FROM COMPUTING WITH NUMBERS TO COMPUTING WITH WORDS - FROM MANIPULATION OF MEASUREMENTS TO MANIPULATION OF PERCEPTIONS

L. A. Zadeh

Abstract

Computing, in its usual use, is centered on manipulation of numbers and symbols. In contrast, computing with words, or CW for short, is a methodology in which the objects of computation are words and propositions drawn from a natural language, e.g., small, large, far, heavy, not very likely, the price of gas is low and declining, Berkeley is near San Francisco, it is very unlikely that there will be a significant increase in the price of oil in the near future, etc.

Keywords

measurement, computing, perception

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