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There are very few methods in literature to deal with fully fuzzy linear fractional programming (FFLFP) problems. In this paper, it is pointed out that in the existing methods (Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing, 27 (2008), 227-242; Yugoslav Journal of Operations Research, 22 (2012), 41-50) for solving FFLFP problems, an inappropriate ranking property is used which may lead to the erroneous results. To resolve the flaw of the existing methods, a new method is proposed for solving FFLFP problems, and is illustrated with the help of a numerical problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, a new method is proposed to find the fuzzy optimal solution of fully fuzzy linear programming (FFLP) problems with mixed constraints. By using the proposed method the fuzzy optimal solution of FFLP problems with mixed constraints occurring in real life situations can be easily obtained. To illustrate the proposed method a numerical example is solved. The proposed method can be easily applied to find the fuzzy optimal solution of FFLP problems occurring in real life situations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: To the best of our knowledge, there is no method in literature for solving such fully fuzzy linear programming (FLP) problems in which some or all the parameters are represented by unrestricted L-R flat fuzzy numbers. Also, to propose such a method, there is need to find the product of unrestricted L-R flat fuzzy numbers. However, there is no method in the literature to find the product of unrestricted L-R flat fuzzy numbers. In this paper, firstly the product of unrestricted L-R flat fuzzy numbers is proposed and then with the help of proposed product, a new method (named as Mehar’s method) is proposed for solving fully FLP problems. It is also shown that the fully FLP problems which can be solved by the existing methods can also be solved by the Mehar’s method. However, such fully FLP problems in which some or all the parameters are represented by unrestricted L-R flat fuzzy numbers can be solved by Mehar’s method but can not be solved by any of the existing methods. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]