Title :
Minimizing fuzzy finite automata
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Shipping & Transp. Manage., Nat. Taiwan Ocean Univ., Keelung, Taiwan
Abstract :
We propose a canonical form for fuzzy automata and show that every fuzzy automata has a unique minimum fuzzy automata in canonical form. We present a method to convert a fuzzy automata into canonical form and an algorithm to minimize the states of fuzzy automata in canonical form
Keywords :
finite automata; formal languages; fuzzy set theory; canonical form; fuzzy finite automata; states minimisation; Automata; Councils; Fuzzy set theory; Fuzzy sets; Fuzzy systems; Oceans; Transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Systems, 2000. FUZZ IEEE 2000. The Ninth IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5877-5
DOI :
10.1109/FUZZY.2000.838635