Generalised Single-Valued Neutrosophic Number and Its Application to Neutrosophic Linear Programming

Abstract

In this chapter, the concept of single valued neutrosophic number (SVN-Number) is presented in a generalized way. Using this notion, a crisp linear programming problem (LP-problem) is extended to a neutrosophic linear programming problem (NLP-problem). The coefficients of the objective function of a crisp LP-problem are considered as generalized single valued neutrosophic number (GSVN-Number). This modified form of LP-problem is here called an NLP-problem. An algorithm is developed to solve NLP-problem by simplex method. Finally, this simplex algorithm is applied to a real-life problem. The problem is illustrated and solved numerically.