scholarly journals A method for decision making with the OWA operator

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 357-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Merigó ◽  
Anna Gil-Lafuente
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Distance Measures ◽  
Weighted Averaging ◽  
Owa Operator ◽  
Minimum Level ◽  
Ordered Weighted Averaging ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Decision Making Problem ◽  
Parameterized Family

A new method for decision making that uses the ordered weighted averaging (OWA) operator in the aggregation of the information is presented. It is used a concept that it is known in the literature as the index of maximum and minimum level (IMAM). This index is based on distance measures and other techniques that are useful for decision making. By using the OWA operator in the IMAM, we form a new aggregation operator that we call the ordered weighted averaging index of maximum and minimum level (OWAIMAM) operator. The main advantage is that it provides a parameterized family of aggregation operators between the minimum and the maximum and a wide range of special cases. Then, the decision maker may take decisions according to his degree of optimism and considering ideals in the decision process. A further extension of this approach is presented by using hybrid averages and Choquet integrals. We also develop an application of the new approach in a multi-person decision-making problem regarding the selection of strategies.

EXTENDED INDUCED ORDERED WEIGHTED AVERAGING DISTANCE OPERATORS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO GROUP DECISION-MAKING

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 789-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHOUZHEN ZENG ◽  
WEI LI ◽  
JOSÉ M. MERIGÓ
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Numbers ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Weighted Averaging ◽  
Interval Numbers ◽  
Ordered Weighted Averaging ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Decision Making Problem ◽  
Available Information

The induced ordered weighted averaging distance (IOWAD) approach is very suitable in situations in which the available information is represented with exact numerical values. In this paper, we develop some extended IOWAD operators: the linguistic induced ordered weighted averaging distance (LIOWAD) operator, the uncertain induced ordered weighted averaging distance (UIOWAD) operator and the fuzzy induced ordered weighted averaging distance (FIOWAD) operator. Their main objective is to assess uncertain situations in which the available information is given in the form of linguistic variables, interval numbers and fuzzy numbers. Some special cases of these three new extensions are studied. Finally, we develop an application of the new operators in a group decision-making problem under an uncertain environment and illustrate it with a numerical example.

scholarly journals Linguistic Weighted Aggregation under Confidence Levels

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Chonghui Zhang ◽  
Weihua Su ◽  
Shouzhen Zeng ◽  
Linyun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Making ◽  
Aggregation Operators ◽  
Weighted Averaging ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Confidence Levels ◽  
Ordered Weighted Averaging ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Information Providers

We develop some new linguistic aggregation operators based on confidence levels. Firstly, we introduce the confidence linguistic weighted averaging (CLWA) operator and the confidence linguistic ordered weighted averaging (CLOWA) operator. These two new linguistic aggregation operators are able to consider the confidence level of the aggregated arguments provided by the information providers. We also study some of their properties. Then, based on the generalized means, we introduce the confidence generalized linguistic ordered weighted averaging (CGLOWA) operator. The main advantage of the CGLOWA operator is that it includes a wide range of special cases such as the CLOWA operator, the confidence linguistic ordered weighted quadratic averaging (CLOWQA) operator, and the confidence linguistic ordered weighted geometric (CLOWG) operator. Finally, we develop an application of the new approach in a multicriteria decision-making under linguistic environment and illustrate it with a numerical example.

A Hybrid Method for Pythagorean Fuzzy Multiple-Criteria Decision Making

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (02) ◽  
pp. 403-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shouzhen Zeng ◽  
Jianping Chen ◽  
Xingsen Li
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Distance Measures ◽  
Weighted Averaging ◽  
Ordered Weighted Averaging ◽  
Special Cases

As a generalization of intuitionistic fuzzy set, the Pythagorean fuzzy set is interesting and very useful in modeling uncertain information in real-world decision-making problems. In this paper, we develop a new method for Pythagorean fuzzy multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problems with aggregation operators and distance measures. First, we present the Pythagorean fuzzy ordered weighted averaging weighted average distance (PFOWAWAD) operator. The main advantage of the PFOWAWAD operator is that it uses distance measures in a unified framework between the ordered weighted averaging (OWA) operator and weighted average (WA) that considers the degree of importance of each concept in the aggregation. Some of its main properties and special cases are studied. Then, based on the proposed operator, a hybrid TOPSIS method, called PFOWAWAD-TOPSIS is introduced for Pythagorean fuzzy MCDM problem. Finally, a numerical example is provided to illustrate the practicality and feasibility of the developed method.

