Article ID: | iaor2005396 |
Country: | India |
Volume: | 41 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 1 |
End Page Number: | 15 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2004 |
Journal: | OPSEARCH |
Authors: | Sinha S.B., Sinha Surabhi |
Keywords: | programming: linear |
In this paper we study hierarchical systems with stochastic data: be it the cost coefficients, right-hand-side vector, coefficient matrix or any of their combinations. The problem is converted to its equivalent deterministic form using any known stochastic approach. This deterministic model (in case of a linear hierarchy) may be linear or nonlinear depending on which parameter in the problem is random. Finally the linear/nonlinear deterministic model is solved using fuzzy technique via linear membership function. We have also shown the application of the deterministic models to find a solution using numerical examples.