Measures of uncertainty and information

George J. Klir

pp. 439-457

in: Didier Dubois, Henri Prade (eds), Fundamentals of fuzzy sets, Berlin, Springer, 2000

Abstract

This chapter is an overview of current research regarding measures of uncertainty and information in five mathematical theories: classical set theory, fuzzy set theory, probability theory, possibility theory, and the Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence. Three types of uncertainty are involved: nonspecificity, entropy-like uncertainty, and fuzziness.