scholarly journals DECISION MAKING IN THE ASSIGNMENT PROCESS BY USING THE HUNGARIAN ALGORITHM WITH OWA OPERATORS

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 684-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emili VIZUETE-LUCIANO ◽  
José M. MERIGÓ ◽  
Anna M. GIL-LAFUENTE ◽  
Sefa BORIA-REVERTER
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Aggregation Operators ◽  
Weighted Averaging ◽  
Arithmetic Means ◽  
Owa Operators ◽  
Hungarian Algorithm ◽  
Assignment Algorithm ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Decision Making Problem ◽  
Parameterized Family

Assignment processes permit to coordinate two set of variables so each variable of the first set is connected to another variable of the second set. This paper develops a new assignment algorithm by using a wide range of aggregation operators in the Hungarian algorithm. A new process based on the use of the ordered weighted averaging distance (OWAD) operator and the induced OWAD (IOWAD) operator in the Hungarian algorithm is introduced. We refer to it as the Hungarian algorithm with the OWAD operator (HAOWAD) and the Hungarian algorithm with the IOWAD operator (HAIOWAD). The main advantage of this approach is that we can provide a parameterized family of aggregation operators between the minimum and the maximum. Thus, the information can be represented in a more complete way. Furthermore, we also present a general framework by using generalized and quasi-arithmetic means. Therefore, we can consider a wide range of particular cases including the Euclidean and the Minkowski distance. The paper ends with a practical application of the new approach in a financial decision making problem regarding the assignment of investments.

scholarly journals Uncertain Linguistic Aggregation Distance Measures and Their Application to Group Decision Making

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Shouzhen Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Distance Measures ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Linguistic Information ◽  
Weighted Distance ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Decision Making Problem

We introduce a method based on distance measures for group decision making under uncertain linguistic environment. We develop some uncertain linguistic aggregation distance measures called the uncertain linguistic weighted distance (ULWD) measure, the uncertain linguistic ordered weighted distance (ULOWD) measure, and the uncertain linguistic hybrid weighted distance (ULHWD) measure. We study some of their characteristic, and we prove that the ULWD and the ULOWD are special cases of the ULHWD measure. Finally, we develop an application of the ULHWD measure in a group decision making problem concerning the evaluation of university faculty for tenure and promotion with uncertain linguistic information.

scholarly journals Induced intuitionistic fuzzy ordered weighted averaging: Weighted average operator and its application to business decision-making

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 839-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeng Shouzhen ◽  
Wang Qifeng ◽  
José Merigó ◽  
Pan Tiejun
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Aggregation Operator ◽  
Weighted Averaging ◽  
Business Decision ◽  
Ordered Weighted Averaging ◽  
Intuitionistic Fuzzy ◽  
Fuzzy Weighted Average ◽  
Decision Making Problem ◽  
Selection Of

We present the induced intuitionistic fuzzy ordered weighted averaging-weighted average (I-IFOWAWA) operator. It is a new aggregation operator that uses the intuitionistic fuzzy weighted average (IFWA) and the induced intuitionistic fuzzy ordered weighted averaging (I-IFOWA) operator in the same formulation. We study some of its main properties and we have seen that it has a lot of particular cases such as the IFWA and the intuitionistic fuzzy ordered weighted averaging (IFOWA) operator. We also study its applicability in a decision-making problem concerning strategic selection of investments. We see that depending on the particular type of I-IFOWAWA operator used, the results may lead to different decisions.

GENERALIZED MOVING AVERAGES, DISTANCE MEASURES AND OWA OPERATORS

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (04) ◽  
pp. 533-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSÉ M. MERIGÓ ◽  
RONALD R. YAGER
Keyword(s):  
Moving Average ◽  
Aggregation Operators ◽  
Distance Measures ◽  
Weighted Averaging ◽  
Owa Operators ◽  
Ordered Weighted Averaging ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Moving Averaging ◽  
Generalized Distance ◽  
Weighted Moving Average

The concept of moving average is studied. We analyze several extensions by using generalized aggregation operators, obtaining the generalized moving average. The main advantage is that it provides a general framework that includes a wide range of specific cases including the geometric and the quadratic moving average. This analysis is extended by using the generalized ordered weighted averaging (GOWA) and the induced GOWA (IGOWA) operator. Thus, we get the generalized ordered weighted moving average (GOWMA) and the induced GOWMA (IGOWMA) operator. Some of their main properties are studied. We further extend this approach by using distance measures suggesting the concept of distance moving average and generalized distance moving average. We also consider the case with the OWA and the IOWA operator, obtaining the generalized ordered weighted moving averaging distance (GOWMAD) and the induced GOWMAD (IGOWMAD) operator. The paper ends with an application in multi-period decision making.

