The Formal Construction of Fuzzy Numbers

In this article, we continue the development of the theory of fuzzy sets [23], started with [14] with the future aim to provide the formalization of fuzzy numbers [8] in terms reflecting the current state of the Mizar Mathematical Library. Note that in order to have more usable approach in [14], we revised that article as well; some of the ideas were described in [12]. As we can actually understand fuzzy sets just as their membership functions (via the equality of membership function and their set-theoretic counterpart), all the calculations are much simpler. To test our newly proposed approach, we give the notions of (normal) triangular and trapezoidal fuzzy sets as the examples of concrete fuzzy objects. Also -cuts, the core of a fuzzy set, and normalized fuzzy sets were defined. Main technical obstacle was to prove continuity of the glued maps, and in fact we did this not through its topological counterpart, but extensively reusing properties of the real line (with loss of generality of the approach, though), because we aim at formalizing fuzzy numbers in our future submissions, as well as merging with rough set approach as introduced in [13] and [11]. Our base for formalization was [9] and [10].Institute of Informatics University of Białystok Akademicka 2, 15-267 Białystok PolandGrzegorz Bancerek. The ordinal numbers. Formalized Mathematics, 1(1):91-96, 1990.Józef Białas. Properties of the intervals of real numbers. Formalized Mathematics, 3(2): 263-269, 1992.Czesław Bylinski. Functions and their basic properties. Formalized Mathematics, 1(1): 55-65, 1990.Czesław Bylinski. Functions from a set to a set. Formalized Mathematics, 1(1):153-164, 1990.Czesław Bylinski. The modification of a function by a function and the iteration of the composition of a function. Formalized Mathematics, 1(3):521-527, 1990.Czesław Bylinski. Partial functions. Formalized Mathematics, 1(2):357-367, 1990.Czesław Bylinski. Some basic properties of sets. Formalized Mathematics, 1(1):47-53, 1990.Didier Dubois and Henri Prade. Operations on fuzzy numbers. International Journal of System Sciences, 9(6):613-626, 1978.Didier Dubois and Henri Prade. Fuzzy Sets and Systems: Theory and Applications. Academic Press, New York, 1980.Didier Dubois and Henri Prade. Rough fuzzy sets and fuzzy rough sets. International Journal of General Systems, 17(2-3):191-209, 1990.Adam Grabowski. Efficient rough set theory merging. Fundamenta Informaticae, 135(4): 371-385, 2014. doi:10.3233/FI-2014-1129. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000345459800004&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=b7bc2757938ac7a7a821505f8243d9f310.3233/FI-2014-1129Adam Grabowski. On the computer certification of fuzzy numbers. In M. Ganzha, L. Maciaszek, and M. Paprzycki, editors, 2013 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS), Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, pages 51-54, 2013.Adam Grabowski. Basic properties of rough sets and rough membership function. Formalized Mathematics, 12(1):21-28, 2004.Takashi Mitsuishi, Noboru Endou, and Yasunari Shidama. The concept of fuzzy set and membership function and basic properties of fuzzy set operation. Formalized Mathematics, 9(2):351-356, 2001.Takashi Mitsuishi, Katsumi Wasaki, and Yasunari Shidama. Basic properties of fuzzy set operation and membership function. Formalized Mathematics, 9(2):357-362, 2001.Konrad Raczkowski and Paweł Sadowski. Real function continuity. Formalized Mathematics, 1(4):787-791, 1990.Konrad Raczkowski and Paweł Sadowski. Topological properties of subsets in real numbers. Formalized Mathematics, 1(4):777-780, 1990.Andrzej Trybulec. Enumerated sets. Formalized Mathematics, 1(1):25-34, 1990.Andrzej Trybulec. On the sets inhabited by numbers. Formalized Mathematics, 11(4): 341-347, 2003.Zinaida Trybulec. Properties of subsets. Formalized Mathematics, 1(1):67-71, 1990.Edmund Woronowicz. Relations and their basic properties. Formalized Mathematics, 1 (1):73-83, 1990.Edmund Woronowicz. Relations defined on sets. Formalized Mathematics, 1(1):181-186, 1990.Lotfi Zadeh. Fuzzy sets. Information and Control, 8(3):338-353, 1965

Organic Farming in Europe by 2010: Scenarios for the future

How will organic farming in Europe evolve by the year 2010? The answer provides a basis for the development of different policy options and for anticipating the future relative competitiveness of organic and conventional farming. The authors tackle the question using an innovative approach based on scenario analysis, offering the reader a range of scenarios that encompass the main possible evolutions of the organic farming sector. This book constitutes an innovative and reliable decision-supporting tool for policy makers, farmers and the private sector. Researchers and students operating in the field of agricultural economics will also benefit from the methodological approach adopted for the scenario analysis

