Ranking of linear Diophantine fuzzy numbers using circumcenter of centroids

1.   Introduction

In 1965, Zadeh ^[56] presented fuzzy set theory. Later, Atanasov ^[10] generalized the notion of a fuzzy set and added the notion of an intuitionistic fuzzy set. One of the underlying issues of fuzzy arithmetic and fuzzy decision-making is the ranking of fuzzy numbers. Before the decision-maker can act, fuzzy numbers should be ranked. Real numbers can be ordered linearly by the connection $\leq$ or $\geq,$ however, and fuzzy numbers do not have this type of disparity. Because a probable distribution depicts fuzzy numbers, they could also overlap, making it challenging to determine whether one fuzzy number is either larger or smaller than another. A ranking component, which outlines each fuzzy number further into a real line in which a natural order persists, is an efficient method to order the fuzzy numbers. Ramesh ^[49] compares the notion of ranking function for making comparisons of normal fuzzy numbers.

Abbasbandy and Hajjari ^[1] developed an innovative method for classifying trapezoidal fuzzy numbers. Wang and Kerre ^[52] proposed ordering features for fuzzy quantities. Angelov ^[8] adhered the Bellman and Zadeh ^[12] fuzzy optimization approach to intuitionistic fuzzy optimization. Numerous authors, including Jana and Roy ^[30], Mahapatra et al. ^[35], Dubey et al. ^[20], Mukherjee and Basu ^[39] have investigated the issue of optimization in an intuitionistic fuzzy background. One initiative to model the decision-making challenge with ambiguous quantities is to treat such imprecise quantities as intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. Consequently, the analogy of fuzzy numbers is required in the intuitionistic fuzzy optimisation problem. To create ranking systems for intuitionistic fuzzy numbers, comparisons of these erroneous numbers are necessary.

Between intuitionistic fuzzy sets, Atanassov identified four fundamental distances: "The Hamming, normalised Hamming, Euclidean, and normalised Euclidean distances". Szmidt and Kacprzyk ^[51] added to this principle and suggested a new definition of distance between intuitionistic fuzzy sets. Wang and Xin ^[53] also investigated the striking similarities and detachments between intuitionistic fuzzy sets by presenting some new axioms. Besides this, Nayagam et al. ^[41] and Nehi ^[42] also have investigated the ranking of intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. Li ^[34] defined and implemented a ratio methodology for triangular intuitionistic fuzzy numbers to MADM. In literature, there are additional ranking techniques that have been developed by authors like Kumar and Kaur ^[33], Zhang and Yu ^[57], Esmailzadeh and Esmailzadeh ^[22] and Papakostas et al. ^[44]. By adding the valuation and ambiguity indexes of a trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy number, De and Das ^[19] were capable of describing a ranking function.

The centroid approach of ranking intuitionistic fuzzy numbers was introduced by Nishad et al. ^[43]. Bharati and Singh ^[13,14] have explored intuitionistic fuzzy multiple objective programming and implemented it in agricultural planning and control. In a two-stage time-minimizing transportation concern, Bharati and Malhotra ^[15] used intuitionistic fuzzy sets. A novel algorithm for ranking intuitionistic fuzzy digits using the centroid method was put forth by Prakash et al. ^[45]. Mitchell ^[37] introduced some techniques for ranking intuitively fuzzy numbers. To use the intuitionistic fuzzy number's anticipated interval, Grzegorzewski ^[26] suggested a ranking and having-to-order method for intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. This is entirely predicated on the possible values for the fuzzy number first presented in Chiao ^[17]. An approach for ranking fuzzy numbers using the circumcenter of centroids and an indicator of modality was presented by Rao and Shankar ^[46]. Nasseri et al. ^[40] introduce an addition to using the circumcenter of centroids to rank fuzzy numbers with the aid of an area method. Roseline and Amirtharaj ^[50] presented intinuistic fuzzy numbers using distance methods that rely on the circumcenter of centroids.

