From: gchien@n.o.S.p.a.m.protodesign-inc.com   
      
   "Dmitry A. Kazakov" wrote   
   > Well, perhaps it just has no sense. In many cases defuzzification is   
   > purely empiric, so it is in vain to ask why it gives this or that   
   > result. Just because! (:-)) Avoid defuzzification if you can.   
      
   I have created and implemented a scheme that allows a fuzzy qualitative   
   value, represented by a 2-tuple [rank, confidence factor], to be mapped to   
   a range on a quantitative/ratio scale and a function to consolidate   
   qualitative values:   
   http://protodesign-inc.com/files/TPgtc001.pdf   
      
   I am not sure if it relates to what you are discussing in this thread,   
   though.   
      
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