Combinatorial Optimization Under Uncertainty. Real-Life Scenarios in Allocation Problems

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Cover Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface About the Editors 1 Estimation of Uncertainties for Multiserver Queuing Systems with Bernoulli Feedback Introduction Portrayal of Model Matrix Geometric Method System Performance Measures Illustration Application Example Conclusion References 2 Optimality for Fuzzy Transportation Problem under Ranking Method Introduction Classic Set Fuzzy Set Membership Function Motivation Network Flow Programming Shortest Path Problem Mines and Factories Moving Books (The Importance of the Cost Function) Abstract Formulation (Monge and Kantorovich Formulations) Methods North-West Corner Rule Vogel's Approximation Method uv-Method Ranking Method Problem Formulation Preliminaries Fuzzy Transportation Problem Robust Ranking Transportation Problem Application Least Time Fuzzy Transportation Model Numerical Examples Conclusion Acknowledgements Conflict of Interest References 3 Solution of Bilevel Linear Fractional Transportation Problem with Pythagorean Fuzzy Numbers Introduction Literature Review Bilevel Linear Fractional Transportation Problem Basic Definitions Bilevel Fractional Transportation Problem with Pythagorean Fuzzy Parameters Solution Methodology for BFTPPFN Fuzzy Programming Approach Goal Programming Approach Application of BLFTP with Pythagorean Fuzzy Parameters Conclusions and Prospective Work Acknowledgements Conflict of Interest References 4 Optimal Production Evaluation of Cotton in Different Soil and Water Conditions in Sundarban of West Bengal under Hesitant Interval Fuzzy Environment Using Projection Measures Introduction Cotton Production Problem MCDM and Uncertainty Literature Review Mathematical Preliminaries Hesitant Interval-Valued Fuzzy Linguistic Element (HIFLE) Projection Measure in HIFLE Fuzzy MCDM Problem MCDM Method Based on HIFLE Using Projection Case Studies: Cotton Production in Sundarban Results and Discussion Conclusion Conflict of Interest References 5 A Novel Approach for Feature Detection in Vector Graphics Introduction Mathematical Formulation Analysis of Results Dataset Description Experimental Setup Results Conclusion and Future Scope Acknowledgements Appendix 5A: An Example of Mathematical Processing of XML of a SVG Image References 6 On Uncertain Matrix Games Involving Linguistic Pythagorean Fuzzy Sets Introduction Inspiration and Significance for Suggested Methodology Definitions and Properties Linguistic Pythagorean Fuzzy Set (LPFS) Matrix Games with Uncertain Information Solution Technique for Matrix Games Characterized by LPFVs Numerical Illustration Comparative Study Concluding Note References 7 Cyclic Surgery Scheduling using Variations of Cohort Intelligence Introduction Variations of CI Real-World Application of Healthcare Assignment Problem Results and Discussion Conclusion References 8 Cone Method for Uncertain Multiobjective Optimization Problems with Minmax Robustness Introduction Prerequisite (Deterministic) MOP and Cone Method UOPs and Minmax Robustness Robust Counterparts for Uncertain MOPs Cone Method for Uncertain MOPs Conclusion Pros and Cons of Minmax Robustness Future Directions Acknowledgements References 9 Solving Multi-Index Transportation Problem with Axial Constraints Having Impaired Flow Introduction Theoretical Development Impaired Flow Numerical Examples Additional Computational Results Conclusion References 10 STAR Heuristic Method: A Novel Approach and Its Comparative Analysis with CI Algorithm to Solve CBAP in Healthcare Introduction Cyclic Bottleneck Assignment Problem (CBAP) STAR Heuristic Method Cohort Intelligence (CI) Comparison with CI Literature Review Dataset STAR Heuristic Algorithm Flowchart Implementation Results Result Discussion Boundary Case Conclusions and Future Scope References 11 Development and Optimization of Quadratic Programming Problems with Intuitionistic Fuzzy Parameters Introduction Preliminaries Intuitionistic Fuzzy Quadratic Programming Problem Model Formulation Proposed Solution Methodology Numerical Illustration Conclusion Acknowledgements References Index