TY - JOUR AU1 - Liu, Sifeng AU2 - Yang, Yingjie AU3 - Forrest, Jeffrey AU4 - Rui, Handan AB - PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the terms of concepts and fundamental principles of grey systems.Design/methodology/approachThe definitions of basic terms about concepts and fundamental principles of grey systems are presented one by one.FindingsThe reader could know the basic explanation about the important terms about concepts and fundamental principles of grey systems from this paper.Practical implicationsMany of the authors’ colleagues thought that unified definitions of key terms would be beneficial for both the readers and the authors.Originality/valueIt is a fundamental work to standardize all the definitions of terms for a new discipline. It is also propitious to spread the universal principles of grey system theory. TI - Explanation of terms of concepts and fundamental principles of grey systems JF - Grey Systems Theory and Application DO - 10.1108/GS-09-2016-0030 DA - 2016-11-07 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/explanation-of-terms-of-concepts-and-fundamental-principles-of-grey-jMLsbFZTZK SP - 429 EP - 435 VL - 6 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve ER -