The probabilistic fuzzy set (PFS) and the related probabilistic fuzzy logic system (PFLS) are designed for handling the uncertainties in both stochastic and nonstochastic nature. In this paper, a novel probabilistic fuzzy set is proposed by randomly varying widths of the Gaussian membership function. Then the related PFLS is constructed and applied to logistics manipulator system problem to stu...

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...

The continuous-time random walk (CTRW) formalism can be adapted to encompass stochastic processes with memory. In this paper we will show how the random combination of two different unbiased CTRWs can give rise to a process with clear drift, if one of them is a CTRW with memory. If one identifies the other one as noise, the effect can be thought of as a kind of stochastic resonance. The ultimat...

We consider hazard (mortality) rates in heterogeneous populations consisting of ordered (in the defined stochastic sense) subpopulations. This setting can be interpreted via the fixed frailty models with one or more frailty parameters. The shape of the hazard rate is of main interest in this paper. Specifically, the deceleration and leveling off in the hazard rates (mortality plateaus) are disc...

We study the stabilization of coherent suppression of tunneling in a driven double-well system subject to random periodic delta-function "kicks." We model dissipation due to this stochastic process as a phase diffusion process for an effective two-level system, and derive a corresponding set of Bloch equations with phase damping terms that agree with the periodically kicked system at discrete t...

This paper presents a study of a nonlinear reaction-diffusion population model in fragmented environments. The model is set on R(N), with periodic heterogeneous coefficients obtained using stochastic processes. Using a criterion of species persistence based on the notion of principal eigenvalue of an elliptic operator, we provided a precise numerical analysis of the interactions between habitat...

We consider the excursions, i.e., the intervals between consecutive zeros, of stochastic processes that arise in a variety of nonequilibrium systems and study the temporal growth of the longest one l_{max}(t) up to time t. For smooth processes, we find a universal linear growth l_{max}(t) approximately Q_{infinity}t with a model dependent amplitude Q_{infinity}. In contrast, for nonsmooth proce...

We propose a kinetic approach to transport in Hamiltonian systems with a mixed phase space. The approach is based on the decomposition of the dynamical picture into two contributions: (a) ballistic flights, and (b) random diffusion. The kinetic scheme leads to a stochastic process with statistical properties which are similar to those produced by the original Hamiltonian. We show that our appro...

Using tools from classical signal processing, we show how to determine the dimensionality of a quantum system as well as the effective size of the environment's memory from observable dynamics in a model-independent way. We discuss the dependence on the number of conserved quantities, the relation to ergodicity and prove a converse showing that a Hilbert space of dimension D+2 is sufficient to ...

We study the fluctuation properties of a one-dimensional many-body quantum system composed of interacting bosons and investigate the regimes where quantum noise or, respectively, thermal excitations are dominant. For the latter, we develop a semiclassical description of the fluctuation properties based on the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck stochastic process. As an illustration, we analyze the phase correl...