Additionally, Yager ^[54,55] expanded upon the idea of PFS and introduced a new definition known as a q-rung orthopair fuzzy set (q-ROFS). Chen ^[16] suggested m-polar FS, while Zhang ^[57] established bipolar FS and its relationships. Akram ^[2] investigated the theory, procedures, and applications of m-polar F graphs in DM. Riaz and Hashmi ^[47] proposed the cutting-edge idea of a linear Diophantine fuzzy set (LDFS). The research on LDFSs has recently expanded significantly. Iampan et al. ^[29] researched linear Diophantine fuzzy Einstein aggregation operators, spherical linear Diophantine fuzzy, and linear Diophantine fuzzy relations concerning decision-making issues. Developed a fresh method for the COVID-19 q-linear Diophantine fuzzy emergency decision support system. Algebraic linear Diophantine fuzzy structures were researched by Kamac ^[31]. Khan et al. ^[32] use triangular linear Diophantine fuzzy numbers to solve linear and quadratic equations. There are several authors who studied different applications of generalized fuzzy set models, for instance, Ali et al. ^[3,4,5,6], Ashraf et al. ^[9], Ayub et al. ^[11], Das and Granados ^[18], Farid et al. ^[23], Gupta et al. ^[27], Hashmi et al. ^[28], Mahmood et al. ^[36], Mohammad et al. ^[38] and Riaz and Farid ^[48].

The domain principle of intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS), interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy set (IVIFS), Pythagorean fuzzy set (PFS), interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy set (IVPFS) and q-rung orthopair fuzzy set (q-ROFS) have several actual applications in diverse fields. But researchers found some limitations to apply these concepts in much uncertain problems due to some issues related to membership and non-membership grades. For instance, in all these theories the researchers cannot choose 1 for membership and 1 for no-membership, if someone choose 1 for membership and 1 for no-membership the $1^{q}+1^{q} > 1$. In order to remedy the issues, firstly, Riaz and Hashmi introduce the novel idea of linear Diophantine fuzzy set (LDFS). In LDFS concept, they use the reference parameters similar to membership and non-membership grades makes it most accommodating in the direction of modeling uncertainties in actual existence issues. This research proposes a novel circumcenter-based algorithm for ranking LD fuzzy numbers. A trapezoid is initially divided into three segments in a trapezoidal LD fuzzy number, with the first, second, and third parts consecutively being a triangle, a rectangle, and a triangle. Next, the centroids of each of these three components are computed and their circumcenters. To rank LD fuzzy numbers, a ranking algorithm is lastly specified as the circumcenter position plus the original position. The centroid of the trapezoid, which serves as the trapezoid's balance point, is used as a point of reference in most ranking algorithms suggested in the literature. But since all of the centroids' vertices are fairly different from this point, the centroids' circumcenter could be considered a significantly balanced location.

2.   Preliminaries and basic definitions

This section is dedicated to reviewing some fundamental ideas essential for comprehending the dominant model.

Definition 2.1. ^[56] Consider a non-empty set $X$ as the universe of discourse. Then a fuzzy set $\xi$ in $X$ is defined as follows:

where $\mu _{\xi }(\theta):X\longrightarrow \lbrack 0, 1]$ is the membership degree.

Definition 2.2. ^[24] A fuzzy set $\xi$ defined on the universe set $X$ is said to be normal iff $\mu _{\xi }(\theta) = 1.$

Definition 2.3. ^[21] A fuzzy set $\xi$ of universe set $X$ is said to be convex iff

Definition 2.4. ^[21] A fuzzy set $\xi$ of universe set $X$ is a fuzzy number iff $\xi$ is normal and convex on $X.$

A real fuzzy number $\xi$ is described as any fuzzy subset of the real line $R$ with membership function $\mu _{\xi }(\theta)$ possessing the following properties:

● $\mu _{\xi }$ is a continuous mapping from $R$ to the closed interval $[0, 1].$

● $\xi$ is normalized : there exist $t\in R$ such that $\mu _{\xi }(t) = 1.$

● Convexity of $\xi :$ i.e., $u, w\in R,$ if $t\leq u\leq w,$ then $\mu _{\xi }(u)\geq \min \{ \mu _{\xi }(t), \mu _{\xi }(w)\}.$

