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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567386
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Book Information:

Authors: Didier Dubois and Henri Prade
Title: Fuzzy sets and systems: Theory and applications
Additional book information: Mathematics in Science and Engineering, vol. 144, Academic Press, New York, 1980, xvii + 393 pp., $49.50.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: E. G. Manes
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 7 (1982), 603-612
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1982-15067-4