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Fuzzy Numbers
Fuzzy Numbers
Definition
Fuzzy Number
Convex and normal fuzzy set defined on R
Equivalently it satisfies
Normal fuzzy set on R
Every alpha-cut must be a closed interval
Support must be bounded
Applications of fuzzy number
Fuzzy Control, Decision Making,
Optimizations
E xamples
1. 1.
3. 1.5 3. 4.5
1. 1.
Addition
[ a1 , a3 ]( )[b1 , b3 ] [a1 b1 , a3 b3 ]
Subtractio n
[ a1 , a3 ]( )[b1 , b3 ] [ a1 b3 , a3 b1 ]
Multiplica tion
[ a1 , a3 ]()[b1 , b3 ] [a1 b1 a1 b3 a3 b1 a3 b3 ,
a1 b1 a1 b3 a3 b1 a3 b3 ]
Division
[ a1 , a3 ](/)[ b1 , b3 ] [ a1 / b1 a1 / b3 a3 / b1 a3 / b3 ,
a1 / b1 a1 / b3 a3 / b1 a3 / b3 ]
execpt b1 b3 0
Examples
Addition
[2,5]+[1,3]=[3,8] [0,1]+[-6,5]=[-6,6]
Subtraction
[2,5]-[1,3]=[-1,4] [0,1]-[-6,5]=[-5,7]
Multiplication
[-1,1]*[-2,-0.5]=[-2,2] [3,4]*[2,2]=[6,8]
Division
[-1,1]/[-2,-0.5]=[-2,2] [4,10]*[1,2]=[2,10]
Properties of Interval Operations
Commutativ e
A B B A A B B A
Assocoativ e
( A B) C A ( B C ) ( A B) C A ( B C )
Identity 0 [0,0] 1 [1,1]
A A0 0 A A A 1 1 A
Subdistrib utive
A (B C) A B A C
Inverse
0 A-A 1 A/A
Monotonici ty for any operations *
If A E and B F then A*B E*F
Arithmetic Operation on Fuzzy
Numbers
Interval operations of alpha-level sets
( A * B) A* B for any (0,1].
When * /, 0 B for all (0,1].
A* B ( A * B)
(0,1]
Note:
* can be any operations including arithmetic
operations.
Example A = { 1/2 , 0.5/3}, B = { 1/3, 0.8/4}
Example
A+B = {1/5, 0.8/6, 0.5/7 }
i) z 5 No such case.
A( ) B ( z ) 0
ii ) z 5
x y 23
A ( 2) B (3) 1
iii ) z 6
x y 33 or x y 24
A (3) B (3) 0.5
A ( 2) B (4) 0.8 A( ) B (6) ( 0.5, 0.8 ) 0.8
6 3 3
6 2 4
iv ) z 7
A (3) B (4) min ( 0.5, 0.8 ) 0.5
Example
Max (A,B) = { (3 , 1) , (4 , 0.5) }
i) z 2 No such case.
A( ) B ( z ) 0
ii ) z 3
x y 2 3 or x y 3 3
A ( 2) B (3) 1 1 1 A (3) B (3) 0.5 1 0.5
A( ) B (3) (1,0.5) 1
3 2 3
3 3 3
iii ) z 4
x y 2 4 or x y 3 4
A ( 2) B ( 4) 1 0.5 0.5 A (3) B ( 4) 0.5 0.5 0.5
A( ) B ( 4) (0.5,0.5) 0.5
4 2 4
4 3 4
iv ) z 5 No such case.
A( ) B ( z ) 0
Typical Fuzzy Numbers
Triangular Fuzzy Number
Fig. 4.5
Trapezoidal Fuzzy Numbers: Fig. 4.4
Linguistic variable: Performance
Linguistic values (terms):
very small very large
Semantic Rules:
erms maps on trapezoidal fuzzy numbers
T
Syntactic rules (grammar):
Rules for other terms such as not small
AnApplication of Optimal Decision
Decision Making
Which alternative are you going to choose?
weighted average.
How to make use of resulted fuzzy set
Similarity comparisons with model fuzzy sets
A B iff MIN( A, B) A
A B iff MAX( A, B) B
Suppose X [ b1 a1 , b2 a2 ] is a solution of
Solution
A X B for any (0,1]. Then
X X
(0,1]
Fuzzy Equations
Multiplication A X B
X = B/Ais not a solution.
Conditions to have a solution
For any (0,1], let A [ a1 , a2 ], B [ b1 , b2 ] and X [ x1 , x2 ]
(i) b1 / a1 b2 / a2 for any (0,1]
(ii) implies b1 / a1 b1 / a1 b2 / a2 b2 / a2