● Boundness of support: i.e., $\exists S\in R$ and $\forall t\in R,$ if $\left \vert t\right \vert \geq S,$ then $\mu _{\xi }(t) = 0.$

Definition 2.5. ^[10] An intuitionistic fuzzy set $\varpi$ in $X$ defined by

where $\alpha _{\varpi }:X\longrightarrow \lbrack 0, 1]$ and $\beta _{\varpi }:X\longrightarrow \lbrack 0, 1]$ are the membership degree and non-membership degree, respectively, with the condition:

The hesitation degree of IFS $\varpi$ defined in $X$ is denoted as $\pi _{\varpi }(\theta)$. It is determined by the following expression:

Definition 2.6. ^[47] Let $X$ be the universe. A linear Diophantine fuzzy set (LDFS) ${\rm{£}} _{R}$ on $X$ is defined as follows:

where $\zeta _{R}^{\tau }(\theta), \eta _{R}^{\upsilon }(\theta), \alpha (\theta), \beta (\theta)\in \lbrack 0, 1]$ such that

The hesitation part can be written as

where $\varrho$ is the reference parameter.

Definition 2.7. ^[47] An absolute LDFS on $X$ can be written as

and empty or null LDFS can be expressed as

Definition 2.8. ^[47] Let ${\rm{£}} _{R} = \{(\theta, \langle \zeta _{R}^{\tau }(\theta), \eta _{R}^{\upsilon }(\theta)\rangle, \langle \alpha (\theta), \beta (\theta)\rangle):\theta \in X\}$ be an LDFS. For any constants $s, t, u, v\in \lbrack 0, 1]$ such that $0\leq su+tv\leq 1$ with $0\leq u+v\leq 1,$ define the $(\langle s, t\rangle, \langle u, v\rangle)$-cut of ${\rm{£}} _{R}$ as follows:

Definition 2.9. ^[32] A LDF number ${\rm{£}} _{R}$ is

● a LDF subset of the real line $R,$

● normal, i.e., there is any $\theta _{0}\in R$ such that $\zeta _{R}^{\tau }(\theta _{0}) = 1,$ $\eta _{R}^{\upsilon }(\theta _{0}) = 0,$ $\alpha (\theta _{0}) = 1,$ $\beta (\theta _{0}) = 0,$

● convex for the membership functions $\zeta _{R}^{\tau }$ and $\alpha,$ i.e.,

● concave for the nonmembership functions $\eta _{R}^{\upsilon }$ and $\beta$, i.e.,

Definition 2.10. Let ${\rm{£}} _{R}$ be a trapezoidal LDFN (TrapLDFN) on $R$ with the following membership functions $(\zeta _{R}^{\tau }$ and $\alpha)$ and non-membership functions $(\eta _{R}^{\upsilon }$ and $\beta):$

where $\theta _{1}\leq \theta _{2}\leq \theta _{3}\leq \theta _{4}\leq \theta _{5}\leq \theta _{6}$ for all $x\in R.$ The figure of $(\theta _{1}, \theta _{2}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{4}, \theta _{5}, \theta _{6})$ is shown in Figure 1.

where $\theta _{1}^{^{\prime }}\leq \theta _{2}^{^{\prime }}\leq \theta _{3}\leq \theta _{4}\leq \theta _{5}^{^{\prime }}\leq \theta _{6}^{\prime }$ for all $x\in R.$ The figure of $(\theta _{1}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{2}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{4}, \theta _{5}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{6}^{\prime })$ is shown in Figure 2.

The figure of ${\rm{£}} _{\mathfrak{R}_{TrapLDFN}}$ is shown in Figure 3.

