Fuzzy Cognitive Maps for Applied Sciences and Engineering

Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM) constitute cognitive models in the form of fuzzy directed graphs consisting of two basic elements: the nodes, which basically correspond to “ concepts” bearing different states of activation depending on the knowledge they represent, and the “ edges” denoting the causal effects that each source node exercises on the receiving concept expressed through weights. Weights take values in the interval [-1,1], which denotes the positive, negative or neutral causal relationshi