the notion of vague ideals in pseudo mv-algebras is introduced,and several properties are investigated. conditions for a vague set to be avague ideal are provided. conditions for a vague ideal to be implicative aregiven. characterizations of (implicative, prime) vague ideals are discussed.the smallest vague ideal containing a given vague set is established. primeand implicative extension proper...

We propose that not all such arguments are on a par. The first section of the paper distinguishes dialectically effective from dialectically ineffective arguments against metaphysical vagueness. The second section constructs an argument against metaphysical vagueness – specifically, an argument against objects that are indeterminate in what parts they have – which promises to be dialectically e...

David Lewis (1986) criticizes moderate views of composition on the grounds that a restriction on composition must be vague, and vague composition leads, via a precisificational theory of vagueness, to an absurd vagueness of existence. I show how to resist this argument. Unlike the usual resistance, however, I do not jettison precisificational views of vagueness. Instead, I blur the connection b...

In this paper the authors propose a new method of intelligent search using the vague set theory of Gau and Buehrer. Copyright c © 2006 Yang’s Scientific Research Institute, LLC. All rights reserved.

Vague information is common in many database applications due to internet-scale data dissemination, such as those data arising from sensor networks and mobile communications. We have formalized the notion of a vague relation in order to model vague data in our previous work. In this paper, we utilize Functional Dependencies (FDs), which are the most fundamental integrity constraints that arise ...

A promising approach to graph clustering is based on the intuitive notion of intra-cluster density vs. inter-cluster sparsity. While both formalizations and algorithms focusing on particular aspects of this rather vague concept have been proposed no conclusive argument on their appropriateness has been given. As a first step towards understanding the consequences of particular conceptions, we c...