Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Volume 159

Volume 159, Number 1, January 2008

Fuzzy relations

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  A. Frascella, Cosimo Guido:
  Transporting many-valued sets along many-valued relations. 1-22
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  Chi-Tsuen Yeh:
  On the minimal solutions of max-min fuzzy relational equations. 23-39
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  Song-Chol Han, Hong-Xing Li, Jia-Yin Wang:
  Resolution of matrix equations over arbitrary Brouwerian lattices. 40-46

Aggregation operators

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  José Luis García-Lapresta, Ricardo Alberto Marques Pereira:
  The self-dual core and the anti-self-dual remainder of an aggregation operator. 47-62
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  Fabrizio Durante, Anna Kolesárová, Radko Mesiar, Carlo Sempi:
  Semilinear copulas. 63-76
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  Fabrizio Durante, Peter Sarkoci:
  A note on the convex combinations of triangular norms. 77-80

Algebraic structures

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  Hongbin Zhao, Dexue Zhang:
  Many valued lattices and their representations. 81-94
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  Xiao-hong Zhang, Xue-Shuang Fan:
  Pseudo-BL algebras and pseudo-effect algebras. 95-106

Automata theory

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  Symeon Bozapalidis, Olympia Louscou-Bozapalidou:
  On the recognizability of fuzzy languages II. 107-113

Volume 159, Number 2, January 2008

Cooperative games

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  Shujin Li, Qiang Zhang:
  The measure of interaction among players in games with fuzzy coalitions. 119-137
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  Surajit Borkotokey:
  Cooperative games with fuzzy coalitions and fuzzy characteristic functions. 138-151
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  Yan-An Hwang, Yu-Hsien Liao:
  Max-consistency, complement-consistency and the core of fuzzy games. 152-163

Non-cooperative games

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  Fatiha Kacher, Moussa Larbani:
  Existence of equilibrium solution for a non-cooperative game with fuzzy goals and parameters. 164-176

Preference relations

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  Fouad Ben Abdelaziz, José Rui Figueira, Olfa Meddeb:
  On the manipulability of the fuzzy social choice functions. 177-184
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  Yucheng Dong, Hongyi Li, Yinfeng Xu:
  On reciprocity indexes in the aggregation of fuzzy preference relations using the OWA operator. 185-192

Decision-support in production research

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  S. Ali Torabi, Elkafi Hassini:
  An interactive possibilistic programming approach for multiple objective supply chain master planning. 193-214
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  Nima Safaei, Mohammad Saidi-Mehrabad, Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, Farrokh Sassani:
  A fuzzy programming approach for a cell formation problem with dynamic and uncertain conditions. 215-236

Volume 159, Number 3, February 2008

Probability and fuzzy sets

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  Inés Couso, Luciano Sánchez:
  Higher order models for fuzzy random variables. 237-258
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  Wolfgang Trutschnig:
  A strong consistency result for fuzzy relative frequencies interpreted as estimator for the fuzzy-valued probability. 259-269

Random sets

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  Mihai Cristian Florea, Anne-Laure Jousselme, Dominic Grenier, Éloi Bossé:
  Approximation techniques for the transformation of fuzzy sets into random sets. 270-288
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  Diego A. Alvarez:
  Nonspecificity for infinite random sets of indexable type. 289-306

Applications

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  Yi Ding, Anatoly Lisnianski:
  Fuzzy universal generating functions for multi-state system reliability assessment. 307-324
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  María José Pardo, David de la Fuente:
  Optimal selection of the service rate for a finite input source fuzzy queuing system. 325-342

Mathematical aspects

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  Pedro Terán:
  Strong law of large numbers for t-normed arithmetics. 343-360
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  C. Sençimen, Serpil Pehlivan:
  Statistical convergence in fuzzy normed linear spaces. 361-370

Volume 159, Number 4, February 2008

Clustering

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  William-Chandra Tjhi, Lihui Chen:
  A heuristic-based fuzzy co-clustering algorithm for categorization of high-dimensional data. 371-389
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  Miin-Shen Yang, Yu-Hsuan Chiang, Chiu-Chi Chen, Chien-Yo Lai:
  A fuzzy k-partitions model for categorical data and its comparison to the GoM model. 390-405
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  Jesús A. Soto, Antonio Flores-Sintas, Javier Palarea-Albaladejo:
  Improving probabilities in a fuzzy clustering partition. 406-421

Feature selection

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  Antanas Verikas, Marija Bacauskiene, D. Valincius, Adas Gelzinis:
  Predictor output sensitivity and feature similarity-based feature selection. 422-434

Learning

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  Zengchang Qin, Jonathan Lawry:
  LFOIL: Linguistic rule induction in the label semantics framework. 435-448
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  Mansoor Zolghadri Jahromi, M. Taheri:
  A proposed method for learning rule weights in fuzzy rule-based classification systems. 449-459

