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Picture Fuzzy Logic and Its Applications in Decision Making Problems provides methodological frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the field of picture fuzzy operators and their applications in scientific research and real-world engineering problems. In this book, picture fuzzy sets are investigated, and different types of operators are defined to solve a number of important decision-making and optimization problems. The hybrid operator on picture fuzzy set based on the combination of picture fuzzy weighted averaging operators and picture fuzzy weighted geometric operators is developed and named Hybrid Picture Fuzzy Weighted Averaging Geometric (H-PFWAG) operator. In addition, another operator is developed for interval-valued picture fuzzy environment, which is named Hybrid Interval-Valued Picture Fuzzy Weighted Averaging Geometric (H-IVPFWAG) operator. These two operators are then demonstrated as solutions to Multiple-Attribute Decision-Making (MADM) problems. The picture fuzzy soft weighted aggregation operators (averaging and geometric) are defined, and these are applied to develop a multi-criteria group decision making system.Provides in-depth explanations of picture fuzzy logic and its application to computational modeling problemsHelps readers understand the difference between various fuzzy logic methodsProvides concepts used to develop and solve problems within the picture fuzzy environment
Intelligent Systems for Information Processing: From Representation to Applications
Inbunden, Engelska, 2003
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Intelligent systems are required to enhance the capacities being made available to us by the internet and other computer based technologies. The theory necessary to help providing solutions to difficult problems in the construction of intelligent systems are discussed. In particular, attention is paid to situations in which the available information and data may be imprecise, uncertain, incomplete or of a linguistic nature. Various methodologies to manage such information are discussed. Among these are the probabilistic, possibilistic, fuzzy, logical, evidential and network-based frameworks.
One purpose of the book is not to consider these methodologies separately, but rather to consider how they can be used cooperatively to better represent the multiplicity of modes of information. Topics in the book include representation of imperfect knowledge, fundamental issues in uncertainty, reasoning, information retrieval, learning and mining, as well as various applications.
Key Features:
. Tools for construction of intelligent systems. Contributions by world leading experts. Fundamental issues and applications. New technologies for web searching. Methods for modeling uncertain information. Future directions in web technologies. Transversal to methods and domains
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The volume "Modern Information Processing: From Theory to Applications," edited by Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier, Giulianella Coletti and Ronald Yager, is a collection of carefully selected papers drawn from the program of IPMU'04, which was held in Perugia, Italy. The book represents the cultural policy of IPMU conference which is not focused on narrow range of methodologies, but on the contrary welcomes all the theories for the management of uncertainty and aggregation of information in intelligent systems, providing a medium for the exchange of ideas between theoreticians and practitioners in these and related areas.The book is composed by 7 sections: UNCERTAINTYPREFERENCESCLASSIFICATION AND DATA MININGAGGREGATION AND MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKINGKNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION.The book contributes to enhancement of our ability to deal effectively with uncertainty in all of its manifestations. .The book can help to build brigs among theories and methods methods for the management of uncertainty. .The book addresses issues which have a position of centrality in our information-centric world. .The book presents interesting results devoted to representing knowledge: the goal is to capture the subtlety of human knowledge (richness) and to allow computer manipulation (formalization). .The book contributes to the goal: an efficient use of the information for a good decision strategy.APPLIED DOMAINS� The book contributes to enhancement of our ability to deal effectively with uncertainty in all of its manifestations.� The book can help to build brigs among theories and methods methods for the management of uncertainty.� The book addresses issues which have a position of centrality in our information-centric world.� The book presents interesting results devoted to representing knowledge: the goal is to capture the subtlety of human knowledge (richness) and to allow computer manipulation (formalization).� The book contributes to the goal: an efficient use of the information for a good decision strategy.
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The recent IPMU Conference held in La Sorbonne in Paris brought together some of the world's leading experts in uncertainty and information fusion. In this volume, the editors have included a selection of papers from this conference. Underlying much of the processing of information is the need to fuse information; this is especially apparent in attempts to implement "intelligent" operations. The development of efficient tools for retrieval of documents, a concern whose importance has increased in proportion to the rapid development of the internet, requires the use of fusion technique. Attempts to construct intelligent agents require the use of sophisticated operations, many of which are of a fusion type, to help model the complex way human beings interact with information and each other. In this volume, the editors have attempted to bring the reader some of the most recent advances in information, uncertainty and fusion.
