Method of Constructing Type-2 Fuzzy Models with Interval Membership Functions for Diagnostic Systems

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20535/1810-0546.2015.5.51637

Keywords:

Type-2 fuzzy model, Interval membership function, Redundant knowledge bases, Expert, Quality criteria

Abstract

Background. Presently, the amounts of data accumulated by researchers in different areas of human activity are increasing dramatically due to rapid development of information technologies. The question of data analysis and knowledge presentation in decision support systems under uncertain conditions is important, namely detecting hidden rules and dependencies; extracting, presenting and processing of incomplete knowledge obtained with the help of experts, or knowledge, obtained as a result of experimental data processing. Since knowledge obtained from experts usually contains different kinds of uncertainty, it is important to look for methods that enable presentation and processing of incomplete or almost contradictory information. Methods of fuzzy set theory are the most suitable for processing of such data.

Objective. Improving the subject area reflection quality by implementing the method of generating type-2 fuzzy models with redundant knowledge bases.

Methods. The implementation method is directed at using redundancy of the fuzzy knowledge base. The knowledge base is built based on experimental data that is used to determine centers of the rules’ antecedents and consequents fuzzy sets. The given approach enables creating a fuzzy knowledge base in reasonable time. In order to build a fuzzy model with some of the values missing in the rules included into the knowledge base by an expert, and with partially missing experimental data, methods of generating fuzzy models based on type-2 fuzzy sets with partial experimental data are introduced. A fuzzy model is represented as an interval type-2 model with interval membership functions. Redundancy reduction and missing input data processing are implemented using optimization procedures. The quality of reflection of input values into output values is analyzed using a fuzzy models functioning quality criterion.

Results. A research of fuzzy type-2 models built using the given method is shown. On an example of a medical diagnostics problem the main parameters of the generated fuzzy models are given, and values of their performance criteria are calculated.

Conclusions. A method for generating type-2 fuzzy models with interval membership functions was developed, which includes rules built based on experimental data, and which provides the capabilities for taking an expert’s opinion into account. As part of the given method it is suggested to use the main and the secondary criteria to assess type-2 fuzzy models performance quality. These two criteria enable the developer of an expert system to make the right choice of the fuzzy model that describes the subject area in the most adequate way.

Author Biography

Наталія Романівна Кондратенко, Vinnytsia National Technical University

Kondratenko Natalya,

PhD, professor at the information protection department

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2015-11-02

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No. 5 (2015): Engineering

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Art

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