Ranking fuzzy numbers using area dominance method / Harliza Mohd Hanif

Ranking fuzzy numbers is particularly important in decision making. Various methods of ranking fuzzy numbers have been proposed and one of them is area dominance method by Tseng and Klein. Area dominance based method ranks all form of fuzzy numbers such as trapezoidal, triangular, s-curve and Gaussi...

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Main Author: Mohd Hanif, Harliza
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spelling my-uitm-ir.438152022-12-29T06:39:14Z Ranking fuzzy numbers using area dominance method / Harliza Mohd Hanif 2011 Mohd Hanif, Harliza Fuzzy arithmetic Fuzzy logic Ranking fuzzy numbers is particularly important in decision making. Various methods of ranking fuzzy numbers have been proposed and one of them is area dominance method by Tseng and Klein. Area dominance based method ranks all form of fuzzy numbers such as trapezoidal, triangular, s-curve and Gaussian fuzzy numbers. However, it is unable to rank non-normal fuzzy numbers or two overlapping fuzzy numbers that have the same midpoint and different symmetric spreads. This research proposes a method that utilizes area dominance approach with an introduction of upper dominance concept in addition to the existing left and right dominance. The proposed method also incorporated the spread factor of fuzzy numbers in the ranking method. Furthermore, this method has also overcome the shortcomings of area dominance method and is able to rank generalised fuzzy numbers. The consistency of the ranking order of the proposed method will be investigated by applying the proposed method in ranking several sets of combination of fuzzy numbers. Three established decision-making problems are utilized to investigate the proposed method consistency of ranking order. For implementation purposes, this proposed method is applied on a decision-making on ranking calculus textbooks. 2011 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43815/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/43815/1/43815.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
topic Fuzzy arithmetic
Fuzzy logic
spellingShingle Fuzzy arithmetic
Fuzzy logic
Mohd Hanif, Harliza
Ranking fuzzy numbers using area dominance method / Harliza Mohd Hanif
description Ranking fuzzy numbers is particularly important in decision making. Various methods of ranking fuzzy numbers have been proposed and one of them is area dominance method by Tseng and Klein. Area dominance based method ranks all form of fuzzy numbers such as trapezoidal, triangular, s-curve and Gaussian fuzzy numbers. However, it is unable to rank non-normal fuzzy numbers or two overlapping fuzzy numbers that have the same midpoint and different symmetric spreads. This research proposes a method that utilizes area dominance approach with an introduction of upper dominance concept in addition to the existing left and right dominance. The proposed method also incorporated the spread factor of fuzzy numbers in the ranking method. Furthermore, this method has also overcome the shortcomings of area dominance method and is able to rank generalised fuzzy numbers. The consistency of the ranking order of the proposed method will be investigated by applying the proposed method in ranking several sets of combination of fuzzy numbers. Three established decision-making problems are utilized to investigate the proposed method consistency of ranking order. For implementation purposes, this proposed method is applied on a decision-making on ranking calculus textbooks.
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title Ranking fuzzy numbers using area dominance method / Harliza Mohd Hanif
title_short Ranking fuzzy numbers using area dominance method / Harliza Mohd Hanif
title_full Ranking fuzzy numbers using area dominance method / Harliza Mohd Hanif
title_fullStr Ranking fuzzy numbers using area dominance method / Harliza Mohd Hanif
title_full_unstemmed Ranking fuzzy numbers using area dominance method / Harliza Mohd Hanif
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