In this paper we present a general framework to face the problem of evaluate fuzzy quantities. A fuzzy quantity is a fuzzy set that may be non normal and/or non convex. This new formulation contains as particular cases the ones proposed by Fortemps and Roubens [7], Yager and Filev [12, 13] and follows a completely different approach. It starts with idea of “interval approximation of a fuzzy num...

in this paper a network comprising alternative branching nodes with probabilistic outcomes is considered. in other words, network nodes are probabilistic with exclusive-or receiver and exclusive-or emitter. first, an analytical approach is proposed to simplify the structure of network. then, it is assumed that the duration of activities is positive trapezoidal fuzzy number (tfn). this paper com...

Fuzzy numbers, and more generally linguistic values, are approximate assessments, given by experts and accepted by decision-makers when obtaining more accurate values is impossible or unnecessary. To simplify the task of representing and handling fuzzy numbers, several authors have introduced real indices in order to capture the information contained in a fuzzy number. In this paper we propose ...

in the mathematical analysis, there are some theorems and definitions that established for both real and fuzzy numbers. in this study, we try to prove  bernoulli's inequality in fuzzy real numbers with some of its applications. also, we prove two other theorems in fuzzy real numbers which are proved before, for real numbers.

-In the field of engineering and economic studies, mathematical manipulation of fuzzy numbers is cumbersome and does not provide a neatly ordered set of results in the same way that crisp numbers do. Moreover, the generalized fuzzy number (i.e. non-normalized and normalized fuzzy number) have been approved more flexible and more intelligent than the normalized fuzzy number since it takes the de...

In this paper, we study the existence, asymptotic behavior of the positive solutions of a fuzzy nonlinear difference equation$$ x_{n+1}=frac{Ax_n+x_{n-1}}{B+x_{n-1}}, n=0,1,cdots,$$ where $(x_n)$ is a sequence of positive fuzzy number, $A, B$ are positive fuzzy numbers and the initial conditions $x_{-1}, x_0$ are positive fuzzy numbers.

this article proposes composition of fuzzy sets theory with discrete-event simulation and puts it into application in order to model uncertain activity duration in simulating a real-world system. the purpose of this paper is to assess the usefulness of fuzzy simulation for modeling uncertain activity duration, especially when insufficient or no sample data is available. in this research, fuzzy ...