aDepartment of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Oradea, Universităţii 1, 410087 Oradea, Romania
Abstract:
The problem to find the nearest trapezoidal approximation of a fuzzy number with respect to a well-known metric, which preserves the expected interval of the fuzzy number, is completely solved. The previously proposed approximation operators are improved so as to always obtain a trapezoidal fuzzy number. Properties of this new trapezoidal approximation operator are studied.