This chapter describes different methods for comparing and ordering fuzzy numbers. Theoretically, fuzzy numbers can only be partially ordered, and hence cannot be compared. However, in practical applications, such as decision making, scheduling, market analysis or optimisation with fuzzy uncertainties, the comparison of fuzzy numbers becomes crucial. Theoretically, fuzzy numbers can only be par...

the objective of this paper is to deal with the fuzzy conic program- ming problems. the aim here is to derive weak and strong duality theorems for a general fuzzy conic programming. toward this end, the convexity-like concept of fuzzy mappings is introduced and then a speci c ordering cone is established based on the parameterized representation of fuzzy numbers. un- der this setting, duality t...

An approach for solving a matrix game whose pay off elements are symmetric trapezoidal fuzzy numbers is proposed. P.Grzegorzewski’s theorem[1]has been used to transform symmetric trapezoidal fuzzy numbers to interval fuzzy number such that length of all intervals are different.Acceptability index has been defined and ordering of fuzzy numbers has been established.

In this paper, a new fuzzy multi-criteria mathematical model for the selection of the best among a finite number of ordering policy of raw material in a supply chain is developed. The problem treated is a part of the purchasing plan of a company in an uncertain environment and it is very common in business practice. Optimization criteria selected describe the performance measures of ordering po...

Multiple attributes group decision making problems aim to find the best alternative for the experts from a solution set of alternatives. Because the attribute value and decision-makers evaluation with respect to the alternatives are usually vague and imprecise, fuzzy multiple attributes group decision making have been widely investigated, in which, ordering fuzzy evaluation results in fuzzy dec...

jahanshahloo has suggested a method for the solving linear programming problems with zero-one variables‎. ‎in this paper we formulate fully fuzzy linear programming problems with zero-one variables and a method for solving these problems is presented using the ranking function and also the branch and bound method along with an example is presented.

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 emergency service facilities location is one of the most important issues in the emergency management. This study focused on the location set covering problem (LSCP) for emergency service facilities under fuzzy environment. On the basis of defining the signed distance of trapezoidal fuzzy number, the ranking rules of trapezoidal fuzzy number are defined, the model of emergency service facil...

In this paper fully fuzzy linear programming (FFLP) problem with both equality and inequality constraints is considered where all the parameters and decision variables are represented by non-negative trapezoidal fuzzy numbers. According to the current approach, the FFLP problem with equality constraints first is converted into a multi–objective linear programming (MOLP) problem with crisp const...

In this paper first we review two ranking methods for intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (IF numbers), then we proposed a new ordering method for IF numbers in which we consider two characteristic values of membership and non-membership for an IF number. Key-Words: Intuitionistic Fuzzy Number, Ranking Function Methods, Characteristic Value