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A New Method For Solving Linear Bilevel Multi-Objective Multi-Follower Programming Problem
M. Habibpoor
Department of Mathematics, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz
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Linear bilevel programming is a decision making problem with a two-level decentralized organization. The leader is in the upper level and the follower, in the lower level. This study addresses linear bilevel multi-objective multi-follower programming (LB-MOMFP) problem, a special case of linear bilevel programming problems with one leader and multiple followers where each decision maker has several objective functions conflicting with each other. We propose a simple and efficient method for solving these problems. In our method, objectives of multi-objective programming problem of the each level decision maker are transformed into fuzzy goals (membership functions) by assigning an aspiration level to each of them, and a max-min decision model is generated for each level problem. Then, we transform obtained linear bilevel multi-follower problem into equivalent single-level problem by extended Karush-Kuhn-Tucker approach. Finally, numerical examples are given to demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of the proposed method. This paper aims to present a simple technique to obtain better compromise solution of LB-MOMFP problem than earlier techniques. A comparative analysis based on numerical examples is carried out to show preference of the proposed method

Keywords: LINEAR BILEVEL PROGRAMMING, MULTI-OBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING, MULTI-FOLLOWER PROGRAMMING, FUZZY GOAL PROGRAMMING, KARUSH-KUHN-TUKER APPROACH
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2016/02/17 | Accepted: 2016/07/22 | Published: 2016/08/19


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