On a generalization of the Modus Ponens: U-conditionality

Abstract

In fuzzy logic, the Modus Ponens property for fuzzy implication functions is usually considered with respect to a continuous t-norm T and for this reason this property is also known under the name of Tconditionality. In this paper, the t-norm T is substituted by a uninorm U leading to the property of U-conditionality. The new property is studied in detail and it is shown that usual implications derived from t-norms and t-conorms do not satisfy it, but many solutions appear among those implications derived from uninorms. In particular, the case of residual implications derived from uninorms or RU-implications is investigated in detail for some classes of uninorms.