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·2022 OPEN ACCESS

A GOLDEN SECTION METHOD FOR THE MULTI-OBJECTIVE FRACTIONAL SOLID TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM USING THE EXPONENTIAL MEMBERSHIP FUNCTION

Nurdan Kara YTU , Hale Gonce Köçken YTU

DergiPark (Istanbul University)

Abstract

The multi-objective Solid Transportation Problem (MSTP) is type of vector minimization (or maximization) problem with three parameters: source, destination, and mode of transport. It may have fractional objective functions in real-life applications to maximize the profitability ratio like profit/cost or profit/time. We refer to such transportation problems as the Multi-objective Fractional Solid Transportation Problem (MFSTP). In this article is presented a fuzzy approach that combines the usage of linear programming and the golden section algorithm with linear and exponential membership functions and a strongly efficient solution is obtained. Finally, a numerical example from the literature is solved to show the solution algorithm and a comparison is presented with the solution found by using a linear membership function.

Keywords

Exponential function Section (typography) Function (biology) Mathematics Mathematical optimization Applied mathematics Calculus (dental) Mathematical analysis Computer science Medicine Biology

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