: In real life situations, especially for new products, the probability is not known due to lack of historical data and adequate information. Then these parameters and variables are treated as fuzzy parameters. Fuzzy set theory is now applied to problems in engineering, business, medical and related health sciences and natural sciences. Over the years there have been successful applications and...

Circuit Breakers (CBs) are critical components in power system for reliability and protection. To assure their accurate performance, a comprehensive condition assessment is of an imminent importance. Based on dynamic resistance measurement (DRM), this paper discusses a simple yet effective fuzzy approach for evaluating CB’s electrical contacts condition. According to 300 test results obta...

This paper investigates the problem of just-in-time permutation flow shop scheduling with limited buffers and linear job deterioration in an uncertain environment. The fuzzy set theory is applied to describe this situation. A novel mixed-integer nonlinear program is presented to minimize the weighted sum of fuzzy earliness and tardiness penalties. Due to the computational complexities, the prop...

This paper shows how a small number of linguistically interpretable fuzzy rules can be extracted from numerical data for high-dimensional pattern classi®cation problems. One diculty in the handling of high-dimensional problems by fuzzy rule-based systems is the exponential increase in the number of fuzzy rules with the number of input variables. Another diculty is the deterioration in the com...

The visual examination of downstream faces of hydro dams is an important component in their monitoring. Few computer vision algorithms exist for this task. Some of them aim to detect and evaluate concrete cracks using edge detection. Other problems can also affect hydro-dams, as roughness, scratches, and can lead in time to surface deterioration. These are not currently reliably addressed by im...

Fuzzy set theory is primarily concerned with how to quantitatively deal with imprec ision and uncertainty, and offers the decision maker another tool in addition to the classical deterministic and probabilistic mathematical tools that a re used in modeling real-world problems. The present study investigates a fuzzy economic order quantity model for deteriorating items in which demand increases ...

In this paper we have developed a continuous review inventory model for deteriorating items with time dependent demand rate. Deterioration rate is increasing with time. Each cycle has shortages, which have been partially backlogged. The backlogging rate is taken to be inversely proportional to the waiting time for the next replenishment. Fuzziness is introduced by considering demand rate and pa...

Multi-objective inventory models of deteriorating items have been developed with vague and imprecise information about available storage area. Here, the objectives are (i) to maximize the profit, (ii) to minimize the wastage cost due to deterioration and (iii) to minimize the total production cost. These objectives are also fuzzy in nature. In these models, production rate is a decision variabl...

A fuzzy decision analysis method for integrating ecological indicators was developed. This was a combination of a fuzzy ranking method and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). The method was capable of ranking ecosystems in terms of environmental conditions and suggesting cumulative impacts across a large region. Using data on land cover, population, roads, streams, air pollution, and topograp...