A fast analytical approximation type-reduction method for a class of spiked concave type-2 fuzzy sets

Abstract In this paper, an analytical type-reduction method called concave analytical type-reduction method with spikes (CATRS) of two kinds of spiked concave type-2 fuzzy sets is proposed. The concave type-2 fuzzy sets which are considered in the paper include triangular type-2 fuzzy set, trapezoidal type-2 fuzzy set and its spiked versions. The analytical type-reduction method is free of the following steps, such as discourse partition and discourse refinement for algorithms' discrete implementation, thus its calculation complexity is reduced. To obtain the formulae of concave triangular type-2 fuzzy set, the method proposed by Starczewski is extended from the convex case to the concave one, secondary membership function with spikes is considered as a special form of triangular fuzzy set. Centroid set is formed by all the type-1 fuzzy sets that is derived from the convex part of the primary membership with or without spikes at a given discourse partition point. Moreover, the method proposed for concave triangular type-2 fuzzy set is extended to concave trapezoidal type-2 fuzzy set with a trapezoidal fuzzy number approximation operator. The proposed analytical type-reduction methods can address a more general class of type-2 fuzzy sets, it is more convenient for type-2 fuzzy modeling and inference, and the application of type-reduction method to variable universe of discourse controller design shows that the approximation method is applicable for the adaptive fuzzy controller design.