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Calculus for Functions with Fuzzy Inputs and Outputs: Applications to Fuzzy Differential Equations

Laécio Carvalho de Barros·Estevão Esmi·Francielle Santo Pedro Simões·Mina Shahidi
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This article presents a theory of differential and integral calculus for mapping between Banach spaces formed by subsets of fuzzy numbers called A-linearly correlated fuzzy numbers, where both the domain and codomain are spaces composed of fuzzy numbers. This is one of the main contributions of this study from a theoretical point of view, as well-known approaches to fuzzy calculus in the literature typically deal with fuzzy number-valued functions defined on intervals of real numbers. Notions of differentiability and integrability based on complex functions are proposed. Moreover, we introduce the study of ordinary differential equations for which the solutions are functions from A-linearly correlated fuzzy numbers to A-linearly correlated fuzzy numbers or from real functions to A-linearly correlated fuzzy numbers. For the latter case, we present an initial study of the solution and its phase portrait for two-dimensional differential equation systems. In particular, for the former case, we examine the Lotka Volterra model and analyze its phase portrait.

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Laécio Carvalho de Barros, Estevão Esmi, Francielle Santo Pedro Simões, Mina Shahidi. 2025-02-25. Calculus for Functions with Fuzzy Inputs and Outputs: Applications to Fuzzy Differential Equations. https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.07621

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