Hybrid LS-SA-PS methods for solving fuzzy non-linear programming problems

The fuzzy optimization problem is one of the prominent topics in the broad area of artificial intelligence. It is applicable in the field of non-linear fuzzy programming. Its application as well as practical realization can been seen in all the real world problems. In this paper a large scale non-linear fuzzy programming problem was solved by hybrid optimization techniques like Line Search (LS), Simulated Annealing (SA) and Pattern Search (PS). An industrial production planning problem with a cubic objective function, eight decision variables and 29 constraints was solved successfully using the LS–SA–PS hybrid optimization techniques. The computational results for the objective function with respect to vagueness factor and level of satisfaction has been provided in the form of 2D and 3D plots. The outcome is very promising and strongly suggests that the hybrid LS–SA–PS algorithm is very efficient and productive in solving the large scale non-linear fuzzy programming problem. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.