Quasi-adequate semigroups. II (Q1186834)

In part I [Proc. R. Soc. Edinb., Sect. A 91, 91-99 (1981; Zbl 0501.20042)] \textit{J. B. Fountain} and the author introduced type \(W\) semigroups, in the present paper a weak version of this concept is considered. The main result is a generalization of \textit{P. S. Venkatesan}'s structure theorem for orthodox semigroups [Semigroup Forum 20, 227-231 (1980; Zbl 0445.20036)] to such weak type \(W\) semigroups. Furthermore the largest superabundant full subsemigroup and the largest full subsemigroup (of such weak type \(W\) semigroups) which is a band of cancellative monoids is described.