The familiar Intermediate Value Theorem of elementary calculus says that if a real valued function f is continuous on the interval [a, b] ⊆ R then it takes each value between f(a) and f(b). As our next result shows, the critical fact is that the domain of f , the interval [a, b], is a connected space, for the theorem generalizes to real-valued functions on any connected space. The Intermediate ...

a new approach to define the similarity measure betweeninterval-valued fuzzy sets is presented. the proposed approach isbased on a weighted measure in which the normalized similaritiesbetween lower functions and also between upper functions arecombined by a weight parameter. the properties of this similaritymeasure are investigated. it is shown that, the proposed measurehas some advantages in c...

It is well known fact that binary relations are generalized mathematical functions. Contrary to functions from domain to range, binary relations may assign to each element of domain two or more elements of range. Some basic operations on functions such as the inverse and composition are applicable to binary relations as well. Depending on the domain or range or both are fuzzy value fuzzy set, i...

Each of 2 monkeys typically earned their daily food ration by depositing tokens in one of two slots. Tokens deposited in one slot dropped into a bin where they were kept (token kept). Deposits to a second slot dropped into a bin where they could be obtained again (token returned). In Experiment 1, a fixed-ratio (FR) 5 schedule that provided two food pellets was associated with each slot. Both m...

In this paper, a new soft computing group decision method based on the concept of compromise ratio is introduced for determining decision makers (DMs)' weights through the group decision process under uncertainty. In this method, preferences and judgments of the DMs or experts are expressed by linguistic terms for rating the industrial alternatives among selected criteria as well as the relativ...

In this paper, a new version of mean value theorem for interval-valued functions on time scales is established. Meantime, some basic concepts and results associated with semigroups operators are presented. As an application operators, under certain conditions, we consider the initial problem differential equations scales. Finally, two issues worthy further discussion

In initial value problems for ODEs with interval-valued parameters, it is desirable in many applications to be able to determine a validated enclosure of all possible solutions to the ODE system. Much work has been done for the case in which initial values are given by intervals, and there are several available software packages that deal with this case. However, relatively little work has been...