Abstract

The specific case of transportation problem is an assignment problem. The goal of optimal assignment is assign equal number of task to equal number of persons with a minimum cost (time) or maximum profit (sales). In fuzzy assignment problem, the distance (time) are fuzzy values. In this article, a new ranking procedure proposed for ranking the nonagonal fuzzy numbers. The best solution of the nonagonal fuzzy assignment problem is obtained from proposed ranking technique which is compared with existing solution.

Keywords and Phrases

Average ranking method, Existing ranking method, Nonagonal fuzzy number.

A.M.S. subject classification

03B52, 03E72, 90C06, 90C70.

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