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03E72,
49N99,
65K99,
90C70,
90C90 | MR 2025958 | Zbl 1099.90081 | DOI: 10.1023/B:APOM.0000024488.86492.fb
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Keywords:
fuzzy sets; uncertainty; worst scenario method
fuzzy sets; uncertainty; worst scenario method
Summary:
In practice, input data entering a state problem are almost always uncertain to some extent. Thus it is natural to consider a set $\mathcal U_{\mathrm ad}$ of admissible input data instead of a fixed and unique input. The worst scenario method takes into account all states generated by $\mathcal U_{\mathrm ad}$ and maximizes a functional criterion reflecting a particular feature of the state solution, as local stress, displacement, or temperature, for instance. An increase in the criterion value indicates a deterioration in the featured quantity. The method takes all the elements of $\mathcal U_{\mathrm ad}$ as equally important though this can be unrealistic and can lead to too pessimistic conclusions. Often, however, additional information expressed through a membership function of $\mathcal U_{\mathrm ad}$ is available, i.e., $\mathcal U_{\mathrm ad}$ becomes a fuzzy set. In the article, infinite-dimensional $\mathcal U_{\mathrm ad}$ are considered, two ways of introducing fuzziness into $\mathcal U_{\mathrm ad}$ are suggested, and the worst scenario method operating on fuzzy admissible sets is proposed to obtain a fuzzy set of outputs.
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