Abstract
A fuzzy rule-based evidential reasoning (FURBER) approach has been proposed recently, where a fuzzy rule-base designed on the basis of a belief structure (called a belief rule base) forms a basis in the inference mechanism of FURBER. This kind of rule-base with both subjective and analytical elements may be difficult to build in particular as the system increases in complexity. In this paper, a learning method for optimally training the elements of the belief rule base and other knowledge representation parameters in FURBER is proposed. This process is formulated as a nonlinear multi-objective function to minimize the differences between the output of a belief rule base and given data. The optimization problem is solved using the optimization tool provided in MATLAB. A numerical example is provided to demonstrate how the method can be implemented.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Intelligent Data Mining - Techniques and Applications |
Place of Publication | Heidelberg |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 419-437 |
Volume | 1 |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-540-26256-5 |
State | Published - Aug 2005 |