On interval fuzzy S-implications (Q2269797)

Let \(\mathbb{U}=\{[a,b] \;| \;0\leq a\leq b\leq 1\}\) denote the set of subintervals of the unit interval. An interval S-implication is a function from \(\mathbb{U}^2\) to \(\mathbb{U}\) based on the functional \(\mathbb{I_{S,N}}(X,Y)=\mathbb{S}(\mathbb{N}(X),Y)\), where \(\mathbb{S}\) is an interval t-conorm and \(\mathbb{N}\) is an interval fuzzy negation. In this paper, the authors present an analysis of interval S-implications by showing a way to obtain an interval S-implication from two (classical) S-implications. The authors also show under which conditions such interval functions preserve the main properties of S-implications. In addition, it is shown that the action of an interval automorphism on an interval S-implication generates another interval S-implication.