On Generalized Fuzzy Entropy and Fuzzy Divergence Measure with Applications

Abstract

Entropy in a fuzzy set measures the amount of ambiguity/imprecision presented in the fuzzy set. In this article, the authors introduce a generalized fuzzy entropy measure and demonstrate its effectiveness in Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM) and superiority from the point of view of structured linguistic variables. This article also introduces a generalized fuzzy directed divergence and investigates its properties. Further, this article demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed generalized directed divergence in pattern recognition.