Directed Fuzzy Networks as a Model to Illicit Flows and Max Flow Min Cut Theorem

Abstract

Directed fuzzy networks are introduced in this paper. They are normalized node capacitated networks and provide a good platform to model different types of complicated flows in nature. A directed fuzzy network version of Menger’s theorem and the celebrated Max flow Min cut theorem are also provided. Since the maximum flow through minimum number of directed internally disjoint paths is important in quality of service (QoS) problems in networking, the results in this paper can be applied to a wide variety of problems.