A fuzzy similarity measure based on equivalence relation with application in cluster analysis

Abstract We propose a novel notion of fuzzy similarity measure between fuzzy sets by using fuzzy equivalence. Furthermore, a similarity base fuzzy relational clustering algorithm is formulated. Applications are given to illustrate the usefulness of the chosen fuzzy equivalence and similarity measure in a partition algorithm.

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