Technical Reports from 2017
How to Estimate Statistical Characteristics Based on a Sample: Nonparametric Maximum Likelihood Approach Leads to Sample Mean, Sample Variance, etc., Vladik Kreinovich and Thongchai Dumrongpokaphan
How to Gauge Accuracy of Processing Big Data: Teaching Machine Learning Techniques to Gauge Their Own Accuracy, Vladik Kreinovich, Thongchai Dumrongpokaphan, Hung T. Nguyen, and Olga Kosheleva
Beyond Traditional Applications of Fuzzy Techniques: Main Idea and Case Studies, Vladik Kreinovich, Olga Kosheleva, and Thongchai Dumrongpokaphan
Probabilistic and More General Uncertainty-Based (e.g., Fuzzy) Approaches to Crisp Clustering Explain the Empirical Success of the K-Sets Algorithm, Vladik Kreinovich, Olga Kosheleva, Shahnaz Shahbazova, and Songsak Sriboonchitta
Z-Numbers: How They Describe Student Confidence and How They Can Explain (and Improve) Laplacian and Schroedinger Eigenmap Dimension Reduction in Data Analysis, Vladik Kreinovich, Olga Kosheleva, and Michael Zakharevich
Efficient Parameter-Estimating Algorithms for Symmetry-Motivated Models: Econometrics and Beyond, Vladik Kreinovich, Anh H. Ly, Olga Kosheleva, and Songsak Sriboonchitta
Quantum Ideas in Economics Beyond Quantum Econometrics, Vladik Kreinovich, Hung T. Nguyen, and Songsak Sriboonchitta
How Better Are Predictive Models: Analysis on the Practically Important Example of Robust Interval Uncertainty, Vladik Kreinovich, Hung T. Nguyen, Songsak Sriboonchitta, and Olga Kosheleva
Quantitative Justification for the Gravity Model in Economics, Vladik Kreinovich and Songsak Sriboonchitta
What Decision to Make In a Conflict Situation under Interval Uncertainty: Efficient Algorithms for the Hurwzcz Approach, Bartłomiej Jacek Kubica, Andrzej Pownuk, and Vladik Kreinovich
In System Identification, Interval (and Fuzzy) Estimates Can Lead to Much Better Accuracy than the Traditional Statistical Ones: General Algorithm and Case Study, Sergey I. Kumkov, Vladik Kreinovich, and Andrzej Pownuk
Entropy as a Measure of Average Loss of Privacy, Luc Longpre, Vladik Kreinovich, and Thongchai Dumrongpokaphan
An Ancient Bankruptcy Solution Makes Economic Sense, Anh H. Ly, Michael Zakharevich, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
Probabilistic Graphical Models Follow Directly From Maximum Entropy, Anh H. Ly, Francisco Zapata, Olac Fuentes, and Vladik Kreinovich
Does the Universe Really Expand Faster than the Speed of Light: Kinematic Analysis Based on Special Relativity and Copernican Principle, Reynaldo Martinez and Vladik Kreinovich
How to Gauge the Accuracy of Fuzzy Control Recommendations: A Simple Idea, Patricia Melin, Oscar Castillo, Andrzej Pownuk, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
Why Decimal System and Binary System Are the Most Widely Used: A Possible Explanation, Gerardo Muela
It Is Possible to Determine Exact Fuzzy Values Based on an Ordering of Interval-Valued or Set-Valued Fuzzy Degrees, Gerardo Muela, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
Uncertain Information Fusion and Knowledge Integration: How to Take Reliability into Account, Hung T. Nguyen, Kittawit Autchariyapanitkul, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
Quantum Econometrics: How to Explain Its Quantitative Successes and How the Resulting Formulas Are Related to Scale Invariance, Entropy, Fuzzy, and Copulas, Hung T. Nguyen, Kittawit Autchariyapanitkul, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich, and Songsak Sriboonchitta
Fuzzy Techniques Explain Empirical Power Law Governing Wars and Terrorist Attacks, Hung T. Nguyen, Kittawit Autchariyapanitkul, and Vladik Kreinovich
Maximum Entropy Approach to Interbank Lending: Towards a More Accurate Algorithm, Thach N. Nguyen, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
