This paper presents a general framework for the study of rough fuzzy sets in which fuzzy sets are approximated in a crisp approximation space. By the constructive approach, a pair of lower and upper generalized rough fuzzy approximation operators is first defined. The rough fuzzy approximation operators are represented by a class of generalized crisp approximation operators. Properties of rough...

This paper presents a general framework for the study of rough set approximation operators in fuzzy environment in which both constructive and axiomatic approaches are used. In constructive approach, a pair of lower and upper generalized fuzzy rough (and rough fuzzy, respectively) approximation operators is first defined. The representations of both fuzzy rough approximation operators and rough...

We present a novel approach to representing uncertain information in ontologies based on design patterns. We provide a brief description of our approach, present its use in case of fuzzy information and probabilistic information, and describe the possibility to model multiple types of uncertainty in a single ontology. We also shortly present an appropriate fuzzy reasoning tool and define a comp...

In this paper, a novel approach is proposed to determine the electronic system components of a smart clothing system design developed for blinds. The integration of diverse components which are developed and produced by different technologies and materials is a major challenge in a smart clothing system technology. Therefore, an integrated methodology based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (...

We introduce a property of set to represent vagueness without using truth value. It has gotten less attention in fuzzy set theory. We introduce it by analyzing a well-known philosophical argument by Gearth Evans. To interpret ‘a is a vague object’ as ‘the Axiom of Extensionality is violated for a’ allows us to represent a vague object in Evans’s sense, even within classical logic, and of course...

In the theory of judgment aggregation, it is known for which agendas of propositions it is possible to aggregate individual judgments into collective ones in accordance with the Arrow-inspired requirements of universal domain, collective rationality, unanimity preservation, non-dictatorship and propositionwise independence. But it is only partially known (e.g., only in the monotonic case) for w...

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 multipl...

Many applications e.g. in approximate reasoning, data summarisation, information retrieval etc. can profit from the use of fuzzy quantifiers like “almost all” or “many”, which provide flexible means of information aggregation, and are capable of extracting meaningful linguistic summaries from large amounts of raw data. However, as will be shown by a number of counterexamples, existing approache...

We introduce a new choice rule that is based on the evidence that decision makers do not pay attention to all items in a menu. Nevertheless they have an underlying rational preference. The Fuzzy Attention Model (FAM) is characterized by an axiom based on revealed stochastic choice akin to the Strong Axiom of Revealed Preference (SARP). The model helps to introduce novel notions of substitutabil...

The purpose of this paper is to extend a new balancing and ranking method to handle uncertainty for a multiple attribute analysis under a hesitant fuzzy environment. The presented hesitant fuzzy balancing and ranking (HF-BR) method does not require attributes’ weights through the process of multiple attribute decision making (MADM) under hesitant conditions. For the rating of possible alternati...