This paper proposes a new approach based on Bonferroni mean operator and possibility degree to solve fuzzy multi-attribute decision making (FMADM) problems in which the attribute value takes the form of interval type-2 fuzzy numbers. We introduce the concepts of interval possibility mean value and present a new method for calculating the possibility degree of two interval trapezoidal type-2 fuz...

In this note, we consider the contradiction between the fact that the best fit for the UK consumption data in Davidson et al. (1978) is obtained using an equation with an intercept but without an error correction term, whereas the equation with error correction and without the intercept has better post-sample forecasting properties than the former equation. This contradiction is explained and t...

We propose and develop to some extent a novel approach, which allows us to effectively describe, for relativistic heavy-ion collisions, the empirically observed deviation from unity of the intercept λ (i.e. the measured value corresponding to zero relative momentum p of two registered identical pions or kaons) of the two-particle correlation function C(p,K). The approach is based on the use of ...

Submitted: Jun 9, 2013; Accepted: Jul 20, 2013; Published: Jul 25, 2013 Abstract: In this work we have proposed a new approach for array antenna beamforming based on evolutionary computing, which offers low probability of intercept. These active array antennas are highly vulnerable to intercept receivers due to their high-gain. The detection performance of proposed approach remains unchanged as...

2. Unlike the US, the USSR appears to favor intercept of IBMs and ICBM6at altitudes above ' 130,000 feet, possibly for protection of the ground area against full scale detonation of the target warhead. I At least one popular Soviet book has also indicated such an intercept altitude. This concept ignores the advantages of "atmospheric sorting" as an aid to deccy discrimination; there Is no.indic...

helpful discussions and the referees for thorough reviews of earlier drafts. 2 ABSTRACT Various estimators of slope,· intercept, and mean response in the simple linear regression problem are compared in terms of unbiasedness, efficiency, breakdown, and mean squared error. Theil's estimator of slope and two intercept estimators based on Theil's estimator are recommended for inclusion in nonparam...

BACKGROUND As drugs remain ubiquitous and their use increasingly viewed as socially normative, vulnerable population groups such as adolescents face continued and growing risk. A better understanding of the factors that discourage individuals from initiating drug use, particularly in enabling scenarios, is therefore needed. This study aims to identify individual, interpersonal and school-contex...