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Neutrosophic Sets and Systemss
University of New Mexico
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58
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Uncertainty is an omnipresent aspect of real-world data, necessitating innovative approaches for
representation learning. In this paper, we introduce an avant-garde model, namely, the neutrosophic-based
transformer network (NTN), which leverages the fusion of neutrosophic logic and transformer architecture
to address the multifaceted challenge of modeling and managing uncertainties. The design of NTN
includes three primary building blocks, namely, neutrosophic encoding, multipath network, and fusion
and decision modules. The neutrosophic encoding module applies a convolving window to map image
data into the neutrosophic domain, with three subsets, namely, truth, indeterminacy, and falsehood, which
model the inherent uncertainties in pixel attributes. Then, three network paths are built with a transformer
encoder to extract rich and adaptive representations from the generated neutrosophic data, making up the
multipath network module. Finally, the fusion and decision modules combine diverse knowledge from the
paths, enabling comprehensive representation learning. Extensive experimentations on Fashion-MNIST
and CIFAR-10 dataset validate the effectiveness and efficiency of NTN, outperforming the cutting-edge
vision models under different levels of uncertainties. The NTN paves the way for a new era of
representation learning, where uncertainties are harnessed as a valuable resource instead of an
impediment, promising broad applicability in real-world settings, in which data are intrinsically uncertain
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