It is well known that in decision making under uncertainty, while we are guided by a general (and abstract) theory of probability and of statistical inference, each specific type of observed data requires its own analysis. Thus, while textbook techniques treat precisely observed data in multivariate analysis, there are many open research problems when data are censored (e.g., in medical or bio-...

In practice we are often faced with random experiments whose outcomes are not numbers (or vectors in &I”) but are expressed in inexact linguistic terms. As an example, consider a group of individuals chosen at random who are questioned about the weather on a particular city on a particular winter day. Some possible answers would be “cold,” “more or less cold,” “very cold,” “ extremely cold,” an...

This paper proposes a new method for solving a multi-objective linear programming model with fuzzy random variables. In this model, a multi-objective linear programming problem with real variables and fuzzy random coefficients is introduced. Then, a new algorithm is developed to solve the model based on the concepts of mean value of fuzzy random variables, chance-constrained programming and pie...

The maximum weighted matching problem is to find a maximum matching in a given graph such that the sum of weights of edges in it is maximum. In this paper, the concept of maximum random fuzzy weighted matching is proposed firstly, and then the maximum random fuzzy weighted matching problem is formulated as expected value model, chance-constrained programming and dependent-chance programming acc...

This study first reviews fuzzy random Portfolio selection theory and describes the concept of portfolio optimization model as a useful instrument for helping finance practitioners and researchers. Second, this paper specifically aims at applying possibility-based models for transforming the fuzzy random variables to the linear programming. The harmony search algorithm approaches to resolve the ...

A fuzzy cognitive map is a graphical means of representing arbitrarily complex models of interrelations between concepts. The purpose of this paper is to describe a fuzzy cognitive map based on the random neural network model called the random fuzzy cognitive map, and to illustrate its application in the modeling of process. This model is based on the probability of activation of the neurons/co...