Integrals of Fuzzy-Number-Valued Functions
Integrals of Fuzzy-Number-Valued Functions
Abstract
Using the representation theorem of fuzzy numbers, we give an alternative approach for the integrals of fuzzy-number-
valued functions, and for the Radon-Nikodym theorem of the fuzzy-number-valued measures. @ 1997 Elsevier Science
B.V.
Keywords: Fuzzy numbers; Fuzzy-number-valued functions; Fuzzy-number-valued measures
1. Introduction
Integrals of set-valued functions were studied by Aumann [1], Debreu [6], Hiai and Umegaki [10], Papa-
georgiou [12], and others. Integrals of fuzzy set valued functions as a natural generalization of set-valued
functions have been established by Kaleva [11], Puri and Ralescu [13], Stojakovic [16], and so on. Also,
Fubini theorem for fuzzy-set-valued integrals was obtained by Zhang and Guo [18], and the Radon-Nikodym
theorem for fuzzy-set-valued measures by Ban [2], Purl and Ralescu [14], Stojakovic [17]. But they are all
based on the corresponding theory of set-valued functions.
The purpose of this paper is to give an alternative approach slightly different from those in the above works
without the aid of the corresponding results for multivalued function. This will be accomplished by using the
representation theorem of fuzzy numbers discussed in [8].
According to the representation theorem for fuzzy numbers [8], a fuzzy number is completely determined
by the end-points of the intervals. Since then, integrals of fuzzy-number-valued functions can be changed
into non-fuzzy forms, we only need to discuss the corresponding classical results for point-valued functions.
This offers us a more concise methodology than in former works and assists us in obtaining some extended
results.
Unfortunately, our work is not applicable to the case of 2- or higher-dimensional fuzzy-number-valued
functions. For, the representation theorem of fuzzy numbers is meaningful only in the one-dimensional
case.
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2. Preliminaries
Theorem 2.1 (Goetschel and Voxman [8]). For u c E, denote u-(:O = u~,u+(~) = u +. Then
(1) u - ( c 0 is" a bounded increasing function on [0, 1];
(2) u+(e) is a bounded decreasing function on [0, 1];
(3) u-(1)~< u+(l);
(4) u - ( e ) and u+(e) are left continuous on (0, 1] and right continuous at 0;
(5) I f u (~) and u+(a) satisJ.), above (1) (4), then there exists a unique v E E such that v~ = u - ( ~ ) , G =
u+(e).
The above theorem implies that we can identify a fuzzy number u with the parameterized representa-
tion {(u~-, u+)[ 0~< e ~<1}. Suppose that u, v E E are fuzzy numbers represented by {(u2, u + ) [ 0 ~ < ~ < 1} and
{(v~-, v+) I 0 ~<:~ ~< 1}, respectively. If we define
{u(z/;.), ;. ¢ o,
(2.2)
(),u)(z) = o, 2 = o, where 0 = Z{o},
then
,+
+)lO<.e<-..1}, 2~>0,
~u--
~{(;,u2,),u
k{(;,u~+,;-u;)lo~<=~<l}, ;. < o.
We define a metric d on E by
d(u,v)= sup dH([U]~,[V]~), (2.3)
0~<:~< I
Throughout this paper, (Q, 27,/~) denotes a complete a-finite measure space. I f F : f2 ---+E is a fuzzy-number-
valued function and B is a subset of R, then F - I ( B ) denotes the fuzzy subset of f2 defined by F - l ( B ) ( c o ) =
SUPxeBF(eJ)(x) for every co E f2. The fuzzy-number-valued function F : f2 --+ E is called measurable if for
every closed subset B of R the fuzzy set F - I ( B ) is measurable when considered as a function from (2 to
[0, 1]. This concept of measurability for fuzzy-set-valued functions was introduced by Butnariu [3] as a natural
generalization of measurable multifunctions. Kaleva [1 1] defined F : f2 ---+E to be strongly measurable if for
each 7 E [0, l] the set-valued function F= : (2 --+ I(R) defined by F=(eo) = [F(o))]~ is measurable, where I(R)
is the set of all closed bounded intervals on R endowed with the topology generated by the Hausdorff metric
dH defined as in (2.4). The next theorem shows that the above definitions are equivalent.
Theorem 3.1. For F : f2 --* E, F(o)) = {(F~-(co),F+(co)) I 0~<c~< 1}, theJbllowing conditions are equivalent.
(1) F is" measurable.
(2) F is strongly measurable.
(3) For each ct E [0, 1], F 2 and F + are measurable.
Proof. The equivalence of (1) and (2) follows from Butnariu [3] and that of (2) and (3) is due to Congxin
and Ming [5]. []
It follows immediately that F is integrable if and only if the real-valued function ~o F-~ [IF(co)ll is integrable.
Note that in [2, 5, 11, 13, 16] the terminology integrably bounded was used instead.
