The semantics of N-soft sets, their applications, and a coda about three-way decision

This paper presents the first detailed analysis of the semantics of N-soft sets. The two benchmark semantics associated with soft sets are perfect fits for N-soft sets. We argue that N-soft sets allow for an utterly new interpretation in logical terms, whereby N-soft sets can be interpreted as a gen...

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Autor: Alcantud, José Carlos R.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/154216
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/154216
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:N-soft set
Aggregation
Three-way decision
Decision making
Multi-valued logic
1102.08 Lógica Matemática
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Sumario:This paper presents the first detailed analysis of the semantics of N-soft sets. The two benchmark semantics associated with soft sets are perfect fits for N-soft sets. We argue that N-soft sets allow for an utterly new interpretation in logical terms, whereby N-soft sets can be interpreted as a generalized form of incomplete soft sets. Applications include aggregation strategies for these settings. Finally, three-way decision models are designed with both a qualitative and a quantitative character. The first is based on the concepts of V-kernel, V-core and V-support. The second uses an extended form of cardinality that is reminiscent of the idea of scalar sigma-count as a proxy of the cardinality of a fuzzy set.