A New Bandwidth Interval Based Forecasting Method for Enrollments Using Fuzzy Time Series

Hemant Kumar Pathak, Prachi Singh
DOI: 10.4236/am.2011.24065                

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the concept of (4/3)? bandwidth interval based forecasting. The historical enrollments of the university of Alabama are used to illustrate the proposed method. In this paper we use the new simplified technique to find the fuzzy logical relations.

Keywords

Fuzzy Sets, Fuzzy Time Series, Fuzzy Logical Relations

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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