equivalence class in the set of fuzzy numbers and its application in decision-making problems集的等价类模糊数及其在决策中的应用问题.pdfVIP

EQUIVALENCE CLASS IN THE SET OF FUZZY NUMBERS AND ITS APPLICATION IN DECISION-MAKING PROBLEMS GEETANJALI PANDA, MOTILAL PANIGRAHI, AND SUDARSAN NANDA Received 4 November 2005; Revised 20 June 2006; Accepted 22 June 2006 An equivalence relation is defined in the set of fuzzy numbers. In a particular equivalence class, arithmetic operations of fuzzy numbers are introduced. A fuzzy matrix with respect to a particular class and its associated crisp matrices are also introduced. The concept of equivalence class is applied in fuzzy decision-making problems and justified through a numerical ex