A new approach for ranking of intuitionistic fuzzy numbers using a centroid concept

Ranking of intuitionistic fuzzy numbers is a difficult task. Many methods have been proposed for ranking of intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. In this paper we have ranked both trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy numbers and triangular intuitionistic fuzzy numbers using the centroid concept. Some of the properties of the ranking function have been studied. Also, comparative examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.