Advanced Operations in Fuzzy Networks

The structural properties of basic operations introduced in Chapter 5 can be applied to FNs with a large number of nodes. These nodes may be sequential, parallel or with common inputs. However, the structure of a FN may include more complex connections among the nodes which would require some preliminary manipulation before the properties of the basic operations can be applied. Therefore, it is necessary to define a number of additional advanced operations that can be used in this context.