1. Introduction
The crisp set theory does not provide a suitable framework to deal with the problems of uncertainties and imprecision in the given data. Zadeh [
1] initiated fuzzy set theory to deal with such problems, and this theory has been given significant attention because of its applications in different disciplines, including management, engineering, environmental and medical sciences.
The fixed point theory for multivalued operators in metric structures has attracted the attention of several mathematicians. In 1973, Markin [
2] initiated the theory of fixed point of multivalued mappings to satisfy contractive and nonexpansive conditions by employing the Hausdorff metric structure.
In 1981, Heilpern [
3] considered fuzzy multivalued mapping to develop the fuzzy analogue to Nadler’s fixed point theorem [
4]. Afterwords, several researchers obtained results regarding the fixed points of fuzzy multivalued mappings (see [
5,
6,
7,
8]).
In 2003, Rus [
9] presented the idea for
R-multivalued maps by employing the idea of
K-multivalued mappings in [
10]. In 2009, Abbas and Rhoades [
11] reconsidered
R-multivalued mappings and initiated the notion of generalized
R-multivalued mappings to produce common fixed points of these maps.
In 2004, Ran and Reurings [
12] obtained results for fixed points in the partially ordered structure of a metric space, which was extended and modified by Nieto and Lopez [
13]. In 2007, Jachymski [
14] studied fixed point results by using a graphic structure on metric spaces instead of an order structure.
In 2012, Wardowski [
15] extended the Banach contraction results by employing
F-contraction mappings. In 2013, Sgroi and Vetro [
16] proved fixed points theorems based on multivalued maps that satisfied the
F-contractive conditions in metric spaces (see also [
17,
18]).
Recently, Anton-Sancho [
19] exploited the algebraic and geometric structure of underlying space to obtain an interesting fixed point result in the automorphism of the vector bundle in Moduli space over compact Riemann surfaces (see also [
20]). For results on metric fixed point theory with applications, we refer to [
21,
22,
23] and the references mentioned therein.
Hussain et al. [
24] extended the concept of ordinary metrics by introducing the parametric family of distance functions. Das and Bag [
25] then introduced generalized parametric metric spaces. Enriching these concepts, we have obtained common fuzzy fixed point results of fuzzy multivalued graphic
F-contractive maps in generalized parametric metric spaces equipped with directed graphs. It is important to note that these results have been proven without using the Hausdorff metric. Moreover, these results unify and extend different comparable results presented in [
9,
10,
14,
26].
2. Preliminaries
In this section, the set of natural numbers, the set of positive real numbers, the set of non-negative real numbers, and the set of real numbers will be denoted by the symbols , , respectively.
We now recall some definitions and results of parametric metric space.
Definition 1 ([
24])
. Let Υ
be a nonempty set. A mapping is called a parametric metric if it satisfies the following parameters- 1.
for all if and only if
- 2.
for all and
- 3.
for all and
The pair is called a parametric metric space.
Example 1. Let Define by for all and Then f is a parametric metric on and the pair is a parametric metric space.
Definition 2 ([
24])
. Let be a sequence in a parametric metric space - (1)
If for every then is parametrically convergent to and is written as
- (2)
If for all such that then is a parametric Cauchy sequence in .
- (3)
A parametric space is thought to be complete if every parametric Cauchy sequence converges in it.
Definition 3. Suppose is a parametric metric space. A mapping is said to be a continuous mapping at a in if, for any sequence, in such that we have
We now consider some definitions and results for the main results.
Definition 4 ([
25])
. Let be a binary operation such that for all , the following hold:- (i)
,
- (ii)
then (monotonicity),
- (iii)
(commutativity),
- (iv)
(associativity),
The examples of this binary operation are as follows.
- (E1)
.
- (E2)
.
- (E3)
, for all .
Definition 5 ([
25])
. A binary operation ∘ is said to be continuous if sequences and in converge to some a and b in respectively, then as Definition 6 ([
25])
. Let be a nonempty set. A mapping is called a generalized parametric metric -parametric metric if it satisfies the following:- 1.
for all if, and only if,
- 2.
for all and
- 3.
for all and for
The triple is called a -parametric metric space.
The parametric metric space
and generalized parametric metric
are independent of each other. Das and Bag [
25] presented some examples to show that both metric spaces are totally different.
Example 2 ([
25])
. Let be defined asThen, if we take binary operation ∘ as for all , then is a -parametric metric on and the triple is a -parametric metric space.
