This paper first improves Chen and Hsieh’s definition of generalized fuzzy numbers, which makes it the generalization of definition of fuzzy numbers. Secondly, in terms of the generalized fuzzy numbers set, we introduce two different kinds of orders and arithmetic operations and metrics based on the λ-cutting sets or generalized λ-cutting sets, so that the generalized fuzzy numbers are integrat...

The degree of similarity or dissimilarity between the objects under study plays an important role. In vector space, especially, the cosine similarity measure is often used in information retrieval, citation analysis, and automatic classification. However, it scarcely deals with trapezoidal fuzzy information and multicriteria decision-making problems. For this purpose, a cosine similarity measur...

Linear programming problems with trapezoidal fuzzy numbers have recently attracted much interest. Various methods have been developed for solving these types of problems. Here, following the work of Ganesan and Veeramani and using the recent approach of Mahdavi-Amiri and Nasseri, we introduce the dual of the linear programming problem with symmetric trapezoidal fuzzy numbers and establish some ...

In this paper we introduce an approach for solving multiattribute decision-making problems in which there are several decision-makers who individually and independently elicit their preferences. The preferences of each decision-maker are imprecise and represented by an imprecise additive multiattribute utility function. We allow for incomplete information on the component utility functions and ...

With respect to multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM) problems in which the attribute weights and attribute values take the form of the generalized interval-valued trapezoidal fuzzy numbers, a new group decision making analysis method is proposed. Firstly, some operational laws, the distance between two generalized interval-valued trapezoidal fuzzy numbers, and transformation from th...

2 How to Create Instances of Fuzzy Numbers 3 2.1 Arbitrary Fuzzy Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1.1 Definition by Side Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1.2 Definition by α-cut Bounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1.3 Definition with Generating Functions Omitted: Shadowed Sets . . . . . . 6 2.2 Us...