Data mining

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  Yen-Liang Chen, Cheng-Hsiung Weng:
  Mining association rules from imprecise ordinal data. 460-474
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  David H. Glass:
  Fuzzy confirmation measures. 475-490
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  Emilia Sainio, Esko Turunen, Radko Mesiar:
  A characterization of fuzzy implications generated by generalized quantifiers. 491-499

Volume 159, Number 5, March 2008

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  Ales Pultr, Stephen Ernest Rodabaugh:
  Category theoretic aspects of chain-valued frames: Part I: Categorical and presheaf theoretic foundations. 501-528
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  Ales Pultr, Stephen Ernest Rodabaugh:
  Category theoretic aspects of chain-valued frames: Part II: Applications to lattice-valued topology. 529-558
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  Dexue Zhang:
  Uniform environments as a general framework for metrics and uniformities. 559-572
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  Hong-Yan Li, Fu-Gui Shi:
  Some separation axioms in I-fuzzy topological spaces. 573-587
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  Sheng-Gang Li, Juan Lu, Xiao-Jing Zhong:
  Survey of local connectedness axioms and their properties in L-topological spaces. 588-604
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  Fatma Bayoumi:
  Global L-neighborhood groups. 605-619
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  Mona Khare, Rashmi Singh:
  Complete xi-grills and (L,n)-merotopies. 620-628

Volume 159, Number 6, March 2008

Non-additive measures

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  Jun Kawabe:
  The Choquet integral in Riesz space. 629-645
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  Zhenyuan Wang, Wenye Li, Kin-Hong Lee, Kwong-Sak Leung:
  Lower integrals and upper integrals with respect to nonadditive set functions. 646-660
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  Hashem Parvaneh Masiha, M. Rahmati:
  A symmetric conjugate condition for the representation of comonotonically additive and monotone functionals. 661-669

Fuzzy norms and metric spaces

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  Tarapada Bag, Syamal Kumar Samanta:
  A comparative study of fuzzy norms on a linear space. 670-684
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  Tarapada Bag, Syamal Kumar Samanta:
  Fuzzy bounded linear operators in Felbin's type fuzzy normed linear spaces. 685-707
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  Ming-Liang Song, Jin-Xuan Fang:
  Resonance theorems for family of quasi-homogeneous operators in fuzzy normed linear spaces. 708-719
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  Alireza Kamel Mirmostafaee, Mohammad Sal Moslehian:
  Fuzzy versions of Hyers-Ulam-Rassias theorem. 720-729
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  Alireza Kamel Mirmostafaee, Madjid Mirzavaziri, Mohammad Sal Moslehian:
  Fuzzy stability of the Jensen functional equation. 730-738
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  Dorel Mihet:
  Fuzzy psi-contractive mappings in non-Archimedean fuzzy metric spaces. 739-744

Volume 159, Number 7, April 2008

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  Marcos Eduardo Valle, Peter Sussner:
  A general framework for fuzzy morphological associative memories. 747-768
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  Mehdi Khashei, Seyed Reza Hejazi, Mehdi Bijari:
  A new hybrid artificial neural networks and fuzzy regression model for time series forecasting. 769-786

Discrete fuzzy systems

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  Vicenç Puig, Jordi Saludes, Joseba Quevedo:
  Simulation of discrete linear time-invariant fuzzy dynamic systems. 787-803

Approximation methods

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  Barnabás Bede, Hajime Nobuhara, Martina Danková, Antonio Di Nola:
  Approximation by pseudo-linear operators. 804-820

Hybrid techniques

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  Olga Valenzuela, Ignacio Rojas, Fernando Rojas, Héctor Pomares, Luis Javier Herrera, Alberto Guillén, Luisa Marquez, Miguel Pasadas:
  Hybridization of intelligent techniques and ARIMA models for time series prediction. 821-845

Position paper

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  José L. Verdegay, Ronald R. Yager, Piero P. Bonissone:
  On heuristics as a fundamental constituent of soft computing. 846-855

Erratum

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  Siamak Haji Yakhchali, Seyed Hassan Ghodsypour:
  Erratum to "On computing the latest starting times and floats of activities in a network with imprecise durations" [Fuzzy Sets and Systems 150 (2005) 53-76]. 856

Volume 159, Number 8, April 2008

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  Phi Anh Phan, Timothy J. Gale:
  Direct adaptive fuzzy control with a self-structuring algorithm. 871-899
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  Ruiyun Qi, Mietek A. Brdys:
  Stable indirect adaptive control based on discrete-time T-S fuzzy model. 900-925
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  Abdesselem Boulkroune, Mohamed Tadjine, Mohammed M'Saad, Mondher Farza:
  How to design a fuzzy adaptive controller based on observers for uncertain affine nonlinear systems. 926-948
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  Min Wang, Bing Chen, Xiaoping Liu, Peng Shi:
  Adaptive fuzzy tracking control for a class of perturbed strict-feedback nonlinear time-delay systems. 949-967

