Fuzzy Data Analysis

1 Introduction.- 2 Basic notions.- 2.1 Fuzzy sets.- 2.2 Set-theoretic operations.- 2.3 Special fuzzy sets.- 2.4 Extension principle and applications.- 2.5 Fuzzy relations.- 2.6 Fuzzy functions.- 2.7 Measuring the uncertainty.- 3 Basic notions of data analysis.- 3.1 Data.- 3.2 Grouping and transformations.- 3.3 Similarity and distances.- 3.4 Cluster analysis.- 3.5 Evaluation of functional relationships.- 3.6 Projection techniques.- 4 Fuzzy data.- 4.1 Simple fuzzy data.- 4.2 Complex fuzzy data.- 4.3 Simple operations and transformations.- 5 Qualitative analysis.- 5.1 Fuzzy clustering.- 5.2 Similarity of fuzzy data.- 5.3 Fuzzy similarity of fuzzy data.- 5.4 Shape similarity.- 6 Quantitative analysis.- 6.1 Preliminary operations.- 6.2 Local functional approximation.- 6.3 Global evaluation.- 6.4 Global approximation of fuzzy data.- 6.5 Some fuzzy counterparts.- 6.6 Minimization of fuzzy functions.- 7 Evaluation of methods.- 7.1 Towards a normative theory.- 7.2 Truth evaluation.- 7.3 Possibility evaluation.- 7.4 Probability evaluation.- 7.5 Fuzzy measure evaluation.- List of Symbols.