scholarly journals INTUITIONISTIC FUZZY GENERALIZED PROBABILISTIC ORDERED WEIGHTED AVERAGING OPERATOR AND ITS APPLICATION TO GROUP DECISION MAKING

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shouzhen ZENG ◽  
Weihua SU ◽  
Chonghui ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Weighted Averaging ◽  
Uncertain Environments ◽  
Intuitionistic Fuzzy Numbers ◽  
Ordered Weighted Averaging ◽  
Intuitionistic Fuzzy ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ordered Weighted Averaging Operator

In this paper, we present the intuitionistic fuzzy generalized probabilistic ordered weighted averaging (IFGPOWA) operator. It is a new aggregation operator that uses generalized means in a unified model between the probability and the OWA operator. The main advantage of this new operator is that it is able to deal with probabilities (objective information) and ordered weighted averages (subjective information) in the same formulation. Moreover, it is also able to deal with uncertain environments that can be assessed with intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. Furthermore, it uses generalized means providing a very general formulation that includes a wide range of situations. We study some of its main properties and particular cases such as the generalized intuitionistic fuzzy ordered weighted averaging (GIFOWA) operator and intuitionistic fuzzy probabilistic ordered weighted averaging (IFPOWA) operator. We end the paper by applying the new operator to a group decision making problem concerning the selection of investments.

A LINGUISTIC AGGREGATION OPERATOR INCLUDING WEIGHTS FOR LINGUISTIC VALUES AND EXPERTS IN GROUP DECISION MAKING

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (06) ◽  
pp. 927-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHENG PEI ◽  
LI ZOU ◽  
LIANGZHONG YI
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Aggregation Operator ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Weighted Averaging ◽  
Ordered Weighted Averaging ◽  
Averaging Operator ◽  
Aggregation Processes ◽  
Decision Making Problem ◽  
Ordered Weighted Averaging Operator ◽  
Linguistic Decision Making

Different linguistic aggregation methods have been proposed and applied in the linguistic decision making problems. Generally, weights for experts or criteria are considered in linguistic aggregation processes. In this paper, we provide a method to discovery new forms to compute weights and new interpretations in the linguistic ordered weighted averaging operator. In linguistic decision analysis, it can be noticed that some of initial linguistic values used by experts have priority over others linguistic values in evaluation processes. We formalize the priority over initial linguistic values as weights for linguistic values, by considering weights for linguistic values as well as weights for experts, we provide an alternative method to discovery weights information of the linguistic ordered weighted averaging operator, its properties show that such linguistic aggregation operator is extensions of the 2-tuple arithmetic mean, the 2-tuple weighted aggregation operator and the 2-tuple ordered weighted averaging operator. By an illustrative example, we compare the linguistic aggregation operator with the 2-tuple weighted aggregation operator and the 2-tuple ordered weighted averaging operator in a decision making problem. From the practical point of view, we provide an optimization model to obtain such weights information in linguistic aggregation processes, examples show the linguistic aggregation operator as an alternative linguistic ordered weighted averaging operator in practice.

scholarly journals A METHOD BASED ON TOPSIS AND DISTANCE MEASURES FOR HESITANT FUZZY MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 969-983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shouzhen ZENG ◽  
Yao XIAO
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Topsis ◽  
Multiple Attribute Decision Making ◽  
Distance Measures ◽  
Weighted Averaging ◽  
Policy Selection ◽  
Multiple Attribute ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Order Preference ◽  
Weighted Aver

The aim of this paper is to provide a methodology to hesitant fuzzy multiple attribute decision making using technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) and distance measures. Firstly, the inadequacies of the existing hesitant fuzzy TOPSIS method are analyzed in detail. Then, based on the developed hesitant fuzzy ordered weighted averaging weighted aver-aging distance (HFOWAWAD) measure, a modified hesitant fuzzy TOPSIS, called HFOWAWAD-TOPSIS is introduced for hesitant fuzzy multiple attribute decision making problems. Moreover, the advantages and some special cases of the HFOWAWAD-TOPSIS are presented. Finally, a numerical example about energy policy selection is provided to illustrate the practicality and feasibility of the developed approach.

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