Definition 2.11. Consider a TrapLDFN ${\rm{£}} _{\mathfrak{R}_{TrapLDFN}} = \left \{ _{(\theta _{1}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{2}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{4}, \theta _{5}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{6}^{\prime })}^{(\theta _{1}, \theta _{2}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{4}, \theta _{5}, \theta _{6})}\right..$ Then

(i) ${\rm{s}}$-cut set of ${\rm{£}} _{\mathfrak{R}_{TrapLDFN}}$ is a crisp subset of $\mathbb{R},$ which is defined as follows

(ii) ${\rm{t}}$-cut set of ${\rm{£}} _{\mathfrak{R}_{TrapLDFN}}$ is a crisp subset of $\mathbb{R},$ which is defined as follows

(iii) ${\rm{u}}$-cut set of ${\rm{£}} _{\mathfrak{R}_{TrapLDFN}}$ is a crisp subset of $\mathbb{R},$ which is defined as follows

(iv) ${\rm{v}}$-cut set of ${\rm{£}} _{\mathfrak{R}_{TrapLDFN}}$ is a crisp subset of $\mathbb{R},$ which is defined as follows

We can denote the $\left(\left \langle s, t\right \rangle, \left \langle u, v\right \rangle \right)$-cut of ${\rm{£}} _{ \mathfrak{R}_{TrapLDFN}} = \left \{ _{(\theta _{1}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{2}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{4}, \theta _{5}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{6}^{\prime })}^{(\theta _{1}, \theta _{2}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{4}, \theta _{5}, \theta _{6})}\right.$ by

We denote the set of all TrapLDFN on $\mathbb{R}$ by ${\rm{£}} _{\mathfrak{R}_{TrapLDFN}}(\mathbb{R})$.

3.   Centroid method for ranking of trapaziodal LDFNs

In this part, we determine the centroid location of the trapezoidal linear Diaphontine fuzzy number (TrapLDFN). The geometric core of a trapezoidal Linear diophantine fuzzy number is used in the process of ranking TrapLDFNs with a centroid index. Values on the horizontal and vertical axes correlate to the geometric centre.

Consider a TrapLDFN ${\rm{£}} _{\mathfrak{R}_{TrapLDFN}} = \left\{ _{(\theta _{1}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{2}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{4}, \theta _{5}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{6}^{\prime })}^{(\theta _{1}, \theta _{2}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{4}, \theta _{5}, \theta _{6})}\right.,$ whose membership function can be defined as follows:

Where

are called the sides of TrapLDFN, where $f_{A}^{L},$ $g_{A}^{R},$ $f_{A}^{^{\prime }L}$ and $g_{A}^{\prime R}$ are non-decreasing and $f_{A}^{R},$ $g_{A}^{L},$ $f_{A}^{\prime R}$ and $g_{A}^{\prime L}$ are non-increasing functions. Therefore the inverse functions of $f_{A}^{L},$ $f_{A}^{R},$ $g_{A}^{L},$ $g_{A}^{R},$ $f_{A}^{\prime L},$ $f_{A}^{\prime R},$ $g_{A}^{\prime L}$ and $g_{A}^{\prime R}$ exist which are also of the same nature. Let

be the inverse functions of $f_{A}^{L},$ $f_{A}^{R},$ $g_{A}^{L},$ $g_{A}^{R},$ $f_{A}^{\prime L},$ $f_{A}^{\prime R},$ $g_{A}^{\prime L}$ and $g_{A}^{\prime R}$ respectively. Then, $h_{A}^{L},$ $h_{A}^{R},$ $k_{A}^{L},$ $k_{A}^{R},$ $h_{A}^{\prime L},$ $h_{A}^{\prime R},$ $k_{A}^{\prime L}$ and $k_{A}^{\prime R}$ should be integrable on $R.$ In the case of the above defined TrapLDFN, the above inverse functions can be analytically expressed as follows:

The centroid point of the TrapLDFN is determined as follows. First we find $\zeta _{R}^{\tau }(x)$ and $\eta _{R}^{\upsilon }(x),$ also see the Figure 4.

Similarly, we find $\alpha (x)$ and $\beta (x),$ also see the Figure 5.

Next, we find $\zeta _{R}^{\tau }(y)$ and $\eta _{R}^{\upsilon }(y),$ also see the Figure 6.

Similarly, we find $\alpha (y)$ and $\beta (y),$ also see the Figure 7.

