Research Paper
Fuzzy sets and their variants
Gia Sirbiladze
Abstract
The Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) operator was introduced by R.R. Yager [58] to provide a method for aggregating inputs that lie between the max and min operators. In this article several variants of the generalizations of the fuzzy-probabilistic OWA operator - POWA (introduced by J.M. Merigo [27,28]) ...
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The Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) operator was introduced by R.R. Yager [58] to provide a method for aggregating inputs that lie between the max and min operators. In this article several variants of the generalizations of the fuzzy-probabilistic OWA operator - POWA (introduced by J.M. Merigo [27,28]) are presented in the environment of fuzzy uncertainty, where different monotone measures (fuzzy measure) are used as an uncertainty measure. The considered monotone measures are: possibility measure, Sugeno additive measure, monotone measure associated with Belief Structure and capacity of order two. New aggregation operators are introduced: AsPOWA and SA-AsPOWA. Some properties of new aggregation operators are proved. Concrete faces of new operators are presented with respect to different monotone measures and mean operators. Concrete operators are induced by the Monotone Expectation (Choquet integral) or Fuzzy Expected Value (Sugeno integral) and the Associated Probability Class (APC) of a monotone measure. For the new operators the information measures – Orness, Entropy, Divergence and Balance are introduced as some extensions of the definitions presented in [28].
Research Paper
Fuzzy sets and their variants
Gia Sirbiladze
Abstract
The Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) operator was introduced by R.R. Yager [34] to provide a method for aggregating inputs that lie between the max and min operators. In this article we continue to present some extensions of OWA-type aggregation operators. Several variants of the generalizations of the ...
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The Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) operator was introduced by R.R. Yager [34] to provide a method for aggregating inputs that lie between the max and min operators. In this article we continue to present some extensions of OWA-type aggregation operators. Several variants of the generalizations of the fuzzy-probabilistic OWA operator - FPOWA (introduced by J.M. Merigo [13,14]) are presented in the environment of fuzzy uncertainty, where different monotone measures (fuzzy measure) are used as uncertainty measures. The considered monotone measures are: possibility measure, Sugeno additive measure, monotone measure associated with Belief Structure and Choquet capacity of order two. New aggregation operators are introduced: AsFPOWA and SA-AsFPOWA. Some properties of new aggregation operators and their information measures are proved. Concrete faces of new operators are presented with respect to different monotone measures and mean operators. Concrete operators are induced by the Monotone Expectation (Choquet integral) or Fuzzy Expected Value (Sugeno integral) and the Associated Probability Class (APC) of a monotone measure. New aggregation operators belong to the Information Structure I6 (see Part I, section 3). For the illustration of new constructions of AsFPOWA and SA-AsFPOWA operators an example of a fuzzy decision-making problem regarding the political management with possibility uncertainty is considered. Several aggregation operators (“classic” and new operators) are used for the comparing of the results of decision making.
Research Paper
Neutrosophic sets and their variants
Athanase Polymenis
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Neutrosophic statistics are used when one is dealing with imprecise and indeterminate data or parameters. In the present paper we propose a method for performing a neutrosophic Student’s t –type of statistical test that concerns the population mean when data arise from an autoregressive process ...
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Neutrosophic statistics are used when one is dealing with imprecise and indeterminate data or parameters. In the present paper we propose a method for performing a neutrosophic Student’s t –type of statistical test that concerns the population mean when data arise from an autoregressive process of order 1 (AR(1)). In classical statistics data obtained through this process are not independent when the autocorrelation coefficient of the process is not equal to 0, and hence the usual Student’s t distribution is inadequate for inferring about the population mean; however a result obtained in earlier literature states that a Student’s t –type of statistic, which is asymptotically normally distributed, can be used instead. Our method is based on the neutrosophic version of this result and it is implemented using simulated data.
Research Paper
Neutrosophic sets and their variants
Volkan Duran; Selcuk Topal; Florentin Smarandache
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The main concept of neutrosophy is that any idea has not only a certain degree of truth but also a degree of falsity and indeterminacy in its own right. Although there are many applications of neutrosophy in different disciplines, the incorporation of its logic in education and psychology is rather scarce ...
