Soft BCK/BCI-algebras

Molodtsov [D. Molodtsov, Soft set theory — First results, Comput. Math. Appl. 37 (1999) 19–31] introduced the concept of soft set as a new mathematical tool for dealing with uncertainties that is free from the difficulties that have troubled the usual theoretical approaches. In this paper we apply the notion of soft sets by Molodtsov to the theory of BCK/BCI-algebras. The notion of soft BCK/BCI-algebras and soft subalgebras are introduced, and their basic properties are derived.