Propagation of interval and probabilistic uncertainty in cyberinfrastructure-related data processing and data fusion [electronic resource] / Christian Servin, Vladik Kreinovich.
2015
Q375
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Title
Propagation of interval and probabilistic uncertainty in cyberinfrastructure-related data processing and data fusion [electronic resource] / Christian Servin, Vladik Kreinovich.
Author
Servin, Christian, author.
ISBN
9783319126289 electronic book
3319126288 electronic book
9783319126272
331912627X
3319126288 electronic book
9783319126272
331912627X
Published
Cham : Springer, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-12628-9 doi
Call Number
Q375
Dewey Decimal Classification
003.54
Summary
On various examples ranging from geosciences to environmental sciences, this book explains how to generate an adequate description of uncertainty, how to justify semiheuristic algorithms for processing uncertainty, and how to make these algorithms more computationally efficient. It explains in what sense the existing approach to uncertainty as a combination of random and systematic components is only an approximation, presents a more adequate three-component model with an additional periodic error component, and explains how uncertainty propagation techniques can be extended to this model. The book provides a justification for a practically efficient heuristic technique (based on fuzzy decision-making). It explains how the computational complexity of uncertainty processing can be reduced. The book also shows how to take into account that in real life, the information about uncertainty is often only partially known, and, on several practical examples, explains how to extract the missing information about uncertainty from the available data.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed December 2, 2014).
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Kreinovich, Vladik, author.
Series
Studies in systems. decision and control ; v. 15.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Towards a More Adequate Description of Uncertainty
Towards Justification of Heuristic Techniques for Processing Uncertainty
Towards More Computationally Efficient Techniques for Processing Uncertainty
Towards Better Ways of Extracting Information About Uncertainty from Data.
Towards a More Adequate Description of Uncertainty
Towards Justification of Heuristic Techniques for Processing Uncertainty
Towards More Computationally Efficient Techniques for Processing Uncertainty
Towards Better Ways of Extracting Information About Uncertainty from Data.