{"title":"Composition as a fuzzy conjunction between indexes of inclusion","authors":"Nicolás Madrid, Manuel Ojeda-Aciego","doi":"10.1016/j.fss.2025.109685","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We analyze the use of the composition of mappings as a fuzzy conjunction between indexes of inclusion. Instead of the general approach of the φ-index of inclusion, we consider a fresh approach that computes the φ-index of inclusion when restricted to a join-subsemilattice of indexes of inclusion. Under this restriction, we identify a certain join-subsemilattice which has a biresiduated structure when composition is interpreted as conjunction. The main consequence of this biresiduated structure is a representation theorem of biresiduated lattices on the unit interval in terms of the composition and subsets of indexes of inclusion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55130,"journal":{"name":"Fuzzy Sets and Systems","volume":"527 ","pages":"Article 109685"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1000,"publicationDate":"2026-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Fuzzy Sets and Systems","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165011425004245","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/11/21 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We analyze the use of the composition of mappings as a fuzzy conjunction between indexes of inclusion. Instead of the general approach of the φ-index of inclusion, we consider a fresh approach that computes the φ-index of inclusion when restricted to a join-subsemilattice of indexes of inclusion. Under this restriction, we identify a certain join-subsemilattice which has a biresiduated structure when composition is interpreted as conjunction. The main consequence of this biresiduated structure is a representation theorem of biresiduated lattices on the unit interval in terms of the composition and subsets of indexes of inclusion.
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Since its launching in 1978, the journal Fuzzy Sets and Systems has been devoted to the international advancement of the theory and application of fuzzy sets and systems. The theory of fuzzy sets now encompasses a well organized corpus of basic notions including (and not restricted to) aggregation operations, a generalized theory of relations, specific measures of information content, a calculus of fuzzy numbers. Fuzzy sets are also the cornerstone of a non-additive uncertainty theory, namely possibility theory, and of a versatile tool for both linguistic and numerical modeling: fuzzy rule-based systems. Numerous works now combine fuzzy concepts with other scientific disciplines as well as modern technologies.
In mathematics fuzzy sets have triggered new research topics in connection with category theory, topology, algebra, analysis. Fuzzy sets are also part of a recent trend in the study of generalized measures and integrals, and are combined with statistical methods. Furthermore, fuzzy sets have strong logical underpinnings in the tradition of many-valued logics.