In this paper, we introduce and study notions like state-\linebreak distinguishability, input-distinguishability and output completeness of states of a crisp deterministic fuzzy automaton. We show that for each crisp deterministic fuzzy automaton there corresponds a unique (up to isomorphism), equivalent distinguished crisp deterministic fuzzy automaton. Finally, we introduce two axioms related...

In this paper, we show that for any BL-general L-fuzzy automaton (BL-GLFA) there exists a complete deterministic accessible reduced BL-general L-fuzzy automaton that recognizing the behavior of the BL-GLFA. Also, we prove that for any finite realization β, there exists a minimal complete deterministic BL-GLFA recognizing β. We prove any complete deterministic accessible reduced BL-GLFA is a min...

The prevalence of infection with Staphylococcus aureus among older adults is unknown, but clinical syndromes caused by this organism are common. Bacteremia, pneumonia, endocarditis, and bone and joint infections are encountered with relative frequency in this population, and the clinical presentation may be atypical. Underlying disease and functional debility, rather than age itself, predispose...

This study used the partial least squares (PLS) approach to examine the effect of corporate reputation on the customer loyalty of the Food and Beverages Industry in Nigeria. The data for this study were collected from the customers in Kano State Nigeria. Out of 250 distributed questionnaires, 212 usable questionnaires were returned. Before examining the effect of corporate reputation on the cus...

A common feature practical reputation schemes is that they are on-line which results in restrictions to both availability and scalability. In order to overcome these two problems we propose an off-line reputation scheme based on public key certificates. We introduce the idea of articulated certificates which use proxy signatures to increase the efficiency of reputation verification. As well as ...

An important issue in P2P networks is the existence of malicious nodes that decreases the performance of such networks. Reputation system in which nodes are ranked based on their behavior, is one of the proposed solutions to detect and isolate malicious (low ranked) nodes. Gossip Trust is an interesting previously proposed algorithm for reputation aggregation in P2P networks based on t...