Linguistic control

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  Nguyen Cat Ho, Nhu-Lan Vu, Le Xuan Viet:
  Optimal hedge-algebras-based controller: Design and application. 968-989

Stability analysis

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  Hak-Keung Lam, Frank H. F. Leung:
  Stability analysis of discrete-time fuzzy-model-based control systems with time delay: Time delay-independent approach. 990-1000

Volume 159, Number 9, May 2008

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  Gianpiero Cattaneo, Alberto Leporati, Roberto Leporini:
  Quantum conservative many-valued computing. 1001-1030
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  Dusan Guller:
  Binary resolution over complete residuated Stone lattices. 1031-1041
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  Bart Van Gasse, Chris Cornelis, Glad Deschrijver, Etienne E. Kerre:
  Triangle algebras: A formal logic approach to interval-valued residuated lattices. 1042-1060
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  John Harding, Carol L. Walker, Elbert A. Walker:
  Lattices of convex normal functions. 1061-1071

Theoretical computer science

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  Benjamín René Callejas Bedregal, Santiago Figueira:
  On the computing power of fuzzy Turing machines. 1072-1083

Fuzzy sets on algebraic structures

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  Marius Tarnauceanu, Lucian Bentea:
  On the number of fuzzy subgroups of finite abelian groups. 1084-1096
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  Mirela Stefanescu, Irina Cristea:
  On the fuzzy grade of hypergroups. 1097-1106
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  Reza Ameri, R. Mahjoob:
  Spectrum of prime L-submodules. 1107-1115

Effect algebras

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  Zdenka Riecanová:
  Effect algebraic extensions of generalized effect algebras and two-valued states. 1116-1122
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  Mona Khare, Akhilesh Kumar Singh:
  Atoms and Dobrakov submeasures in effect algebras. 1123-1128

Volume 159, Number 10, May 2008

Mathematical and Logical Foundations of Soft Computing

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  Manuel Ojeda-Aciego, Siegfried Gottwald, Petr Hájek:
  Editorial. 1129-1130
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  Stefano Aguzzoli, Brunella Gerla:
  Normal forms and free algebras for some extensions of MTL. 1131-1152
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  Libor Behounek:
  On the difference between traditional and deductive fuzzy logic. 1153-1164
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  Jaume Casasnovas, Gaspar Mayor:
  Discrete t-norms and operations on extended multisets. 1165-1177
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  Cristina Coppola, Giangiacomo Gerla, Tiziana Pacelli:
  Convergence and fixed points by fuzzy orders. 1178-1190
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  Tommaso Flaminio, G. Michele Pinna, Elisa B. P. Tiezzi:
  A complete fuzzy logical system to deal with trust management systems. 1191-1207
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  Teresa Alsinet, Carlos Iván Chesñevar, Lluís Godo, Guillermo Ricardo Simari:
  A logic programming framework for possibilistic argumentation: Formalization and logical properties. 1208-1228
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  Vilém Novák:
  A formal theory of intermediate quantifiers. 1229-1246
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  Ewa Orlowska, Anna Maria Radzikowska:
  Representation theorems for some fuzzy logics based on residuated non-distributive lattices. 1247-1259
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  Luca Spada:
  muMV-algebras: An approach to fixed points in Lukasiewicz logic. 1260-1267

Newsletter

Volume 159, Number 11, June 2008

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  U. Gauger, S. Turrin, Michael Hanss, L. Gaul:
  A new uncertainty analysis for the transformation method. 1273-1291
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  Oliviero Giannini, Michael Hanss:
  An interdependency index for the outputs of uncertain systems. 1292-1308
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  Zsolt Gera, József Dombi:
  Exact calculations of extended logical operations on fuzzy truth values. 1309-1326

Approximations of fuzzy intervals

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  Adrian I. Ban:
  Approximation of fuzzy numbers by trapezoidal fuzzy numbers preserving the expected interval. 1327-1344
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  Chi-Tsuen Yeh:
  Trapezoidal and triangular approximations preserving the expected interval. 1345-1353
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  Przemyslaw Grzegorzewski:
  Trapezoidal approximations of fuzzy numbers preserving the expected interval - Algorithms and properties. 1354-1364
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  Efendi N. Nasibov, Sinem Peker:
  On the nearest parametric approximation of a fuzzy number. 1365-1375
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  Yurilev Chalco-Cano, Heriberto Román-Flores, Fernando A. C. Gomide:
  A new type of approximation for fuzzy intervals. 1376-1383

Analysis

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  Rosana Rodríguez-López:
  Periodic boundary value problems for impulsive fuzzy differential equations. 1384-1409
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  Ting-Yu Chen, Chueh-Yung Tsao:
  The interval-valued fuzzy TOPSIS method and experimental analysis. 1410-1428

