Enhanced Solution of Transportation Problem using Pentagonal Fuzzy Numbers by Proposed Ranking Method

Utpal Majee; Bhawna Agrawal; Gaurav Sharma

doi:https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V72I5P101

International Journal of Mathematics Trends and Technology

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Volume 72 | Issue 5 | Year 2026 | Article Id. IJMTT-V72I5P101 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V72I5P101

Enhanced Solution of Transportation Problem using Pentagonal Fuzzy Numbers by Proposed Ranking Method

Utpal Majee, Bhawna Agrawal, Gaurav Sharma

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Utpal Majee, Bhawna Agrawal, Gaurav Sharma, "Enhanced Solution of Transportation Problem using Pentagonal Fuzzy Numbers by Proposed Ranking Method," International Journal of Mathematics Trends and Technology (IJMTT), vol. 72, no. 5, pp. 1-9, 2026. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V72I5P101

Abstract

Fuzzy numbers figuring indispensable roles in problems in decision making, analysis of data, and socioeconomics arrangement. Finding the ranking of any fuzzy numbers is an inevitable step in many mathematical models. Many of the methods proposed produced the best solution to the transportation problems. This paper introduces a Proposed Ranking method that applies the same approach we used to transform the fuzzy transportation problem to an exquisite valued one, subsequently into a new proposed process to uncover the fuzzy realistic solution. The numerical illustration demonstrates that the new projected method offers an awesome means for managing the transportation problems using fuzzy algorithms.

Keywords

Transportation Problem, Optimal solution, Fuzzy set, Fuzzy Transportation Problem, Pentagonal Fuzzy Numbers.

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