In the last 25 years, the fuzzy set theory has been appliedin many disciplines such as operations research, managementscience, control theory,artificial intelligence/expertsystem, etc. In this volume, methods and applications offuzzy mathematical programming and possibilisticmathematical programmingare first systematically and thoroughly reviewed andclassified. This state-of-the-art survey provides readerswith a capsule look into the existing methods, and theircharacteristics and applicability to analysis of fuzzy andpossibilistic programming problems. To realize practicalfuzzy modelling, we present solutions for real-worldproblems including production/manufacturing, transportation,assignment, game, environmental management, resourceallocation,project investment, banking/finance, and agriculturaleconomics. To improve flexibility and robustness of fuzzymathematical programming techniques, we also present ourexpert decision-making support system IFLP which considersand solves all possibilities of a specific domain of (fuzzy)linear programming problems. Basic fuzzy set theories,membership functions, fuzzy decisions, operators and fuzzyarithmetic are introduced with simple numerical examples inaneasy-to-read and easy-to-follow manner. An updatedbibliographical listing of 60 books, monographs orconference proceedings, and about 300 selected papers,reports or theses is presented in the end of this study.

In the last 25 years, the fuzzy set theory has been appliedin many disciplines such as operations research, managementscience, control theory,artificial intelligence/expertsystem, etc. In this volume, methods and applications offuzzy mathematical programming and possibilisticmathematical programmingare first systematically and thoroughly reviewed andclassified. This state-of-the-art survey provides readerswith a capsule look into the existing methods, and theircharacteristics and applicability to analysis of fuzzy andpossibilistic programming problems. To realize practicalfuzzy modelling, we present solutions for real-worldproblems including production/manufacturing, transportation,assignment, game, environmental management, resourceallocation,project investment, banking/finance, and agriculturaleconomics. To improve flexibility and robustness of fuzzymathematical programming techniques, we also present ourexpert decision-making support system IFLP which considersand solves all possibilities of a specific domain of (fuzzy)linear programming problems. Basic fuzzy set theories,membership functions, fuzzy decisions, operators and fuzzyarithmetic are introduced with simple numerical examples inaneasy-to-read and easy-to-follow manner. An updatedbibliographical listing of 60 books, monographs orconference proceedings, and about 300 selected papers,reports or theses is presented in the end of this study.

In the last 25 years, the fuzzy set theory has been appliedin many disciplines such as operations research, managementscience, control theory,artificial intelligence/expertsystem, etc. In this volume, methods and applications offuzzy mathematical programming and possibilisticmathematical programmingare first systematically and thoroughly reviewed andclassified. This state-of-the-art survey provides readerswith a capsule look into the existing methods, and theircharacteristics and applicability to analysis of fuzzy andpossibilistic programming problems. To realize practicalfuzzy modelling, we present solutions for real-worldproblems including production/manufacturing, transportation,assignment, game, environmental management, resourceallocation,project investment, banking/finance, and agriculturaleconomics. To improve flexibility and robustness of fuzzymathematical programming techniques, we also present ourexpert decision-making support system IFLP which considersand solves all possibilities of a specific domain of (fuzzy)linear programming problems. Basic fuzzy set theories,membership functions, fuzzy decisions, operators and fuzzyarithmetic are introduced with simple numerical examples inaneasy-to-read and easy-to-follow manner. An updatedbibliographical listing of 60 books, monographs orconference proceedings, and about 300 selected papers,reports or theses is presented in the end of this study.