Soft Methods for Data Science

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Mean Value and Variance of Fuzzy Numbers with Non-continuous Membership Functions....Pages 1-8
On the Construction of Radially Symmetric Trivariate Copulas....Pages 9-15
Simulation of the Night Shift Solid Waste Collection System of Phuket Municipality....Pages 17-24
Updating Context in the Equation: An Experimental Argument with Eye Tracking....Pages 25-33
Black-Litterman Model with Multiple Experts’ Linguistic Views....Pages 35-43
Representing Lightweight Ontologies in a Product-Based Possibility Theory Framework....Pages 45-52
Asymptotics of Predictive Distributions....Pages 53-60
Independent k-Sample Equality Distribution Test Based on the Fuzzy Representation....Pages 61-68
Agglomerative Fuzzy Clustering....Pages 69-77
Bayesian Inference for a Finite Population Total Using Linked Data....Pages 79-86
The Extension of Imprecise Probabilities Based on Generalized Credal Sets....Pages 87-94
A Generalized SMART Fuzzy Disjunction of Volatility Indicators Applied to Option Pricing in a Binomial Model....Pages 95-102
The Representation of Conglomerative Functionals....Pages 103-111
The Likelihood Interpretation of Fuzzy Data....Pages 113-120
Combining the Information of Multiple Ranker in Ranked Set Sampling with Fuzzy Set Approach....Pages 121-126
A Savage-Like Representation Theorem for Preferences on Multi-acts....Pages 127-134
On Some Functional Characterizations of (Fuzzy) Set-Valued Random Elements....Pages 135-140
Maximum Likelihood Under Incomplete Information: Toward a Comparison of Criteria....Pages 141-148
The Use of Uncertainty to Choose Matching Variables in Statistical Matching....Pages 149-156
Beyond Fuzzy, Possibilistic and Rough: An Investigation of Belief Functions in Clustering....Pages 157-164
Small Area Estimation in the Presence of Linkage Errors....Pages 165-172
A Test for Truncation Invariant Dependence....Pages 173-180
Finite Mixture of Linear Regression Models: An Adaptive Constrained Approach to Maximum Likelihood Estimation....Pages 181-186
A Multivariate Analysis of Tourists’ Spending Behaviour....Pages 187-195
Robust Fuzzy Clustering via Trimming and Constraints....Pages 197-204
One-Factor Lévy-Frailty Copulas with Inhomogeneous Trigger Rates....Pages 205-212
A Perceptron Classifier and Corresponding Probabilities....Pages 213-220
Fuzzy Signals Fed to Gaussian Channels....Pages 221-228
Fuzzy Clustering Through Robust Factor Analyzers....Pages 229-235
Consensus-Based Clustering in Numerical Decision-Making....Pages 237-243
Spatial Outlier Detection Using GAMs and Geographical Information Systems....Pages 245-252
Centering and Compound Conditionals Under Coherence....Pages 253-260
Approximate Bayesian Methods for Multivariate and Conditional Copulae....Pages 261-268
The Sign Test for Interval-Valued Data....Pages 269-276
Probability Distributions Related to Fuzzy P-Values....Pages 277-284
Probabilistic Semantics and Pragmatics for the Language of Uncertainty....Pages 285-291
Dynamic Analysis of the Development of Scientific Communities in the Field of Soft Computing....Pages 293-302
Talk to Your Neighbour: A Belief Propagation Approach to Data Fusion....Pages 303-310
The Qualitative Characteristics of Combining Evidence with Discounting....Pages 311-318
Measuring the Dissimilarity Between the Distributions of Two Random Fuzzy Numbers....Pages 319-327
An Empirical Analysis of the Coherence Between Fuzzy Rating Scale- and Likert Scale-Based Responses to Questionnaires....Pages 329-337
Asymptotic Results for Sums of Independent Random Variables with Alternating Laws....Pages 339-346
Full Conglomerability, Continuity and Marginal Extension....Pages 347-354
On Extreme Points of p-Boxes and Belief Functions....Pages 355-362
Modelling the Dependence in Multivariate Longitudinal Data by Pair Copula Decomposition....Pages 363-371
Predictability in Probabilistic Discrete Event Systems....Pages 373-380
A Sandwich Theorem for Natural Extensions....Pages 381-389
Envelopes of Joint Probabilities with Given Marginals Under Absolute Continuity or Equivalence Constraints....Pages 391-398
Square of Opposition Under Coherence....Pages 399-406
Testing of Coarsening Mechanisms: Coarsening at Random Versus Subgroup Independence....Pages 407-414
Two-Sample Similarity Test for the Expected Value of Random Intervals....Pages 415-422
Handling Uncertainty in Structural Equation Modeling....Pages 423-430
Detecting Inconsistencies in Revision Problems....Pages 431-438
Tukey’s Biweight Loss Function for Fuzzy Set-Valued M-estimators of Location....Pages 439-446
Technical Gestures Recognition by Set-Valued Hidden Markov Models with Prior Knowledge....Pages 447-454
Time Series Modeling Based on Fuzzy Transform....Pages 455-462
Back to “Reasoning”....Pages 463-470
Lexicographic Choice Functions Without Archimedeanicity....Pages 471-478
Composition Operator for Credal Sets Reconsidered....Pages 479-486
A Nonparametric Linearity Test for a Multiple Regression Model with Fuzzy Data....Pages 487-494
Treat a Weak Dependence Among Causes and Lives in Insurance by Means of Fuzzy Sets....Pages 495-502
A Portfolio Diversification Strategy via Tail Dependence Clustering....Pages 503-510
An Upper Bound Estimation About the Sample Average of Interval-Valued Random Sets....Pages 511-518
On Asymptotic Properties of the Multiple Fuzzy Least Squares Estimator....Pages 519-524
Back Matter....Pages 525-532
....Pages 533-535