In this paper, we examine the performance of fuzzy clustering algorithms as the major technique in pattern recognition. Both possibilistic and probabilistic approaches are explored. While the Possibilistic C-Means (PCM) has been shown to be advantageous over Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) in noisy environments, it has been reported that the PCM has an undesirable tendency to produce coincident clusters. R...

Image segmentation is a process by which an image is partitioned into regions with similar features. Many approaches have been proposed for color image segmentation, but Fuzzy C-Means has been widely used, because it has a good performance in a large class of images. However, it is not adequate for noisy images and it also takes more time for execution as compared to other method as K-means. Fo...

This article considers bilevel linear programming problems where the coefficients of the objective functions in the problem are given as a possibilistic variable characterized by a quadratic membership function. An extended Stackelberg solution is defined by incorporating the notions of possibility theory into the original concept of Stackelberg solutions. The characteristic of the proposed mod...

This paper incorporates fuzzy random variables with a portfolio selection problem based on the single index model. The rate of return on each investment can be represented with a fuzzy random variable. A novel decision-making model based both on possibilistic programming and on stochastic programming. It is shown that the formulated problem is transformed into the deterministic equivalent nonli...

Maintaining the health of people during and after a disaster is one of the most important issues in disaster management. Blood products are among the essential items needed to save the human life and the lack of them may lead to significant losses in human health. In this paper a comprehensive mathematical model of blood products supply chain is presented to respond the need for blood products ...

Article history: Received 1 September 2013 Received in revised form 6 May 2014 Accepted 7 May 2014 Available online 20 May 2014