Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a widely used mathematical programming technique for comparing the inputs and outputs of a set of homogenous Decision Making Units (DMUs) by evaluating their relative efficiency. The conventional DEA methods assume deterministic and precise values for the input and output observations. However, the observed values of the input and output data in real-world pro...

This paper deals with the determination of machine numbers and production schedules in manufacturing environments. In this line, a two-stage fuzzy stochastic programming model is discussed with fuzzy processing times where both deterioration and learning effects are evaluated simultaneously. The first stage focuses on the type and number of machines in order to minimize the total costs associat...

This paper considers a general 0-1 random fuzzy programming problem including some previous 0-1 stochastic and fuzzy programming problems. The proposal problem is not a well-defined problem due to including random fuzzy variables. Therefore, by introducing chance constraint and fuzzy goal for objective function and considering the maximization for the degrees of possibility that the objective f...

This paper considers a general 0-1 random fuzzy programming problem based on the degree of necessity including some previous 0-1 stochastic and fuzzy programming problems. The proposal problem is not a well-defined problem due to including random fuzzy variables. Therefore, by introducing chance constraint and fuzzy goal for objective function, and considering the maximization for the degrees o...

In this paper we consider a constrained optimization problem where the objectives are fuzzy functions (fuzzy-valued functions). Fuzzy constrained Optimization (FO) problem plays an important role in many fields, including mathematics, engineering, statistics and so on. In the other side, in the real situations, it is important to know how may obtain its numerical solution of a given interesting...

We study here a problem of scheduling n job types on m parallel machines, when setups are required and the demands for the products are correlated random variables. We model this problem as a chance constrained integer program. Methods of solution currently available { in integer programming and stochastic programming { are not suucient to solve this model exactly. We develop and introduce here...

Critical environmental and human health concerns are associated with the rapidly growing fields of nanotechnology and manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs). The main risk arises from occupational exposure via chronic inhalation of nanoparticles. This research presents a chance-constrained nonlinear programming (CCNLP) optimization approach, which is developed to maximize the nanaomaterial productio...