Selecting green suppliers based on GSCM practices: Using fuzzy TOPSIS applied to a Brazilian electronics company

Due to an increased awareness and significant environmental pressures from various stakeholders, companies have begun to realize the significance of incorporating green practices into their daily activities. This paper proposes a framework using Fuzzy TOPSIS to select green suppliers for a Brazilian electronics company; our framework is built on the criteria of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices. An empirical analysis is made, and the data are collected from a set of 12 available suppliers. We use a fuzzy TOPSIS approach to rank the suppliers, and the results of the proposed framework are compared with the ranks obtained by both the geometric mean and the graded mean methods of fuzzy TOPSIS methodology. Then a Spearman rank correlation coefficient is used to find the statistical difference between the ranks obtained by the three methods. Finally, a sensitivity analysis has been performed to examine the influence of the preferences given by the decision makers for the chosen GSCM practices on the selection of green suppliers. Results indicate that the four dominant criteria are Commitment of senior management to GSCM; Product designs that reduce, reuse, recycle, or reclaim materials, components, or energy; Compliance with legal environmental requirements and auditing programs; and Product designs that avoid or reduce toxic or hazardous material use.     

On a New Class of Systems of Generalized Quasi-Variational Inequalities

We introduce new types of systems of generalized quasi-variational inequalities and we prove the existence of the solutions by using results of pair equilibrium existence for free abstract economies. We consider the fuzzy models and we also introduce the random free abstract economy and the random equilibrium pair. The existence of the solutions for the systems of quasi-variational inequalities comes as consequences of the existence of equilibrium pairs for the considered free abstract economies.     

基于模糊TOPSIS法的职业选择定量分析

由于职业选择受多种因素的影响,且许多因素又具有模糊不确定性,单纯地从定性的角度无法准确清晰地进行选择判断.为解决这一问题,本文运用模糊TOPSIS法对职业选择问题进行定量分析.首先,从个人兴趣爱好、单位的工资收入水平、地理位置、单位性质、发展前景、继续深造的条件和机会、发展机会等,建立职业选择的评价指标体系;然后,采用模糊集理论与专家综合评判相结合的方法求出模糊评价指标的概率并给出所有评价指标的权数;接着,以模糊数学和传统TOPSIS(逼近理想解的排序法)法为基础,建立职业选择评价方法;最后,以某大学生职业选择为例,验证该评价方法的有效性.结果表明,运用模糊TOPSIS法对职业选择定量分析是可行的.     

基于一阶Takagi-Sugeno系统的Pi-Sigma网络的改进神经-模糊梯度学习算法

This paper presents a Pi-Sigma network to identify first-order Tagaki-Sugeno（T-S） fuzzy inference system and proposes a simplified gradient-based neuro-fuzzy learning algorithm.A comprehensive study on the weak and strong convergence for the learning method is made,which indicates that the sequence of error function goes to a fixed value,and the gradient of the error function goes to zero,respectively.     

Comments on “Statistical reasoning with set-valued information: Ontic vs. epistemic view” by Inés Couso and Didier Dubois

I discuss some aspects of the distinction between ontic and epistemic views of sets as representation of imprecise or incomplete information. In particular, I consider its implications on imprecise probability representations: credal sets and sets of desirable gambles. It is emphasized that the interpretation of the same mathematical object can be different depending on the point of view from which this element is considered. In the case of a fuzzy information on a random variable, it is possible to define a possibility distribution on the simplex of probability distributions. I add some comments about the properties of this possibility distribution.     

中国经济随机前沿模型效率的贝叶斯统计推断

基于扩展的随机生产前沿模型,研究了区域生产效率的差异和其影响因素的作用效果,应用贝叶斯统计方法对中国各省份2010-2017的年度数据(不包含港澳台地区,下同)进行了实证研究.研究发现:生产效率总体呈逐渐下降的趋势,地区间生产效率有一定的差异,高等教育规模对生产效率具有显著的直接影响.人力资本能有效促进东部和中部地区的经济增长,西部地区主要依靠资本促进经济增长.环境污染对中部地区的经济增长具有一定的负向作用.     

A metric space to study differences between polynucleotides

We introduce a new metric in the space of fuzzy polynucleotides.     

剩余格与正则剩余格的特征定理

本文进一步研究了具有广泛应用的一类模糊逻辑代数系统——剩余格，并引入了正则剩余格的概念，对剩余格与正则剩余格的定义进行了讨论，给出了剩余格与正则剩余格的特征定理，其中包含剩余格与正则剩余格的等式特征，从而这两个格类都构成簇．本文还讨论了剩余格与正则剩余格公理系统的独立性，以及它们与相近代数结构的关系．