Then $($$\langle \zeta _{R}^{\tau }(x), \zeta _{R}^{\tau }(y)\rangle, \langle \alpha (x), \alpha (y)\rangle; \langle \eta _{R}^{\upsilon }(x), \eta _{R}^{\upsilon }(y)\rangle, \langle \beta (x), \beta (y)\rangle)$ gives the centroid of the TrapLDFN.

Definition 3.1. The ranking function of the TrapLDFN $A$ is defined by

which is the Eculidean distance.

As a special case, if in a TrapLDFN, we let $\theta _{3} = \theta _{4},$ then we will get a triangular LDFN with parameters $\theta _{1}\leq \theta _{2}\leq \theta _{3}\leq \theta _{4}\leq \theta _{5}\leq \theta _{6}$ and $\theta _{1}^{^{\prime }}\leq \theta _{2}^{^{\prime }}\leq \theta _{3}\leq \theta _{4}\leq \theta _{5}^{^{\prime }}\leq \theta _{6}^{\prime }.$ It is denoted by ${\rm{£}} _{\mathfrak{R}_{TriLDFN}} = \left\{ _{(\theta _{1}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{2}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{5}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{6}^{^{\prime }})}^{(\theta _{1}, \theta _{2}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{5}, \theta _{6})}\right.$. The centroids of the membership functions and non-membership functions of the triangular LDFN respectively are defined as

and

Definition 3.2. The ranking function of the triangular LDFN $A$ is defined by

which is the Eculidean distance.

Example 3.3. Consider two TriLDFNs $A = \left\{ _{(1, 4, 7, 10, 14)}^{(3, 5, 7, 8, 13)}\right.$ and $B = \left\{ _{(0, 4, 9, 13, 15)}^{(1, 3, 9, 10, 13)}\right..$ Then using the proposed method we find $\Re (A),$

Also

Now,

Now, by using the proposed method we find $\Re (B),$

Also

Now,

As $\Re (A) < \Re (B)\Longrightarrow A < B.$

4.   Ranking of trapaziodal LDFNs using circumcenter of centroids

A trapezoid's centroid is regarded as the shape's equilibrium position. The linear Diophantine fuzzy number's membership function trapezoid is divided into three planar figures. These three plane figures are in order, a triangle, a rectangle, and another triangle. The point of reference for defining the ordering of linear Diophantine fuzzy numbers is the circumcenter of the centroids of these three plane figures. Each centroid point ($G_{1}$ of a triangle, $G_{2}$ of a rectangle, and $G_{3}$ of a triangle) is a balancing point for each unique planar figure, and the circumcenter of these centroid points is equidistant from each vertex, which is why this point was chosen as a point of reference (which are centroids). As a result, this point would serve as a more accurate reference point than the trapezoid's centroid.

Take into consideration the trapezoidal linear Diophantine fuzzy number

The centroids of the three plane figures that make up the $\zeta _{R}^{\tau }(x)$ are $G_{1} = (\frac{\theta _{1}+2\theta _{3}}{3}, \frac{1}{3}), G_{2} = (\frac{\theta _{3}+\theta _{4}}{2}, \frac{1}{2})$ and $G_{3} = (\frac{2\theta _{4}+\theta _{6}}{3}, \frac{1}{3})$ and membership function are $G_{1} = (\frac{ \theta _{1}+2\theta _{3}}{3}, \frac{1}{3}), G_{2} = (\frac{\theta _{3}+\theta _{4}}{2}, \frac{1}{2})$ and $G_{3} = (\frac{2\theta _{4}+\theta _{6}}{3}, \frac{1 }{3})$) are non-collinear and form a triangle. Since the equation of line $G_{1}G_{3}$ is $y = \frac{1}{3}$ and $G_{2}$ does not lie on line $G_{1}G_{3}.$ Figure 8 displays the circumcenter of the centroids of $\zeta _{R}^{\tau }(x)$.

