Re: [UAI] Computation with Imprecise Probabilities--The problem of Vera's age

2008-08-06 Thread Peter Tillers
Dear Professor Scheffler, I wonder if you think the following attempt to distinguish the plasticity of words and from uncertainty about the meaning of words makes any sense: http://tillerstillers.blogspot.com/2008/07/indeterminacy-and-elasticity-of-legal.html I can say this much with some

Re: [UAI] Computation with Imprecise Probabilities--The problem of Vera's age

2008-08-04 Thread Konrad Scheffler
Dear Prof Zadeh, Perhaps you could elucidate what you mean by cointensive? (I assume this is explained in detail in your paper, but I also assume that one purpose of your post here is to convince people that it will be worth investing the time to read the paper.) Also, what do you understand

[UAI] Computation with Imprecise probabilities--The Problem of Vera's Age

2008-07-11 Thread Lotfi A. Zadeh
Computation with Imprecise Probabilities--The Problem of Vera's Age In large measure, real-world probabilities are imprecise. For this reason, computation with imprecise probabilities is not an academic exercise--it is a bridge to reality. Peter Walley's 1991 seminal work