Computing with words

Describing the current state of the art in linguistic computation, this text will extend the range of applications of fuzzy logic and complement those centred on control engineering

Computing with Words Introduction, Implications and Applications, From Computing with Numbers to Computing with Words From Manipulation of Measurements to Manipulation of Perceptions, Computing with Words: The Problems and Solutions, ISSUES OF COMPUTING WITH WORDS AT LARGE: Models and Mechanisms of Thinking A Multigranular Approach, Granular Relational Computing with Semiotic Descriptors Using BK-Products of Fuzzy Relations, Computing Granular Word Meanings: A Fuzzy Linguistic Approach in Computational Semiotics, Extracting Information from Text, Computing with Word and Cognitive Science, LINGUISTIC UNCERTAINTY MODELING: Combining Linguistic Information in a Distributed Intelligent Agent Model for Information Gathering on the Internet, A Behavioral Model for Linguistic Uncertainty, KNOWLEDGE ACQUISTION: Applying Modifiers to Knowledge Acquisition, Computing with Words and Machine Learning in Medical Diagnostics, Numeric Robustness and Linguistic Perspicuity A Hybrid Approach to Knowledge Acquisition, Computing with Descriptive and Veristic Words Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Principles of Words Based Knowledge Representation and Knowledge Processing for CWW, REASONING AND QUERYING: Computing with Words in Intelligent Database Querying: Standalone and Internet-based Applications, Fuzzy Qualitative Reasoning with Words, Control with Words The Modular Approach, Prospects for Integrating Analysis of Variance with Soft Computing, VERB SYSTEMS: Beyond Processand Action-Symbols, Let Machines Understand Computational Processand Action-Symbols.