A new technique named as Intuitionistic fuzzy positive deviation method for decision making is the selection of the professional students based on their skills by the recruiters using Intuitionistic Fuzzy sets. Sanchez's approach for decision making is studied and the concept is generalized by the application of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set (IFS) theory. Through a survey the relations between ...

Some results on the existence of solution for certain fuzzy equations are revised and extended. In this paper, we establish the existence of a solution for the fuzzy equation Ex2 +Fx+G= x, where E, F, G, and x are positive fuzzy numbers satisfying certain conditions. To this purpose, we use fixed point theory, applying results such as the wellknown fixed point theorem of Tarski, presenting some...

Similarity measures computed by kernels are well studied and a vast literature is available. In this work, we use distance-based kernels to define a new similarity measure for fuzzy sets. In this sense, a distance-based kernel on fuzzy sets implements a similarity measure for fuzzy sets with a geometric interpretation in functional spaces. When the kernel is positive definite, the similarity me...

The concept of a bipolar query is studied in the framework of the flexible fuzzy querying of databases. The focus is on the aggregation of the negative and positive conditions forming a bipolar query. Three formal logical representations of such an aggregation are proposed and analyzed taking into account various possible interpretations of fuzzy logical connectives. The relation to other appro...

In a three stage supply chain composed of one manufacturer, one distributor and one retailer, the supply chain coordination mechanism is studied under a fuzzy demand environment. The market demand is treated as a positive trapezoidal fuzzy number, and the models of centralized decision-making system and spanning revenue sharing (SRS) contract are proposed by the method of the fuzzy set theory. ...

Fuzzy sets theory affirmed that the linguistic value for every contraries relation is complementary. It was stressed in the intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IFS) that the conditions for contraries relations, which are the fuzzy values, cannot be greater than one. However, complementary in two contradict phenomena are not always true. This paper proposes a new idea condition for conflicting bifuzzy se...

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...

Several approaches generalizing association rules to fuzzy association rules have been proposed so far. While the formal specification of fuzzy associations is more or less straightforward, the evaluation of such rules by means of appropriate quality measures assumes an understanding of the semantic meaning of a fuzzy rule. In this respect, most existing proposals can be considered ad-hoc to so...

In this paper, we consider a fundamental theoretical question: Is it always possible to design a fuzzy system able of approximating any real continuous function on a compact set with arbitrary accuracy? Moreover, we will research whether the answer to the above question is positive when we restrict to a fixed (but arbitrary) type of fuzzy reasoning and to a subclass of fuzzy relations. This res...

Fuzzy systems of linear equations play a vital role in various applications of engineering, science and finance problems. This paper proposes a new method for solving Fully Fuzzy System of Linear Equations (FFSLE) using the linear programming problem approach. There is no restriction on the elements of coefficient matrix. The proposed method is able to solve the system, when the elements of the...