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Fuzzy Linguistic Signatures

Ammar, Nour and Kóczy, László T. (2026) Fuzzy Linguistic Signatures. INFOCOMMUNICATIONS JOURNAL, 18 (1). pp. 43-52. ISSN 2061-2079

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Abstract

Fuzzy Linguistic Signatures (FLS) extend the concept of Fuzzy Signatures (FSigs) by introducing linguistic variables as qualitative descriptors within a hierarchical fuzzy structure. Although fuzzy signatures have been successfully applied in various domains, their reliance on numerical membership degrees limits their ability to model subjective or linguistically defined information. This paper establishes a formal mathematical frame-work for FLS by defining a family of fuzzy linguistic signatures equipped with suitable linguistic aggregation operators and a partial ordering relation among linguistic values. Furthermore, meet-and-join operators are introduced to demonstrate that FLS satisfies the properties of a lattice as an algebraic structure. Consequently, fuzzy linguistic signatures provide an expressive representational framework capable of handling qualitative, human-like reasoning.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Fuzzy Sets; Fuzzy Signature; Fuzzy Linguistic Signature
Subjects: P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > P0 Philology. Linguistics / filológia, nyelvészet
Q Science / természettudomány > QA Mathematics / matematika > QA76.16-QA76.165 Communication networks, media, information society / kommunikációs hálózatok, média, információs társadalom
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 20 May 2026 07:04
Last Modified: 20 May 2026 07:04
URI: https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/238703

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