Recently, Phiangsungnoen et al. [J. Inequal. Appl. 2014:201 (2014)] studied fuzzy mappings in the framework of Hausdorff fuzzy metric spaces.Following this direction of research, we establish the existence of fixed fuzzy points of fuzzy mappings. An example is given to support the result proved herein; we also present a coincidence and common fuzzy point result. Finally, as an application of ou...

In this paper a fuzzy method for determining appropriate structural design is presented. Non-stochastic uncertainty is quantified using fuzzy values and fuzzy random variables. Fuzzy structural parameters are processed on the basis of a generally applicable numerical method for arbitrary nonlinear fuzzy structural analyses. Fuzzy randomness is introduced into a fuzzy probabilistic safety assess...

in order to have better insight of project characteristics, different kinds of fuzzy analysis for project networks have been recently proposed, most of which consider activities duration as the main and only source of imprecision and vagueness, but as it is usually experienced in real projects, the structure of the network is also subject to changes. in this paper we consider three types of imp...

This paper introduces a new concept in fuzzy set theory, that of a fuzzy element. It embodies the idea of fuzziness only, thus contributing to the distinction between fuzziness and ideas of imprecision. A fuzzy element is to a fuzzy set what an element is to a set. A fuzzy element is as precise as an element, just more gradual that the latter. Applications of this notion to fuzzy cardinality, f...

This paper examines type-2 fuzzy arithmetic using interval analysis. It relies heavily on alpha-cuts and alpha-planes. Furthermore, we discuss the use of quasi type-2 fuzzy sets proposed by Mendel and Liu and define quasi type-2 fuzzy numbers. Arithmetic operations of such numbers are defined and a worked example is presented. Keywords— Fuzzy Arithmetic, Type-2 Fuzzy Arithmetic, Type-2 Fuzzy Nu...

envelopment analysis (dea) is a very eective method to evaluate the relative eciency of decision-making units (dmus). dea models divided all dmus in two categories: ecient and inecientdmus, and don't able to discriminant between ecient dmus. on the other hand, the observedvalues of the input and output data in real-life problems are sometimes imprecise or vague, suchas interval data, ...

Kim and Bishu (Fuzzy Sets and Systems 100 (1998) 343-352) proposeda modification of fuzzy linear regression analysis. Their modificationis based on a criterion of minimizing the difference of the fuzzy membershipvalues between the observed and estimated fuzzy numbers. We show that theirmethod often does not find acceptable fuzzy linear regression coefficients andto overcome this shortcoming, pr...

In this document we carry out a comparative analysis of the application of Fuzzy Logic Controllers (hereinafter FLCs), Fuzzy Temporal Rules-Based Controllers (hereinafter FTRCs), Temporal Fuzzy Logic Controllers (hereinafter TFLCs) and Faded Temporal fuzzy Logic Controllers (hereinafter FTFLCs), to improve the adaptive distributed routing. To obtain a good knowledge base the controllers were ev...

Operations Research, OR, and Management Science, MS, methodologies attempt to aid "human decision-making" for the improvement of various performance indecies in operation and control of complex "humanistic systems". A historical review of Zadeh's papers and fuzzy system applications reveal that OR, and MS applications were started early in the development of fuzzy systems, even before the adven...