AN ALGORITHM FOR FUZZY RELATION EQUATIONS WITH MAX-PRODUCT COMPOSITION

Jian-Xin Li (P. R. China) and Gang Hu (P. R. China)

Received October 12, 2008; Revised February 2, 2009

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Keywords and phrases: fuzzy systems, fuzzy relational equations, fuzzy compositions, max-product composition, algorithm for fuzzy relation equations, minimal complete set suite.