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Like many intuitively appealing concepts, the idea of a fuzzy set is simple. In classical set theory, an element either belongs inside a set or it does not. In fuzzy set theory, on the other hand, an element may belong partially to a set. Fuzzy sets have gradations of set membership and blurred boundaries, and so they resemble at first glance the kinds of categories ordinary people use in natural thought or communication.
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Smithson, M. (1987). Introduction: Why Fuzzy Sets?. In: Fuzzy Set Analysis for Behavioral and Social Sciences. Recent Research in Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4680-0_1
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