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Similarity measures in fuzzy rule base simplification.

M Setnes¹, R Babuska, U Kaymak

¹Dept. of Electr. Eng., Delft Univ. of Technol.

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Part B, Cybernetics : a Publication of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society

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This study introduces a method to simplify fuzzy rule-based models by merging similar fuzzy sets, reducing complexity and improving transparency. The approach enhances computational efficiency and linguistic tractability in real-world system models.

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Area of Science:

Artificial Intelligence
Computational Intelligence
Fuzzy Systems

Background:

Fuzzy rule-based models derived from numerical data can exhibit redundancy.
Similar fuzzy sets representing compatible concepts lead to model complexity and reduced transparency.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a rule base simplification method for fuzzy models.
To reduce the number of fuzzy sets and rules in fuzzy rule-based systems.
To enhance the transparency and efficiency of fuzzy models.

Main Methods:

Utilizing a similarity measure to identify and merge similar fuzzy sets.
Replacing merged fuzzy sets with a common fuzzy set in the rule base.
Merging identical rules resulting from high redundancy.

Main Results:

Successfully reduced the number of fuzzy sets and rules in fuzzy models.
Achieved a more computationally efficient and linguistically tractable rule base.
Demonstrated the effectiveness of the simplification approach on real-world systems.

Conclusions:

The proposed method effectively simplifies fuzzy rule-based models by addressing redundancy.
Model simplification leads to improved computational performance and interpretability.
The approach is applicable to real-world fuzzy modeling scenarios.