The following theorem was obtained by Kaleva [11]. We use a slightly different approach from that of
[111.
Proof. The assertion (1) is trivial. To prove the assertion (2), We first note that d(F, G) is measurable, for,
if {rk} is a countable dense subset of [0, 1], then
Similarly,
tF+dl~-~'G+dp ~ ~d(F,G)dp.
Consequently, we obtain
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The following theorem first obtained by Puff and Ralescu [13] for the case of nonatomic measure spaces
extends the classical Lebesgue-dominated convergence theorem.
Theorem 3.4. Let {Fn, n/> 1 } and F be measurable fuzzy-number-valued functions such that Fn(~o) d F(oJ)
for almost every 09 E (2. I f there exists an inteorable function h : (2 ---+R such that for all n
[[F,(~)[[ ~< h(~o),
then F is integrable and
f F,, dB ~ f F dlz.
Proof. The integrability of F is trivial. To prove the second statement, we first note that
For the case o f fuzzy-number-valued functions, we denote £~a(E) the space o f all integrable functions F : f2 --~
E, where two functions F, G E 5°(E) are considered to be identical if F(~o) = G(~o) a.e. For F, G E &°(E),
we define
Theorem 3.5. Lf(E) is a complete metric space with respect to the metric A.
Proof. Let {Fn} be a Cauchy sequence in ~ ( E ) . Then, for each ~ E [0,1] the sequences {(Fn)~-} and
((Fn)~+ } are Cauchy in L. Since L is a Banach space, there exist G~-, G~+ E L such that (Fn)~ ~ G~ and
( F , ) + --~ G~+ in the L-norm. Now, let {rk} be a countable dense subset o f [0, 1] with r0 = 0 and
0 if ~o E A,
F+(co) = G~-(~o) if o9 ~ A, c~ = 0,
infrk<~ G+(og) if co q~ A,~ > 0,
then F = { ( F ~ - , F + ) [ 0 ~ < ~ < 1} is an integrable fuzzy-number-valued function. N o w we shall show that for
each c~ E (0, 1], F~- = G~- a.e. and F~+ = G~ a.e.
Let {~k} be an increasing sequence such that l i m k ~ c~k = c~ > 0. First, we note that as in the proof of
A(Fn,F) --~ 0 below, we can obtain
shows that G~ converge to G~- in L-norm. Since G~ converges to F~- a.e., this implies that F~- = O~- a.e.
By similar arguments, we obtain that F + -----G + a.e. It remains to show that Fn A F. Let e( > 0) be given.
Then, since the sequence {F~} is Cauchy, there exists N such that f d(F,,,Fm)d# < c for n,m >~N. Let
n(>~N) be given. Then for any m>~N and any integer l,
max ](Fn)~--F,~ld#~<c.
l<~k<~l
Therefore,
Now we conclude this section by giving an example to show that the metric A defined as in (3.3) may be
strictly larger than the metric D defined as in (3.4).
E x a m p l e 3.6. Let 2 be the a-field o f Lebesgue measurable subsets o f f2 = (0, 1) and let # be the Lebesgue
measure. For co E (2, i f we define
X X
1-z¢
G~,~)(0)) = 1[~,j)(0)) + ~ 1(o,~)(0)), G2(0)) = -G+~(0)).
A(F,G) = /01(0) 2 - e ) + 5
1 ) d o ) = g.
-- 0) if 0) < ~,
IF((0)) - G2((o) l = I F~-(0)) - a j ( 0 ) ) l = (1 ~) 1 - 0)
1 - (1 - ~)0) if 0)j>~.
Hence,
if:~ < 1,
max(IF;- - a 2 1 , If~* - G+l)d# = 0
if ~ = 1.
Set-valued and fuzzy-set-valued measures have received much attention in the last few years because of
their usefulness in several applied fields such as mathematical economics and optimal control. The Radon-
N i k o d y m theorem for set-valued measures was established b y Debreu and Schmeilder [7] and Hiai [9]. The
case o f fuzzy-set-valued measures can be found in [2, 14, 17] and so on. In earlier works, in order to introduce
a notion o f countable additivity, the following concept o f sums for a series o f fuzzy numbers was used:
In this section, we shall introduce a notion o f fuzzy-number-valued measures different from those in the
above works and prove a R a d o n - N i k o d y m theorem which generalizes the result for real-valued measures.
Definition 4.1. Let {u,} be a sequence o f fuzzy numbers in E and u E E. The series ~ f - - 1 u~ is said to be
convergent to u if
d b/i, u ~ 0 as n ~ o~.
\i= 1 /
In this case, we call u the sum o f the series y-~o~=,u. and write u = ~ . ~ _ , u..
Definition 4.2. A fuzzy-number-valued measure is a set function 9Jl : X --, E with properties
(1) ~ ( 0 ) = 6,
(2) 9J~(Uf_ , A . ) = ~--]~.~1 9J~(a.) for every sequence {A.} o f pairwise disjoint elements o f Z.
