Error estimation in the approximation of the solution of nonlinear fuzzy Fredholm integral equations (Q2476765)

The author considers the problem of the numerical solution of the fuzzy integral equation \[ F(t)=f(t)\oplus(FR)\int_a^b{K(t,s,F(s))}\,dt, \quad t\in[a,b], \] where \(f(t)\) and \(F(t)\) are fuzzy-number-valued (f.n.v.) functions of the real variable \(t\), \(K(t,s,F(s))\) is a f.n.v. function, \((FR)\int_a^b{(\cdot})\,dt\) is the fuzzy-Riemann integral of a f.n.v. function, and \(\oplus\) denotes a sum of fuzzy numbers. The author investigates the successive approximations for the non-linear finite-dimensional equations generated by the given equation and a corresponding fuzzy variant of the trapezoidal formula. An error estimate of the proposed method, a stopping-rule of the algorithm and a numerical example are given.