		Linguistic Representation and Membership Function
Variables	Range of Values	Slightly Positive	Positive	Very Positive	Extremely Positive
Rumour (Positive)	Slightly Positive ( $S P_{r}$ ) $1 < S P_{r} \leq 5.5$ Positive ( $P_{r}$ ) $2.1 < P_{r} \leq 7.9$ Very Positive ( $V P_{r}$ ) $4.6 < V P_{r} \leq 10$ Extremely Positive ( $E P_{r}$ ) $7.0 < E P_{r} \leq 10$	$μ_{(S P_{r})} = {\begin{cases} 0, S P_{r} < 1 \\ < 1, 1 \leq S P_{r} < 2.5 \\ 1, S P_{r} = 2.5 \\ < 1, 2.5 < S P_{r} \leq 5.5 \end{cases}$	$μ_{(P_{r})} = {\begin{cases} 0, P_{r} < 2.1 \\ < 1, 2.1 < P_{r} < 5.0 \\ 1, P_{r} = 5.0 \\ < 1, 5.0 < P_{r} \leq 7.9 \end{cases}$	$μ_{(V P_{r})} = {\begin{cases} 0, V P_{r} < 4.6 \\ < 1, 4.6 < V P_{r} < 7.5 \\ 1, V P_{r} = 7.5 \\ < 1, 7.5 < V P_{r} \leq 10 \end{cases}$	$μ_{(E P_{r})} = {\begin{cases} 0, E P_{r} < 7.0 \\ < 1, 7. 0 < E P_{r} < 10 \\ 1, E P_{r} = 10 \end{cases}$
LawSuit (Negative)	Slightly Negative ( $S N_{l}$ ) $1 < S N_{l} \leq 5.5$ Negative ( $N_{l}$ ) $2.1 < N_{l} \leq 7.9$ Very Negative ( $V N_{l}$ ) $4.6 < V N_{l} \leq 10$ Extremely Negative ( $E N_{l}$ ) $7.0 < E N_{l} \leq 10$	Slightly Negative	Negative	Very Negative	Extremely Negative
LawSuit (Negative)		$μ_{(S N_{l})} = {\begin{cases} 0, S N_{l} < 1 \\ < 1, 1 \leq S N_{l} < 2.5 \\ 1, S N_{l} = 2.5 \\ < 1, 2.5 < S N_{l} \leq 5.5 \end{cases}$	$μ_{(N_{l})} = {\begin{cases} 0, N_{l} < 2.1 \\ < 1, 2.1 < N_{l} < 5.0 \\ 1, N_{l} = 5.0 \\ < 1, 5.0 < N_{l} \leq 7.9 \end{cases}$	$μ_{(V N_{l})} = {\begin{cases} 0, V N_{l} < 4.6 \\ < 1, 4.6 < V N_{l} < 7.5 \\ 1, V N_{l} = 7.5 \\ < 1, 7.5 < V N_{l} \leq 10 \end{cases}$	$μ_{(E N_{l})} = {\begin{cases} 0, E N_{l} < 7.0 \\ < 1, 7.0 < E N_{l} < 10 \\ 1, E N_{l} = 10 \end{cases}$