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Table 4. Descriptions of the independent condition attributes considered

Attribute Function

1: Length (LTH) Longest shell length (mm)

2: Diameter (DMT) Perpendicular to length (mm)

3: Height (HGT) With meat in shell (mm)

4: Whole weight (WLW) Whole abalone (grams)

5: Shucked weight (SKW) Weight of meat (grams)

6: Viscera weight (VSW) Gut weight after bleeding (grams)

7: Shell weight (SLW) After being dried (grams)

8: Sex (SEX) M, F and I (infant)

Figure 5. Membership functions of the linguistic terms, L, M and H, defining the linguistic variables of
the seven continuous condition attributes describing the abalones

for the seven continuous attributes outlined in
Table 4, see Figure 5.
The seven sets of MFs presented in Figure 5,
along with the nominal SEX attribute, can be used
to construct the associated FDT for this abalone

namely its sex. Within the context of an intended
FDT analysis, these condition attributes will be
viewed as linguistic variables. It follows, similar
sets of three MFs are constructed, as given before,