Fuzzy cognitive maps: advances in theory, methodologies, tools and applications

The theory of cognitive maps was developed in 1976. Its main aim was the representation of (causal) relationships among 'concepts' also known as 'factors' or 'nodes'. Concepts could be assigned values. Causal relationships between two concepts could be of three types: positive, negative or neutral. Increase inthe value of a concept would yield a corresponding positive or negative increase at the concepts connected to it via relationships. In 1988 Bart Kosko introduced the notion of fuzziness to cognitive maps and created the theory of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs). The relationship between two concepts in (FCMs) can take a value in the interval [-1,1]. This relationship value is called 'weight'. For the last twenty years extensive research in the theory of FCMs has beenperformed that provided major improvements and enhancements in its theoretical underpinning. New methodologies and approaches have been developed. FCMs have also been applied to many different sectors. New software tools have been developed that automate FCM creation and management. The aim of this book is to present recent advances and state of the art in FCM theory, methodologies, applications and tools that exist to date scattered in journal papers, in a concrete and integrated manner. contains the theory of fuzzy cognitive mapping and for the first time a methodology of constructing and linking fuzzy cognitive maps to be used in management and business process reengineering for performance measurement purposes contains a software tool that can be used for designingand simulating FCMs that can be linked and simulated as an integrated projectWritten by experts in the field INDICE: Strategic Management & Simulation.- Operational Management & simulation.- Fuzzy cognitive maps basics.- Identifiying and measuring Objectives at the Strategic and operational level in FCMs.- Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping in strategic and operational games.- Preliminary experiments.- Knowledge Management and Performance measurement in Financial Institutions.- Conclusion.

• ISBN: 978-3-642-03219-6
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 200
• Fecha Publicación: 06/06/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés