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The *-composition -A Novel Generating Method of Fuzzy Implications: An Algebraic Study
Fuzzy implications are one of the two most important fuzzy logic connectives, the other being
t-norms. They are a generalisation of the classical implication from two-valued logic to the multivalued
setting.
A binary operation I on [0; 1] is called a fuzzy implication if
(i) I is decreasing in the first variable,
(ii) I is increasing in the second variable,
(iii) I(0; 0) = I(1; 1) = 1 and I(1; 0) = 0.
The set of all fuzzy implications defined on [0; 1] is denoted by I.
Fuzzy implications have many applications in fields like fuzzy control, approximate reasoning,
decision making, multivalued logic, fuzzy image processing, etc. Their applicational value necessitates
new ways of generating fuzzy implications that are fit for a specific task. The generating methods
of fuzzy implications can be broadly categorised as in the following:
(M1): From binary functions on [0; 1], typically other fuzzy logic connectives, viz., (S;N)-, R-, QL-
implications,
(M2): From unary functions on [0,1], typically monotonic functions, for instance, Yager’s f-, g-
implications, or from fuzzy negations,
(M3): From existing fuzzy implications
Implication functions in interval-valued fuzzy set theory
Interval-valued fuzzy set theory is an extension of fuzzy set theory in which the real, but unknown, membership degree is approximated by a closed interval of possible membership degrees. Since implications on the unit interval play an important role in fuzzy set theory, several authors have extended this notion to interval-valued fuzzy set theory. This chapter gives an overview of the results pertaining to implications in interval-valued fuzzy set theory. In particular, we describe several possibilities to represent such implications using implications on the unit interval, we give a characterization of the implications in interval-valued fuzzy set theory which satisfy the Smets-Magrez axioms, we discuss the solutions of a particular distributivity equation involving strict t-norms, we extend monoidal logic to the interval-valued fuzzy case and we give a soundness and completeness theorem which is similar to the one existing for monoidal logic, and finally we discuss some other constructions of implications in interval-valued fuzzy set theory
On fuzzy reasoning schemes
In this work we provide a short survey of the most frequently used fuzzy
reasoning schemes. The paper is organized as follows: in the first section
we introduce the basic notations and definitions needed for fuzzy inference
systems; in the second section we explain how the GMP works under Mamdani,
Larsen and G¨odel implications, furthermore we discuss the properties
of compositional rule of inference with several fuzzy implications; and in
the third section we describe Tsukamoto’s, Sugeno’s and the simplified fuzzy
inference mechanisms in multi-input-single-output fuzzy systems
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