A generalized α-cut

  • Authors:
  • Slavka Bodjanova

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX

  • Venue:
  • Fuzzy Sets and Systems
  • Year:
  • 2002

Quantified Score

Hi-index 0.20

Visualization

Abstract

For a fixed value α ∈ (0, 1), we introduce the relation α-sharpness and a measure of α-fuzziness of fuzzy sets. Then we propose an approximation of a fuzzy set A by its generalized α-cut Gα(A). A generalized α-cut of A is a special type of fuzzy set that is α-sharper than A and less α-sharp than the crisp approximation of A by its ordinary α-cut Aα. Attention will be given to the generalized α-cuts of fuzzy numbers.