isfahan province is located in the center of iran and has arid and semi-arid climate. in recent years, water shortage has increased in this region and has affected crop production. wheat is one of the most important crops of the province. in the present research, an index (dei) has been developed for drought evaluation using long term climatic data through application of principle components an...

The problem of data association for target tracking in a cluttered environment is discussed. In order to deal with the problem of data association for real time target tracking, a novel data association method based on maximum entropy fuzzy clustering is proposed. Firstly, the candidate measurements of each target are clustered with the aid of the modified maximum entropy fuzzy clustering. Then...

A fuzzy sliding mode controller is proposed in this study for ship roll stabilization. Ship dynamic models usually contain large uncertainty. Sliding mode control is well known for its good robustness to large uncertainty. However, the required uncertainty bound is usually difficult to estimate. A fuzzy logic is designed here for the upper bound estimation of the uncertainty coming mostly from ...

Specific weed management consists on adjusting herbicide treatments depending on the zone infested and the type of weed. In this context, the discrimination between grasses (monocots) and broad-leaved weeds (dicots) is an important objective mainly because the two weed groups can be appropriately controlled by different specific herbicides. This work proposes a method of discrimination between ...

The fuzzy differential and integral equations are important part of the fuzzy analysis theory and they have the important value of theory and application in control theory. Seikkala in [8] has defined the fuzzy derivative which is the generalization of the Hukuhara derivative in [7], the fuzzy integral which is the same as that of Dubois and prade [1], and by means of the extension principle of...

The fuzzy extension principle has been widely used to extend the domain of mathematical functions and relations from elements of a referential set to fuzzy subsets of that referential set. However, there are restrictions associated with the fuzzy extension principle. This paper addresses the question how restricted is the family of “fuzzy set to fuzzy set mappings” obtained by the fuzzy extensi...

in this paper, a fuzzy hunter-saxton equation is solved by using the adomian'sdecomposition method (adm) and homotopy analysis method (ham). theapproximation solution of this equation is calculated in the form of series whichits components are computed by applying a recursive relation. the existenceand uniqueness of the solution and the convergence of the proposed methodsare proved. a nume...

We give the simple general principle of studying the relations among fuzzy t-filters on residuated lattices. Using the general principle, we can easily determine the relations among fuzzy t-filters on different logical algebras.

Given a fuzzy variable, what is the degree of difficulty of predicting the specified value that the fuzzy variable will take? Entropy provides a measure to characterize the fuzziness. Given some constraints, there are usually multiple compatible membership functions. Which membership function shall we take? The maximum entropy principle attempts to select the membership function that maximizes ...

In this paper, a computational model of fuzzy reliability focusing on solving the engineering problems with random general stress–fuzzy general strength is presented. The mathematical basis of this computational model is that the fuzzy probability can be computed with the computational method of conventional probability by use of a mathematical transition. Based on this computational model, a n...