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The main concept of neutrosophy is that any idea has not only a certain degree of truth but also a degree of falsity and indeterminacy in its own right. Although there are many applications of neutrosophy in different disciplines, the incorporation of its logic in education and psychology is rather scarce compared to other fields. In this study, the Satisfaction with Life Scale was converted into the neutrosophic form and the results were compared in terms of confirmatory analysis by convolutional neural networks. To sum up, two different formulas are proposed at the end of the study to determine the validity of any scale in terms of neutrosophy. While the Lawshe methodology concentrates on the dominating opinions of experts limited by a one-dimensional data space analysis, it should be advocated that the options can be placed in three-dimensional data space in the neutrosophic analysis . The effect may be negligible for a small number of items and participants, but it may create enormous changes for a large number of items and participants. Secondly, the degree of freedom of Lawshe technique is only 1 in 3D space, whereas the degree of freedom of neutrosophical scale is 3, so researchers have to employ three separate parameters of 3D space in neutrosophical scale while a resarcher is restricted in a 1D space in Lawshe technique in 3D space. The third distinction relates to the analysis of statistics. The Lawhe technical approach focuses on the experts' ratio of choices, whereas the importance and correlation level of each item for the analysis in neutrosophical logic are analysed. The fourth relates to the opinion of experts. The Lawshe technique is focused on expert opinions, yet in many ways the word expert is not defined. In a neutrosophical scale, however, researchers primarily address actual participants in order to understand whether the item is comprehended or opposed to or is imprecise. In this research, an alternative technique is presented to construct a valid scale in which the scale first is transformed into a neutrosophical one before being compared using neural networks. It may be concluded that each measuring scale is used for the desired aim to evaluate how suitable and representative the measurements obtained are so that its content validity can be evaluated.
Review Paper
Fuzzy sets and their variants
Ladji Kané; Moctar Diakité; Hawa Bado; Souleymane Kané; Konaté Moussa; Koura Traoré
Abstract
Transportation problem is an important network structured linear programming problem that arises in several contexts and has deservedly received a great deal of attention in the literature. The central concept in this problem is to find the least total tra nsportation cost of a commodity in order to ...
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Transportation problem is an important network structured linear programming problem that arises in several contexts and has deservedly received a great deal of attention in the literature. The central concept in this problem is to find the least total tra nsportation cost of a commodity in order to satisfy demands atdestinations using available supplies at origins in a crisp environment. In real life situations, the decision maker may not be sure about the precise values of the coefficients belonging to th e transportation problem. The aim of this paper is to introduce a formulation of Fully Fuzzy Transportation Problem involvingTrapezoidal fuzzy numbers for the transportation costs and values of supplies and demands. We propose a two step method for solvi ng fuzzy transportation problem where all of the parameters are represented by triangular fuzzy numbers i.e two Interval Transportation problems. Since the proposed approach is basedon classical approach it is very easy to understand and to apply on real life transportation problems for the decision makers. To illustrate the proposed approach f our application examples are solved. The results show that the proposed method is simpler and computationally more efficient than existing methods in the literature.
Research Paper
Spherical fuzzy sets
PRINCY R; K Mohana
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In this paper, we investigate the multiple attribute decision making problems with spherical fuzzy information. The advantage of spherical fuzzy set is easily reflecting the ambiguous nature of subjective judgments because the spherical fuzzy sets are suitable for capturing imprecise, uncertain and inconsistent ...
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In this paper, we investigate the multiple attribute decision making problems with spherical fuzzy information. The advantage of spherical fuzzy set is easily reflecting the ambiguous nature of subjective judgments because the spherical fuzzy sets are suitable for capturing imprecise, uncertain and inconsistent information in the multiple attribute decision making analysis. Thus, the cross- entropy of spherical fuzzy sets called, spherical fuzzy cross-entropy, is proposed as an extension of the cross-entropy of fuzzy sets. Then, a multiple attribute decision making method based on the proposed spherical fuzzy cross entropy is established in which attribute values for alternatives are spherical fuzzy numbers. In decision making process, we utilize the spherical fuzzy weighted cross entropy between the ideal alternative and an alternative to rank the alternatives corresponding to the cross entropy values and to select the most desirable one(s). Finally, a practical example for enterprise resource planning system selection is given to verify the developed approach and to demonstrate its practicality and effectiveness.
Research Paper
Neutrosophic sets and their variants
R. Radha; A.Stanis Arul Mary
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A Quadripartitioned Neutrosophic Pythagorean (QNP) set is a powerful general format framework that generalizes the concept of Quadripartitioned Neutrosophic Sets and Neutrosophic Pythagorean Sets. In this paper, we apply the notion of quadripartitioned Neutrosophic Pythagorean sets to Lie algebras. We ...
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A Quadripartitioned Neutrosophic Pythagorean (QNP) set is a powerful general format framework that generalizes the concept of Quadripartitioned Neutrosophic Sets and Neutrosophic Pythagorean Sets. In this paper, we apply the notion of quadripartitioned Neutrosophic Pythagorean sets to Lie algebras. We develop the concept of QNP Lie subalgebras and QNP Lie ideals. We describe some interesting results of QNP Lie ideals.
Research Paper
Intuitionistic fuzzy sets and their variants
Jaydip Bhattacharya
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An operator is a special symbol for performing a specific function. Several operators like modal operators, topological operators, level operators, etc. have been defined over intuitionistic fuzzy sets. At the same time, so many operations were introduced and studied. The key objective of this paper ...
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An operator is a special symbol for performing a specific function. Several operators like modal operators, topological operators, level operators, etc. have been defined over intuitionistic fuzzy sets. At the same time, so many operations were introduced and studied. The key objective of this paper is to study those operations over intuitionistic fuzzy sets and to investigate their properties. Some new results are obtained and proved.
