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We discuss the role of Zadeh’s paradigm of computing with words on the semantic web We describe the three important steps in using computing with words. We focuson the retranslation step, selecting a term from our prescribedvocabulary to express information represented using fuzzy sets. A number of criteria of concern in this retranslation processare introduced. Some of these criteria can be seen to correspondto a desire to accurately reflect the given information. Othercriteria may correspond to a desire, on the part provider ofthe information, to give a particular perception or “spin”.We discuss some methods for combining these criteria to evaluatepotential retranslations.
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Yager, R.R. (2006). Applying Fuzzy Sets to the SemanticWeb: The Problem of Retranslation. In: Abraham, A., de Baets, B., Köppen, M., Nickolay, B. (eds) Applied Soft Computing Technologies: The Challenge of Complexity. Advances in Soft Computing, vol 34. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31662-0_1
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