
Aggregation Functions
Cambridge University Press
Published on 9. July 2009
Book
Hardback
482 pages
978-0-521-51926-7 (ISBN)
Description
Aggregation is the process of combining several numerical values into a single representative value, and an aggregation function performs this operation. These functions arise wherever aggregating information is important: applied and pure mathematics (probability, statistics, decision theory, functional equations), operations research, computer science, and many applied fields (economics and finance, pattern recognition and image processing, data fusion, etc.). This is a comprehensive, rigorous and self-contained exposition of aggregation functions. Classes of aggregation functions covered include triangular norms and conorms, copulas, means and averages, and those based on nonadditive integrals. The properties of each method, as well as their interpretation and analysis, are studied in depth, together with construction methods and practical identification methods. Special attention is given to the nature of scales on which values to be aggregated are defined (ordinal, interval, ratio, bipolar). It is an ideal introduction for graduate students and a unique resource for researchers.
Reviews / Votes
'Throughout the entire work, many examples and applications of aggregation are given. The presentation is abstract, formal, and mathematically rigorous, providing a firm foundation for specific applications. This book should be taken very seriously by anyone whose work involves aggregation.' Jonathan Golan, Reviews.comMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
12 Tables, unspecified; 2 Halftones, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
884 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-51926-7 (9780521519267)
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Michel Grabisch | Jean-Luc Marichal | Radko Mesiar
Aggregation Functions
E-Book
08/2013
1st Edition
Cambridge University Press
€121.99
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Michel Grabisch
Aggregation Functions
E-Book
07/2009
Cambridge University Press
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Persons
Michel Grabisch is a Professor of Computer Sciences at Universite Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne. Jean-Luc Marichal is an Associate Professor in the Mathematics Research Unit at the University of Luxembourg. Radko Mesiar is Chairman of the Department of Mathematics and Descriptive Geometry at the Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava. Endre Pap is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Informatics at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
Author
Universite de Paris I
Universite du Luxembourg
Slovenska Technicka Univerzita
University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Content
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Properties for aggregation; 3. Conjunctive and disjunctive aggregation functions; 4. Means and averages; 5. Aggregation functions based on nonadditive integrals; 6. Construction methods; 7. Aggregation on specific scale types; 8. Aggregation on ordinal scales; 9. Aggregation on bipolar scales; 10. Behavioral analysis of aggregation functions; 11. Identification of aggregation functions; A. Aggregation of infinitely many arguments; B. Examples and applications; List of symbols; Bibliography; Index.