Formal Introduction to Fuzzy Implications

SummaryIn the article we present in the Mizar system the catalogue of nine basic fuzzy implications, used especially in the theory of fuzzy sets. This work is a continuation of the development of fuzzy sets in Mizar; it could be used to give a variety of more general operations, and also it could be a good starting point towards the formalization of fuzzy logic (together with t-norms and t-conorms, formalized previously).Institute of Informatics, University of Białystok, PolandMichał Baczyński and Balasubramaniam Jayaram. Fuzzy Implications. Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2008. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-69082-5.Adam Grabowski. Basic formal properties of triangular norms and conorms. Formalized Mathematics, 25(2):93–100, 2017. doi:10.1515/forma-2017-0009.Adam Grabowski. The formal construction of fuzzy numbers. Formalized Mathematics, 22(4):321–327, 2014. doi:10.2478/forma-2014-0032.Adam Grabowski. On the computer certification of fuzzy numbers. In M. Ganzha, L. Maciaszek, and M. Paprzycki, editors, 2013 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS), Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, pages 51–54, 2013.Adam Grabowski. Lattice theory for rough sets – a case study with Mizar. Fundamenta Informaticae, 147(2–3):223–240, 2016. doi:10.3233/FI-2016-1406.Adam Grabowski and Magdalena Jastrzębska. Rough set theory from a math-assistant perspective. In Rough Sets and Intelligent Systems Paradigms, International Conference, RSEISP 2007, Warsaw, Poland, June 28–30, 2007, Proceedings, pages 152–161, 2007. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-73451-2_17.Adam Grabowski and Takashi Mitsuishi. Extending Formal Fuzzy Sets with Triangular Norms and Conorms, volume 642: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, pages 176–187. Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2018. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-66824-6_16.Adam Grabowski and Takashi Mitsuishi. Initial comparison of formal approaches to fuzzy and rough sets. In Leszek Rutkowski, Marcin Korytkowski, Rafal Scherer, Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, Lotfi A. Zadeh, and Jacek M. Zurada, editors, Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing - 14th International Conference, ICAISC 2015, Zakopane, Poland, June 14-18, 2015, Proceedings, Part I, volume 9119 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 160–171. Springer, 2015. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19324-3_15.Adam Grabowski, Artur Korniłowicz, and Adam Naumowicz. Four decades of Mizar. Journal of Automated Reasoning, 55(3):191–198, 2015. doi:10.1007/s10817-015-9345-1.Takashi Mitsuishi, Noboru Endou, and Yasunari Shidama. The concept of fuzzy set and membership function and basic properties of fuzzy set operation. Formalized Mathematics, 9(2):351–356, 2001.Zdzisław Pawlak. Rough sets. International Journal of Parallel Programming, 11:341–356, 1982. doi:10.1007/BF01001956.Lotfi Zadeh. Fuzzy sets. Information and Control, 8(3):338–353, 1965.25324124

Computational simulation for concurrent engineering of aerospace propulsion systems

Results are summarized for an investigation to assess the infrastructure available and the technology readiness in order to develop computational simulation methods/software for concurrent engineering. These results demonstrate that development of computational simulation methods for concurrent engineering is timely. Extensive infrastructure, in terms of multi-discipline simulation, component-specific simulation, system simulators, fabrication process simulation, and simulation of uncertainties--fundamental to develop such methods, is available. An approach is recommended which can be used to develop computational simulation methods for concurrent engineering of propulsion systems and systems in general. Benefits and issues needing early attention in the development are outlined

Soft Constraint Programming to Analysing Security Protocols

Security protocols stipulate how the remote principals of a computer network should interact in order to obtain specific security goals. The crucial goals of confidentiality and authentication may be achieved in various forms, each of different strength. Using soft (rather than crisp) constraints, we develop a uniform formal notion for the two goals. They are no longer formalised as mere yes/no properties as in the existing literature, but gain an extra parameter, the security level. For example, different messages can enjoy different levels of confidentiality, or a principal can achieve different levels of authentication with different principals. The goals are formalised within a general framework for protocol analysis that is amenable to mechanisation by model checking. Following the application of the framework to analysing the asymmetric Needham-Schroeder protocol, we have recently discovered a new attack on that protocol as a form of retaliation by principals who have been attacked previously. Having commented on that attack, we then demonstrate the framework on a bigger, largely deployed protocol consisting of three phases, Kerberos.Comment: 29 pages, To appear in Theory and Practice of Logic Programming (TPLP) Paper for Special Issue (Verification and Computational Logic

The safety case and the lessons learned for the reliability and maintainability case

This paper examine the safety case and the lessons learned for the reliability and maintainability case

A fuzzy expert system (FES) tool for online personnel recruitments

The advent of the internet has facilitated greater access to the myriad of job opportunities available globally. Currently there exist many job application submission portals that are being used for online job recruitment purposes. However, the task of many of these job submission portals is limited to matching the professional and academic qualifications of applicants with the requirements of employers and several organisations and does not involve the ranking of applicants’ credentials according to their relative suitability for the jobs applied for. In this paper, we describe the implementation of fuzzy expert system (FES) tool for selection of qualified job applicants with the aim of minimising the rigour and subjectivity associated with the candidate selection process. A performance evaluation of the FES tool that was conducted confirmed the viability of a FES-based approach in handling the fuzziness that is associated with the problem of personnel recruitment