Some extensions of fuzzy linear programming (Q801810)

In the formulation of fuzzy linear programming proposed by \textit{H.-J. Zimmermann} [see e.g. ibid. 1, 45-55 (1978; Zbl 0364.90065)], it is assumed that fuzzy goals and fuzzy constraints are explicitly given as fuzzy sets on appropriate real lines respectively and are actually characterized by membership functions in linear form. For relaxing those assumptions, two kinds of extensions are derived in this paper. In the first extension, it is shown that fuzzy goals and fuzzy constraints expressed as fuzzy relations with fuzzy parmeters can be treated as fuzzy sets on different real lines under some assumptions. In the second extension, it is shown that optimization in the case when the membership functions of the fuzzy goals and the fuzzy constraints are given in piecewise linear form can be achieved by using a standard linear programming technique repetitionally.