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"An Introduction to Fuzzy Logic Applications in Intelligent Systems" consists of a collection of chapter written by leading experts in the field of fuzzy sets. Each chapter addresses an area where fuzzy sets have been applied to situations broadly related to intelligent systems. The volume provides an introduction to and an overview of recent applicatins of fuzzy sets to various areas of intelligent systems. Its purpose is to provide information and easy access for people new to the field. The book also aims to serve as a reference for researchers in the field and those working in the specifics of systems development. People in computer science, especially those in artificial intelligence, knowledge-based systems and intelligent systems should find this a valuable sourcebook, as well as engineers, in particular control engineers. Finally, the book should be of interest to researchers working in decision support systems, operations research, decision theory, management science and applied mathematics.
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This volume examines Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) operators. These OWA operators make it possible to change the form of aggregation from the "pessimistic" minimum-type aggregation through all intermediate types including the conventional arithmetic mean and nonconventional aggregations, to the "optimistic" maximum-type aggregations. Included are contributions from a number of fields where these operators have been applied. These fields are decision analysis under uncertainty, learning and classification, multi-person decision-making and consensus formation, and flexible database querying and information retrieval.
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An Introduction to Fuzzy Logic Applications in Intelligent Systems consists of a collection of chapters written by leading experts in the field of fuzzy sets. Each chapter addresses an area where fuzzy sets have been applied to situations broadly related to intelligent systems. The volume provides an introduction to and an overview of recent applications of fuzzy sets to various areas of intelligent systems. Its purpose is to provide information and easy access for people new to the field. The book also serves as an excellent reference for researchers in the field and those working in the specifics of systems development. People in computer science, especially those in artificial intelligence, knowledge-based systems, and intelligent systems will find this to be a valuable sourcebook. Engineers, particularly control engineers, will also have a strong interest in this book. Finally, the book will be of interest to researchers working in decision support systems, operations research, decision theory, management science and applied mathematics. An Introduction to Fuzzy Logic Applications in Intelligent Systems may also be used as an introductory text and, as such, it is tutorial in nature.
Del 516 - Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science
Information, Uncertainty and Fusion
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
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As we stand at the precipice of the twenty first century the ability to capture and transmit copious amounts of information is clearly a defining feature of the human race. In order to increase the value of this vast supply of information we must develop means for effectively processing it. Newly emerging disciplines such as Information Engineering and Soft Computing are being developed in order to provide the tools required. Conferences such as the International Conference on Information Processing and ManagementofUncertainty in Knowledge-based Systems (IPMU) are being held to provide forums in which researchers can discuss the latest developments. The recent IPMU conference held at La Sorbonne in Paris brought together some of the world's leading experts in uncertainty and information fusion. In this volume we have included a selection ofpapers from this conference. What should be clear from looking at this volume is the number of different ways that are available for representing uncertain information. This variety in representational frameworks is a manifestation of the different types of uncertainty that appear in the information available to the users. Perhaps, the representation with the longest history is probability theory. This representation is best at addressing the uncertainty associated with the occurrence of different values for similar variables. This uncertainty is often described as randomness. Rough sets can be seen as a type of uncertainty that can deal effectively with lack of specificity, it is a powerful tool for manipulating granular information.
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Aggregation plays a central role in many of the technological tasks we are faced with. The importance of this process will become even greater as we move more and more toward becoming an information-cent.ered society, us is happening with the rapid growth of the Internet and the World Wirle Weh. Here we shall be faced with many issues related to the fusion of information. One very pressing issue here is the development of mechanisms to help search for information, a problem that clearly has a strong aggregation-related component. More generally, in order to model the sophisticated ways in which human beings process information, as well as going beyond the human capa bilities, we need provide a basket of aggregation tools. The centrality of aggregation in human thought can be be very clearly seen by looking at neural networks, a technology motivated by modeling the human brain. One can see that the basic operations involved in these networks are learning and aggregation. The Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) operators provide a parameter ized family of aggregation operators which include many of the well-known operators such as the maximum, minimum and the simple average.
