Affiliations: College of Information Technology, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China | School of Management, Fuzhou University, Fouzhou, Fujian, China | School of Mathematical Sciences, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, China
Note: [] Corresponding author. Deng-Feng Li, School of Management, Fuzhou University, No. 2, Xueyuan Road, Daxue New District, Fuzhou District, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China. Tel./Fax: +86 0591 87892973; E-mail: lidengfeng@fzu.edu.cn
Abstract: Triangular intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (TIFNs) are a special kind of intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IFSs) on the real number set. TIFNs are useful to deal with ill-known quantities in decision data and decision making problems themselves. How to measure the value and uncertainty of a TIFN is of great importance. In this paper, we introduce the concepts of the weighted possibility mean, variance and covariance of TIFNs. Furthermore, we show that the weighted possibility mean and the weighted possibility variance of linear combination of TIFNs can be computed in a similar manner to those in probability theory. The desirable properties for the possibility covariance of TIFNs are also investigated. The concepts of the weighted possibility mean, variance and covariance of TIFNs can be considered as a generalization of those of the triangular fuzzy numbers.
