This paper assumes the cell formation problem as a distributed decision network. It proposes an approach based on application and extension of information theory concepts, in order to analyze informational complexity in an agent- based system, due to interdependence between agents. Based on this approach, new quantitative concepts and definitions are proposed in order to measure the amount of t...

Fuzzy clustering is a widely used approach for data classification by using the fuzzy set theory. The probability measure and the possibility measure are two popular measures which have been used in the fuzzy c-means algorithm (FCM) and the possibilistic clustering algorithms (PCAs), respectively. However, the numerical experiments revealed that FCM and its derivatives lack the intuitive concep...

We study the relation between possibility measures and the theory of imprecise probabilities, and argue that possibility measures have an important part in this theory. It is shown that a possibility measure is a coherent upper probability if and only if it is normal. A detailed comparison is given between the possibilistic and natural extension of an upper probability, both in the general case...

Structural analysis and design optimization have recently been extended to the stochastic approach to consider various uncertainties. However, in areas where it is not possible to produce accurate statistical information for input data, the probabilistic method is not appropriate for stochastic structural analysis and design optimization, because improper modeling of uncertainty could cause a g...

This paper contrasts two metaphysical accounts of modality and properties: Modal Realism which treats possible entities as primitive; and Strong Dispositionalism in which metaphysical possibility and necessity are determined by actually existing dispositions or powers. I argue that Strong Dispositionalism loses its initial advantages of simplicity and parsimony over Modal Realism as it is exten...

We consider the definition of possibility measures on complete lattices rather than on complete Boolean algebras of sets. We give a necessary and sufficient condition for the extendability of any mapping to such a possibility measure. We also associate two types of integrals with these possibility measures, and discuss some of their more important properties, amongst which a monotone convergenc...

purpose: the aim of the present study is to examine the feasibility of implementation organizational health in the public libraries under the supervision of isfahan municipality in 2012-2013 based on mile's model(1969). methodology: a survey - descriptive method was used. the population included all the staff at the public libraries of isfahan (n = 158) in 2012-2013. to determine the sample siz...