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An Algebraic Formalization of Fuzzy Relations (1995)

Abstract
This paper provides an algebraic formalization of mathematical structures formed by fuzzy relations with sup-min composition. A simple proof of a representation theorem for Boolean relation algebras satisfying Tarski rule and point axiom has been given by G. Schmidt and T. Strohlein. Unlike Boolean relation algebras, fuzzy relation algebras are not Boolean but equipped with semi-scalar multiplication. First we present a set of axioms for fuzzy relation algebras and improve the definition of point relations. Then by using relational calculus a representation theorem for such relation algebras is deduced without Tarski rule.

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Download http://hdl.handle.net/2324/3081
Publisher Research Institute of Fundamental Information Science, Kyushu University, 九州大学理学部附属基礎情報学研究施設
Contributors Research Institute of Fundamental Information Science, Kyushu University[Kawahara], 九州大学理学部附属基礎情報学研究施設[河原], Department of Information Systems, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Science, Kyushu University[Furusawa], 九州大学大学院総合理工学研究科情報システム学専攻[古澤]
Repository Kyushu University Institutional Repository(QIR) (Japan)
Keywords fuzzy relations, relation algebras, relational calculus, representation theorem
Type テクニカルレポート, Technical Report
Language English
Relation 98, RIFIS Technical Report, http://www.i.kyushu-u.ac.jp/research/report.html