Mistreatment of Women and Children: Analysis by Mathematics of Uncertainty

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Mathematics, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

2 National Institute of Technology Calicut, India

Abstract

We examine the mistreatment of women and children using fuzzy implication operators. We show how fuzzy implication  operators can be used to define fuzzy similarity measures. These fuzzy similarity measures are used to compare the  similarity of various rankings of countries with respect to the security status, gender equality and human development of  women and children. We find a medium to high similarity between these categories.

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