Fuzzy flip-flops revisited
Publication Name: Advances in Soft Computing
Publication Date: 2007-12-01
Volume: 42
Issue: Unknown
Page Range: 643-652
Description:
J-K flip-flops are elementary digital units providing sequential features/memory functions. Their definitive equation is used both in the minimal disjunctive and conjunctive forms. Fuzzy connectives do not satisfy all Boolean axioms, thus the fuzzy equivalents of these equations result in two non-equivalent definitions, "reset and set type" fuzzy flip-flops (F3) by Hirota & al. when introducing the concept of F3. There are many alternatives for "fuzzifying" digital flip-flops, using standard, algebraic or other connectives. The paper gives an overview of some of the most famous F3-s by presenting their definitions and presenting graphs of the inner state for a typical state value situation. Then a pair of non-associative operators is introduced, and the properties of the respective F3 are discussed. The investigation of possible fuzzy flip-flops is continued by examining Türksen's IVFS, its midpoint values, and by introducing "minimized IVFS" (MIVFS), along with the MIVFS midpoints. © 2007 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Open Access: Yes