THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FUZZY-TSUKAMOTO METHOD IN MAKING THE BEST DECISION TO BUY A SMARTPHONE IN A WEB BASED APPLICATION

Abstract

Smartphone is one of the most important things for people nowadays. A smartphone is a handheld personal computer. It possesses extensive computing capabilities, including high-speed access to the Internet using both Wi-Fi and mobile broadband. People use it on daily basis to assist their work and activities. Most Tech-Blind people usually do not know what kind of smartphone is actually suitable for them. The increasing number of products as well as the amount information carried by each brand can overload, also many things to consider before buying a smartphone. Due to various things like that, potential customers are often confused to choose, and it will lead to sub optimal decision and finally they will regret their decision. Fuzzy logic is a form of many-valued logic in which the truth values of variables may be any real number between 0 and 1. It is employed to handle the concept of partial truth, where the truth value may range between completely true and completely false. Fuzzy logic is one method to analyze system containing uncertainty. This study aims to use fuzzy logic in helping people make decisions on buying the most suitable smartphone for them by producing an output value that can help the user to determine which smartphone will be purchased based on user’s ideal criteria of a smartphone.