A Binary Intuitionistic Fuzzy Relation: Some New Results, a General Factorization, and Two Properties of Strict Components

We establish, by means of a large class of continuous t-representable intuitionistic fuzzy t-conorms, a factorization of an intuitionistic fuzzy relation (IFR) into a unique indifference component and a family of regular strict components. This result generalizes a previous factorization obtained by...

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Main Authors: Louis Aimé Fono, Gilbert Njanpong Nana, Maurice Salles, Henri Gwet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/580918
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Summary:We establish, by means of a large class of continuous t-representable intuitionistic fuzzy t-conorms, a factorization of an intuitionistic fuzzy relation (IFR) into a unique indifference component and a family of regular strict components. This result generalizes a previous factorization obtained by Dimitrov (2002) with the (max,min) intuitionistic fuzzy t-conorm. We provide, for a continuous t-representable intuitionistic fuzzy t-norm 𝒯, a characterization of the 𝒯-transitivity of an IFR. This enables us to determine necessary and sufficient conditions on a 𝒯-transitive IFR 𝑅 under which a strict component of 𝑅 satisfies pos-transitivity and negative transitivity.
ISSN:0161-1712
1687-0425