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Ranking of fuzzy numbers by fuzzy mapping

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Pages 1603-1618 | Received 10 Mar 2009, Accepted 17 Aug 2010, Published online: 14 Mar 2011
 

Abstract

In this work, the concepts of interval function, the mean value and α lower percentile of a fuzzy number are presented. Also, we defined a large family of fuzzy numbers. Then, we obtained a method to rank them. Herein, the approach proposed is relatively simple in terms of computational efforts and is efficient for ranking fuzzy numbers. Finally, the method is illustrated by numerical examples and compared with other methods.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are very grateful to the anonymous referees and the editor for their comments and suggestions, which have been very helpful in improving the presentation of this paper.

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