Evaluation of fully fuzzy matrix equations by fuzzy neural network

Abstract

In this paper, a new hybrid method based on fuzzy neural network for approximate solution of fully fuzzy matrix equations of the form AX=D, where A and D are two fuzzy number matrices and the unknown matrix X is a fuzzy number matrix, is presented. Then, we propose some definitions which are fuzzy zero number, fuzzy one number and fuzzy identity matrix. Based on these definitions, direct computation of fuzzy inverse matrix is done using fuzzy matrix equations and fuzzy neural network. It is noted that the uniqueness of the calculated fuzzy inverse matrix is not guaranteed. Here a neural network is considered as a part of a large field called neural computing or soft computing. Moreover, in order to find the approximate solution of fuzzy matrix equations that supposedly has a unique fuzzy solution, a simple algorithm from the cost function of the fuzzy neural network is proposed. To illustrate the easy application of the proposed method, numerical examples are given and the obtained results are discussed.