Likewise, the centroids of the three plane figures that make up the membership function of $\alpha (x)$ are, in a similar manner, $G_{1}^{\prime } = (\frac{\theta _{2}^{\prime }+2\theta _{3}}{3}, \frac{1}{3}), G_{2}^{\prime } = (\frac{\theta _{3}+\theta _{4}}{2}, \frac{1}{2})$ and $G_{3}^{\prime } = (\frac{2\theta _{4}+\theta _{5}^{\prime }}{3}, \frac{1}{3})$. $G_{2}^{\prime }$ does not fall on the line $G_{1}^{\prime }G_{3}^{\prime }$, and its equation is $y = \frac{1}{3}$. $G_{1}^{\prime }, G_{2}^{\prime }$and $G_{3}^{\prime }$ are therefore non-collinear and form a triangle. Figure 9 displays the circumcenter of the centroids of $\alpha (x).$

Finding the triangle's circumcenter is our next task. The general equation for a triangle's circumcentre with the coordinates $(x_{1}, y_{1}),$ $(x_{2}, y_{2})$ and $(x_{3}, y_{3})$ is

where

The circumcenter $\hat{S}_{A_{(\zeta _{R}^{\tau }(x))}}(\overline{x_{0}}, \overline{y_{0}})$ of the triangle with vertices $G_{1},$ $G_{2}$ and $G_{3}$ (as shown in Figure 8) of the membership function of the trapezoidal LDFN $A = \left\{ _{(\theta _{1}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{2}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{4}, \theta _{5}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{6}^{\prime })}^{(\theta _{1}, \theta _{2}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{4}, \theta _{5}, \theta _{6})}\right.$ is

Also, the circumcenter $\hat{S}_{A_{(\alpha (x))}}\;\;(\overline{x_{0}^{\prime }}, \overline{y_{0}^{\prime }})$ of the triangle with vertices $G_{1}^{\prime },$ $G_{2}^{\prime }$and $G_{3}^{\prime }$ (as shown in Figure 9) is

Separate the TrapLDFN trapezoid of non-membership functions into three plane figures as well. Again, a triangle, a rectangle, and a triangle successively make up these three plane figures. Additionally, the centroids of the three plane figures that make up the non-membership function $\eta _{\mathfrak{R} }^{\nu }(x)$ are $G_{1}^{1} = \left(\frac{\theta _{2}+2\theta _{3}}{3}, \frac{2 }{3}\right),$ $G_{2}^{1} = \left(\frac{(\theta _{3}+\theta _{4})}{2}, \frac{1 }{2}\right)$ and $G_{3}^{1} = \left(\frac{(2\theta _{4}+\theta _{5}}{3}, \frac{2}{3}\right)$ correspondingly. The line $G_{1}^{1}G_{3}^{1}$ is has the equation $y = \frac{2}{3},$ and $G_{2}^{1}$ does not fall on this line.

$G_{1}^{1}$ $, G_{2}^{1}$ and $G_{3}^{1}$ are therefore not collinear and form a triangle. Figure 10 displays the circumcenter of the centroids of $\eta _{\mathfrak{R}}^{\nu }(x)$. And the circumcenter $\hat{S}_{A_{(\eta _{\mathfrak{R}}^{\nu }(x))}}$ of the triangle formed by the vertices $G_{1}^{1}$ $, G_{2}^{1}$ and $G_{3}^{1}$ of the non-membership function of the trapezoidal LDFN ${\rm{£}} _{\mathfrak{R}_{TrapLDFN}} = \left\{ _{(\theta _{1}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{2}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{4}, \theta _{5}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{6}^{\prime })}^{(\theta _{1}, \theta _{2}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{4}, \theta _{5}, \theta _{6})}\right.$ is

Similarly, the centroids of the three plane figures of nonmembership function $\beta (x)$ are $G_{1}^{1^{\prime }} = \left(\frac{\theta _{1}^{\prime }+2\theta _{3}}{3}, \frac{2}{3}\right),$ $G_{2}^{1^{\prime }} = \left(\frac{(\theta _{3}+\theta _{4})}{2}, \frac{1}{2}\right)$ and $G_{3}^{1^{\prime }} = \left(\frac{(2\theta _{4}+\theta _{6}^{\prime }}{3}, \frac{2}{3}\right)$ respectively. Equation of the line $G_{1}^{1^{\prime }}G_{3}^{1^{\prime }}$ is $y = \frac{2}{3}$ and $G_{2}^{1^{\prime }}$ does not lie on the line $G_{1}^{1^{\prime }}G_{3}^{1^{\prime }}$. Therefore $G_{1}^{1^{\prime }}, G_{2}^{1^{\prime }}$ and $G_{3}^{1\prime }$ (as shown in Figure 11) are non-collinear and they form a triangle. The circumcenter of centroids of $\beta (x)$ is

