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Some Reflections on Information Granulation and its Centrality in Granular Computing, Computing with Words, the Computational Theory of Perceptions and Precisiated Natural Language

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The past few years have witnessed what in retrospect may be seen as a turning point in the evolution of fuzzy logic. What I have in mind is the debut of four linked methodologies: granular computing, computing with words, the computational theory of perceptions and precisiated natural language. What follows is a view of the links between the underlying structures of these methodologies — a view which is presented from a personal perspective.

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Zadeh, L.A. (2002). Some Reflections on Information Granulation and its Centrality in Granular Computing, Computing with Words, the Computational Theory of Perceptions and Precisiated Natural Language. In: Lin, T.Y., Yao, Y.Y., Zadeh, L.A. (eds) Data Mining, Rough Sets and Granular Computing. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 95. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1791-1_1

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