We present a neuro-fuzzy system for character recognition from printed documents using a fuzzy Hough transform technique. For each character pattern, fuzzy Hough transform extracts information from the standard Hough transform accumulator cells into a number of fuzzy sets. These basic fuzzy sets are combined by t-norms to synthesize additional fuzzy sets whose heights form an n-dimensional feat...

The choice of membership functions plays an essential role in the success of fuzzy systems. This is a complex problem due to the possible lack of knowledge when assigning punctual values as membership degrees. To face this handicap, we propose a methodology called Ignorance functions based Interval-Valued Fuzzy Decision Tree with genetic tuning, IIVFDT for short, which allows to improve the per...

The aim of fuzzy risk analysis is to evaluate the probability of failure of every component consisting of many sub-components and the probability of failure is the combination of estimations of severity of loss and probability of failure of sub-components which are vaguely known. In this paper, we present a new method for fuzzy risk analysis with linguistic evaluating values. Firstly, we propos...

We recall the concept of a linguistic variable and the representation of its values (i.e. linguistic terms) by means of fuzzy sets. In this framework adverbs are represented by fuzzy modifiers, i.e. operators acting on these fuzzy sets. We investigate two important classes of popular fuzzy modifiers. Grounding on results from psycholinguistic research, we discuss their pro’s and contra’s for re...

increasing global notices in environmental protection, green supply chain management (gscm) has received much attention by researchers and managers more than the past. commonly, firms have considered cost criteria to select their suppliers. despite the fact that there are various papers considering the formal criteria in supplier selection, there is a few limited numbers considering the environ...

Surface roughness is often considered the main purpose in contemporary computer numerical controlled CNC machining industry. Most existing optimization researches for CNC finish turning were either accomplished within certain manufacturing circumstances or achieved through numerous equipment operations. Therefore, a general deduction optimization scheme is deemed to be necessary for the industr...

This paper gives a short introduction into Fuzzy Set Theory, presents an overview on fuzzy controllers, and discusses possible combinations between fuzzy controllers and neural networks. Fuzzy Sets suggested by L.A. Zadeh 32] ooer a possibility to formally describe linguistic expressions like tall, fast, medium, etc., and to operate on them. Fuzzy controllers use fuzzy sets to represent linguis...