Volume 159, Number 12, June 2008

Advances in Intelligent Databases and Information Systems

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  Nicolás Marín, Olga Pons:
  Advances in intelligent databases and information systems. 1429-1430
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  Carlos D. Barranco, Jesús R. Campaña, Juan Miguel Medina:
  A B⁺-tree based indexing technique for fuzzy numerical data. 1431-1449
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  Patrick Bosc, Allel HadjAli, Olivier Pivert:
  Empty versus overabundant answers to flexible relational queries. 1450-1467
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  Tom Matthé, Guy De Tré:
  Flexible querying in a relational framework supported by possibilistic logic. 1468-1484
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  Janusz Kacprzyk, Anna Wilbik, Slawomir Zadrozny:
  Linguistic summarization of time series using a fuzzy quantifier driven aggregation. 1485-1499
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  Luis Cuevas, Nicolás Marín, Olga Pons, María Amparo Vila Miranda:
  pg4DB: A fuzzy object-relational system. 1500-1514
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  Florence Dupin de Saint-Cyr, Henri Prade:
  Logical handling of uncertain, ontology-based, spatial information. 1515-1534
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  Yeow Wei Choong, Anne Laurent, Dominique Laurent:
  Mining multiple-level fuzzy blocks from multidimensional data. 1535-1553
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  Luis M. de Campos, Juan M. Fernández-Luna, Juan F. Huete:
  A collaborative recommender system based on probabilistic inference from fuzzy observations. 1554-1576
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  R. Morales, Ignacio J. Blanco, Olga Pons, J. Rodríguez:
  GDB: A tool to build deductive rules using a fuzzy relational database with scientific data. 1577-1596

Volume 159, Number 13, July 2008

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  Glad Deschrijver:
  A representation of t-norms in interval-valued L-fuzzy set theory. 1597-1618
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  Zhi-Hong Yi, Feng Qin, Wei-Cai Li:
  Generalizations to the constructions of t-norms: Rotation(-annihilation) construction. 1619-1630
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  Peter Viceník:
  Additive generators of border-continuous triangular norms. 1631-1645
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  Józef Drewniak, Pawel Drygas, Ewa Rak:
  Distributivity between uninorms and nullnorms. 1646-1657
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  Isabel Aguiló, Jaume Suñer, Joan Torrens:
  Matrix representation of discrete quasi-copulas. 1658-1672

Ordered weighted averages

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  Xinwang Liu, Hongwei Lou:
  On the equivalence of some approaches to the OWA operator and RIM quantifier determination. 1673-1688

Belief functions

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  Koichi Yamada:
  A new combination of evidence based on compromise. 1689-1708

Sugeno integrals

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  Agnès Rico:
  Sugeno integral in a finite Boolean algebra. 1709-1718
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  San-Min Wang, Bin Zhao:
  Prenex normal form in linguistic quantifiers modeled by Sugeno integrals. 1719-1723

Book review

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  Luigi Troiano:
  Gleb Beliakov, Ana Pradera and Tomasa Calvo , Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol. 221, XIX, 181 illus. (2007) ISBN 978-3-540-73720-9 (361pp., Hardcover). 1724-1725

Volume 159, Number 14, July 2008

Formal Methods for Fuzzy Mathematics, Approximation and Reasoning, Part I

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  Vilém Novák, Irina Perfilieva, Libor Behounek, Petr Cintula:
  Formal methods for fuzzy mathematics, approximation and reasoning - Part I. 1727-1728
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  Libor Behounek, Ulrich Bodenhofer, Petr Cintula:
  Relations in Fuzzy Class Theory: : Initial steps. 1729-1772
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  Tomás Kroupa:
  Filters in fuzzy class theory. 1773-1787
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  Rostislav Horcík:
  Solution of a system of linear equations with fuzzy numbers. 1788-1810
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  Michal Holcapek:
  Monadic L-fuzzy quantifiers of the type <1ⁿ, 2>^*. 1811-1835

Regular Section

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  Michal Baczynski, Balasubramaniam Jayaram:
  (S, N)- and R-implications: A state-of-the-art survey. 1836-1859
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  Umberto Rivieccio:
  Neutrosophic logics: Prospects and problems. 1860-1868
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  Stephan van der Waart van Gulik, Peter Verdée:
  Modeling sorites reasoning with adaptive fuzzy logic. 1869-1884

Erratum

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  Michal Baczynski, Balasubramaniam Jayaram:
  Erratum to "On the characterizations of (S, N)-implications": [Fuzzy Sets and Systems 158 (2007) 1713-1727]. 1885

Volume 159, Number 15, August 2008

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  Olivier Pivert:
  Preface. 1887-1888
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