Definition 7 ([
25])
. Let be a sequence in a -parametric metric space - (1)
If for all then is called generalized parametrically convergent to and is written as
- (2)
If for all we have then is called -parametric Cauchy sequence in .
- (3)
A -parametric space is called complete if every -parametric Cauchy sequence converges in it.
Proposition 1 ([
25])
. If is a -parametric metric on then for every X, is a non-increasing function.Following Jachymski [14], consider a directed graph G with vertices coinciding with represents the set which features all edges and loops. Also, where Δ
represents a diagonal of . Furthermore represent a set which features only the edges of the graph G. Also it is supposed that there is only single edge between every two vertices in the graph G and, the pair identifies the graph Definition 8 ([
14])
. In a metric space an operator is known as a Banach G-contraction if- 1.
for every with we have , that is, η preserves edges.
- 2.
There exists such that for all with , we have .
A (directed) path in graph G of length between the vertices and is a collection of elements of vertices where , and for .
In a graph
G, if there is a path in between every two vertices, then we call it a connected graph. Additionally, it is known as weakly connected if
is connected, where
is an undirected graph obtained by
G ignoring the directions of all edges in
. If we reverse the directions of edges in a graph
G, then we denote this by
. Thus,
It is important to note that
is such a directed graph that the set of its edges is symmetric; hence we can write
If the set of edges of graph
G is symmetric, then for
,
represents the class of equivalence of the relation
R defined on
by the rule:
If
is an operator, set
Jachymski [
14] applied the following property:
A graph
G has a property (P) if, for every sequence,
in
, with
as
and
then
Theorem 1 ([
14])
. Let be a complete metric space and G a directed graph such that . If G has property (P) and is a Banach G-contraction. Then, the following conclusions hold:- (i)
if, and only if, η has a fixed point;
- (ii)
if and G is weakly connected, then η is a Picard operator, that is, η has a unique fixed point, say and the sequence as for all ;
- (iii)
for any , is a Picard operator;
- (iv)
if , then η is a weakly Picard operator, that is, η has a unique fixed point, say and, for each we have a sequence as .
For further details about Picard operators and weak Picard operators, refer to Berinde [27].
Ref. [
15] Let
denotes the collection of all maps
that fulfill the following:
- ()
For all having implies .,
- ()
For any sequence of positive real numbers, and are equivalent.
- ()
There is that satisfies .
Recall that an ordinary subset
B of
is determined by its characteristic function
where
is defined as
The value of
determines whether an element belongs to
B or not. This suggests that fuzzy sets can be defined by allowing the value of the mapping in set
so that a fuzzy set in
features a map of domain
with values of
. A set of all fuzzy sets in
is denoted by
. If
B is a fuzzy set in
, then a value
is known as a grade of membership of
in
B. The
-level set of a fuzzy set
B is denoted by
and defined as
where
represents the closure of set
Example 3. Consider as a collection of all individuals in a region and Then, it is more appropriate to identify an individual as an elderly person using the membership function Γ on set , as the term ’old’ is not well defined.
Example 4. Let be equipped with the usual metric. Let be a fuzzy multivalued map; that is, for each , is a fuzzy set. As for , we can define a fuzzy set by Let be a -parametric metric space. The set of all nonempty closed subsets of is denoted by .
A point ϰ in Υ is a fuzzy fixed point of a fuzzy mapping iff denotes the set of all fuzzy fixed points of fuzzy mapping
Suppose that represents fuzzy mappings. Setfor where α and β may or may not be equal. In the further discussion, we will take where may or may not be equal, so, in the rest of the paper, it is not significant if are not cited as part of in .
Now, we give the following definition in the setup of -parametric metric space.
Definition 9. Let be two fuzzy multivalued mappings in -parametric metric space . Assume that for every vertex ϰ in G and for any for we have . A pair of mappings is said to form a fuzzy graphic rational F-contraction if, for every with and , there exists for with such that andholds, where , , and It is important to note that for distance selections of map we may obtain different conductivity conditions.
Remember that a fuzzy map is called an upper semi-continuous if for and with and , it implies .
A subset W of V, that is , is named as a clique of graph G if for every two vertices belonging to there is an edge that connects both. This is similar to the condition that the subgraph W is complete, that is, for every implies .
3. Main Results
We present common fuzzy fixed point results for two fuzzy multivalued mappings on a -parametric metric space equipped with a directed graph. First, we consider the following result.
