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The theoretical importance of the degree of greyness concept is also due to its application in a range of uncertainty modelling methods: predictive, relational and decision-making methods. Greyness, being a result of cognitive uncertainty, was recently subjected to axiomatization in the form of grey space with the use of the classical sets theory. The purpose of this article is to develop a new approach to the degree of greyness, being consistent with the grey space concept.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>In order to realise the article\u2019s goals, the research is divided into three stages described in particular sections. The first section of the article presents a theoretical framework of the degree of greyness and the grey space. The second part includes the assumptions of the new degree of greyness concept, along with the mathematical models for the first, the second and the third degree of greyness. The third section contains numerical examples for each degree of greyness.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>As a result of the research, a concept of a degree of greyness was created and it was linked with a concept of grey space. This new approach to the issue of the degree of greyness has allowed the analysing of this category in three dimensions dependent on an accepted reference base. As a result, a concept of concrete and abstractive grey numbers was introduced and relationships between these categories of numbers and the degree of greyness were determined.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>The proposed approach to the issue of the degree of greyness is a theoretical unification of the previous considerations in this area. The proposed three dimensions of greyness degree will be derived from the grey space, so they will also be a function of quantity. Thus, the degree of greyness was linked with a classical set theory. An original input in this article is also a differentiation of concrete and abstractive grey numbers, which give a basis for deliberations connected with interpretation of grey numbers in the context of real applications.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/gs-11-2019-0048","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,26]],"date-time":"2020-05-26T07:20:22Z","timestamp":1590477622000},"page":"241-252","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["A new approach to the degree of greyness"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Rafa\u0142","family":"Mierzwiak","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Marcin","family":"Nowak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Naiming","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"key2021031005045464400_ref001","first-page":"13","article-title":"Degree of greyness approach for an EPQ model with imperfect items in copper wire 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