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98<br />

FUZZY EXPERT SYSTEMS<br />

Figure 4.6<br />

Operations on classical sets<br />

We look at four <strong>of</strong> them: complement, containment, intersection and union.<br />

These operations are presented graphically in Figure 4.6. Let us compare<br />

operations <strong>of</strong> classical and fuzzy sets.<br />

Complement<br />

. Crisp sets: Who does not belong <strong>to</strong> the set?<br />

. Fuzzy sets: How much do elements not belong <strong>to</strong> the set?<br />

The complement <strong>of</strong> a set is an opposite <strong>of</strong> this set. For example, if we have the set<br />

<strong>of</strong> tall men, its complement is the set <strong>of</strong> NOT tall men. When we remove the tall<br />

men set from the universe <strong>of</strong> discourse, we obtain the complement. If A is the<br />

fuzzy set, its complement :A can be found as follows:<br />

:A ðxÞ ¼1 A ðxÞ ð4:12Þ<br />

For example, if we have a fuzzy set <strong>of</strong> tall men, we can easily obtain the fuzzy set<br />

<strong>of</strong> NOT tall men:<br />

tall men ¼ð0=180; 0:25=182:5; 0:5=185; 0:75=187:5; 1=190Þ<br />

NOT tall men ¼ð1=180; 0:75=182:5; 0:5=185; 0:25=187:5; 0=190Þ<br />

Containment<br />

. Crisp sets: Which sets belong <strong>to</strong> which other sets?<br />

. Fuzzy sets: Which sets belong <strong>to</strong> other sets?

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