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During the last decades, a myriad of fuzzy time series models have been proposed in scientific literature. Among the most accurate models found in fuzzy time series, the high-order ones are the most accurate. The research described in this…
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This paper focuses on the impact of rule representation in Michigan-style Learning Fuzzy-Classifier Systems (LFCSs) on its classification performance. A well-representation of the rules in an LFCS is crucial for improving its performance.…
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Fuzzy rough set (FRS) has a great effect on data mining processes and the fuzzy logical operators play a key role in the development of FRS theory. In order to further generalize the FRS theory to more complicated data environments, we…