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1. Preliminaries
1.1. Soft Set and IndetermSoft Set
- A has some indeterminacy.
- has some indeterminacy.
- There exists at least one such that is indeterminate (unclear, uncertain, or not unique).
- Any two or all three of the above conditions.
1.2. Double-Valued Neutrosophic Set
- is the truth membership value,
- is the indeterminacy leaning towards truth,
- is the indeterminacy leaning towards falsity,
- is the falsity membership value.
1.3. Triple-Valued Neutrosophic Set (TVNS)
- is the truth membership degree,
- is the indeterminacy leaning towards truth,
- is the neutral indeterminacy (i.e., completely indeterminate, neither leaning towards truth nor falsity),
- is the indeterminacy leaning towards falsity,
- is the falsity membership degree.
1.4. Quadruple-Valued Neutrosophic Set (QVNS)
- is the truth membership degree,
- is the indeterminacy strongly leaning towards truth,
- is the indeterminacy leaning towards truth,
- is the indeterminacy leaning towards falsity,
- is the indeterminacy strongly leaning towards falsity,
- is the falsity membership degree.
1.5. Quintuple-Valued Neutrosophic Set (QnVNS)
- is the truth membership degree,
- is the indeterminacy strongly leaning towards truth,
- is the indeterminacy leaning towards truth,
- represents neutral indeterminacy(i.e., completely indeterminate, neither leaning towards truth nor falsity),
- is the indeterminacy leaning towards falsity,
- is the indeterminacy strongly leaning towards falsity,
- is the falsity membership degree.
1.6. Double-Valued Indetermsoft Set
- The set A exhibits some degree of indeterminacy.
- The power set exhibits some level of indeterminacy.
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There exists at least one attribute value such that the ordered pairis indeterminate, in the sense that either or (or both) is unclear, uncertain, or not uniquely defined.
- Any combination of the above conditions holds.
- represents the indeterminacy leaning towards truth associated with v, and
- represents the indeterminacy leaning towards falsity associated with v.
- (truth-leaning indeterminacy): claims whose evidence likely supports validity under v, but is still indeterminate (e.g., other documents corroborate a blurred receipt).
- (falsity-leaning indeterminacy): claims whose evidence likely undermines validity under v (e.g., non-authorized third-party repair), yet not conclusively.
2. Main Results
2.1. Triple-Valued Indetermsoft Set
- : indeterminacy leaning to truth,
- : neutral indeterminacy (neither leaning to truth nor to falsity),
- : indeterminacy leaning to falsity.
- : truth-leaning indeterminacy (signals suggest the claim is likely true but not definitive yet; e.g., alumni registry hints).
- : neutral indeterminacy (insufficient information; e.g., awaiting registrar reply).
- : falsity-leaning indeterminacy (signals suggest likely false; e.g., domain mismatch, inconsistent graduation dates).
2.2. Quadruple-Valued Indetermsoft Set
- : strong truth-leaning indeterminacy (very strong evidence toward truth, yet not fully resolved),
- : truth-leaning indeterminacy (moderate evidence toward truth, still inconclusive),
- : falsity-leaning indeterminacy (moderate evidence toward falsity, still inconclusive),
- : strong falsity-leaning indeterminacy (very strong evidence toward falsity, yet not fully resolved).
2.3. Quintuple-Valued Indetermsoft Set
- : strong truth-leaning indeterminacy,
- : truth-leaning indeterminacy,
- : neutral indeterminacy (neither leaning toward truth nor falsity),
- : falsity-leaning indeterminacy,
- : strong falsity-leaning indeterminacy.
3. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Use of Artificial Intelligence
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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| Variant | Mapping | Indeterminacy slices | Notes / Generalization |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-valued | undirected | Minimal form: one subset capturing ambiguity without truth/falsity polarity. | |
| Double-valued | T-leaning; F-leaning | Splits ambiguity by polarity; allows intersections for conflicting signals. | |
| Triple-valued | T-leaning; neutral; F-leaning | Extends Double by adding a neutral band; projects to Double by dropping neutral. | |
| Quadruple-valued | strong-T; T; F; strong-F | Refines polarity strength; recovers Triple by merging strong/ordinary on each side. | |
| Quintuple-valued | strong-T; T; neutral; F; strong-F | Strict extension of Quadruple; inserts neutral between strengths for finer control. |
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