Del 361 - Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing
Recent Developments and the New Direction in Soft-Computing Foundations and Applications
Selected Papers from the 6th World Conference on Soft Computing, May 22-25, 2016, Berkeley, USA
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
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Theories cover a wealth of topics, such as fuzzy logic, cognitive modeling, Bayesian and probabilistic methods, multi-criteria decision making, utility theory, approximate reasoning, human-centric computing and many others.
Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems
18th International Conference, IPMU 2020, Lisbon, Portugal, June 15–19, 2020, Proceedings, Part II
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
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This three volume set (CCIS 1237-1239) constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 2020, in June 2020. text analysis and processing; statistical image processing and analysis, with applications in neuroimaging;
Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems
18th International Conference, IPMU 2020, Lisbon, Portugal, June 15–19, 2020, Proceedings, Part I
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
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This three volume set (CCIS 1237-1239) constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 2020, in June 2020. text analysis and processing; statistical image processing and analysis, with applications in neuroimaging;
Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems
18th International Conference, IPMU 2020, Lisbon, Portugal, June 15–19, 2020, Proceedings, Part III
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
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This three volume set (CCIS 1237-1239) constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 2020, in June 2020. text analysis and processing; statistical image processing and analysis, with applications in neuroimaging;
Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems
19th International Conference, IPMU 2022, Milan, Italy, July 11–15, 2022, Proceedings, Part I
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
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This two-volume set (CCIS 1601-1602) constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 2021, held in Milan, Italy, in July 2022. mathematical fuzzy logics; fuzzy methods in data mining and knowledge discovery;
Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems
19th International Conference, IPMU 2022, Milan, Italy, July 11–15, 2022, Proceedings, Part II
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
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This two-volume set (CCIS 1601-1602) constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 2021, held in Milan, Italy, in July 2022. mathematical fuzzy logics; fuzzy methods in data mining and knowledge discovery;
Del 1176 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems
20th International Conference, IPMU 2024, Lisbon, Portugal, July 22-26, 2024, Proceedings, Volume 3
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
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This book is a collection of papers focused on techniques for managing uncertainty and aggregation. It provides a forum for exchanging ideas between theoreticians and practitioners in these and related areas.The papers are part of the 20th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, which will occur in Lisbon, Portugal, from July 22 to 26, 2024.The collection describes the latest findings on topics such as advances in fuzzy systems and data analysis, optimization, scheduling via modeling uncertainty, explainability, decision-making, implications, data aggregation, and aggregation operators. A special chapter is dedicated to the memory of Michio Sugeno.The book is a valuable resource for practitioners, researchers, and graduate students who want to apply fuzzy-based techniques to real-world data analysis and management processes involving imprecision and uncertainty.
Del 1175 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems
20th International Conference, IPMU 2024, Lisbon, Portugal, July 22-26, 2024, Proceedings, Volume 2
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
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This book is a collection of papers focused on techniques for managing uncertainty and aggregation. It provides a forum for exchanging ideas between theoreticians and practitioners in these and related areas.The papers are part of the 20th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, which will occur in Lisbon, Portugal, from July 22 to 26, 2024.The collection describes the latest findings on topics such as advances in fuzzy systems and data analysis, optimization, scheduling via modeling uncertainty, explainability, decision-making, implications, data aggregation, and aggregation operators. A special chapter is dedicated to the memory of Michio Sugeno.The book is a valuable resource for practitioners, researchers, and graduate students who want to apply fuzzy-based techniques to real-world data analysis and management processes involving imprecision and uncertainty.
Del 1174 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems
20th International Conference, IPMU 2024, Lisbon, Portugal, July 22-26, 2024, Proceedings, Volume 1
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
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This book is a collection of papers focused on techniques for managing uncertainty and aggregation. It provides a forum for exchanging ideas between theoreticians and practitioners in these and related areas.The papers are part of the 20th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, which will occur in Lisbon, Portugal, from July 22 to 26, 2024.The collection describes the latest findings on topics such as advances in fuzzy systems and data analysis, optimization, scheduling via modeling uncertainty, explainability, decision-making, implications, data aggregation, and aggregation operators. A special chapter is dedicated to the memory of Michio Sugeno.The book is a valuable resource for practitioners, researchers, and graduate students who want to apply fuzzy-based techniques to real-world data analysis and management processes involving imprecision and uncertainty.
