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Concept
Fuzzy set operations
Summary
Fuzzy set operations are a generalization of crisp set operations for fuzzy sets. There is in fact more than one possible generalization. The most widely used operations are called standard fuzzy set operations; they comprise: fuzzy complements, fuzzy intersections, and fuzzy unions.
Let A and B be fuzzy sets that A,B ⊆ U, u is any element (e.g. value) in the U universe: u ∈ U.
Standard complement
The complement is sometimes denoted by ∁A or A∁ instead of ¬A.
Standard intersection
Standard union
In general, the triple (i,u,n) is called De Morgan Triplet iff
i is a t-norm,
u is a t-conorm (aka s-norm),
n is a strong negator,
so that for all x,y ∈ [0, 1] the following holds true:
u(x,y) = n( i( n(x), n(y) ) )
(generalized De Morgan relation). This implies the axioms provided below in detail.
μA(x) is defined as the degree to which x belongs to A. Let ∁A denote a fuzzy complement of A of type c. Then μ∁A(x) is the degree to which x belongs to ∁A, and the degree to which x does not belong to A. (μA(x) is therefore the degree to which x does not belong to ∁A.) Let a complement ∁A be defined by a function
c : [0,1] → [0,1]
For all x ∈ U: μ∁A(x) = c(μA(x))
Axiom c1. Boundary condition
c(0) = 1 and c(1) = 0
Axiom c2. Monotonicity
For all a, b ∈ [0, 1], if a < b, then c(a) > c(b)
Axiom c3. Continuity
c is continuous function.
Axiom c4. Involutions
c is an involution, which means that c(c(a)) = a for each a ∈ [0,1]
c is a strong negator (aka fuzzy complement).
A function c satisfying axioms c1 and c3 has at least one fixpoint a* with c(a*) = a*,
and if axiom c2 is fulfilled as well there is exactly one such fixpoint. For the standard negator c(x) = 1-x the unique fixpoint is a* = 0.5 .
T-norm
The intersection of two fuzzy sets A and B is specified in general by a binary operation on the unit interval, a function of the form
i:[0,1]×[0,1] → [0,1].
For all x ∈ U: μA ∩ B(x) = i[μA(x), μB(x)].
Axiom i1. Boundary condition
i(a, 1) = a
Axiom i2. Monotonicity
b ≤ d implies i(a, b) ≤ i(a, d)
Axiom i3. Commutativity
i(a, b) = i(b, a)
Axiom i4.
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