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Warren, McCain, and Obama Needed Fuzzy Sets at Presidential Forum
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Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Electronic engineering
Information Technology and Computer Science
Topics
Abstract EN
During a presidential forum in the 2008 US presidential campaign, the moderator, Pastor Rick Warren, wanted Senator John McCain and then-Senator Barack Obama to define rich with a specific number.
Warren wanted to know at what specific income level a person goes from being not rich to rich.
The problem with this question is that there is no specific income at which a person makes the leap from being not rich to being rich.
This is because rich is a fuzzy set, not a crisp set, with different incomes having different degrees of membership in the rich fuzzy set.
Fuzzy logic is needed to properly ask and answer Warren's question about quantitatively defining rich.
An imprecise natural language word like rich should be considered to have qualitative definitions, crisp quantitative definitions, and fuzzy quantitative definitions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Solo, Ashu M. G.. 2012. Warren, McCain, and Obama Needed Fuzzy Sets at Presidential Forum. Advances in Fuzzy Systems،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-463210
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Solo, Ashu M. G.. Warren, McCain, and Obama Needed Fuzzy Sets at Presidential Forum. Advances in Fuzzy Systems No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-463210
American Medical Association (AMA)
Solo, Ashu M. G.. Warren, McCain, and Obama Needed Fuzzy Sets at Presidential Forum. Advances in Fuzzy Systems. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-463210
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-463210