Note that a set function 9J~ " Z --~ E, ~ l ( A ) = { ( ~ ( A ) , g J ~ + ( A ) ) 1 0 ~ < ~ < 1 } is a fuzzy-number-valued
measure if and only if
(1) for each :~ E [0, 1], 9J~- and 9J~+ are real-valued measures,
(2) the families {gJt~-10~<2~<1} and {gJ~+ ] 0 ~ < ~ < 1 } o f measures are both uniformly countably addi-
tive, that is for any sequence {A.} o f pairwise-disjoint elements o f Z, the convergence o f 9Jl~-(Un~ i A . ) =
~ n ~ , sJJ~;(An) is uniform in ~ E [0, 1], and likewise for {gJ~+ 10~<c¢~< 1}.
Definition 4.3. If m is a classical measure in Z, and 9J~ is a fuzzy-number-valued measure, then 9Jl is called
absolutely continuous with respect to m if re(A) = 0 implies 9JI(A) = 0.
Theorem 4.4. I J ' F " ~ --+ E is integrable, then the set function defined by
93~(A) = f F d # , A E Z,
uniformly in u, as n ---+ oo. This proves that {gJ~-I 0 ~ a ~< 1 ) is uniformly countably additive. The absolute
continuity with respect to p is trivial. []
The next theorem is the converse o f the above theorem which generalizes the classical Radon-Nikodym
theorem.
Theorem 4.5. I f a fuzzy-number-valued measure 931 : Z --+ E is absolutely continuous with respect to Ix, then
there exists a unique integrable function F : 12 ---+E such that for all A E Z,
9J~(A) = ~ F d#.
Proof. First we note that for each a E [0, 1], 9Jl~ and 931+ are real-valued measures which are absolutely con-
tinuous with respect to Ix. The classical Radon-Nikodym theorem implies that there exist integrable functions
f~- and f + such that for all A E 27,
?iJl; (A ) = f f ; d ix,
9JI+(A) = iA f + dIx.
Now, let {rk} be a countable dense subset o f [0,1] with r0 = 0 and
0 if ~o E B,
F + (~s~) =
l f0v (¢o)
infr~ <~ f+(~o)
then F =- { ( F ~ - , F + ) I 0 ~ < ~ I }
if ~o q~ B,~ = 0,
if co q~B,~ > 0,
is an integrable fuzzy-number-valued function. Let { ~ } be an increasing
sequence such that limn-+~o an = ~ > 0. Then, by the monotone convergence theorem,
fAFSdp= limooSAf~dlx~
,, foreachAc27.
~(A) = { F d~.
To prove the uniqueness of F, let G : f2 ---* E be any integrable function such that for all A E S
9~(A) = L G dp.
Then, by the uniqueness of the classical Radon-Nikodym derivative, for each ~, F~- = G~- a.e. and F + = G +
a.e. so that there exists B E S with # ( B ) = 0 such that
for all co E Q\B and ¢~ E [0, 1]. Hence, we conclude that F = G a.e. []
The Fubini theorem for set-valued integrals and fuzzy-set-valued integrals was established by Zhang and
Guo [18] using the properties of support function. In this section, the Fubini theorem for fuzzy-number-valued
integrals is given using only the classical Fubini theorem.
Theorem 5.1, Let (~'~l,Zl,]./l) and (~r~2,Z2, J/2) be two complete a-finite measure spaces, and let (~r'~1 × ~r~2,
Zt × S2,#l × P2) be their product measure space. I f a fuzzy-number-valued function F : f21 x Q2 --* E is
pl × p2-integrable, then
(1) the fuzzy-number-valued function F ( . , 092) : COl w-+ F(cot, (-02) is lq-integrable for 092 E 02, P2-a. e.
(2) the fuzzy-number-valued function co2 ~-+ fo, F(o0t, o02) dpl(o0t ) is #2-inteyrable, and
fQ Fd#l×p2=£ £ F(col,co2)d/-tl(col)dp2(co2).
I X(22 2 1
ProoL Let F(col, (-02) = {(F~-(col, co2),F~+(col, co2)) I 0 ~ ~ ~ 1}. Then, since F 0 and F + are Pl × p2-integrable,
it follows immediately from the classical Fubini theorem that, for co2 E (22 p2-a.e., col ~ Fo(col,co2) and
col ~-+ F~-(col,co2) are pl-integrable which implies the first assertion. Also, for the second assertion, an
appeal to the classical Fubini theorem shows that f~, Fo(col,co2)d~l(~01 ) and f~, F+(col,co2)d/~l(cot) are
#2-integrable. Therefore, fo, F(col, co2) d/~l (col) is p2-integrable and
£,×aFd#,×#2={I£~×%F:d#,×#2,I F+dp,×p2)0~<~<1}
. JaQl X Q 2
=£2£ Fd#ldp2" []
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