This paper presents a new approach to compare fuzzy numbers using α-distance. Initially, the metric distance on the interval numbers based on the convex hull of the endpoints is proposed and it is extended to fuzzy numbers. All the properties of the α-distance are proved in details. Finally, the ranking of fuzzy numbers by the α-distance is discussed. In addition, the proposed method is compare...

We present some similarity and distance measures between intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IFSs). Thus, we propose two semi-metric distance measures between IFSs. The measures are applied to classification of shapes and handwritten Arabic sentences described with intuitionistic fuzzy information. The experimental results permitted to do a comparative analysis between intuitionistic fuzzy similarity an...

In this paper, we introduce a fuzzy extension of the Rand index, a well-known measure for comparing two clustering structures. In contrast to an existing proposal, which is restricted to the comparison of a fuzzy partition with a non-fuzzy reference partition, our extension is able to compare two proper fuzzy partitions with each other. Elaborating on the formal properties of our fuzzy Rand ind...

In their paper [1], Wu and Yang proposed two alternative (hard) c-means and fuzzy c-means clustering algorithms, by replacing the original Euclidean distance in the c-means and fuzzy c-means algorithm with a new Gaussian function based distance. Although the new distance function is more robust than the Euclidean distance, we will show in this comment that the distance Wu and Yang used is not a...

risk response planning is one of the main phases in the project risk management and has major impacts on the success of a large-scale project. since projects are unique, and risks are dynamic through the life of the projects, it is necessary to formulate responses of the important risks. the conventional approaches tend to be less effective in dealing with the impreciseness of risk response pl...

Based on the axiom de nition of distance measure, some new formulas of fuzzy entropy induced by distance measure and some new properties of distance measure are given. A characterization of a -distance measure is a metric de ned on all fuzzy sets is obtained. c © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

‎In this study‎, ‎we investigate topological properties of fuzzy strong‎ b-metric spaces defined in [13]‎. ‎Firstly‎, ‎we prove Baire's theorem for‎ ‎these spaces‎. ‎Then we define the product of two fuzzy strong b-metric spaces‎ ‎defined with same continuous t-norms and show that $X_{1}times X_{2}$ is a‎ ‎complete fuzzy strong b-metric space if and only if $X_{1}$ and $X_{2}$ are‎ ‎complete fu...

in this paper, we introduce a new class of implicit functions and also common property (e.a) in modified intuitionistic fuzzy metric spaces and utilize the same to prove some common fixed point theorems in modified intuitionistic fuzzy metric spaces besides discussing related results and illustrative examples. we are not aware of any paper dealing with such implicit functions in modified intuit...

recently, phiangsungnoen et al. [j. inequal. appl. 2014:201 (2014)] studied fuzzy mappings in the framework of hausdorff fuzzy metric spaces.following this direction of research, we establish the existence of fixed fuzzy points of fuzzy mappings. an example is given to support the result proved herein; we also present a coincidence and common fuzzy point result. finally, as an application of ou...

In this research, the multi-objective project management decision problem with fuzzy goals and fuzzy constraints are considered. We constitute α-cut approach and two various fuzzy goal programming solution methods for solving the Multi-Objective Project Management (MOPM) decision problem under fuzzy environments. The Interactive fuzzy multi-objective linear programming (i-FMOLP) and Weighted Ad...