Optimization Models Using Fuzzy Sets and Possibility Theory

Introductory Sections -- New Paradigms in Systems Engineering: From “Hard” to “Soft” Approaches -- to Fuzzy Sets and Possibility Theory -- to Decision Making under Various Kinds of Uncertainty -- Fuzzy Optimization and Mathematical Programming: A Brief Introduction and Survey -- Advances in Fuzzy Decision Making, Fuzzy Optimization, and Fuzzy Mathematical Programming -- Fuzzy Preferences in an Optimization Perspective -- Preference and Choice in a Fuzzy Environment -- Fuzzy Choice -- Preferences Deduced from Fuzzy Questions -- Optimal Alternative Selection in The Face of Evidential Knowledge -- Analysis of Fuzzy Evidence in Decision Making Models -- Fuzzy Inclusions and Fuzzy Dichotomous Decision Procedures -- Combinatorial Search with Fuzzy Estimates -- Linear Regression Analysis by Possibilistic Models -- A Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision Making Model -- Fuzzy Programming — A New Model of Optimization -- Fuzzy Programming and the Multicriteria Decision Problem -- Hierarchical Programming With Fuzzy Objectives and Constraints -- An Interactive Satisficing Method For Multiobjective Nonlinear Programming Problems With Fuzzy Parameters -- Interactive Polyoptimization for Fuzzy Mathematical Programming -- A Concept of Rule-Based Decision Support Systems -- Fuzzy Optimization in Networks -- On Fuzzy Location Models -- Fuzzy Transportation Problems: A General Analysis -- Fuzzy Parameters in Optimal Allocation of Resources -- Applications -- Analysis of Water Use and Needs in Agriculture Through a Fuzzy Programming Model -- An Interactive Method for Multiobjective Linear Programming with Fuzzy Parameters and Its Application to Water Supply Planning -- Fuzzy Evaluation of Pareto Points and its Application to Hydrocracking Processes -- Optimal Classifier Design Using Fuzzy k-Nearest Neighbor Rules -- Grey Decision Making and its Use for The Determination of Irrigation Strategies.