Intuitionistic fuzzy sets: Spherical representation and distances

Intuitionistic fuzzy sets: Spherical representation and distances

Most existing distances between intuitionistic fuzzy sets are defined in linear plane representations in 2D or 3D space. Here, we define a new interpretation of intuitionistic fuzzy sets as a restricted spherical surface in 3D space. A new spherical distance for intuitionistic fuzzy sets is introduced. We prove that the spherical distance is different from those existing distances in that it is...

Distances between interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets

We give a geometrical interpretation of the interval-valued fuzzy set (IVFS). Based on the geometrical background, we propose new distance measures between IVFSs and compare these measures with distance measures proposed by Burillo and Bustince (1996) and Grzegorzewski (2004), respectively. Furthermore, we extend three methods for measuring distances between IVFSs to interval-valued intuitionis...

Complex Number Representation of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets

Complex numbers can capture compound features and convey multifaceted information; thereby providing means for solving complicated problems. In this paper, we combine the degree of membership and a degree of non-membership of members of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets via complex numbers to characterize these fuzzy sets. This approach enables extending several concepts such as classical fuzzy sets, P...

Consistency of 2D and 3D distances of intuitionistic fuzzy sets

For intuitionistic fuzzy sets, it is argued that three dimensional distance functions are not necessary because two dimensional distance functions already provide a simple and concise expression of the distance between two intuitionistic fuzzy sets. However, we show that a three dimensional interpretation of intuitionistic fuzzy sets could give different comparison results to the ones obtained ...

A New Approach to the Distances between Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets