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Aggregation Operators and Soft Computing

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Glossary

Information Integration :

The whole process of obtaining some information from different sources and then using this information to achieve a concrete task.

Information Fusion :

A general term that defines the whole area that studies techniques and methods to combine information for achieving a particular goal.

Aggregation Operators :

Particular operators that are actually used for combining the information.

Definition of the Subject

Aggregation operators are the particular functions used for combining information in systems where several information sources have to be taken into consideration for achieving a particular goal.

Formally, aggregation operators are the particular techniques of information fusion which can be mathematically expressed in a relatively simple way. They are part of the more general process of information integration. That is the process that goes from the acquisition of data to the accomplishment of the final task.

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    Vicenç Torra

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Torra, V. (2022). Aggregation Operators and Soft Computing. In: Meyers, R.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27737-5_15-3

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