An epsilon-constraint method for fully fuzzy multiobjective linear programming |
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Authors: | Boris Pérez-Cañedo José Luis Verdegay Ridelio Miranda Pérez |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mathematics, University of Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba;2. Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Granada, Granada, Spain |
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Abstract: | Linear ranking functions are often used to transform fuzzy multiobjective linear programming (MOLP) problems into crisp ones. The crisp MOLP problems are then solved by using classical methods (eg, weighted sum, epsilon-constraint, etc), or fuzzy ones based on Bellman and Zadeh's decision-making model. In this paper, we show that this transformation does not guarantee Pareto optimal fuzzy solutions for the original fuzzy problems. By using lexicographic ranking criteria, we propose a fuzzy epsilon-constraint method that yields Pareto optimal fuzzy solutions of fuzzy variable and fully fuzzy MOLP problems, in which all parameters and decision variables take on LR fuzzy numbers. The proposed method is illustrated by means of three numerical examples, including a fully fuzzy multiobjective project crashing problem. |
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Keywords: | epsilon-constraint method fully fuzzy multiobjective linear programming lexicographic ranking criterion LR fuzzy number project crashing |
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