Research Paper
Fuzzy sets and their variants
Mohammad Ebrahim Sadeghi; Hamed Nozari; Hadi Khajezadeh Dezfoli; Mehdi Khajezadeh Dezfoli; Zhi Zhou
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Examining the trend of the global economy shows that global trade is moving towards high-tech products. Given that these products generate very high added value, countries that can produce and export these products will have high growth in the industrial sector. The importance of investing in advanced ...
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Examining the trend of the global economy shows that global trade is moving towards high-tech products. Given that these products generate very high added value, countries that can produce and export these products will have high growth in the industrial sector. The importance of investing in advanced technologies for economic and social growth and development is so great that it is mentioned as one of the strong levers to achieve development. It should be noted that the policy of developing advanced technologies requires consideration of various performance aspects, risks and future risks in the investment phase. Risk related to high-tech investment projects has a meaning other than financial concepts only. In recent years, researchers have focused on identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing risk. There are two important components in measuring investment risk in high-tech industries, which include identifying the characteristics and criteria for measuring system risk and how to measure them. This study tries to evaluate and rank the investment risks in advanced industries using fuzzy TOPSIS technique based on verbal variables.
Research Paper
Fuzzy sets and their variants
Pejman Peykani; Mojtaba Nouri; Farzad Eshghi; Mohammad Khamechian; Hamed Farrokhi-Asl
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Investment portfolio optimization (IPO) is one of the most important problems in the financial area. Also, one of the most important features of financial markets is their embedded uncertainty. Thus, it is essential to propose a novel IPO model that can be employed in the presence of uncertain data. ...
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Investment portfolio optimization (IPO) is one of the most important problems in the financial area. Also, one of the most important features of financial markets is their embedded uncertainty. Thus, it is essential to propose a novel IPO model that can be employed in the presence of uncertain data. Accordingly, the main goal of this paper is to propose a novel fuzzy multi-period multi-objective portfolio optimization (FMPMOPO) model that is capable to be used under data ambiguity and practical constraints including budget constraint, cardinality constraint, and bound constraint. It should be noted that three objectives including terminal wealth, risk, and liquidity as well as practical constraints are considered in proposed FMPMOPO model. Also, the alpha-cut method is employed to deal with fuzzy data. Finally, the proposed fuzzy multi-period wealth-risk-liquidity (FMPWRL) model is implemented in real-world case study from Tehran stock exchange (TSE). The experimental results show the applicability and efficacy of the proposed FMPWRL model for fuzzy multi-period multi-objective investment portfolio optimization problem under fuzzy environment.
Research Paper
Plithogenic sets and their variants
Nivetha Martin; Florentin Smarandache; R Priya
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The theory of Plithogeny is gaining momentum in recent times as it generalizes the concepts of fuzzy, intuitionistic, neutrosophy and other extended representations of fuzzy sets. The relativity of the comprehensive and accommodative nature of plithogenic sets in dealing with attributes shall be applied ...
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The theory of Plithogeny is gaining momentum in recent times as it generalizes the concepts of fuzzy, intuitionistic, neutrosophy and other extended representations of fuzzy sets. The relativity of the comprehensive and accommodative nature of plithogenic sets in dealing with attributes shall be applied to handle the decision–making problems in the field of sociology. This paper introduces the concepts of Plithogenic Sociogram (PS) and Plithogenic Number (PN) where the former is the integration of plithogeny to the sociometric technique of sociogram and the latter is the generalization of fuzzy, intuitionistic and neutrosophic numbers that shall be used in representations of preferences in group dynamics. This research work outlines the conceptual development of these two newly proposed concepts and discusses the merits of the existing theory of similar kind with suitable substantiation. The plithogenic sociogram model encompassing the attributive preferences with plithogenic number representation is also developed to explicate how it can be materialized in the real social field. A conjectural illustration is put forth to analyze the efficiency and the feasibility of the proposed plithogenic sociogram model and its function in decision-making. This paper also throws light on generalized plithogenic number, dominant attribute constrained plithogenic number and combined dominant attribute constrained plithogenic number together with its operations and suitable illustrations.
Review Paper
Soft sets and their variants
Mujahid Abbas; Yanhui Guo; Ghulam Murtaza
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The aim of this paper is to investigate different definitions of soft points in the existing literature on soft set theory and its extensions in different directions. Then limitations of these definitions are illustrated with the help of examples. Moreover, the definition of soft point in the setup of ...
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The aim of this paper is to investigate different definitions of soft points in the existing literature on soft set theory and its extensions in different directions. Then limitations of these definitions are illustrated with the help of examples. Moreover, the definition of soft point in the setup of fuzzy soft set, intervalvalued fuzzy soft set, hesitant fuzzy soft set and intuitionistic soft set are also discussed. We also suggest an approach to unify the definitions of soft point which is more applicable than the existing notions.
