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On measures of information content of grey numbers

Sifeng Liu (College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, People's Republic of China)
Yi Lin (Department of Mathematics, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, USA)

Kybernetes

ISSN: 0368-492X

Article publication date: 1 July 2006

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Abstract

Purpose

To explore a more effective method to study the information content of grey numbers.

Design/methodology/approach

An axiomatic approach is used for the measurement of information content of a given grey number.

Findings

A new definition for information content of grey numbers is introduced. And, relevant results are proven.

Originality/value

This work fills the vacancy on how to measure the information value contained in a grey number.

Keywords

Citation

Liu, S. and Lin, Y. (2006), "On measures of information content of grey numbers", Kybernetes, Vol. 35 No. 6, pp. 899-904. https://doi.org/10.1108/03684920610662692

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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