Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition) ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (10): 1382-1390 .

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MATHEMATICAL EXPECTATION ABOUT DISCRETE RANDOM VARIABLE WITH INTERVAL PROBABILITY OR FUZZY PROBABILITY

XIAO Sheng-xie, LÜ En-lin   

    1. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Chongqing Jiaotong University,
      Chongqing 400074, P.R.China;
    2. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P.R.China
  • Received:2003-09-16 Revised:2005-06-10 Online:2005-10-18 Published:2005-10-18
  • Contact: XIAO Sheng-xie

Abstract: The character and an algorithm about DRVIP(discrete random variable with interval probability) and the second kind DRVFP (discrete random variable with crisp event-fuzzy probability) are researched.Using the fuzzy resolution theorem, the solving mathematical expectation of a DRVFP can be translated into solving mathematical expectation of a series of RVIP. It is obvious that solving mathematical expectation of a DRVIP is a typical linear programming problem. A very functional calculating formula for solving mathematical expectation of DRVIP was obtained by using the Dantzig’s simplex method. The example indicates that the result obtained by using the functional calculating formula fits together completely with the result obtained by using the linear programming method, but the process using the formula deduced is simpler.

Key words: interval number, random variable, mathematical expectation, fuzzy set, probability

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