Fuzzy numbers are the only fuzzy sets that keep invertible operations invertible

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-163

  Bouchon Meunier, Bernadette ^a   Kosheleva, Olga ^b   Kreinovich, Vladik ^b   Nguyen, Hung T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy numbers; Fuzzy sets; Invertible operations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042572669     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0114(97)00137-1     Document Type: Article

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