Parameterized utility functions on interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy numbers with two kinds of entropy and their application in multi-criteria decision making

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 4667-4674
Author(s):  
Fangwei Zhang ◽  
Weiwei Huang ◽  
Qiang Li ◽  
Shuhong Wang ◽  
Guoqiang Tan
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 5057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ren-Jie Mao ◽  
Jian-Xin You ◽  
Chun-Yan Duan ◽  
Lu-Ning Shao

The third-party platform named ECO system is used by many transnational companies to monitor the sustainability performance of their global suppliers because of its easiness and shareability. Nonetheless, methods used in this platform for evaluating and calculating the sustainability performance of the alternative suppliers are criticized for their lack of accuracy. In response to these problems, this paper presents a heterogeneous multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method based on interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy--an acronym in Portuguese for interactive multi-criteria decision making (IVIF--TODIM) to improve the efficiency of the evaluation model. Considering the varying features of evaluation criteria, i.e., either quantitative or qualitative, the evaluation values under different criteria are expressed in their appropriate information types. In this paper, a general method based on the relative closeness to the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) method is applied for aggregating the heterogeneous assessment information, including crisp numbers, interval numbers, and triangular fuzzy numbers (TFNs), into interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (IVIFNs). Then, the TODIM (an acronym in Portuguese for interactive multi-criteria decision making) is extended and employed to prioritize the alternative suppliers. Finally, the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by a practical example of polymer manufacturing company and a comparison analysis with existing methods.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cui-Ping Wei ◽  
Xijin Tang

In this paper the ranking method for intuitionistic fuzzy numbers is studied. The authors first define a possibility degree formula to compare two intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. In comparison with Chen and Tan’s score function, the possibility degree formula provides additional information for the comparison of two intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. Based on the possibility degree formula, the authors give a possibility degree method to rank intuitionistic fuzzy numbers, which is used to rank the alternatives in multi-criteria decision making problems.


Author(s):  
ZESHUI XU ◽  
HUI HU

The aim of this paper is to investigate the intuitionistic fuzzy multiple attribute decision-making problems where the attribute values are expressed in intuitionistic fuzzy numbers or interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. We introduce some notions, such as intuitionistic fuzzy ideal point, interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy ideal point, the modules of intuitionistic fuzzy numbers, and interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. We also introduce the cosine of the included angle between the attribute value vectors of each alternative and the intuitionistic fuzzy ideal point, and the cosine of the included angle between the attribute value vectors of each alternative and the interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy ideal point. Then we establish two projection models to measure the similarity degrees between each alternative and the intuitionistic fuzzy ideal point, and between each alternative and the interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy ideal point. Based on the projection models, we can rank the given alternatives and then select the most desirable one. Finally, we illustrate the developed projection models with a numerical example.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
Tjaša Šmidovnik ◽  
Petra Grošelj

Nowadays the multi-criteria decision making is very complicated due to uncertainty, vagueness, limited sources, knowledge and time. The Decision-making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method is a widely used multi-criteria decision-making method to analyze the structure of a complex system. It is useful in analysing the cause and effect relationships between the components of the system. Fuzzy sets can be used to include uncertainty in multi-criteria decision making. Linguistic assessments of decision makers can be translated into fuzzy numbers. In this study, fuzzy numbers, intuitionistic fuzzy numbers and neutrosophic fuzzy numbers were used for the decision makers evaluations in the DEMATEL method. The aim of this study was to evaluate how different types of fuzzy numbers affect the final results. An application of risk in construction projects was selected from the literature, where seven experts used a linguistic scale to evaluate different criteria. The results showed that there are only slight differences between the weights of the criteria with regard to the type of fuzzy numbers.


Author(s):  
Cui-Ping Wei ◽  
Xijin Tang

In this paper the ranking method for intuitionistic fuzzy numbers is studied. The authors first define a possibility degree formula to compare two intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. In comparison with Chen and Tan’s score function, the possibility degree formula provides additional information for the comparison of two intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. Based on the possibility degree formula, the authors give a possibility degree method to rank intuitionistic fuzzy numbers, which is used to rank the alternatives in multi-criteria decision making problems.


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