Title :
Selecting a fuzzy logic operation from the DNF-CNF interval: how practical are the resulting operations?
Author :
I.B. Turksen;A. Esper;K. Patel;S.A. Starks;V. Kreinovich
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
fDate :
6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In classical (two-valued) logic, CNF and DNF forms of each propositional formula are equivalent to each other. In fuzzy logic, CNF and DNF forms are not equivalent, they form an interval that contains the fuzzy values of all classically equivalent propositional formulas. If we want to select a single value from this interval, then it is natural to select a linear combination of the interval´s endpoints. In particular, we can do that for CNF and DNF forms of "and" and "or", thus designing natural fuzzy analogues of classical "and" and "or" operations. The problem with thus selected "and" and "or" operations is that, contrary to common sense expectations, they are not associative. We show the largest possible value of the corresponding non-associativity is reasonably small and thus, this non-associativity does not make these operations impractical.
Keywords :
"Fuzzy logic","Humans","Industrial engineering","Earth","Decision making","Satellites","Drilling","Petroleum"
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Information Processing Society, 2002. Proceedings. NAFIPS. 2002 Annual Meeting of the North American
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7461-4
DOI :
10.1109/NAFIPS.2002.1018025