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Uncertainty theory (Liu)

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The uncertainty theory invented by Baoding Liu[1] is a branch of mathematics based on normality, monotonicity, self-duality, countable subadditivity, and product measure axioms.[clarification needed]

Mathematical measures of the likelihood of an event being true include probability theory, capacity, fuzzy logic, possibility, and credibility, as well as uncertainty.

Four axioms

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Axiom 1. (Normality Axiom) .

Axiom 2. (Self-Duality Axiom) .

Axiom 3. (Countable Subadditivity Axiom) For every countable sequence of events , we have

.

Axiom 4. (Product Measure Axiom) Let be uncertainty spaces for . Then the product uncertain measure is an uncertain measure on the product σ-algebra satisfying

.

Principle. (Maximum Uncertainty Principle) For any event, if there are multiple reasonable values that an uncertain measure may take, then the value as close to 0.5 as possible is assigned to the event.

Uncertain variables

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An uncertain variable is a measurable function ξ from an uncertainty space to the set of real numbers, i.e., for any Borel set B of real numbers, the set is an event.

Uncertainty distribution

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Uncertainty distribution is inducted to describe uncertain variables.

Definition: The uncertainty distribution of an uncertain variable ξ is defined by .

Theorem (Peng and Iwamura, Sufficient and Necessary Condition for Uncertainty Distribution): A function is an uncertain distribution if and only if it is an increasing function except and .

Independence

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Definition: The uncertain variables are said to be independent if

for any Borel sets of real numbers.

Theorem 1: The uncertain variables are independent if

for any Borel sets of real numbers.

Theorem 2: Let be independent uncertain variables, and measurable functions. Then are independent uncertain variables.

Theorem 3: Let be uncertainty distributions of independent uncertain variables respectively, and the joint uncertainty distribution of uncertain vector . If are independent, then we have

for any real numbers .

Operational law

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Theorem: Let be independent uncertain variables, and a measurable function. Then is an uncertain variable such that

where are Borel sets, and means for any.

Expected Value

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Definition: Let be an uncertain variable. Then the expected value of is defined by

provided that at least one of the two integrals is finite.

Theorem 1: Let be an uncertain variable with uncertainty distribution . If the expected value exists, then

Theorem 2: Let be an uncertain variable with regular uncertainty distribution . If the expected value exists, then

Theorem 3: Let and be independent uncertain variables with finite expected values. Then for any real numbers and , we have

Variance

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Definition: Let be an uncertain variable with finite expected value . Then the variance of is defined by

Theorem: If be an uncertain variable with finite expected value, and are real numbers, then

Critical value

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Definition: Let be an uncertain variable, and . Then

is called the α-optimistic value to , and

is called the α-pessimistic value to .

Theorem 1: Let be an uncertain variable with regular uncertainty distribution . Then its α-optimistic value and α-pessimistic value are

,
.

Theorem 2: Let be an uncertain variable, and . Then we have

  • if , then ;
  • if , then .

Theorem 3: Suppose that and are independent uncertain variables, and . Then we have

,

,

,

,

,

.

Entropy

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Definition: Let be an uncertain variable with uncertainty distribution . Then its entropy is defined by

where .

Theorem 1(Dai and Chen): Let be an uncertain variable with regular uncertainty distribution . Then

Theorem 2: Let and be independent uncertain variables. Then for any real numbers and , we have

Theorem 3: Let be an uncertain variable whose uncertainty distribution is arbitrary but the expected value and variance . Then

Inequalities

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Theorem 1(Liu, Markov Inequality): Let be an uncertain variable. Then for any given numbers and , we have

Theorem 2 (Liu, Chebyshev Inequality) Let be an uncertain variable whose variance exists. Then for any given number , we have

Theorem 3 (Liu, Holder's Inequality) Let and be positive numbers with , and let and be independent uncertain variables with and . Then we have

Theorem 4:(Liu [127], Minkowski Inequality) Let be a real number with , and let and be independent uncertain variables with and . Then we have

Convergence concept

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Definition 1: Suppose that are uncertain variables defined on the uncertainty space . The sequence is said to be convergent a.s. to if there exists an event with such that

for every . In that case we write ,a.s.

