Sequential Test of Fuzzy Hypotheses
Mohammad Ghasem Akbari
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DOI: 10.4236/ojs.2011.12010   PDF    HTML   XML   4,614 Downloads   8,718 Views   Citations

Abstract

In testing statistical hypotheses, as in other statistical problems, we may be confronted with fuzzy concepts. This paper deals with the problem of testing hypotheses, when the hypotheses are fuzzy and the data are crisp. We first give new definitions for notion of mass (density) probability function with fuzzy parameter, probability of type I and type II errors and then state and prove the sequential probability ratio test, on the basis of these new errors, for testing fuzzy hypotheses. Numerical examples are also provided to illustrate the approach.

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M. Akbari, "Sequential Test of Fuzzy Hypotheses," Open Journal of Statistics, Vol. 1 No. 2, 2011, pp. 87-92. doi: 10.4236/ojs.2011.12010.

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