Del 317 - Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing
Recent Developments and New Directions in Soft Computing
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
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The book reports on the latest advances and challenges of soft computing. It gathers original scientific contributions written by top scientists in the field and covering theories, methods and applications in a number of research areas related to soft-computing, such as decision-making, probabilistic reasoning, image processing, control, neural networks and data analysis.
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The book includes a number of chapters that can be conceptually divided into three topics: chapters describing different data analysis methodologies with their applications to cyberwarfare, chapters presenting a number of intrusion detection approaches, and chapters dedicated to analysis of possible cyber attacks and their impact.
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These three volumes (CCIS 442, 443, 444) constitute the proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 2014, held in Montpellier, France, July 15-19, 2014. The 180 revised full papers presented together with five invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on uncertainty and imprecision on the web of data; decision support and uncertainty management in agri-environment; fuzzy implications; clustering; fuzzy measures and integrals; non-classical logics; data analysis; real-world applications; aggregation; probabilistic networks; recommendation systems and social networks; fuzzy systems; fuzzy logic in boolean framework; management of uncertainty in social networks; from different to same, from imitation to analogy; soft computing and sensory analysis; database systems; fuzzy set theory; measurement and sensory information; aggregation; formal methods for vagueness and uncertainty in a many-valued realm; graduality; preferences; uncertainty management in machine learning; philosophy and history of soft computing; soft computing and sensory analysis; similarity analysis; fuzzy logic, formal concept analysis and rough set; intelligent databases and information systems; theory of evidence; aggregation functions; big data - the role of fuzzy methods; imprecise probabilities: from foundations to applications; multinomial logistic regression on Markov chains for crop rotation modelling; intelligent measurement and control for nonlinear systems.
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These three volumes (CCIS 442, 443, 444) constitute the proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 2014, held in Montpellier, France, July 15-19, 2014. The 180 revised full papers presented together with five invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on uncertainty and imprecision on the web of data; decision support and uncertainty management in agri-environment; fuzzy implications; clustering; fuzzy measures and integrals; non-classical logics; data analysis; real-world applications; aggregation; probabilistic networks; recommendation systems and social networks; fuzzy systems; fuzzy logic in boolean framework; management of uncertainty in social networks; from different to same, from imitation to analogy; soft computing and sensory analysis; database systems; fuzzy set theory; measurement and sensory information; aggregation; formal methods for vagueness and uncertainty in a many-valued realm; graduality; preferences; uncertainty management in machine learning; philosophy and history of soft computing; soft computing and sensory analysis; similarity analysis; fuzzy logic, formal concept analysis and rough set; intelligent databases and information systems; theory of evidence; aggregation functions; big data - the role of fuzzy methods; imprecise probabilities: from foundations to applications; multinomial logistic regression on Markov chains for crop rotation modelling; intelligent measurement and control for nonlinear systems.
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These three volumes (CCIS 442, 443, 444) constitute the proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 2014, held in Montpellier, France, July 15-19, 2014. The 180 revised full papers presented together with five invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on uncertainty and imprecision on the web of data; decision support and uncertainty management in agri-environment; fuzzy implications; clustering; fuzzy measures and integrals; non-classical logics; data analysis; real-world applications; aggregation; probabilistic networks; recommendation systems and social networks; fuzzy systems; fuzzy logic in boolean framework; management of uncertainty in social networks; from different to same, from imitation to analogy; soft computing and sensory analysis; database systems; fuzzy set theory; measurement and sensory information; aggregation; formal methods for vagueness and uncertainty in a many-valued realm; graduality; preferences; uncertainty management in machine learning; philosophy and history of soft computing; soft computing and sensory analysis; similarity analysis; fuzzy logic, formal concept analysis and rough set; intelligent databases and information systems; theory of evidence; aggregation functions; big data - the role of fuzzy methods; imprecise probabilities: from foundations to applications; multinomial logistic regression on Markov chains for crop rotation modelling; intelligent measurement and control for nonlinear systems.
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This bookpresents a broad variety of different contemporary IT methods and applications inIntelligent Systems is displayed.