Definition 4.1. The ranking function of the trapezoidal LDFN $A = \left\{ _{(\theta _{1}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{2}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{4}, \theta _{5}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{6}^{\prime })}^{(\theta _{1}, \theta _{2}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{4}, \theta _{5}, \theta _{6})}\right.$ for membership function and non-membership function are defined as $R_{A_{(\zeta _{R}^{\tau }(x))}} = \sqrt{\overline{x_{0}^{2}}+\overline{y_{0}^{2}}}$ $,$ $R_{A_{(\alpha (x))}} = \sqrt{\overline{x_{0}^{\prime ^{2}}}+\overline{y_{0}^{\prime ^{2}}}}$ and $R_{A_{(\eta _{\mathfrak{R}}^{\nu }(x))}} = \sqrt{\overline{x_{1}}^{2}+ \overline{y_{1}}^{2}},$ $R_{A_{(\beta (x))}} = \sqrt{\overline{x_{1}^{\prime ^{2}}}\overline{+y_{1}^{\prime ^{2}}}},$ then

As an exception, if we allow $\theta _{3} = \theta _{4}$ in a TrapLDFN, we will obtain a triangular LDFN with the parameters $\theta _{1}\leq \theta _{2}\leq \theta _{3}\leq \theta _{4}\leq \theta _{5}\leq \theta _{6}$ and $\theta _{1}^{^{\prime }}\leq \theta _{2}^{^{\prime }}\leq \theta _{3}\leq \theta _{4}\leq \theta _{5}^{^{\prime }}\leq \theta _{6}^{\prime }.$ It is indicated by ${\rm{£}} _{\mathfrak{R}_{TriLDFN}} = \left\{ _{(\theta _{1}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{2}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{5}^{^{\prime }}, \theta _{6}^{^{\prime }})}^{(\theta _{1}, \theta _{2}, \theta _{3}, \theta _{5}, \theta _{6})}\right.$. The circumcenters of the centroids for the triangular LDFN's membership function and nonmembership function are defined as follows.

and

Example 4.2. Consider two TriLDFN $A =$ $\left\{ \begin{array}{l} (2, 4, 5, 7, 9) \\ (1, 3, 5, 8, 10) \end{array} \right.$ and $B = \left\{ \begin{array}{l} (3, 5, 7, 8, 9) \\ (2, 4, 7, 9, 9) \end{array} \right..$ Then using the proposed method we find $\Re (A),$

Also,

Now,

Now, using the proposed method we find $\Re (B),$

Also,

Now,

As $\Re (A) < \Re (B)\Longrightarrow A < B.$

5.   Conclusions

The linear Diophantine fuzzy numbers have been identified in this research. In this study, we discovered the circumcenter of centroids of the membership function and non-membership function of a linear Diophantine fuzzy number. We also suggested a distance approach for ranking the linear Diophantine fuzzy number depending on the circumcenter of centroids. The suggested method gives the precise organization of linear Diophantine fuzzy numbers. It may be used to rank the linear Diophantine fuzzy numbers in order to deal with various fuzzy optimization issues. This method can be implemented to rank trapezoidal in addition to triangular fuzzy numbers and their counterparts. The following areas may be covered by our future projects:

(ⅰ) Linear programming problems;

(ⅱ) Differential equations;

(ⅲ) Game theory;

(ⅳ) Transportation problems;

(ⅴ) Differential games.

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to express their sincere thanks to the anonymous reviewers for their careful reading and constructive comments.

Conflict of interest

The authors of this paper declare that they have no conflict of interest.