TY - JOUR AB - We introduce a general definition for prototypical operators, such as the mean of a set of elements. We investigate the properties of this operator. We extend the definition to find prototypical elements of fuzzy sets. We study this operators effect on Zadeh's definition of “very.” VL - 10 IS - 2 SN - 0368-492X DO - 10.1108/eb005585 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005585 AU - YAGER R.R. PY - 1981 Y1 - 1981/01/01 TI - PROTOTYPICAL VALUES FOR FUZZY SUBSETS T2 - Kybernetes PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 135 EP - 139 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -