Construction of offender profiles using fuzzy logic
Abstract
Although fuzzy logic is being extensively used in electronics and mathematical sciences, it has found little or no application in the social sciences, especially criminology. As a mathematical system, fuzzy logic generalizes the Boolean logic and can be a very useful tool for the social sciences where concepts and terms involve shades of meanings. Outlines the essential mathematics behind this approach and develops a technique that could be useful in building offender profiles from fuzzy descriptions provided by witnesses. Also suggests several other possible areas of applications of this mathematical system.
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Citation
Verma, A. (1997), "Construction of offender profiles using fuzzy logic", Policing: An International Journal, Vol. 20 No. 2, pp. 408-418. https://doi.org/10.1108/13639519710169216
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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