• DocumentCode
    3164517
  • Title

    Centroids of fuzzy sets when membership functions have spikes

  • Author

    Aisbett, Janet ; Rickard, John T.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    24-28 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    97
  • Lastpage
    101
  • Abstract
    Centroids are a common defuzzification method for fuzzy sets defined on the real line, and thus are practically important in type-1 and type-2 fuzzy logic systems. We propose a modified definition of the centroid that takes account of singleton spikes in membership. Such spikes are encountered in aggregates that combine fuzzy sets whose support is discrete with fuzzy sets whose support is defined on an interval. Our modified definition avoids a computational problem with the choice of discretization in the standard definition when spikes are present, and reduces to the usual one in the absence of spikes.
  • Keywords
    fuzzy set theory; centroids; defuzzification method; fuzzy logic system; fuzzy sets; membership function; singleton spikes; Aggregates; Approximation methods; Finite element analysis; Fuzzy sets; Fuzzy systems; Length measurement; Position measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IFSA World Congress and NAFIPS Annual Meeting (IFSA/NAFIPS), 2013 Joint
  • Conference_Location
    Edmonton, AB
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IFSA-NAFIPS.2013.6608382
  • Filename
    6608382