A new approach for analysing the fuzzy system reliability using intuitionistic fuzzy number

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-156

  Kumar, Mohit ^a   Yadav, Shiv Prasad ^a   Kumar, Surendra ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Fuzzy number; Fuzzy set; IFN; Intuitionistic fuzzy number; System reliability; Trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy number; TrIFN

Indexed keywords

FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SETS; RELIABILITY THEORY;

FUZZY NUMBERS; INTUITIONISTIC FUZZY NUMBER; INTUITIONISTIC FUZZY SETS; SERIES AND PARALLEL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; TRAPEZOIDAL FUZZY NUMBERS; TRIANGULAR INTUITIONISTIC FUZZY NUMBERS; TRIFN;

FUZZY SET THEORY;

EID: 79960668664     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2011.041366     Document Type: Article

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