In this paper several techniques are investigated for reduction of complexity and/or improving quality of a line spectrum frequencies (LSF) quantization based on switched prediction (SP) and vector quantization (VQ). For switched prediction, a higher number of prediction matrices is proposed. Quality of the quantized speech is improved by the prediction multi-candidate and delayed decision algo...

A two-stage logarithmic goal programming (TLGP) method is proposed to generate weights from interval comparison matrices, which can be either consistent or inconsistent. The first stage is devised to minimize the inconsistency of interval comparison matrices and the second stage is developed to generate priorities under the condition of minimal inconsistency. The weights are assumed to be multi...

in this paper, the concept of k-regular fuzzy matrix as a general- ization of regular matrix is introduced and some basic properties of a k-regular fuzzy matrix are derived. this leads to the characterization of a matrix for which the regularity index and the index are identical. further the relation between regular, k-regular and regularity of powers of fuzzy matrices are dis- cussed.

In practice, many practical problems occur in uncertain environments, especially in situations that involve human subjective evaluation such as that in the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). This paper presents a practical multi-criteria group decision-making method for decision making under uncertainty. To handle the randomness and fuzziness of individual judgments, the normal Cloud model, grou...

Making Decision in non-structured problems is not a simple task. For this reason, decision makers use Decision Support Systems (DSS). These kinds of systems implement techniques and algorithms in order to improve the decision process. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is one of these techniques which yields a ranking scale of alternatives based on criteria and alternative matrices. These matrice...