RT journal article T1 Algebraic structure and characterization of adjoint triples A1 Cornejo Piñero, María Eugenia A1 Medina Moreno, Jesús A1 Ramírez Poussa, Eloísa A2 Matemáticas K1 Adjoint triples K1 Residuated operators K1 Complete lattices AB Implications pairs, adjoint pairs and adjoint triples provide general residuated structures considered in different mathematical theories. In this paper, we carry out a deep study on the operators involved in these structures, showing how they are characterized by means of the irreducible elements of a complete lattice. Moreover, the structure of each class of these operators will be analyzed. As a consequence, the use of these operators in real problems will be more tractable, fostering their consideration as basic and useful operators for providing, for instance, preferences among attributes and objects in a given database. PB Elsevier SN 0165-0114 YR 2021 FD 2021 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/30935 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/30935 LA eng NO Partially supported by the 2014-2020 ERDF Operational Programme in collaboration with the State Research Agency (AEI) in projects TIN2016-76653-P and PID2019-108991GB-I00, and with the Department of Economy, Knowledge, Business and University of the Regional Government of Andalusia in project FEDER-UCA18-108612, and by the European Cooperation in Science & Technology (COST) Action CA17124. DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz RD 22-sep-2026