Methodological Foundations of Linguistic Measurements of Non-numerical Characteristics of Complex Objects

The paper is devoted to topical issues of the use of non-numeric, unstructured information in measuring the characteristics and determining the states of complex systems in conditions of significant information uncertainty. In such a situation, methods and systems focused on the specified specifics of such information should be used to implement measurement and computing processes. Such information is called linguistic.Therefore, the measurements implemented on its basis can be called linguistic. The paper considers methodological aspects of linguistic measurements based on the methodology of Bayesian intelligent technologies. Examples of the use of methods and means of linguistic measurements in the socioeconomic sphere of the regional economy are given.