The importance as well as the difficulty of the problem of ranking fuzzy numbers is pointed out. Here we consider approaches to the ranking of fuzzy numbers based upon the idea of associating with a fuzzy number a scalar value, its signal/noise ratios, where the signal and the noise are defined as the middle-point and the spread of each γ-cut of a fuzzy number, respectively. We use the value of...

Software selection is not a well-defined or structured decision problem. Lai et al. [5] uses the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method to solve a Multimedia authoring systems (MAS) selection problem. However, the AHP method is difficult to obtain a convincing consistency index when the number of attributes or alternatives is increased. Hence, this paper applies the fuzzy preference relation (...

Classic inverse minimum spanning tree problem is to make the least edge weight modification such that a predetermined spanning tree is a minimum spanning tree with respect to the new edge weights. Although many applications can be formulated into this problem, fuzzy parameters are met in some real-world applications. In this paper, a type of inverse minimum spanning tree problem with fuzzy edge...

so far various methods for optimization presented and one of most popular of them are optimization algorithms based on swarm intelligence and also one of most successful of them is particle swarm optimization (pso). prior some efforts by applying fuzzy logic for improving defects of pso such as trapping in local optimums and early convergence has been done. moreover to overcome the problem of i...

The skin is a major exposure route for many potentially toxic chemicals. It is, therefore, important to be able to predict the permeability of compounds through skin under a variety of conditions. Available skin permeability databases are often limited in scope and not conducive to developing effective models. This sparseness and ambiguity of available data prompted the use of fuzzy set theory ...

In this study, an on-line tuning method is proposed for fuzzy PID controllers via rule weighing. The rule weighing mechanism is a fuzzy rule base with two inputs namely; ‘‘error’’ and ‘‘normalized acceleration’’. Here, the normalized acceleration provides relative information on the fastness or slowness of the system response. In deriving the fuzzy rules of the weighing mechanism, the transient...

The stability of asphalt concrete under the effects of freezing and thawing was studied experimentally, and the experimental test results were modelled using fuzzy logic and statistical methods. The stability was investigated experimentally using the Marshall and ultrasound methods. Asphalt core samples 10 cm in diameter were alternately frozen (–20°C for 16 hr) and thawed (16°C for 8 hr) for 5...

The purpose of the work described in this paper is to provide an intelligent intrusion detection system (IIDS) that uses two of the most popular data mining tasks, namely classification and association rules mining together for predicting different behaviors in networked computers. To achieve this, we propose a method based on iterative rule learning using a fuzzy rule-based genetic classifier....

Association rule mainly focuses on large transactional databases. In association rule mining all items are considered with equal weightage. But it is not suitable for all datasets. The weight should be considered based on the importance of the item. In our previous work HITS algorithm (Hyperlink Induced Topic Search) is used to find the weight of an item w-support is calculated for generating f...