In computing with words and perceptions (CWP), the objects of computation are words,

perception Perception () is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information or environment. All perception involves signals that go through the nervous system ...

s, and

proposition In logic and linguistics, a proposition is the meaning of a declarative sentence. In philosophy, " meaning" is understood to be a non-linguistic entity which is shared by all sentences with the same meaning. Equivalently, a proposition is the no ...

s drawn from a

natural language In neuropsychology, linguistics, and philosophy of language, a natural language or ordinary language is any language that has evolved naturally in humans through use and repetition without conscious planning or premeditation. Natural languages ...

. The central theme of CWP is the concept of a generalised constraint. The meaning of a proposition is expressed as a generalised constraint. CWP is a necessary tool when the available information is perception-based or not precise enough to use numbers.

References

* L. A. Zadeh
“Fuzzy logic = computing with words,”
IEEE Trans. on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 4, pp. 103-111, 1996. Soft computing {{comp-sci-stub

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