Index matrices. Towards an augmented matrix calculus (Q470940)

The concept of Index Matrix (IM) was first introduced in 1984. During the following years some of its properties were studied, but in general it was used only as an auxiliary tool for describing the transitions of generalized nets, intuitionistic fuzzy relations and graphs with finite sets of vertices and in some decision making algorithms based on intuitionistic fuzzy estimations. The present book contains the basic results of the author on index matrices and some of its open problems with the aim of stimulating more researchers to start working in this area. It contains the definitions of different types of IMs, as well as the definitions of the operations, relations and operators over IMs.