Ranking and Similarity Measures of Interval-Valued Pentagonal Fuzzy Numbers

Abstract

We define generalized interval-valued pentagonal fuzzy numbers. Based on the height of the lower and upper pentagonal fuzzy numbers we propose to categorize interval-valued pentagonal fuzzy numbers into three different categories. Using signed distance concept de-fuzzification of interval-valued pentagonal fuzzy numbers is proposed and mathematical formulas are derived using   cut representations. We also introduce two similarity measures for interval-valued pentagonal fuzzy numbers based on geometric distance, area and height of pentagonal fuzzy numbers and geometric distance, perimeter and height of pentagonal fuzzy numbers respectively. Algorithms for finding de-fuzzification value and similarity measures are proposed with flow-chart illustration.