Fuzzy Methods and Decision Analysis in Engineering
A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "D2: Operations Research and Fuzzy Decision Making".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editors
Interests: conceptual design; reliability analysis; function failure propagation; program risk value; multi-objective decision-making (MODM)
Interests: mechanical engineering; injection molded products; conceptual design; mechatronics; design structure matrix
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Dear Colleagues,
In modern engineering design and manufacturing processes, system complexity, environmental dynamics, and human subjective cognition result in issues of uncertainty. From product concept design to the execution of intelligent manufacturing execution, the imprecision of design parameters, the linguistic ambiguity of expert judgments, and the heterogeneity of multi-source design data all pose challenges to the scientific rigor and robustness of decision-making. Therefore, this Special Issue delves into the issues of ambiguity and uncertainty in engineering design, not only enhancing the rationality and adaptability of design decisions but also providing theoretical support for the realization of intelligent manufacturing systems.
In this Special Issue, we aim to promote the innovative development of theoretical methods such as fuzzy systems, decision analysis, intelligent manufacturing in complex engineering decision-making, cognitive decision-making, multi-modal data fusion, decision support systems, and the application of cloud models in design evaluation and optimization. This Special Issue is dedicated to establishing a cross-disciplinary exchange platform that promotes the integration of mathematics, artificial intelligence, and engineering design, and to advancing intelligent decision-making methods for uncertain environments, fuzzy methods and decision analysis, encompassing emerging topics such as swarm systems, unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).
Dr. Liting Jing
Prof. Dr. Shaofei Jiang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fuzzy systems
- intelligent manufacturing
- decision analysis
- multi-criteria decision-making in engineering design
- cognitive decision-making
- multi-modal data fusion
- decision support system
- cloud model
- decision risk analysis
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