P. Senthil Kumar, R. Jahir Hussain. A method for solving balanced intuitionistic fuzzy assignment problem. International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications, 4(3):897-903, 2014. [doi]
In this paper, we investigate an assignment problem in which cost coefficients are triangular intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. In conventional assignment problem, cost is always certain. This paper develops an approach to solve an intuitionistic fuzzy assignment problem where cost is not deterministic numbers but imprecise ones. Here, the elements of the costs (profits) matrix of the assignment problem are triangular intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. Then its triangular shaped membership and non-membership functions are defined. A new ranking procedure which can be found in [4] and is used to compare the intuitionistic fuzzy numbers so that an Intuitionistic Fuzzy Hungarian method may be applied to solve the intuitionistic fuzzy assignment problem. Numerical examples show that an intuitionistic fuzzy ranking method offers an effective tool for handling an intuitionistic fuzzy assignment problem.