Definition 2: Suppose that are uncertain variables. We say that the sequence converges in measure to if

for every .

Definition 3: Suppose that are uncertain variables with finite expected values. We say that the sequence converges in mean to if

.

Definition 4: Suppose that are uncertainty distributions of uncertain variables , respectively. We say that the sequence converges in distribution to if at any continuity point of .

Theorem 1: Convergence in Mean Convergence in Measure Convergence in Distribution. However, Convergence in Mean Convergence Almost Surely Convergence in Distribution.

Conditional uncertainty

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Definition 1: Let be an uncertainty space, and . Then the conditional uncertain measure of A given B is defined by

Theorem 1: Let be an uncertainty space, and B an event with . Then M{·|B} defined by Definition 1 is an uncertain measure, and is an uncertainty space.

Definition 2: Let be an uncertain variable on . A conditional uncertain variable of given B is a measurable function from the conditional uncertainty space to the set of real numbers such that

.

Definition 3: The conditional uncertainty distribution of an uncertain variable given B is defined by

provided that .

Theorem 2: Let be an uncertain variable with regular uncertainty distribution , and a real number with . Then the conditional uncertainty distribution of given is

Theorem 3: Let be an uncertain variable with regular uncertainty distribution , and a real number with . Then the conditional uncertainty distribution of given is

Definition 4: Let be an uncertain variable. Then the conditional expected value of given B is defined by

provided that at least one of the two integrals is finite.

References

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  1. ^ Liu, Baoding (2015). Uncertainty theory: an introduction to its axiomatic foundations. Springer uncertainty research (4th ed.). Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3-662-44354-5.

Sources

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  • Xin Gao, Some Properties of Continuous Uncertain Measure, International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol.17, No.3, 419-426, 2009.
  • Cuilian You, Some Convergence Theorems of Uncertain Sequences, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol.49, Nos.3-4, 482-487, 2009.
  • Yuhan Liu, How to Generate Uncertain Measures, Proceedings of Tenth National Youth Conference on Information and Management Sciences, August 3–7, 2008, Luoyang, pp. 23–26.
  • Baoding Liu, Uncertainty Theory, 4th ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, [1] 2009
  • Baoding Liu, Some Research Problems in Uncertainty Theory, Journal of Uncertain Systems, Vol.3, No.1, 3-10, 2009.
  • Yang Zuo, Xiaoyu Ji, Theoretical Foundation of Uncertain Dominance, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Information and Management Sciences, Kunming, China, July 20–28, 2009, pp. 827–832.
  • Yuhan Liu and Minghu Ha, Expected Value of Function of Uncertain Variables, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Information and Management Sciences, Kunming, China, July 20–28, 2009, pp. 779–781.
  • Zhongfeng Qin, On Lognormal Uncertain Variable, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Information and Management Sciences, Kunming, China, July 20–28, 2009, pp. 753–755.
  • Jin Peng, Value at Risk and Tail Value at Risk in Uncertain Environment, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Information and Management Sciences, Kunming, China, July 20–28, 2009, pp. 787–793.
  • Yi Peng, U-Curve and U-Coefficient in Uncertain Environment, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Information and Management Sciences, Kunming, China, July 20–28, 2009, pp. 815–820.
  • Wei Liu, Jiuping Xu, Some Properties on Expected Value Operator for Uncertain Variables, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Information and Management Sciences, Kunming, China, July 20–28, 2009, pp. 808–811.
  • Xiaohu Yang, Moments and Tails Inequality within the Framework of Uncertainty Theory, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Information and Management Sciences, Kunming, China, July 20–28, 2009, pp. 812–814.
  • Yuan Gao, Analysis of k-out-of-n System with Uncertain Lifetimes, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Information and Management Sciences, Kunming, China, July 20–28, 2009, pp. 794–797.
  • Xin Gao, Shuzhen Sun, Variance Formula for Trapezoidal Uncertain Variables, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Information and Management Sciences, Kunming, China, July 20–28, 2009, pp. 853–855.
  • Zixiong Peng, A Sufficient and Necessary Condition of Product Uncertain Null Set, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Information and Management Sciences, Kunming, China, July 20–28, 2009, pp. 798–801.