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On the fuzzy sets and fuzzy mathematical programming

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pp. 329–336Vol. 29Issue 2February 2026DOI: 10.47974/JIM-2176XML
Received:
07 Aug 2024
Published Online:
14 Oct 2025
Article type:
Research Article
Language:
EN
Article no.:
JIM-2176
Pages:
329–336

Abstract

Fuzzy sets and operations with such sets are considered, and problems of fuzzy mathematical programming are discussed.

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