Certain types of vague cycles and vague trees

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Akram, Muhammad | Farooq, Adeel | Saeid, Arsham Borumand | Shum, Kar Ping

Affiliations: Department of Mathematics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan | Department of Mathematics, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan | Department of Mathematics, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran | Institute of Mathematics, Yunnan University, Kunming, China

Note: [] Corresponding author. Arsham Borumand Saeid, Department of Mathematics, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] (Muhammad Akram), [email protected] (Adeel Farooq), [email protected] (Arsham Borumand Saeid), [email protected] (Kar Ping Shum).

Abstract: Fuzzy models are becoming useful because of their aim of reducing the differences between the traditional numerical models used in engineering and sciences and the symbolic models used in expert systems. A vague graph is a generalized structure of a fuzzy graph that gives more precision, flexibility, and compatibility to a system when compared with systems that are designed using fuzzy graphs. In this paper, we introduce various types of vague bridges, vague cut-vertices, vague cycles and vague trees in vague graphs, and investigate some of their interesting properties. Most of these various types are defined in terms of levels. We also describe comparison of these types.

Keywords: Vague cycles, vague trees, vague bridges, and vague cut-vertices, levels

DOI: 10.3233/IFS-141344

Journal: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 621-631, 2015