58,145 research outputs found
A review on soft set-based parameter reduction and decision making
Many real world decision making problems often involve uncertainty data, which mainly originating from incomplete data and imprecise decision. The soft set theory as a mathematical tool that deals with uncertainty, imprecise, and vagueness is often employed in solving decision making problem. It has been widely used to identify irrelevant parameters and make reduction set of parameters for decision
making in order to bring out the optimal choices. In this paper, we present a review on different parameter
reduction and decision making techniques for soft set and hybrid soft sets under unpleasant set of hypothesis
environment as well as performance analysis of the their derived algorithms. The review has summarized this paper in those areas of research, pointed out the limitations of previous works and areas that require further research works. Researchers can use our review to quickly identify areas that received diminutive or no attention from researchers so as to propose novel methods and applications
Multi-Objective Approaches to Markov Decision Processes with Uncertain Transition Parameters
Markov decision processes (MDPs) are a popular model for performance analysis
and optimization of stochastic systems. The parameters of stochastic behavior
of MDPs are estimates from empirical observations of a system; their values are
not known precisely. Different types of MDPs with uncertain, imprecise or
bounded transition rates or probabilities and rewards exist in the literature.
Commonly, analysis of models with uncertainties amounts to searching for the
most robust policy which means that the goal is to generate a policy with the
greatest lower bound on performance (or, symmetrically, the lowest upper bound
on costs). However, hedging against an unlikely worst case may lead to losses
in other situations. In general, one is interested in policies that behave well
in all situations which results in a multi-objective view on decision making.
In this paper, we consider policies for the expected discounted reward
measure of MDPs with uncertain parameters. In particular, the approach is
defined for bounded-parameter MDPs (BMDPs) [8]. In this setting the worst, best
and average case performances of a policy are analyzed simultaneously, which
yields a multi-scenario multi-objective optimization problem. The paper
presents and evaluates approaches to compute the pure Pareto optimal policies
in the value vector space.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, preprint for VALUETOOLS 201
A Fuzzy AHP Approach for Supplier Selection Problem: A Case Study in a Gear Motor Company
Suuplier selection is one of the most important functions of a purchasing
department. Since by deciding the best supplier, companies can save material
costs and increase competitive advantage.However this decision becomes
compilcated in case of multiple suppliers, multiple conflicting criteria, and
imprecise parameters. In addition the uncertainty and vagueness of the experts'
opinion is the prominent characteristic of the problem. therefore an
extensively used multi criteria decision making tool Fuzzy AHP can be utilized
as an approach for supplier selection problem. This paper reveals the
application of Fuzzy AHP in a gear motor company determining the best supplier
with respect to selected criteria. the contribution of this study is not only
the application of the Fuzzy AHP methodology for supplier selection problem,
but also releasing a comprehensive literature review of multi criteria decision
making problems. In addition by stating the steps of Fuzzy AHP clearly and
numerically, this study can be a guide of the methodology to be implemented to
other multiple criteria decision making problems.Comment: Published in "International Journal of Managing Value and Supply
Chains (IJMVSC) Vol.4, No. 3, September 2013
(R1997) Distance Measures of Complex Fermatean Fuzzy Number and Their Application to Multi-criteria Decision-making Problem
Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) is the most widely used decision-making method to solve many complex problems. However, classical MCDM approaches tend to make decisions when the parameters are imprecise or uncertain. The concept of a complex fuzzy set is new in the field of fuzzy set theory. It is a set that can collect and interpret the membership grades from the unit circle in a plane instead of the interval [0,1]. CFS cannot deal with membership and non-membership grades, while complex intuitionistic fuzzy set and complex Pythagorean fuzzy set works only for a limited range of values. The concept of a complex Fermatean fuzzy set (CFFS) is proposed to deal with these problems. This paper presents the main ideas of CFFN and its properties are studied. The proposed new distance measures for real-world problems are also discussed. A comparative study of the proposed new work is also conducted
How to measure uncertainties in environmental risk assassment
Environmental risk assessment is an essential element in any decision-making
process in order to minimize the effects of human activities on the environment.
Unfortunately, often environmental data tends to be vague and
imprecise, so uncertainty is associated with any study related with these kind
of data.
Essentially, uncertainty in risk assessment may have two origins – randomness
and incompleteness. There are two main ways to deal with these
uncertainties – probability theory and fuzzy logic.
Probability theory is based on a stochastic approach, using probability
functions to describe random variability in environmental parameters.
Fuzzy logic uses membership functions and linguistic parameters to
express vagueness in environmental issues.
We discuss the best way to deal with uncertainties in the environmental
field and give examples of probabilistic and fuzzy-logic approaches applied
to environmental risk assessment.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version
Penghasilan manual rjngkas penggunaan alat Total Station Sokkia Set5f dan Perisian Sdr Mapping & Design untuk automasi ukur topografi
Projek ini dilaksanakan untuk menghasilkan manual ringkas penggunaan alat Total Station Sokkia SET5F dan Perisian SDR Mapping & Design dalam menghasilkan pelan topografi yang lengkap mengikut konsep field to finish. Manual telah dihasilkan dalam dua bentuk iaitu buku dan CD-ROM. Manual ini telah dinilai berdasarkan data yang diperolehi daripada 7 orang responden melalui kaedah Borang Penilaian Manual. Analisis data dilakukan menggunakan perisian SPSS versi 11.0. Hasil analisis skor min menunjukkan kesemua responden bersetuju bahawa manual dalam bentuk buku ini menarik Min ( M ) ^ ^ dan Sisihan Piawai (SD) = .535 tetapi kurang interaktif (M) = 2.29 dan (SD) = 0.488. Berbanding dengan manual dalam format CD-ROM yang mencatat nilai (M) = 3.57 dan (SD) = 0.535 semua responden bersetuju bahawa manual ini mesra pengguna dan lebih interakti
Application of a multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM) model for selecting appropriate maintenance strategy for marine and offshore machinery operations
The process of selecting appropriate maintenance strategy to enhance the operational efficiency of marine and offshore machinery under an uncertain environment is challenging due to the many criteria that need to be considered and modelled. In addition, the design of such complex machinery on-board a vessel consists of many subjective and imprecise parameters contained in different quantitative and qualitative forms. This paper proposes a strategic multi-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) methodology for the concise and straightforward selection of an appropriate maintenance strategy. The decision support structure allows the use of multiple decision makers to incorporate and aggregate their subjective opinions transparently. In the analysis, a Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Situation (TOPSIS) was employed to rank the maintenance strategies with respect to costs and benefits for their subsequent implementation. The purpose of using MAGDM in this paper is to aggregate and synthesise opinions of experts, thus, guiding them in decision making when they are planning to implement a cost effective maintenance investment. © 2019 Elsevier Lt
- …