Volume 34 • Number 1 • 2011   • Bipolar Fuzzy Finite State Machines Young Bae Jun and Jacob Kavikumar Abstract. As a generalization of a fuzzy finite state machine, the notion of a bipolar fuzzy finite state machine is introduced. Also, the concepts of a bipolar (immediate) successor, a bipolar exchange property and a bipolar subsystem are introduced. Some related properties are discussed. A condition for a bipolar fuzzy finite state machine to satisfy the bipolar exchange property is established. A characterization of a bipolar subsystem is initiated. 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: 68Q70, 68Q45, 18B20, 03E72. Full text: PDF