Fuzzy System Reliability Using Different Types of Vague Sets

Amit Kumar^a, Shiv Prasad Yadav^a*, and Surendra Kumar^b

^a Department of Mathemtics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India.
^b Department of Electrical Engineering, IndianInstitute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India.

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