Bisimulations for fuzzy automata

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DOI10.1016/J.FSS.2011.07.003zbMATH Open1237.68113arXiv1102.5452OpenAlexW2097074325MaRDI QIDQ423147FDOQ423147

Milan Bašić, Miroslav Ćirić, Jelena Ignjatović, Nada Damljanović

Publication date: 18 May 2012

Published in: Fuzzy Sets and Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Bisimulations have been widely used in many areas of computer science to model equivalence between various systems, and to reduce the number of states of these systems, whereas uniform fuzzy relations have recently been introduced as a means to model the fuzzy equivalence between elements of two possible different sets. Here we use the conjunction of these two concepts as a powerful tool in the study of equivalence between fuzzy automata. We prove that a uniform fuzzy relation between fuzzy automata calA and calB is a forward bisimulation if and only if its kernel and co-kernel are forward bisimulation fuzzy equivalences on calA and calB and there is a special isomorphism between factor fuzzy automata with respect to these fuzzy equivalences. As a consequence we get that fuzzy automata calA and calB are UFB-equivalent, i.e., there is a uniform forward bisimulation between them, if and only if there is a special isomorphism between the factor fuzzy automata of calA and calB with respect to their greatest forward bisimulation fuzzy equivalences. This result reduces the problem of testing UFB-equivalence to the problem of testing isomorphism of fuzzy automata, which is closely related to the well-known graph isomorphism problem. We prove some similar results for backward-forward bisimulations, and we point to fundamental differences. Because of the duality with the studied concepts, backward and forward-backward bisimulations are not considered separately. Finally, we give a comprehensive overview of various concepts on deterministic, nondeterministic, fuzzy, and weighted automata, which are related to bisimulations.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.5452




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