Del 342 - Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing
Recent Developments and New Direction in Soft-Computing Foundations and Applications
Selected Papers from the 4th World Conference on Soft Computing, May 25-27, 2014, Berkeley
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
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This book reports on advancedtheories and cutting-edge applications in the field of soft computing. Theindividual chapters, written by leading researchers, are based on contributionspresented during the 4th World Conference on Soft Computing, held May 25-27,2014, in Berkeley. The book covers a wealth of key topics in soft computing,focusing on both fundamental aspects and applications. The former include fuzzymathematics, type-2 fuzzy sets, evolutionary-based optimization, aggregationand neural networks, while the latter include soft computing in data analysis,image processing, decision-making, classification, series prediction,economics, control, and modeling. By providing readers with a timely,authoritative view on the field, and by discussing thought-provokingdevelopments and challenges, the book will foster new research directions inthe diverse areas of soft computing.
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Cyberwarfare has become an important concern for governmental agencies as well businesses of various types. This timely volume, with contributions from some of the internationally recognized, leaders in the field, gives readers a glimpse of the new and emerging ways that Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning methods can be applied to address problems related to cyberwarfare. The book includes a number of chapters that can be conceptually divided into three topics: chapters describing different data analysis methodologies with their applications to cyberwarfare, chapters presenting a number of intrusion detection approaches, and chapters dedicated to analysis of possible cyber attacks and their impact. The book provides the readers with a variety of methods and techniques, based on computational intelligence, which can be applied to the broad domain of cyberwarfare.
Del 317 - Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing
Recent Developments and New Directions in Soft Computing
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
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The book reports on the latest advances and challenges of soft computing. It gathers original scientific contributions written by top scientists in the field and covering theories, methods and applications in a number of research areas related to soft-computing, such as decision-making, probabilistic reasoning, image processing, control, neural networks and data analysis.
Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems
16th International Conference, IPMU 2016, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, June 20 - 24, 2016, Proceedings, Part II
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
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This two volume set (CCIS 610 and 611) constitute the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 2016, held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, in June 2016.The 127 revised full papers presented together with four invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on fuzzy measures and integrals; uncertainty quantification with imprecise probability; textual data processing; belief functions theory and its applications; graphical models; fuzzy implications functions; applications in medicine and bioinformatics; real-world applications; soft computing for image processing; clustering; fuzzy logic, formal concept analysis and rough sets; graded and many-valued modal logics; imperfect databases; multiple criteria decision methods; argumentation and belief revision; databases and information systems; conceptual aspectsof data aggregation and complex data fusion; fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic; decision support; comparison measures; machine learning; social data processing; temporal data processing; aggregation.
Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems
16th International Conference, IPMU 2016, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, June 20-24, 2016, Proceedings, Part I
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
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This two volume set (CCIS 610 and 611) constitute the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 2016, held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, in June 2016.The 127 revised full papers presented together with four invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on fuzzy measures and integrals; uncertainty quantification with imprecise probability; textual data processing; belief functions theory and its applications; graphical models; fuzzy implications functions; applications in medicine and bioinformatics; real-world applications; soft computing for image processing; clustering; fuzzy logic, formal concept analysis and rough sets; graded and many-valued modal logics; imperfect databases; multiple criteria decision methods; argumentation and belief revision; databases and information systems; conceptual aspectsof data aggregation and complex data fusion; fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic; decision support; comparison measures; machine learning; social data processing; temporal data processing; aggregation.
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This volume is a brief, yet comprehensive account of new development, tools, techniques and solutions in the broadly perceived “intelligent systems”. New concepts and ideas concern the development of effective and efficient models which would make it possible to effectively and efficiently describe and solve processes in various areas of science and technology. Special emphasis is on the dealing with uncertainty and imprecision that permeates virtually all real world processes and phenomena, and has to properly be modeled by formal and algorithmic tools and techniques so that they be adequate and useful. The papers in this volume concern a wide array of possible techniques exemplified by, on the one hand, logic, probabilistic, fuzzy, intuitionistic fuzzy, neuro-fuzzy, etc. approaches. On the other hand, they represent the use of such systems modeling tools as generalized nets, optimization and control models, systems analytic models, etc. They concerns a variety of approaches, from pattern recognition, image analysis, education system modeling, biological and medical systems modeling, etc.