A note on the connection between fuzzy numbers and random intervals

María Angeles Gil

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1992, vol. 13, issue 4, 311-319

Abstract: Studies relating Probability and Fuzzy Set Theories have been developed in the literature. In this paper we prove that any fuzzy number determines an intuitive corresponding random interval, and discuss advantages and inconveniences of treating fuzzy numbers as random intervals.

Keywords: Fuzzy; numbers; membership; function; one-point; coverage; function; operations; for; fuzzy; numbers; operations; for; random; intervals; random; intervals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
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