Briefly, regarding the basic works studying fuzzy BD and its application in the different problems, practices, and research, the addition of two fuzzy Bernoulli distributions and the sum of subsequent fuzzy BDs have been discussed in [
9]. Extensions of these ideas would be of use to study fuzzy randomness and the concept of measure. In [
10], the authors assume that the probability of “success”
is not known exactly and is to be estimated from a random sample or from expert opinion. For the fuzzy BD, a fuzzy number
instead of
is substituted. In [
11], discrete probability distributions, where some of the probability values are uncertain, are considered. These uncertainties are modeled using fuzzy numbers. The basic laws of fuzzy probability theory are derived. Applications to the binomial probability distribution and queuing theory are considered. In [
12], essential properties of fuzzy probability are derived to present the measurement of fuzzy conditional probability, fuzzy independency, and fuzzy Bayes theorem. Fuzzy discrete distributions, fuzzy binomials, and fuzzy Poisson distributions are introduced with different examples. Among intelligent techniques, the authors in [
13] focus on the application of the fuzzy set theory in the acceptance sampling. Multi-objective mathematical models for fuzzy single and fuzzy double acceptance sampling plans with illustrative examples are proposed. The study illustrates how an acceptance sampling plan should be designed under fuzzy BD. The fuzzy set theory can be successfully used to cope with the vagueness in these linguistic expressions for acceptance sampling. In [
14], the main distributions of acceptance sampling plans are handled with fuzzy parameters, and their acceptance probability functions are derived. Then, the characteristic curves of acceptance sampling are examined under fuzziness. Illustrative examples are given with binomial and other fuzzy distributions. In [
15], the authors intend to generate some properties of negative BD under imprecise measurement. These properties include fuzzy mean, fuzzy variance, fuzzy moments, and fuzzy GF. The uncertainty in the observations may not be addressed with the classical approach to probability distribution; therefore, the fuzzy set theory helps to modify the classical approach. In [
16], the authors discuss the single acceptance sampling plan, when the proportion of nonconforming products is a fuzzy number. They showed that the operating characteristic (OC) curve of the plan is a band with high and low bounds and that for a fixed sample size and acceptance number, the width of the band depends on the ambiguity proportion parameter in the lot. Illustrative examples are given with binomial and other fuzzy distributions. In [
17], the portfolio consists of only options traded in the financial market. One of the most famous models of option pricing is the Binomial Cox-Ross-Rubinstein (CRR) Model. Using Fuzzy Binomial CRR procedure, the price of option is an interval with a specific membership degree, by which the investors are allowed to adjust their portfolios. We make a portfolio dynamically adjusted periodically, in which the membership degree of an option price determines the decision of buying or selling the option in the simulation. Classifiers based on the BD can be found in the scientific literature, but due to the uncertainty of the epidemiological data, a fuzzy approach may be interesting. Reference [
18] presents a new classifier named fuzzy binomial naive Bayes (FBiNB). The theoretical development is presented as well as the results of its application on simulated multidimensional data. A brief comparison among FBiNB, a classical binomial naive Bayes classifier, and a naive Bayes classifier is performed. The results obtained showed that the FBiNB provided the best performance, according to the Kappa coefficient. In [
19], two main distributions of acceptance sampling plans are considered, which are binomial and Poisson distributions with fuzzy parameters, and they derived their acceptance probability functions. Then, fuzzy acceptance sampling plans were developed based on these distributions. In [
20] the authors study the determination of the Quick Switching Single Double Sampling System using fuzzy BD, where the acceptance number tightening method is used. In [
21], the fuzzy representations of a real-valued random variable are introduced for capturing relevant information on the distribution of the variable through the corresponding fuzzy-valued mean value. Specifically, characteristic fuzzy representations of a random variable allow us to capture the whole information on its distribution. As a result, the tests about fuzzy means of fuzzy random variables can be applied to develop goodness-of-fit tests. In this work, empirical comparisons of goodness-of-fit tests based on some convenient fuzzy representations with well-known procedures in case the null hypothesis relates to some specified BDs are presented. As is known [
22], the optimal hypothesis tests for the BD and some other discrete distributions are uniformly most powerful (UMP) one-tailed and UMP unbiased (UMPU) two-tailed randomized tests. Therefore, conventional confidence intervals are not dual to randomized tests and perform badly on discrete data at small and moderate sample sizes. In this work, a new confidence interval notion, called fuzzy confidence intervals, that is dual to and inherits the exactness and optimality of UMP and UMPU tests is introduced. A new P-value notion, called fuzzy P-values or abstract randomized P-values, that also inherits the same exactness and optimality is also introduced. In [
15], the generating procedure of some properties of negative BD under imprecise measurement is developed. These properties include fuzzy mean, fuzzy variance, fuzzy moments, and fuzzy moments GF.
