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The properties of a new rule for fuzzy conditional inference are prese
nted and discussed. The rule is based on the extended mean operator de
fined on fuzzy numbers. The related propositions have the form ''X is
A is tau,'' where tau is an element of the term set of the linguistic
variable truth. The results obtained via the rule match with Fukami's
and with the critical analysis carried out by Mizumoto and Zimmermann
about the generalized modus ponens. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.