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1 1. The General Concept of a Restriction and Z-numbers |
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1 | (43) |
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1 | (23) |
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1 | (2) |
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1.1.2 The Concept of a Restriction---A Brief Exposition |
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3 | (7) |
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10 | (14) |
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24 | (20) |
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24 | (8) |
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1.2.2 Computation with Z-numbers |
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32 | (12) |
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2 Definitions and Main Properties of Z-numbers |
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44 | (48) |
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2.1 Generalization Levels of Uncertain Numbers |
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44 | (5) |
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49 | (2) |
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2.3 Operations on Random Variables |
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51 | (13) |
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64 | (19) |
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64 | (7) |
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2.4.2 Operations on Continuous Fuzzy Numbers |
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71 | (6) |
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2.4.3 Arithmetic Operations on Discrete Fuzzy Numbers |
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77 | (6) |
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2.5 Continuous Z-numbers, Properties |
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83 | (7) |
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2.6 Discrete Z-numbers, Properties |
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90 | (2) |
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3 Operations on Continuous Z-numbers |
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92 | (17) |
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3.1 Addition of Continuous Z-numbers |
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92 | (7) |
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3.2 Standard Subtraction of Continuous Z-numbers |
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99 | (3) |
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3.3 Multiplication of Continuous Z-numbers |
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102 | (2) |
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3.4 Standard Division of Continuous Z-numbers |
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104 | (2) |
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3.5 Square of a Continuous Z-number |
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106 | (1) |
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3.6 Square Root of a Continuous Z-number |
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107 | (2) |
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4 Operations on Discrete Z-numbers |
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109 | (58) |
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4.1 Arithmetic Operations |
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109 | (31) |
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4.1.1 Continuous and Discrete Z-numbers: Discussion |
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109 | (1) |
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4.1.2 A Z-number and a Z+number |
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110 | (2) |
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4.1.3 Addition of Discrete Z-numbers |
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112 | (8) |
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4.1.4 Standard Subtraction of Discrete Z-numbers |
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120 | (3) |
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4.1.5 Hukuhara Difference of Discrete Z-numbers |
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123 | (13) |
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4.1.6 Multiplication of Discrete Z-numbers |
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136 | (2) |
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4.1.7 Standard Division of Discrete Z-numbers |
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138 | (2) |
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4.2 Power of a Discrete Z-number |
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140 | (5) |
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4.2.1 Square of a Discrete Z-number |
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140 | (3) |
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4.2.2 Square Root of a Discrete Z-number |
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143 | (2) |
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4.3 Ranking of Discrete Z-numbers |
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145 | (5) |
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4.4 Minimum and Maximum of Discrete Z-numbers |
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150 | (14) |
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4.5 Comparison of Processing Pure Fuzzy and Z-information |
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164 | (3) |
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5 Algebraic System of Z-numbers |
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167 | (63) |
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5.1 Absolute Value of a Z-number |
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167 | (4) |
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5.2 Distance Between Two Z-numbers |
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171 | (10) |
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5.3 Functions of Discrete Z-numbers |
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181 | (15) |
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181 | (3) |
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184 | (1) |
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5.3.2.1 A Discrete Z-number Valued Exponential Function |
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184 | (3) |
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5.3.2.2 A Discrete Z-number Valued Natural Logarithm |
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187 | (3) |
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5.3.3 Approximation of an Unknown Discrete Z-number Valued Mappings |
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190 | (1) |
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5.3.3.1 Approximation by Using a Discrete Z-number Valued Polynomial |
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190 | (1) |
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190 | (6) |
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5.4 Equations with Z-numbers |
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196 | (6) |
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5.5 Derivative of Function of Z-numbers |
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202 | (11) |
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5.5.1 Discrete Derivative of a Discrete Z-number Valued Function at a Numerical Point |
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203 | (7) |
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5.5.2 Discrete Derivative of a Discrete Z-number Valued Function at a Z-point |
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210 | (3) |
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5.6 T-norm and T-conorm of Z-numbers |
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213 | (7) |
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5.7 Aggregation of Z-numbers |
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220 | (10) |
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6 Z-number Based Operation Research Problems |
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230 | (35) |
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6.1 Z-number Valued Linear Programming |
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230 | (10) |
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6.2 Z-number Based Regression Analysis |
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240 | (4) |
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6.3 Z-resrtiction Based Multicriteria Choice |
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244 | (8) |
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6.4 Decision Making under Z-information |
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252 | (8) |
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6.5 Computing with Words and Z-numbers |
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260 | (5) |
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7 Application of Z-numbers |
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265 | (22) |
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7.1 Business Behavioral Decision under Z-information |
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265 | (5) |
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7.2 Business Decision Making in Mix-product |
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270 | (2) |
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7.3 Marketing Decision Making under Z-information |
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272 | (8) |
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7.4 Optimal Planning of Company Production by Z-linear Programming |
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280 | (7) |
Bibliography |
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287 | (11) |
Index |
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