Ranking of trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy numbers

Techniques for ranking simple fuzzy numbers are abundant in nature. However, we lack effective methods for ranking intuitionistic fuzzy numbers(IFN). The aim of this paper is to introduce a new ranking procedure for trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy number(TRIFN). To serve the purpose, the value and ambiguity index of TRIFNs have been defined. In order to rank TRIFNs, we have defined a ranking function by taking sum of value and ambiguity index. To illustrate the the proposed ranking method a numerical example has been given.