We have \(\mathrm{core}(A) := [a2,a3]\). This gives the values that a fuzzy number necessarily represents.
# S4 method for FuzzyNumber
core(object)a fuzzy number
Returns a numeric vector of length 2.
Other FuzzyNumber-method:
Arithmetic,
Extract,
FuzzyNumber-class,
FuzzyNumber,
alphaInterval(),
alphacut(),
ambiguity(),
as.FuzzyNumber(),
as.PiecewiseLinearFuzzyNumber(),
as.PowerFuzzyNumber(),
as.TrapezoidalFuzzyNumber(),
as.character(),
distance(),
evaluate(),
expectedInterval(),
expectedValue(),
integrateAlpha(),
piecewiseLinearApproximation(),
plot(),
show(),
supp(),
trapezoidalApproximation(),
value(),
weightedExpectedValue(),
width()