In Boolean logic, a Karnaugh map may be regarded either as a pictorial form of a trugh table, or as an extension of the Venn diagram. However, when fuzzy logic is concerned another minimization method is required, and therefore an extension of a Karnaugh map is investigated. In this paper a new minimization algorithm is developed in order to remove the existing disadvantage of simplifying fuzzy...

We characterize the fuzzy ideal generated by a fuzzy subset in a semigroup and the fuzzy interior ideal generated by a fuzzy subset in a semigroup. Our work generalizes the characterizations ([8]) of those fuzzy ideals generated by fuzzy subsets in semigroups with an identity element.

Considering the fact that, in some cases, determining precisely the exact value of attributes is difficult and that their values can be considered as fuzzy data, this paper extends the TOPSIS method for dealing with fuzzy data, and an algorithm for determining the best choice among all possible choices when the data are fuzzy is also presented. In this approach, to identify the fuzzy ideal solu...

in this paper, we introduce a considerable machinery which permits us to characterize a number of special (fuzzy) subsets in ag -groupoids. generalizing the concepts of (,q) -fuzzy bi-ideals (interior ideal), we define ( , ) k q -fuzzy bi-ideals, ( , ) k q -fuzzy left (right)-ideals and ( , ) k q -fuzzy interior ideals in ag -groupoids and discuss some fundamental aspects of these i...

The concept of quasi-coincidence of an interval-valued fuzzy set is considered. By using this new idea, the notion of interval-valued (α, β)−fuzzy k−ideals of semirings is introduced, which is a generalization of a fuzzy k−ideal. Also some related properties are studied and in particular, the interval-valued (∈,∈ ∨q)−fuzzy k−ideals in a semiring will be investigated. Finally, the concept of imp...

In this paper we enumerate fuzzy subgroups, up to a natural equivalence, of some finite abelian p-groups of rank two where p is any prime number. After obtaining the number of maximal chains of subgroups, we count fuzzy subgroups using inductive arguments. The number of such fuzzy subgroups forms a polynomial in p with pleasing combinatorial coefficients. By exploiting the order, we label the s...

Abstract: In this paper, we compute number of fuzzy subgroups of some dihedral groups such as D2pn where p is a prime number and D2p1×p2×···×pn where p1, p2, ..., pn are distinct prime numbers. We use their chain diagram to determine the number of their fuzzy subgroups and present an explicit recursive formula to D2pn and at the result in specially case D2n and finally a formula to count number...