Univariate Fuzzy Nonlinear Regression

  • James J. Buckley
  • Leonard J. Jowers
Part of the Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing book series (STUDFUZZ, volume 222)

Introduction

This chapter is concerned with fuzzy nonlinear regression. One of the problems in fuzzy linear regression is to find the “best” values of triangular (trapezoidal) (shaped) fuzzy numbers \(\overline{A}\) and \(\overline{B}\) so that the fuzzy linear function \(\overline{Y}=\overline{A} \; \overline{X} + \overline{B}\) “explains” the fuzzy data \((\overline{X}_l,\overline{Z}_l)\), 1 ≤ l ≤ n. In fuzzy nonlinear regression we are looking for a fuzzy polynomial, or a fuzzy exponential, or a fuzzy logarithmic, ..., function that “explains” the data. In the next section we discuss univariate (one independent variable) fuzzy nonlinear regression. The next chapter continues this discussion where there is more than one independent (explanatory) variable.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • James J. Buckley
    • 1
  • Leonard J. Jowers
    • 2
  1. 1.Mathematics Department University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 35294USA
  2. 2.Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 35294USA

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