Operations on type-2 fuzzy sets

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In this paper, we discuss set operations on type-2 fuzzy sets (including join and meet ... The concept of a type-2 fuzzy set was introduced by Zadeh [30] as an ...
Fuzzy Sets and Systems 122 (2001) 327–348

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Operations on type-2 fuzzy sets Nilesh N. Karnik, Jerry M. Mendel ∗ Signal and Image Processing Institute, Department of Electrical Engineering-Systems, 3740 McClintock Ave., EEB400, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2564, USA Received 4 August 1999; received in revised form 10 April 2000; accepted 11 May 2000

Abstract In this paper, we discuss set operations on type-2 fuzzy sets (including join and meet under minimum=product t-norm), algebraic operations, properties of membership grades of type-2 sets, and type-2 relations and their compositions. All this c 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. is needed to implement a type-2 fuzzy logic system (FLS).  Keywords: Fuzzy relations; Fuzzy numbers; Type-2 fuzzy sets

1. Introduction The concept of a type-2 fuzzy set was introduced by Zadeh [30] as an extension of the concept of an ordinary fuzzy set (henceforth called a type-1 fuzzy set). Such sets are fuzzy sets whose membership grades themselves are type-1 fuzzy sets; they are very useful in circumstances where it is di