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)
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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
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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