Correct scheduling of the project is the necessary condition for the project success. In traditional models, the activities duration times are deterministic and known. In real world however, accurate calculation of time for performing each activity is not possible and is always faced with uncertainty. In this paper, the duration of each activity is estimated by the experts as linguistic variabl...

The nearest trapezoidal fuzzy number to a fuzzy number, with respect to a well-known metric and preserving the expected interval, was determined in recent articles. In the present paper the properties of additivity and continuity of the trapezoidal approximation operator are studied. Keywords— Additivity, Approximation, Continuity, Fuzzy number, Trapezoidal fuzzy number.

In a previous work, we showed that artificial neural networks (ANNs) could learn the criteria for comparing fuzzy numbers of a real decision maker. A multilayer feed-forward ANN and the backpropagation algorithm, and trapezoidal fuzzy numbers were considered. The criteria of three people were learnt with an ANN. The trained ANN is considered as a personal method of the decision-maker to compare...

This paper presents a new method for fuzzy system reliability analysis based on fuzzy semi-markov model with fuzzy transitions. The definition and the basic equation for interval transitions of a semi-markov model with fuzzy transitions are provided. The transitions for the above model with fuzzy states is provided for the non-homogeneous case. We apply this fuzzy technique to ATM transactions ...

To the best of our knowledge, till now no one has used fuzzy numbers for solving the linear programming problem with bounded variables. In this paper, a new method for solving a special kind of fuzzy number linear programming problem with bounded variables directly using linear ranking function is proposed. In the proposed method, we represented only the cost coefficients by trapezoidal fuzzy n...

In this paper attention has been paid to the study of a new ranking procedure for trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy number (TRIFN). There are numerous methods for ranking of simple fuzzy numbers but, we lack of effective methods for ranking of intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (IFN). To serve the purpose, the value and ambiguity index of TRIFNs have been defined. In order to rank TRIFNs, we have defi...

Ranking fuzzy numbers is a prerequisite for the decision making problem. In order to rank fuzzy quantities many researchers proposed and analyzed different techniques on triangular and trapezoidal fuzzy numbers. However, no one can claim their method is a satisfactory one. In this paper a modified distance based approach called signed distance proposed by Yao and Wu [9] is discussed. This propo...

Defuzzification is the process of converting a fuzzy quantity to precise quantity, just as fuzzification is the conversion of a precise quantity to a fuzzy quantity. Various types of defuzzification methods, are available for conversion of fuzzy to non-fuzzy. In this paper, defuzzification functions in intuitionistic fuzzy environment such as triangular, trapezoidal, L-trapezoidal, R-trapezoida...

This paper is to deal with a kind of fuzzy multi-objective linear programming (FMOLP) problem with symmetric trapezoidal fuzzy numbers. Several methods has been proposed in order to obtain fuzzy efficient solution to FMOLP problem. In this paper, we change FMOLP problem into the complete stratified fuzzy linear programming problem, then use the stratified simplex method to obtain the fuzzy opti...

In this paper, a parametric method is introduced to solve fuzzy transportation problem. Considering that parameters of transportation problem have uncertainties, this paper develops a generalized fuzzy transportation problem with fuzzy supply, demand and cost. For simplicity, these parameters are assumed to be fuzzy trapezoidal numbers. Based on possibility theory and consistent with decision-m...