Fuzzy classification systems

Abstract

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.