• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.611-624
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• 2010

Several methods were suggested for constructing a fuzzy relationship between fuzzy independent and dependent variables. This paper reviews the use of the method by minimizing the square of the difference between an observed and a predicted fuzzy number in an ${\alpha}$-level linear regression model. We introduce a new distance between fuzzy numbers on the basis of a mode, a core point and a radius of an ${\alpha}$-level set of a fuzzy number an construct the fuzzy regression model using the proposed fuzzy distance. We also investigate sufficient condition for an equivalence in the ${\alpha}$-level regression model.