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plotmf

Plot membership functions for input or output variable

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Syntax

plotmf(fis,variableType,variableIndex)
plotmf(___,numPoints)
[xOut,mfOut] = plotmf(___)
[xOut,umfOut,lmfOut] = plotmf(___)

Description

plotmf(fis,variableType,variableIndex) plots the membership functions for an input or output variable in the fuzzy inference system fis.

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plotmf(___,numPoints) specifies the number of data points to plot for each membership function.

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[xOut,mfOut] = plotmf(___) returns the universe of discourse (xOut) and membership function (mfOut) values without plotting them. Use this syntax when fis is a type-1 fuzzy inference system.

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[xOut,umfOut,lmfOut] = plotmf(___) returns the universe of discourse (xOut), upper membership function (umfOut), and lower membership function (lmfOut) values without plotting them. Use this syntax when fis is a type-2 fuzzy inference system.

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Examples

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Open Live Script

Create a fuzzy inference system.

fis = readfis('tipper');

Plot the membership functions for the first input variable.

plotmf(fis,'input',1)

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with xlabel service, ylabel Degree of membership contains 6 objects of type line, text.

Open Live Script

Create a fuzzy inference system.

fis = readfis('tipper');

Plot the membership functions for the first output variable using 101 data points for each membership function.

plotmf(fis,'output',1,101)

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with xlabel tip, ylabel Degree of membership contains 6 objects of type line, text.

Open Live Script

Create a fuzzy inference system.

fis = readfis('tipper');

Obtain the x-axis and y-axis data for the membership functions of the second input variable.

[xOut,yOut] = plotmf(fis,'input',2);

You can then, for example, plot a single membership function using this data.

plot(xOut(:,2),yOut(:,2))
xlabel('food')
ylabel('delicious membership')

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with xlabel food, ylabel delicious membership contains an object of type line.

Open Live Script

Create a type-2 fuzzy inference system.

fis = mamfistype2('NumInputs',3,'NumOutputs',1);

Plot the membership functions for the second input variable.

plotmf(fis,'input',1)

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with title Footprint of uncertainty (FOU), xlabel input1, ylabel Degree of membership contains 12 objects of type line, patch, text. These objects represent UpperMF, LowerMF, FOU.

The type-2 membership functions have a footprint of uncertainty (FOU) between their upper and lower membership functions.

You can also obtain the plotting data without generating a plot.

[xOut,umfOut,lmfOut] = plotmf(fis,'input',1);

You can then plot individual membership functions or plot the data using your own custom formatting. For example, plot the upper and lower membership functions for only the second membership function of the first input variable.

plot(xOut(:,2),umfOut(:,2),'r',xOut(:,2),lmfOut(:,2),'b')
xlabel('input1')
ylabel('delicious membership')

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with xlabel input1, ylabel delicious membership contains 2 objects of type line.

Input Arguments

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Fuzzy inference system, specified as one of the following:

  • mamfis object — Mamdani fuzzy inference system

  • sugfis object — Sugeno fuzzy inference system

  • mamfistype2 object — Type-2 Mamdani fuzzy inference system

  • sugfistype2 object — Type-2 Sugeno fuzzy inference system

plotmf does not support plotting output membership functions of Sugeno systems.

Variable type, specified as one of the following:

  • 'input' — Input variable

  • 'output' — Output variable

Variable index, specified as a positive integer. If variableType is:

  • 'input', then variableIndex must be less than or equal to the number of input variables in fis

  • 'output', then variableIndex must be less than or equal to the number of output variables in fis

Number of data points to plot, specified as a positive integer.

Output Arguments

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Universe of discourse data, returned as a numPoints-by-NMF array, where NMF is the number of membership functions for the variable specified by variableType and variableIndex.

Membership function data for a type-1 membership function, returned as a numPoints-by-NMF array, where NMF is the number of membership functions for the variable specified by variableType and variableIndex.

Upper membership function data for a type-2 membership function, returned as a numPoints-by-NMF array, where NMF is the number of membership functions for the variable specified by variableType and variableIndex.

Lower membership function data for a type-2 membership function, returned as a numPoints-by-NMF array, where NMF is the number of membership functions for the variable specified by variableType and variableIndex.

Alternative Functionality

App

You can interactively view the membership functions for the input and output variables of a FIS using the Fuzzy Logic Designer app.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

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See Also

Functions