
Composing a Cross-platform Development Environment Using Maven, Terry J. Speicher and Yoonsik Cheon
Preferences (Partial Pre-Orders) on Complex Numbers -- in View of Possible Use in Quantum Econometrics, Songsak Sriboonchitta, Vladik Kreinovich, and Olga Kosheleva
Why the Best Predictive Models Are Often Different from the Best Explanatory Models: A Theoretical Explanation, Songsak Sriboonchitta, Luc Longpre, Vladik Kreinovich, and Thongchai Dumrongpokaphan
Quantum Approach Explains the Need for Expert Knowledge: On the Example of Econometrics, Songsak Sriboonchitta, Hung T. Nguyen, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich, and Thach N. Nguyen
Need to Combine Interval and Probabilistic Uncertainty: What Needs to Be Computed, What Can Be Computed, What Can Be Feasibly Computed, and How Physics Can Help, Songsak Sriboonchitta, Thach N. Nguyen, Vladik Kreinovich, and Hung T. Nguyen
A New Kalman Filter Model for Nonlinear Systems Based on Ellipsoidal Bounding, Ligang Sun, Hamza Alkhatib, Boris Kargoll, Vladik Kreinovich, and Ingo Neumann
Why Quantum (Wave Probability) Models Are a Good Description of Many Non-Quantum Complex Systems, and How to Go Beyond Quantum Models, Miroslav Svitek, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich, and Thach N. Nguyen
Summation of Divergent Infinite Series: How Natural Are the Current Tricks, Mourat Tchoshanov, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
Computing with Words -- When Results Do Not Depend on the Selection of the Membership Function, Christopher W. Tovar, Carlos Cervantes, Mario Delgado, Stephanie Figueroa, Caleb Gillis, Daniel Gomez, Andres Llausas, Julio C. Lopez Molinar, Mariana Rogriguez, Alexander Wieczkowski, Francisco Zapata, and Vladik Kreinovich
Decision Making Under Interval Uncertainty: Beyond Hurwicz Pessimism-Optimism Criterion, Tran Anh Tuan, Vladik Kreinovich, and Thach N. Nguyen
Why Learning Has Aha-Moments and Why We Should Also Reward Effort, Not Just Results, Gerargo Uranga, Vladik Kreinovich, and Olga Kosheleva
What Is the Economically Optimal Way to Guarantee Interval Bounds on Control?, Alfredo Vaccaro, Martine Ceberio, and Vladik Kreinovich
Why Burgers Equation: Symmetry-Based Approach, Leobardo Valera, Martine Ceberio, and Vladik Kreinovich
Psychological Behavior of English Learners Utilizing a Cognitive Tutor in an Online Pre-Calculus, Julian Viera Jr., Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
Experimental Determination of Mechanical Properties Is, In General, NP-Hard -- Unless We Measure Everything, Yan Wang, Oscar Galindo, Michael Baca, Jake Lasley, and Vladik Kreinovich
How to Explain Empirical Distribution of Software Defects by Severity, Francisco Zapata, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich