Fuzzy ontologies extend classical ontologies to allow the representation of imprecise and vague knowledge. Although a relatively important amount of work has been carried out in the field during the last years and they have been successfully used in several applications, several notions from fuzzy logic have not been considered yet in fuzzy ontologies. Among them are aggregation operators, math...

We propose a generalization of the notion of the absorbent element of aggregation operators. Our construction involves tuples of values that are absorbent, that is, that decide the result of aggregation. We analyze some basic properties of this generalization and determine the absorbent tuples of some popular classes of aggregation operators.

In analogy to the representation of the standard probabilistic average as an expected value of a random variable, a geometric approach to aggregation is proposed. Several properties of such aggregation operators are investigated, and the relationship with distinguished classes of aggregation operators is discussed.

Double aggregation operators are introduced and several basic properties are studied, as neutral and annihilator elements, idempotency, etc., which are illustrated by some examples. The classes of additive and comonotone additive double aggregation operators are characterized.

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In this study, we analyze the induced aggregation operators. The analysis begins with a revision of some basic concepts such as the induced ordered weighted averaging operator and the induced ordered weighted geometric operator. We then analyze the problem of decision making with Dempster-Shafer (D-S) theory of evidence. We suggest the use of induced aggregation operators in decision making wit...

We introduce a new way to visualize the behavior of aggregation operators based on the analogy with a balance. The use of an analogy permits an intuitive representation of the operator. This metaphor is enough general to include operators of the most common aggregation families. So we obtain a general framework, that allows us to compare the different existing operators. In this paper we will s...