Boundedness and asymptotic behavior of the solutions of a fuzzy difference equation. (Q1429784)

Linear difference equations with fuzzy coefficients were introduced by \textit{E. Deeba}, \textit{A. De Korvin} and \textit{E. Koh} [J. Difference Equ. Appl. 2, No. 4, 365--374 (1996; Zbl 0882.39002)]. This paper examines a difference equation \[ x_{n+1} = \sum_{i=0}^{k} \frac{A_{i}}{x_{n-i}^{p_i}} \] with fuzzy coefficients \(A_i : (0,\infty) \to [0,1]\), which are fuzzy numbers [cf. \textit{R. Goetschel} and \textit{W. Voxman}, Fuzzy Sets Syst. 18, 31--43 (1986; Zbl 0626.26014)], where \(p_i >0\), \(i=0,1,\dots,k\). It is a generalization of recent authors' paper [\textit{G. Papaschinopoulos} and \textit{B. K. Papadopoulos}, Soft Comput. 6, No. 6, 456--461 (2002; Zbl 1033.39014)]. Fuzzy solutions are described by solution sequences of the following system of recurrence equations \[ y_{n+1} = \sum_{i=0}^{k} \frac{b_{i}}{z_{n-i}^{p_i}}, \quad z_{n+1} = \sum_{i=0}^{k} \frac{c_{i}}{y_{n-i}^{p_i}} \] with positive coefficients. This leads to a description of asymptotic behaviour of fuzzy solutions based on the stability theory of nonlinear recurrence equations [cf. \textit{V. L. Kocic} and \textit{G. Ladas}, Global behavior of nonlinear difference equations of higher order with applications (1993; Zbl 0787.39001)].