Fuzzy number approximation by trapezoidal fuzzy numbers which preserves the expected interval is discussed. New algorithms for calculating the proper trapezoidal approximation of fuzzy numbers with respect to the distance based on bi-symmetrical weighted functions are proposed. It is shown that the adequate approximation operator is chosen with respect both to the global spread of a fuzzy numbe...

The aim of this paper is to study multi-objective assignment problem with imprecise costs, time and ineffectiveness instead of its precise information. Here, elements of cost matrix, consumed time matrix and ineffectiveness level matrix have been represented by generalized trapezoidal fuzzy numbers as it is suitable way to represent the impreciseness of values provided by the decision makers du...

(c) if S is greater than mode2 then S5max sqrtf2 · ðmax mode2Þ * ðS mode2Þg; wheremin, mode1,mode2, andmax define theminimum, lower mode, upper mode and maximum of a trapezoidal distribution, respectively, and S is the sensitivity or specificity. While this method does not yield a correlation between the two sensitivities (or specificities) exactly equal to the correlation that the user inputs,...

In this paper, we present a new approach to obtain trapezoidal approximation of fuzzy numbers with respect to weighted distance proposed by Nasibov [5] which the main property of this metric is flexibility in the decision maker’s choice. Also, we prove some properties of the proposed method such as translation invariance, scale invariance and identity. Finally, we illustrate the efficiency of p...

In this paper we explore various interconnections between rich words, Sturmian words, and trapezoidal words. Rich words, first introduced by the second and third authors together with J. Justin and S. Widmer, constitute a new class of finite and infinite words characterized by having the maximal number of palindromic factors. Every finite Sturmian word is rich, but not conversely. Trapezoidal w...

Standard intuitionistic fuzzy arithmetic operations have certain problems in division and subtraction operations. Ezzati et al. (2014) defined a new operation on symmetric trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy numbers in which the properties ≈ 1 and ≈ 0 are satisfied. In this paper, the new operations according to Ezzati et al. (2014) are extended to symmetric trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy number...

This letter presents a new directional dual-band slotted trapezoidal inverted-F antenna (IFA) for indoor Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) applications. The dual-band performance can be obtained by tuning the lengths of the inner symmetrical trapezoidal slots and the outer trapezoidal arms in a nearly independent manner. The measured results show that the proposed antenna can provide two separ...

In general fuzzy linear regression, the coefficients of the fuzzy regression model are symmetric triangular fuzzy numbers, while we try to replace them by more general ones, which are asymmetric trapezoidal fuzzy numbers. Possibility of equality between two asymmetric trapezoidal fuzzy numbers is explained by possibility distribution. Two different models are presented in this paper. Furthermor...

Transient analysis of nonlinear problems in structural and solid mechanics is mainly carried out using direct time integration of the equations of motion. For reliable solutions, a stable and efficient integration algorithm is desirable. Methods that are unconditionally stable in linear analyses appear to be a natural choice for use in nonlinear analyses, but unfortunately may not remain stable...

Solution of the diffusion equation is usually performed with the finite element discretization for the spatial elliptic part of the equation and the time dependency is integrated via some difference scheme, often the trapezoidal rule (Crank-Nicolson) or the unconditionally stable semi-implicit two-step algorithm of Lees. A common procedure is to use Picard’s iteration with the trapezoidal rule....