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	Θεωρία Δυνατότητας	Υπολογιστική Κοκκοποίησης (Πληροφοριακή Κοκκοποίηση)	Απροσδιόριστη Πιθανότητα
Πεδίο	Ήπια Υπολογιστική	Ήπια Υπολογιστική	Ήπια Υπολογιστική
Οικογένεια	Machine learning	Machine learning	Bayesian methods
Έτος προέλευσης	1988	1997	1991
Δημιουργός	Lotfi Zadeh; Didier Dubois & Henri Prade	Lotfi A. Zadeh (information granulation); developed by Pedrycz, Skowron, Yao	Peter Walley
Τύπος	Uncertainty quantification framework	Framework for multi-granularity information processing	Set-valued probability model
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Dubois, D., & Prade, H. (1988). Possibility Theory: An Approach to Computerized Processing of Uncertainty. Plenum Press. ISBN: 978-0-306-42520-2	Zadeh, L. A. (1997). Toward a theory of fuzzy information granulation and its centrality in human reasoning and fuzzy logic. Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 90(2), 111–127.	Walley, P. (1991). Statistical Reasoning with Imprecise Probabilities. Chapman & Hall. ISBN: 978-0-412-28660-5
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Fuzzy Possibility Theory, Possibilistic Reasoning, Olasılık Teorisi (Bulanık), Possibility Distribution Theory	information granulation, computing with granules, three-way granular computing, tanecikli hesaplama	Lower-Upper Probability, Robust Bayesian Analysis, Credal Set Theory, Belirsiz Olasılık
Συναφείς	3	3	3
Σύνοψη	Possibility Theory is a mathematical framework for representing and reasoning under uncertainty, introduced by Lotfi Zadeh in 1978 and systematically developed by Didier Dubois and Henri Prade in their 1988 monograph. It uses possibility distributions — functions assigning a degree in [0,1] to each element of a universe — to encode what is plausible or consistent with available information, complementing probability theory for situations where data is scarce or knowledge is imprecise.	Granular computing is a problem-solving paradigm that processes information in 'granules' — clumps of objects drawn together by indistinguishability, similarity, or functionality — rather than at the level of individual data points. Articulated by Lotfi Zadeh in 1997 as fuzzy information granulation and developed into a broad framework, it provides a unifying umbrella over fuzzy sets, rough sets, and interval methods, letting analysis move to whichever level of detail a problem actually requires.	Imprecise probability is a generalization of standard probability theory that represents epistemic uncertainty through sets of probability measures, called credal sets, rather than a single precise distribution. Introduced systematically by Peter Walley in his 1991 monograph, the framework characterizes beliefs via lower and upper probabilities (or previsions), bracketing the range of plausible probability assignments when available information is insufficient to determine a unique measure.