Etienne Kerre

Combined Wavelet-Domain and Motion-Compensated Video Denoising Based on Video Codec Motion Estimation Methods (2009)

Jovanov, Ljubomir, Pizurica, Aleksandra, Schulte, Stefan, Schelkens, Peter, Munteanu, Adrian, Kerre, Etienne, ...

Integrating video coding and denoising is a novel processing paradigm, bringing mutual benefits to both video processing tools. In this paper, we propose a novel video denoising approach of which the...

On a reflexivity-preserving family of cardinality-based fuzzy comparison measures (2009)

Bosteels, Klaas, Kerre, Etienne

In this paper, we generalize and extend previous work on a triparametric family of cardinality-based fuzzy similarity measures. More specifically, we (i) generalize this family to a broader family of...

The pseudo-linear semantics of interval-valued fuzzy logics (2009)

Van Gasse, Bart, Cornelis, Chris, Deschrijver, Glad, Kerre, Etienne

Triangle algebras are equationally defined structures that are equivalent with certain residuated lattices on a set of intervals, which are called interval-valued residuated lattices (IVRLs)....

Application of fuzzy decision making to the fuzzy finite element method (2009)

Ovaere, Koen, Deschrijver, Glad, Kerre, Etienne

In this paper we present a new approach to handle uncertainty in the Finite Element Method. As this technique is widely used to tackle real-life design problems, it is also very prone to...

Spatial Reasoning in a Fuzzy Region Connection Calculus (2009)

Schockaert, Steven, De Cock, Martine, Kerre, Etienne

Although the region connection calculus (RCC) offers an appealing framework for modelling topological relations, its application in real-world scenarios is hampered when spatial phenomena are...

Real-Time Constrained Fuzzy Arithmetic (2009)

Victor, Patricia, Vroman, Annelies, Deschrijver, Glad, Kerre, Etienne

Klir introduced constrained fuzzy arithmetic (CFA) as a solution to the unnecessary precision loss when dealing with fuzzy quantities that represent linguistic variables. Since then, some attempts...

Filters of interval-valued residuated lattices (2009)

Van Gasse, Bart, Cornelis, Chris, Deschrijver, Glad, Kerre, Etienne

An important concept in the theory of residuated lattices and other algebraical structures used for formal fuzzy logic, is that of a filter. Filters can be used, amongst others, to define congruence...

On the first place antitonicity in QL-implications (2008)

Shi, Yun, Van Gasse, Bart, Ruan, Da, Kerre, Etienne

To obtain a demanded fuzzy implication in fuzzy systems, a number of desired properties have been proposed, among which the first place antitonicity, the second place isotonicity and the boundary...

RSKT07 Chairs RSFDGrC07 Chairs JRS07 Publicity Chairs (2008)

Setsuo Ohsuga, York U, Setsuo Ohsuga, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Dominik Slezak, Guoyin Wang, ...

includes different concepts and approaches to information technologies. As a result, JRS07 covers a very wide area of information science. It is an exciting attempt because information is itself a...

Fuzzy non-linear Restoration and Analysis Techniques for Digital Images and Video (2008)

Valérie De Witte, Dietrich Van Der, Etienne Kerre

The application of fuzzy techniques in image processing is a promising research field. Fuzzy techniques have already been applied in several domains of image processing (e.g. interpolation and...

Reflections on Modelling Vagueness in Description Logics (2008)

Steven Schockaert, Patricia Victor, Geert-jan Houben, Chris Cornelis, Martine De Cock, Etienne Kerre

Abstract. Description logics are a popular, and widely used, formalism for describing domain knowledge in a structured way. To cope with the vagueness of real-world knowledge, several fuzzy...

A characterization of interval-valued residuated lattices (2008)

Van Gasse, Bart, Cornelis, Chris, Deschrijver, Glad, Kerre, Etienne

As is well-known, residuated lattices (RLs) on the unit interval correspond to left-continuous t-norms. Thus far, a similar characterization has not been found for RLs on the set of intervals of [0,...

On the first place antitonicity in QL-implications (2008)

Shi, Yun, Van Gasse, Bart, Ruan, Da, Kerre, Etienne

To obtain a demanded fuzzy implication in fuzzy systems, a number of desired properties have been proposed, among which the first place antitonicity, the second place isotonicity and the boundary...

Using parametric functions to solve systems of linear fuzzy equations with a symmetric matrix (2008)

Vroman, Annelies, Deschrijver, Glad, Kerre, Etienne

A method to solve linear fuzzy equations with a symmetric matrix is proposed. Ignoring the symmetry leads to an overestimation of the solution. Our method to find the solution of a system of linear...

Aggregation operators in interval-valued fuzzy and Atanassov's intuitionistic fuzzy set theory (2008)

Deschrijver, Glad, Kerre, Etienne

In this paper we give an overview of some recent advances on aggregation operators on L^I, where L^I is the underlying lattice of interval-valued fuzzy set theory (which is equivalent to...

Using parametric functions to solve systems of linear fuzzy equations with a symmetric matrix (2008)

Vroman, Annelies, Deschrijver, Glad, Kerre, Etienne

A method to solve linear fuzzy equations with a symmetric matrix is proposed. Ignoring the symmetry leads to an overestimation of the solution. Our method to find the solution of a system of linear...

Video denoising by fuzzy motion and detail adaptive averaging (2008)

Mélange, Tom, Nachtegael, Mike, Kerre, Etienne, Zlokolica, Vladimir, Schulte, Stefan, De Witte, Valerie, ...

A new fuzzy-rule-based algorithm for the denoising of video sequences corrupted with additive Gaussian noise is presented. The proposed method constitutes a fuzzy-logic-based improvement of a recent...

An Integrated Method of Adaptive Enhancement for Unsupervised Segmentation of MRI Brain Images (2007)

Jing-hao Xue, Ra Pizurica, Wilfried Philips, Etienne Kerre, Rik Van, De Walle, ...

Dept This paper presents an integrated method of the adaptive enhancement for an unsupervised global-to-local segmentation of brain tissues in three-dimensional (3-D) MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)...

On the characterizations of fuzzy implications satisfying I(x,y) = I(x, I(x,y)) (2007)

Shi, Yun, Ruan, Da, Kerre, Etienne

Iterative boolean-like laws in fuzzy logic have been studied for functional equations with boolean background in which only fuzzy conjunctions, fuzzy disjunctions and fuzzy negations are contained....

Why Fuzzy Logic? – A Spectrum of Theoretical and Pragmatics Issues (2007)

Wang, Paul, Ruan, Da, Kerre, Etienne

This chapter briefly summarizes the contents of the whole book. The research survey presents a snap shot of the state-of-the-art of the active on-going research of the current maturity of fuzzy...

Fuzzy Logic – A Spectrum of Theoretical & Practical Issues (2007)

Wang, Paul, Ruan, Da, Kerre, Etienne

This book exclusively surveys the active on-going research of the current maturity of fuzzy logic over the last four decades. Many world leaders of fuzzy logic have enthusiastically contributed their...

A biparametric family of cardinality-based fuzzy similarity measures (2007)

Bosteels, Klaas, Kerre, Etienne

We present a systematic way of constructing and analyzing fuzzy similarity measures based on cardinality. This is achieved by introducing a general form for such measures, that depends on two...

A triparametric family of cardinality-based fuzzy similarity measures (2007)

Bosteels, Klaas, Kerre, Etienne

Previously, we introduced a biparametric family of cardinality-based fuzzy similarity measures. In this paper, we generalize this family by adding a third parameter. We also study the generalized...

Using parametric functions to solve systems of linear fuzzy equations with a symmetric matrix (2007)

Vroman, Annelies, Deschrijver, Glad, Kerre, Etienne

A method to solve linear fuzzy equations with a symmetric matrix is proposed. Ignoring the symmetry leads to an overestimation of the solution. Our method to find the solution of a system of linear...

A fuzzy-neural resemblance approach to validate simulation models (2007)

Martens, Jurgen, Put, Ferdi, Kerre, Etienne

Validation is one of the most important steps in developing a reliable simulation model. It evaluates whether or not the model forms a representation of the simulated system accurate enough to...

A new fuzzy color correlated impulse noise reduction method (2007)

Schulte, Stefan, Morillas, Samuel, Gregori, Valentin, Kerre, Etienne

A new impulse noise reduction method for color images is presented. Color images that are corrupted with impulse noise are generally filtered by applying a grayscale algorithm on each color component...

Applied Artificial Intelligence (2006)

Ruan, Da, D'hondt, Pierre, Fantoni, Paolo, De Cock, Martine, Nachtegael, Mike, Kerre, Etienne

FLINS, originally an acronym for Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Technologies in Nuclear Science, is now extended to Applied Artificial Intelligence for Applied Research. The contributions to the seventh...

A fuzzy set theoretic approach to validate simulation models (2006)

Kerre, Etienne

We develop a new approach to the validation of simulation models by exploiting elements from fuzzy set theory and machine learning. A fuzzy resemblance relation concept is used to set up a...

Intelligent Data Mining: Techniques and Applications (2005)

Ruan, Da, Chen, Guoqing, Kerre, Etienne, Wets, Geert

Intelligent Data Mining – Techniques and Applications" is an organized edited collection of contributed chapters covering basic knowledge for intelligent systems and data mining, applications in...

The construction of possibility measures from samples on T-semi-partitions (1996)

Bernard De Baets, Gert De Cooman, Etienne Kerre

this paper was presented at ISUMA--NAFIPS '95 (University of Maryland, USA, September 1995).