Maximum Entropy Beyond Selecting Probability Distributions, Thach N. Nguyen, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
A Symmetry-Based Explanation for an Empirical Model of Fatigue Damage of Composite Materials, Pedro Barragan Olague and Vladik Kreinovich
Prediction of Volcanic Eruptions as a Case Study of Predicting Rare Events in Chaotic Systems with Delay, Justin Parra, Olac Fuentes, Elizabeth Y. Anthony, and Vladik Kreinovich
Towards Decision Making under General Uncertainty, Andrzej Pownuk, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
Granular Approach to Data Processing Under Probabilistic Uncertainty, Andrzej Pownuk and Vladik Kreinovich
(Hypothetical) Negative Probabilities Can Speed Up Uncertainty Propagation Algorithms, Andrzej Pownuk and Vladik Kreinovich
Isn't Every Sufficiently Complex Logic Multi-Valued Already: Lindenbaum-Tarski Algebra and Fuzzy logic Are Both Particular Cases of the Same Idea, Andrzej Pownuk and Vladik Kreinovich
Which Value x Best Represents a Sample x1, ..., xn: Utility-Based Approach Under Interval Uncertainty, Andrzej Pownuk and Vladik Kreinovich
Why Linear Interpolation?, Andrzej Pownuk and Vladik Kreinovich
Why Mixture of Probability Distributions, Andrzej Pownuk and Vladik Kreinovich
Why Unexpectedly Positive Experiences Make Decision Makers More Optimistic: An Explanation, Andrzej Pownuk and Vladik Kreinovich
A Thought on Refactoring Java Loops Using Java 8 Streams, Khandoker Rahad, Zejing Cao, and Yoonsik Cheon
How to Make A Proof of Halting Problem More Convincing: A Pedagogical Remark, Benjamin W. Robertson, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
Why Student Distributions? Why Matern's Covariance Model? A Symmetry-Based Explanation, Steffen Schön, Gaël Kermarrec, Boris Kargoll, Ingo Neumann, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
In Fuzzy Decision Making, General Fuzzy Sets Can Be Replaced by Fuzzy Numbers, Christian Servin, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
No Idea Is a Bad Idea: A Theoretical Explanation, Christian Servin and Vladik Kreinovich
Can We Detect Crisp Sets Based Only on the Subsethood Ordering of Fuzzy Sets? Fuzzy Sets And/Or Crisp Sets Based on Subsethood of Interval-Valued Fuzzy Sets?, Christian Servin, Gerardo Muela, and Vladik Kreinovich
Beyond Integration: A Symmetry-Based Approach to Reaching Stationarity in Economic Time Series, Songsak Sriboonchitta, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
A Bad Plan Is Better Than No Plan: A Theoretical Justification of an Empirical Observation, Songsak Sriboonchitta and Vladik Kreinovich
How to Get Beyond Uniform When Applying MaxEnt to Interval Uncertainty, Songsak Sriboonchitta and Vladik Kreinovich
Why Are FGM Copulas Successful: A Simple Explanation, Songsak Sriboonchitta and Vladik Kreinovich
Taking Into Account Interval (and Fuzzy) Uncertainty Can Lead to More Adequate Statistical Estimates, Ligang Sun, Hani Dbouk, Steffen Schön, and Vladik Kreinovich
Efficient Algorithms for Synchroning Localization Sensors under Interval Uncertainty, Raphael Voges, Bernardo Wagner, and Vladik Kreinovich
Are Permanent or Temporary Teams More Efficient: A Possible Explanation of the Empirical Data, Francisco Zapata, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
In Education, Delayed Feedback Is Often More Efficient Than Immediate Feedback: A Geometric Explanation, Francisco Zapata, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
Maybe the Usual Students' Practice of Cramming For a Test Makes Sense: A Mathematical Analysis, Francisco Zapata, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
Which Material Design Is Possible Under Additive Manufacturing: A Fuzzy Approach, Francisco Zapata, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
Why Stable Teams Are More Efficient in Education, Francisco Zapata, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich