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Vicenç Torra

Vicenç Torra

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
52
Citations
16415
World Ranking
4974
National Ranking
22

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to fuzzy sets, decision under uncertainty, and data privacy

Overview

Vicenç Torra is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden and has a research portfolio that spans multiple domains within computer science and decision sciences. Their work focuses on areas such as privacy-preserving technologies, fuzzy systems, and multi-criteria decision making.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the following fields of study:

  • Computer Science
  • Decision Sciences

Their research covers key subfields including:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Control and Systems Engineering

Main topics of their work have addressed:

  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Multi-Criteria Decision Making
  • Cryptography and Data Security
  • Fuzzy Systems and Optimization
  • Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems
  • Rough Sets and Fuzzy Logic
  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection

Vicenç Torra has published in various academic venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Proceedings of the IEEE
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • International Journal of Information Security
  • Fuzzy Sets and Systems
  • Progress in Artificial Intelligence

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Give more data, awareness and control to individual citizens, and they will help COVID-19 containment" (2021), published in CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Pisa)
  • "Literature Review of the Recent Trends and Applications in Various Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems" (2023), published in International Journal of Fuzzy Systems
  • "Andness directedness for operators of the OWA and WOWA families" (2020), published in Fuzzy Sets and Systems
  • "PSO + FL = PAASO: particle swarm optimization + federated learning = privacy-aware agent swarm optimization" (2022), published in International Journal of Information Security
  • "The transport problem for non-additive measures" (2023), published in European Journal of Operational Research

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Mahdi Eftekhari, Adel Mehrpooya, Farid Saberi-Movahed, D.J. Allstot, and John Baillieul.

Books published by Vicenç Torra include:

  • "How Fuzzy Concepts Contribute to Machine Learning" (2022), published by Springer Nature
  • "Guide to Data Privacy" (2022), published under Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science
  • "Modeling Decisions for Artificial Intelligence" (2022), published by Springer Science+Business Media

They have been recognized as an IEEE Fellow in 2017 for contributions to fuzzy sets, decision under uncertainty, and data privacy.

Best Publications

  • Hesitant fuzzy sets

    Vicenç Torra

  • On hesitant fuzzy sets and decision

    Vicenc Torra;Yasuo Narukawa

  • Modeling Decisions: Information Fusion and Aggregation Operators

    Vicenç Torra;Yasuo Narukawa

  • The weighted OWA operator

    Vicenç Torra

  • Ordinal, Continuous and Heterogeneous k-Anonymity Through Microaggregation

    Josep Domingo-Ferrer;Vicenç Torra

  • Hesitant Fuzzy Sets: State of the Art and Future Directions

    R. M. Rodríguez;L. Martínez;V. Torra;Z. S. Xu

  • A position and perspective analysis of hesitant fuzzy sets on information fusion in decision making. Towards high quality progress

    R.M. Rodríguez;B. Bedregal;H. Bustince;Y.C. Dong

  • Disclosure control methods and information loss for microdata

    Vicenç Torra;Josep Domingo-Ferrer;P. Doyle;J.I. Lane

  • A Critique of k-Anonymity and Some of Its Enhancements

    J. Domingo-Ferrer;V. Torra

  • Modeling Decisions: Information Fusion and Aggregation Operators (Cognitive Technologies)

    Vicenç Torra;Yasuo Narukawa

  • Aggregation functions for typical hesitant fuzzy elements and the action of automorphisms

    Benjamin Bedregal;Renata Reiser;Humberto Bustince;Carlos Lopez-Molina

  • Negation functions based semantics for ordered linguistic labels

    Vicenç Torra

  • OWA operators in data modeling and reidentification

    V. Torra

  • Comparing SDC Methods for Microdata on the Basis of Information Loss and Disclosure Risk

    Josep Domingo-Ferrer;Josep M. Mateo-Sanz and;Vicenç Torra

  • Microaggregation for Categorical Variables: A Median Based Approach

    Vicenç Torra

  • Information Fusion in Data Mining

    Vicenc Torra

  • A review of the construction of hierarchical fuzzy systems

    Vicenç Torra

  • Decomposition theorems and extension principles for hesitant fuzzysets

    Jos Carlos R. Alcantud;Vicen Torra

  • Trends in Information fusion in Data Mining

    Vicenç Torra

  • Disclosure risk assessment in statistical microdata protection via advanced record linkage

    Josep Domingo-Ferrer;Vicenç Torra

  • Microaggregation for categorical variables: Microaggregation for categorical variables: A median based approach

    Vicenc Torra

  • Modeling Decisions for Artificial Intelligence : 13th International Conference, MDAI 2016Sant Juliàde Lòria, Andorra, September 19–21, 2016: Proceedings

    Vicenç Torra;Yasuo Narukawa;Guillermo Navarro-Arribas;Cristina Yañez

Frequent Co-Authors

Josep Domingo-Ferrer
Josep Domingo-Ferrer Rovira i Virgili University
Lluís Godo
Lluís Godo Spanish National Research Council
Michio Sugeno
Michio Sugeno Tokyo Institute of Technology
Francisco Herrera
Francisco Herrera University of Granada
Stan Matwin
Stan Matwin Dalhousie University
Masahiro Inuiguchi
Masahiro Inuiguchi Osaka University
Humberto Bustince
Humberto Bustince Universidad Publica De Navarra
Luis Martínez
Luis Martínez University of Jaén
Zeshui Xu
Zeshui Xu Sichuan University
Gennady Andrienko
Gennady Andrienko Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems

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