• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.79-94
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• 2011

Redundancy-reliability allocation problems in multi-stage series-parallel systems are addressed in this study. Fuzzy programming techniques are proposed for finding satisfactory solutions. First, a multi-objective programming model is formulated for simultaneously maximizing system reliability and minimizing system total cost. Due to the nature of uncertainty in the problem, the fuzzy set theory and technique are used to convert the deterministic multi-objective programming model into a fuzzy nonlinear programming problem. A heuristic method is developed to get satisfactory solutions for the fuzzy nonlinear programming problem. A Pareto optimal solution is found with maximal degree of satisfaction from the interception area of fuzzy sets. A case study that is related to the electronic control unit installed on aircraft engine over-speed protection system is used to implement the developed approach. Results suggest that the developed fuzzy multi-objective programming model can effectively resolve the fuzzy and uncertain problem when design goals and constraints are not clearly confirmed at the initial conceptual design phase.

• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.307-321
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• 1997

In this paper, we consider the expert's ambiguity and the decision maker's fuzzy goals which are incorporated into multiobjective nonlinear programming problems in order to find a compensatory solution. The proposed method can be applied to all cases of multiobjective problems with fuzzy parameters since the interactive process with a decision maker is simple, various uncertainties involved in decision making are eliminated and all the objectives are well balanced. An illustrative numerical example for nonlinear programming problems with fuzzy parameters is demonstrated along with the corresponding computer output.

• Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.67-78
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• 1997

In general, two types fuzziness of human judgements should be incorporated in multiobjective programming problems. One is the expert's ambigjous understanding of the nature of the parameters in the problem formulation process and the other is the fuzzy goals of the decision maker for each of the objective functions. In this paper, we present a new interactive fuzzy approach for obtaining the satisficing solution which efficiently reflect both types of fuzziness. An illustrative numerical example nonlinear programming problems with fuzzy parameters is demonstrated along with the corresponding computer outputs.

• Korean Management Science Review
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.1-9
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• 1993

This paper shows the application of fuzzy set and nonlinear membership function to linear programming problems in a fuzzy environment. In contrast to typical linear programming problems, the objectives and constraints of the problem in a fuzzy environment are defined imprecisely. This paper describes that fuzzy linear programming models can be formulated using the basic concepts of membership functions and fuzzy sets, and that they can be solved by quadratic programming methods. In a numerical example, a linear programming problem with two constraints and two decision variables is provided to illustrate the solution procedure.

• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.39-54
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• 1997

This paper presents four process models for machining processes : 1) an economical mathematical model of machining process, 2) a prediction model for surface roughness, 3) a decision model for fuzzy cutting conditions, and 4) a judgment model of machinability with automatic selection of cutting conditions. Each model was developed the economic machining, and these models were applied to theories widely studied in industrial engineering which are nonlinear programming, computer simulation, fuzzy theory, and neural networks. The results of this paper emphasize the human oriented domain of a nonlinear programming problem. From a viewpoint of the decision maker, fuzzy nonlinear programming modeling seems to be apparently more flexible, more acceptable, and more reliable for uncertain, ill-defined, and vague problem situations.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.171-177
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• 2013

This paper presents a fuzzy set method to enforce complementarity constraints (CCs) in a nonlinear interior point method (NIPM)-based optimization. NIPM is a Newton-type approach to nonlinear programming problems, but it adopts log-barrier functions to deal with the obstacle of managing inequality constraints. The fuzzy-enforcement method has been implemented for CCs, which can be incorporated in optimization problems for real-world applications. In this paper, numerical simulations that apply this method to power system optimal power flow problems are included.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.24 no.1_2
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• pp.449-460
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• 2007

Several fuzzy approaches can be considered for solving multi-objective transportation problem. This paper presents a fuzzy goal programming approach to determine an optimal compromise solution for the multiobjective transportation problem. We assume that each objective function has a fuzzy goal. Also we assign a special type of nonlinear (hyperbolic) membership function to each objective function to describe each fuzzy goal. The approach focuses on minimizing the negative deviation variables from 1 to obtain a compromise solution of the multiobjective transportation problem. We show that the proposed method and the fuzzy programming method are equivalent. In addition, the proposed approach can be applied to solve other multiobjective mathematical programming problems. A numerical example is given to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed approach.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.7 no.5
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• pp.485-502
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• 1999

Using the continuous Hopfield network model as the basis to solve the general crisp and fuzzy constrained optimization problem is presented and examined. The model lies in its transformation to a parallel algorithm which distributes the work of numerical optimization to several simultaneously computing processors. The method is applied to different structural engineering design problems that demonstrate this usefulness, satisfaction or potential. The computing algorithm has been given and discussed for a designer who can program it without difficulty.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.19 no.39
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• pp.75-80
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• 1996

Fuzzy approaches used to solve MONLP(Multiobjective Nonlinear Programming Problem) are based on the max-min method of fuzzy sets theory However, since the min operator noncompensatory, these approaches can not guarentee an efficient solution to the problem. In this paper, we presents an algorithm for finding the aggregation operator to find efficient solution. In particular, our presented algorithm is guarentee an efficient solution. On the basis of proposed algorithm, an illustrative numerical example is presented.

• Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.36-43
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• 1986

In this study, the fuzzy programming is extended to handle various types of membership functions by transformation of the complicated fuzzy programming problems into the equivalent crisp linear programming problems with single objective. It is well-known that the fuzzy programming problem with linear membership functions (i.e., ramp type) can be easily transformed into a linear programming problem by introducing one dummy variable to minimize the worst unwanted deviation. However, until recently not many researches have been done to handle various general types of complicated linear membership functions which might be more realistic than ramp-or triangular-type functions. In order to handle these complicated membership functions, the goal dividing concept, which is based on the fuzzy set operation (i. e., intersection and union operations), has been prepared. The linear model obtained using the goal dividing concept is more efficient and single than the previous models [4, 8]. In addition, this result can be easily applied to any nonlinear membership functions by piecewise approximation since the membership function is continuous and monotone increasing or decreasing.