Abstract Numerous research papers and several engineering applications have proved that the fuzzy set theory is an intelligent effective tool to represent complex uncertain information. In multi-criteria decision-making (fuzzy MCDM) methods, information system control-theoretic models, qualitative are extracted from expert’s knowledge as linguistic variables modeled by linear/non-linear numbers...

Fuzzy number approximation by trapezoidal fuzzy numbers which preserves the expected interval is discussed. New algorithms for calculating the proper trapezoidal approximation of fuzzy numbers with respect to the distance based on bi-symmetrical weighted functions are proposed. It is shown that the adequate approximation operator is chosen with respect both to the global spread of a fuzzy numbe...

Some vector and operator generalized trapezoidal inequalities for continuous functions of selfadjoint operators in Hilbert spaces are given. Applications for power and logarithmic functions of operators are provided as well.

Many authors analyzed triangular and trapezoidal approximation of fuzzy numbers. But, to best of our knowledge, there is no method for symmetric trapezoidal fuzzy number approximation of fuzzy numbers. So, in this paper, we try to convert any fuzzy number into symmetric trapezoidal fuzzy number by using metric distance. This approximation helps us to avoid the computational complexity in the pr...

In 2007, Zeng and Li proposed a weighted triangular approximation of a fuzzy number. Unfortunately, this approximation may fail to be a fuzzy number. In this paper, we improve this approximation and propose a generalization by the name of weighted trapezoidal approximation. Their algorithms are also presented. Finally, some examples and relevant properties are discussed. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. Al...

the leopard moth, zeuzera pyrina (l.) (lepidoptera: cossidae) is a serious pest of walnut and apple trees in iran. one of the control methods for this pest is the mass trapping of males using pheromone traps. to determine the best size and color of traps, four different colors (green, yellow, white, gray) and two different sizes (delta shape with standard adhesive surface, 19 × 22 cm and trapez...

Recent advances in computation technology for decision/simulation and uncertainty analyses have revived interest in the the triangular distribution and its use to describe uncertainty of bounded input phenomena. The trapezoidal distribution, explicitly suggested by Pouliquen (1970) in the framework of risk and uncertainty analysis, is a generalization of the triangular distribution that allows ...

The aim of this paper is to study multi-objective assignment problem with imprecise costs, time and ineffectiveness instead of its precise information. Here, elements of cost matrix, consumed time matrix and ineffectiveness level matrix have been represented by generalized trapezoidal fuzzy numbers as it is suitable way to represent the impreciseness of values provided by the decision makers du...

Abstract The well-known Karush-Kuhn-Tucker theorem can be used, as in the fuzzy case, to find the trapezoidal approximation of a given intuitionistic fuzzy number. The method is quite technical such that obtaining the trapezoidal approximation of an intuitionistic fuzzy numbers from the trapezoidal approximation of a fuzzy number is proposed in the present paper. Among the advantages of this me...

Received 17September 2013; accepted 5 October2013 L Baba Abstract. Finding shortest paths in graphs has been the area of interest for many researchers. Shortest paths are one of the fundamental and most widely used concepts in networks. In this paper the authors present an algorithm to find an Intuitionistic Fuzzy Shortest Path (IFSP) in a directed graph in which the cost of every edges are rep...