Canonization of max-min fuzzy automata

Autor: José Ramón González de Mendívil, Federico Fariña Figueredo
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Fuzzy Sets and Systems. 376:152-168
ISSN: 0165-0114
DOI: 10.1016/j.fss.2019.03.009
Popis: In this paper, we propose a canonization method for fuzzy automata, i.e., a determinization method that is able to return a minimal fuzzy deterministic automaton equivalent to the original fuzzy automaton. The canonization method is derived from the well-known Brzozowski's algorithm for ordinary nondeterministic automata. For a given fuzzy automaton A, we prove that the construction M ˆ ( r ( N ( r ( A ) ) ) ) returns a minimal fuzzy deterministic automaton equivalent to A. In that construction, r ( . ) represents the reversal of a fuzzy automaton, N ( . ) is the determinization of a fuzzy automaton based on fuzzy accessible subset construction, and M ˆ ( . ) is the determinization of a fuzzy automaton via factorization of fuzzy states which also includes a simple reduction of a particular case of proportional fuzzy states. The method is accomplished for fuzzy automata with membership values over the Godel structure (also called max-min fuzzy automata). These fuzzy automata are always determinizable and have been proved useful in practical applications.
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