Article ID: | iaor20052271 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 156 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 495 |
End Page Number: | 507 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2004 |
Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
Authors: | Montero J., Amo A., Biging G., Cutello V. |
Keywords: | decision theory: multiple criteria |
In this paper it is pointed out that a classification is always made taking into account all the available classes, i.e., by means of a classification system. The approach presented in this paper generalizes the classical definition of fuzzy partition as defined by Ruspini, which is now conceived as a quite often desirable objective that can be usually obtained only after a long learning process. In addition, our model allows the evaluation of the resulting classification, according to several indexes related to covering, relevance and overlapping.