Uncertainty-based information: Elements of generalized information theory (studies in fuzziness and soft computing).

Introduction: Significance of Uncertainty Uncertainty and Information.- Uncertainty Formalizations: Classical Sets: Terminology and Notation Fuzzy Set Theory Fuzzy Measure Theory Evidence Theory Probability Theory Possibility Theory Overview of Uncertainty Theories.- Uncertainty Measures: Nonspecifity Conflict Aggregate Uncertainty in Evidence Theory Fuzziness Summary of Uncertainty Measures.- Principles of Uncertainty: Principle of Minimum Uncertainty Principle of Maximum Uncertainty Principle of Uncertainty Invariance Summary of Uncertainty Principles.- Conclusions.