Radial Fuzzy Systems

Abstract: The class of radial fuzzy systems is introduced. The fuzzy systems in this class use radial functions to implement membership functions of fuzzy sets and exhibit a shape preservation property in antecedents of their rules. The property is called the radial property. It enables the radial fuzzy systems to have their computational model mathematically tractable under both conjunctive and implicative representations of their rule bases. Coherence of radial implicative fuzzy systems is discussed and a sufficient condition for coherence is stated.