Goguen Categories: A Categorical Approach to L-Fuzzy Relations

by Michael Winter

Book Overview

Goguen categories extend the relational calculus and its categorical formalization to the fuzzy world. Starting from the fundamental concepts of sets, binary relations and lattices this book introduces several categorical formulations of an abstract theory of relations such as allegories, Dedekind categories and related structures. It is shown that neither theory is sufficiently rich to describe basic operations on fuzzy relations. The book then...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048175542
• ISBN13: 9789048175543
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"