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Estimating the expected value of fuzzy random variables in random samplings from finite populations

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In this paper we consider the problem of estimating the expected value of a fuzzy-valued random element in random samplings from finite populations. To this purpose, we quantify the associated sampling error by means of a parameterized measure we have introduced in a previous paper.

Keywords: Aumann's integral, expected value of a fuzzy random variable, fuzzy random variable,\(\bar \lambda \)-mean squared dispersion, random samplings, random set.

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Lubiano, M.A., Gil, M.A. Estimating the expected value of fuzzy random variables in random samplings from finite populations. Statistical Papers 40, 277–295 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02929876

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