1. I n t r o d u c t i o n ~ ]e concep t o f fuzzy s e t s d e f i n e d by Zadeh 1 ) g i v e s an i m p o r t a n t m a t h e m a t i c a l c l u e f o r an approach to s t u d i e s o f sys tems w i th no sha rp b o u n d a r i e s . L a t e l y , t h e fuzzy i n t e g r a l 2 ) b a s e d on t h e fuzzy s e t t h e o r y has been proposed and a p p l i e d t o t he measurement o f fuzzy o b j...

This paper adopts the spread of fuzzy variable as a new criteria in practical risk management problems, and develops a novel fuzzy expectation-spread (E-S) model for portfolio optimization problem. Since the spread is defined by Lebesgue-Stieltjes (L-S) integral, its computation for general fuzzy variables is a challenge issue for research, and usually depends on approximation scheme and soft c...

This paper is a critical analysis of the concept of ontology thus as it is used in computing science. It identifies three main problems with such a concept, two of which are intrinsic to it and one of which is extrinsic, so to speak, being related to the use of ontology in applications. The first problem with ontology is that the only accepted definition of its main artifact is teleological rat...

E-commerce websites assessment plays an important role in finding out how effective corporations’ websites are designed to meet organizational requirements and eventually help increase organizational profits. This paper proposes a fuzzy set approach to assessing e-commerce websites. It provides e-commerce website evaluators with a flexible way to present their evaluation which takes into consid...

Reativadores eficientes de Aceticolinesterase são fundamentais para o desenvolvimento de antídotos contra o envenenamento por pesticidas neurotóxicos e agentes de guerra química. Todavia, o mecanismo da reação de reativação e as características estruturais dos reativadores conhecidos são pouco compreendidos. Com o objetivo de estudar o comportamento dinâmico e o efeito da carga líquida do antíd...

g e y w o r d s F u z z y numbers, Convexity, Continuity, Convex fuzzy mappings, Linear ordering, Fuzzy Weirstrass theorem, Fuzzy optimization. 1. I N T R O D U C T I O N Let R n denote the n-dimensional Eucl idean space. The suppor t , supp(#) , of a fuzzy set # : R ~ I = [0, 1] is defined as supp(/~) = {x • R n I #(x) > 0}. A fuzzy set # : R n --~ I is called fuzzy convex if #(Ax + (1 A)y) _>...

The task of automatically generating suitable membership functions from data is fundamental for the appropriate performance of fuzzy systems that use a fuzzy rule base. In this paper we provide an overview of some methods found in the literature, which are based on heuristics, hybrid methods, fuzzy clustering algorithms, neural networks, genetic algorithms, and the entropy and fuzzy Kappa index...

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The purpose o f this paper i s to introduce and study the concepts of intuitionistic fuzzy π generalized s e m i c o n n e c t e d n e s s in intuitionistic fuzzy topological space. Some of their properties are explored.

The brain stem pre-Botzinger complex (pre-BC) plays an important role in respiratory rhythm generation. However, it is not clear what function each subpopulation of neurons in the pre-BC serves. The purpose of the present studies was to identify neuronal subpopulations of the canine pre-BC and to characterize the neuronal responses of subpopulations to experimentally imposed changes in inspirat...