FUZZY MEALY MACHINES

Presents fundamental results on fuzzy Mealy machines. Unlike the class ical Mealy machine which requires two functions, one to describe the n ext state and another to describe the output, a fuzzy Mealy machine re quires only one fuzzy function to characterize completely the next sta te and the output produced. Apart from the obvious generalization that can be obtained from corresponding results on fuzzy finite state mach ines by introduction of an output associated with each transition, int roduces the concept of an interval partition of [0, 1] and uses it to obtain more general results.