It should be noted that in almost all of the studies presented here, the use of binomial distribution (BD) in an uncertain environment may result in fuzziness for only one reason: the value-realization of a binomial value in an uncertain environment cannot be the result of exact measurements or calculations, and it must be represented by fuzzy variables [
9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
14,
15,
16,
17,
18,
19,
20,
21,
22]. In other words, we are dealing with a binomial experiment when the possible results are presented in fuzzy values, more often in triangular or trapezoidal fuzzy numbers [
23]—i.e., the binomial distribution is a descriptor of a
random-fuzzy experiment whose realizations or characteristic parameters are represented in fuzzy values. The problem presented in this article is different from those presented in the studies above. It refers to a generalization of binomial distribution when the results or characteristics of an experiment are described by fuzzy variables. These variables are defined on the universe of all the results of the experiment and not on a certain subset of real numbers, as discussed in the studies presented above—i.e., we are dealing with a
fuzzy-random experiment, where the binomial variable is a fuzzy-random variable. It has both a probability distribution and a membership function on the universe of all results of the experiment. Of course, the use of such binomial models is in great demand. This was the main motivation for us, the authors, to explore some of the new fuzzy extensions of binomial distribution.
In this work, we present a new approach to the extension of a classical BD under different fuzzy environments. In contrast to the above approaches to the study of fuzzy BDs, a completely new approach is developed in this paper.
Section 2 presents the fuzzy extension of the BD, where the Bernoulli fuzzy-random variable is considered instead of the Bernoulli random variable. Success and failure events have both probabilistic distributions and their implementation possibility in the form of compatibility levels. Based on this information, the probabilistic distribution of the corresponding binomial fuzzy-random variable is calculated. The conditions of restrictions on this distribution are obtained. The Poisson distribution is calculated as a limit case of the constructed binomial fuzzy-random experiment.
Section 3 considers the fuzzy extension of a BD, where the number of successes, unlike the previous case, is of a fuzzy nature and is represented as a fuzzy subset of the set of possible success numbers. A formula for calculating the probability of the occurrence of binomial dependent fuzzy events is obtained. The formula for calculating the probability of the convolution of binomial dependent fuzzy events is obtained. The invariance principle of exponential distribution is applied, and the corresponding GF is constructed. As a result, a scheme for calculating the mathematical expectation of the number of fuzzy successes is created.
Section 4 considers the fuzzy extension of the binomial upper distribution, where the fuzziness is represented in the compatibility levels of the binomial and non-binomial events of the complete failure complex. The GF of the constructed distribution and the first-order moment of the distribution are also calculated. Sufficient conditions for the existence of a corresponding limit distribution and the Poisson distribution are also obtained.
Section 5 presents the fuzzy extension of the classical Fuchs distribution, where fuzziness is reflected in the number of increasing failures. The built distribution function and the first and second order moments of the distribution are also calculated. Sufficient conditions for the existence of a corresponding limit distribution and the Poisson distribution are obtained. For better representation of the results, the examples of fuzzy BD are illustrated in each section.
Section 6 presents the main results obtained and prospects for future research. A sequential scheme of the key facts and obtained results is presented by
Scheme 1.