Theorem 2. Let ∘ be a continuous binary operation and be a complete -parametric metric space endowed with a directed graph G such that and If fuzzy mappings form a fuzzy graphic rational F-contraction, then the following statements hold:
- (i)
if, and only if, for any
- (ii)
allowed that
- (iii)
The graph G is weakly connected and , then allowed that either either or is upper semi-continuous or F is continuous, either or is bounded and G has property .
- (iv)
is a clique of graph if and only if is a singleton set.
Proof. To validate
, let
be any point of
we suppose that
such that
. As it is given
form a fuzzy graphic rational
F-contraction, this implies that there exists a
with
such that
holds, where
Thus, we have
a contradiction as
Hence
and so
Similarly,
and therefore
. Also, if
then we have
Converse can be proved easily by simple steps.
To prove , let . Then there exists such that . As , we deduce that .
To validate
, assume that
is any element in
If
or
, then the proof is completed. So, we assume that
and
. Now for
with
, if
then there exists
with
such that
where
If
then
gives a contradiction as
. Therefore,
and we have
Correspondingly, for the point
in
there exists
with
such that
where
In the case of
then
gives a contradiction as
. Therefore,
and we have
Enduring this way, for
, there exists
with
we have
that is,
In the parallel manner, for
, there exists
such that for
implies
Hence, we obtained a sequence
in
such that for
, there exists
with
and it satisfies
Therefore
From (5), we obtained
that together with (
) yields
Now by (
), we have
such that
Taking the limit as
, we receive
so
and there exists
such that
for all
So we obtain
for all
and for all values of
Now, for
having
, we obtain
Taking the limit as on both sides, we obtain as . So is a Cauchy sequence in Since X is complete, there exists an element such that as .
Now, if is upper semi-continuous, then as with and as implies that Using (i), we have In the same fashion, the result holds when is upper semi-continuous.
Assume that
F is continuous. Since
converges to
as
and
we have
For
there exists
such that
As
is bounded,
, and
both exist. Assume that
form a fuzzy graphic rational
F-contraction,
where
On taking
implies
a contradiction. Hence,
In the same way, taking the
yields
. Since
for all
and
is a closed set, it follows that
Now, from (i), we acquire
and hence
Lastly, to verify
, suppose that the set
is a clique set of
. We need to verify that
is singleton. Assume, in contrast, that there exists
v and
u such that
but
. As
and
and
form a fuzzy graphic rational
F-contraction, implies that
where
that is,
a contradiction as
. Hence
. Conversely, if
is singleton, then it follows that
is a clique set of
. □
Example 5. Let , We define asfor Then is a complete -parametric metric space enriched with a directed graph Define as follows Now for we haveand as in the following cases: Now, we show that a pair of mappings forms a fuzzy graphic rational F-contraction, i.e., for every with and there exists for with such that andholds, where τ denotes a positive real number, , and Let for . Then, and (7) becomes For and , we consider the following cases:
- (I)
If ϰ for then for there exists such that for - (II)
In the case of with then for there exists such that for
Thus, the pair of mappings form a fuzzy graphic rational F-contraction. Therefore, all the requirements of Theorem 3.1 are satisfied. Moreover, is the common fuzzy fixed point of and with
The following results generalizes Theorem 3.1 in [
9] in two ways:
- (1)
The ordinary metric space has been replaced with a -parametric metric space.
- (2)
The mappings in Theorem 3.4 have been extended to fuzzy graphic rational F-contraction mappings.
Corollary 1. Let be a complete -parametric metric space endowed with a directed graph G such that and Assume that is a fuzzy mapping and for every vertex ϰ in G and for any for we have . If for every with and there exists such that andholds, where τ denotes a positive real number and then the following are satisfied:
- (i)
provided that
- (ii)
If and G is weakly connected, then provided that either (a) T is upper semi-continuous or (b) F is continuous, T is bounded and G has property (P).
- (iii)
is a clique set of if and only if is a singleton set.
Remark 1. Let be a complete -parametric metric space endowed with a directed graph G. If we replace the fuzzy graphic rational F-contraction defined in Definition 9 with any of the following conditions:where and orwhere or then the deductions acquired in Theorem 3.1 remain true.
Remark 2. - 1.
If , then clearly G is connected and our Theorem 2 improves and generalizes (I) Theorem 4.1 in [10] and (II) Theorems 3.1 and 3.3 of [9]. - 2.
If , then our Remark 1 extends and generalizes (I) Theorem 3.4 in [9] and (II) Theorem 4.1 of [10].