in order to have better insight of project characteristics, different kinds of fuzzy analysis for project networks have been recently proposed, most of which consider activities duration as the main and only source of imprecision and vagueness, but as it is usually experienced in real projects, the structure of the network is also subject to changes. in this paper we consider three types of imp...

Given a complex semisimple Lie algebra g = k+ ik, we consider the converse question of Kostant’s convexity theorem for a normal x ∈ g. Let π : g → h be the orthogonal projection under the Killing form onto the Cartan subalgebra h := t+it where t is a maximal abelian subalgebra of k. If π(Ad(K)x) is convex, then there is k ∈ K such that each simple component of Ad(k)x can be rotated into the cor...

based on credibilistic value-at-risk (cvar) of regularfuzzy variable, we introduce a new cvar reduction method fortype-2 fuzzy variables. the reduced fuzzy variables arecharacterized by parametric possibility distributions. we establishsome useful analytical expressions for mean values and secondorder moments of common reduced fuzzy variables. the convex properties of second order moments with ...

In this paper, firstly, we gain some basic properties and characterization theorems of the differential and local sub-differential of the fuzzy mapping, obtain an important result that the local sub-differential of fuzzy mapping is an empty set or a convex set. Secondly, we generalize the concept of local differentiability of fuzzy mapping, and obtain some basic properties about the concept. At...

The aim of this work is to integrate the ideas of flexibility and uncertainty into Allen’s interval-based temporal framework, defining a new formalism, called IA fuz, which extends classical Interval Algebra (IA), in order to express qualitative fuzzy constraints between intervals. We generalize the classical operations between IA-relations to IA fuz-relations, as well as the concepts of minima...

Based on credibilistic value-at-risk (CVaR) of regularfuzzy variable, we introduce a new CVaR reduction method fortype-2 fuzzy variables. The reduced fuzzy variables arecharacterized by parametric possibility distributions. We establishsome useful analytical expressions for mean values and secondorder moments of common reduced fuzzy variables. The convex properties of second order moments with ...

This paper presents the concept of partition of a nonempty fuzzy set in nonempty convex fuzzy subsets. We restrict our discussion when the universal set, where are defined the fuzzy sets, is the real n-dimensional Euclidean space. We also show that a nonempty fuzzy set has a least one partition in nonempty convex fuzzy subsets.

By using parameterized representation of fuzzy numbers, criteria for a lower semicontinuous fuzzy mapping defined on a non-empty convex subset of Rn to be a convex fuzzy mapping are obtained. c © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

This paper attempts to generalize universal algebras on classical sets to $L$-sets when $L$ is a GL-quantale. Some basic notions of fuzzy universal algebra on an $L$-set are introduced, such as subalgebra, quotient algebra, homomorphism, congruence, and direct product etc. The properties of them are studied. $L$-valued power algebra is also introduced and it is shown there is an onto homomorphi...