UNCERTAINTY AND IMPRECISION IN ANALYTICAL CONTEXT: FUZZY LIMITS AND FUZZY DERIVATIVES

Abstract

The main goal of the present paper is to extend such classical constructions as limits and derivatives making them appropriate for management of imprecise, vague, uncertain, and incomplete information. In the second part of the paper, going after introduction, elements of the theory of fuzzy limits are presented. The third part is devoted to the construction of fuzzy derivatives of real functions. Two kinds of fuzzy derivatives are introduced: weak and strong ones. It is necessary to remark that the strong fuzzy derivatives are similar to ordinary derivatives of real functions being their fuzzy extensions. The weak fuzzy derivatives generate a new concept of a weak derivative even in a classical case of exact limits. In the fourth part fuzzy differentiable functions are studied. Different properties of such functions are obtained. Some of them are the same or at least similar to the properties of the differentiable functions while other properties differ in many aspects from those of the standard differentiable functions. Many classical results are obtained as direct corollaries of propositions for fuzzy derivatives, which are proved in this paper. Some of the classical results are extended and completed. The fifth part of the paper contains several interpretations of fuzzy derivatives aiming at application of fuzzy differential calculus to solving practical problems. At the end, some open problems are formulated.