Complex hesitant fuzzy sets and its applications in multiple attributes decision-making problems

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Mohammad Talafha ◽  
Abd Ulazeez Alkouri ◽  
Sahar Alqaraleh ◽  
Hamzeh Zureigat ◽  
Anas Aljarrah
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Sets ◽  
Aggregation Operators ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Hesitant Fuzzy Set ◽  
Fuzzy Information ◽  
Multiple Attributes ◽  
The Right ◽  
Multiple Attributes Decision Making ◽  
The Mathematical Model

Decision-makers (DMs) usually face many obstacles to give the right decision, multiplicity of them highlights a problem to represent a set of potential values to assign a collective membership degree of an object to a set for several DM’s opinions. However, a hesitant fuzzy set (HFS) deals with such problems. The complexity appears in DM’s opinion which can be changed for the same object but with different times/phases. Each of them has a set of potential values in different times/phases of an object. In this paper, the periodicity of hesitant fuzzy information is studied and applied by extending the range of HFS from [0, 1] to the unit disk in the complex plane to provide more ability for illustrating the full meaning of information to overcome the obstacles in decision making in the mathematical model. Moreover, the advantage of CHFS is that the amplitude and phase terms of CHFSs can represent hesitant fuzzy information, some basic operations on CHFS are also presented and we study its properties, in addition, several aggregation operators under CHFS are introduced, also, the relation between CHFS and complex intuitionistic fuzzy sets (CIFS) are presented. Finally, an efficient algorithm with a consistent process and an application in multiple attributes decision-making (MADM) problems are presented to show the effectiveness of the presented approach by using CHFS aggregation operators.

scholarly journals Some Hesitant Fuzzy Hamacher Power-Aggregation Operators for Multiple-Attribute Decision-Making

Mathematics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mi Jung Son ◽  
Jin Han Park ◽  
Ka Hyun Ko
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Multiple Attribute Decision Making ◽  
Aggregation Operators ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Hesitant Fuzzy Set ◽  
Fuzzy Information ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Multiple Attribute

As an extension of the fuzzy set, the hesitant fuzzy set is used to effectively solve the hesitation of decision-makers in group decision-making and to rigorously express the decision information. In this paper, we first introduce some new hesitant fuzzy Hamacher power-aggregation operators for hesitant fuzzy information based on Hamacher t-norm and t-conorm. Some desirable properties of these operators is shown, and the interrelationships between them are given. Furthermore, the relationships between the proposed aggregation operators and the existing hesitant fuzzy power-aggregation operators are discussed. Based on the proposed aggregation operators, we develop a new approach for multiple-attribute decision-making problems. Finally, a practical example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the developed approach, and the advantages of our approach are analyzed by comparison with other existing approaches.

scholarly journals Novel Parameterized Distance Measures on Hesitant Fuzzy Sets with Credibility Degree and Their Application in Decision-Making

Symmetry ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaru Li ◽  
Fangwei Zhang ◽  
Qiang Li ◽  
Jing Sun ◽  
Janney Yee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Sets ◽  
Cardinal Number ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Distance Measures ◽  
Hesitant Fuzzy Set ◽  
Hesitant Fuzzy Sets ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

The subject of this study is to explore the role of cardinality of hesitant fuzzy element (HFE) in distance measures on hesitant fuzzy sets (HFSs). Firstly, three parameters, i.e., credibility factor, conservative factor, and a risk factor are introduced, thereafter, a series of novel distance measures on HFSs are proposed using these three parameters. These newly proposed distance measures handle the relationship between the cardinal number and the element values of hesitant fuzzy set well, and are suitable to combine subjective and objective decision-making information. When using these functions, decision makers with different risk preferences are allowed to give different values for these three parameters. In particular, this study transfers the hesitance degree index to a credibility of the values in HFEs, which is consistent with people’s intuition. Finally, the practicability of the newly proposed distance measures is verified by two examples.

Some Interval-Valued Pythagorean Fuzzy Einstein Weighted Averaging Aggregation Operators and Their Application to Group Decision Making

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 393-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaista Rahman ◽  
Saleem Abdullah ◽  
Muhammad Sajjad Ali Khan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Aggregation Operator ◽  
Aggregation Operators ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Weighted Averaging ◽  
Fuzzy Information ◽  
Multiple Attribute ◽  
Interval Valued

Abstract In this paper, we introduce the notion of Einstein aggregation operators, such as the interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy Einstein weighted averaging aggregation operator and the interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy Einstein ordered weighted averaging aggregation operator. We also discuss some desirable properties, such as idempotency, boundedness, commutativity, and monotonicity. The main advantage of using the proposed operators is that these operators give a more complete view of the problem to the decision makers. These operators provide more accurate and precise results as compared the existing method. Finally, we apply these operators to deal with multiple-attribute group decision making under interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy information. For this, we construct an algorithm for multiple-attribute group decision making. Lastly, we also construct a numerical example for multiple-attribute group decision making.

On Extending Power-Geometric Operators to Interval-Valued Hesitant Fuzzy Sets and Their Applications to Group Decision Making

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (05) ◽  
pp. 1055-1114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-Hua Xiong ◽  
Zhen-Song Chen ◽  
Yan-Lai Li ◽  
Kwai-Sang Chin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Sets ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Aggregation Operators ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Individual Decision ◽  
Hesitant Fuzzy Sets ◽  
Variable Power ◽  
Interval Valued

Developing aggregation operators for interval-valued hesitant fuzzy sets (IVHFSs) is a technological task we are faced with, because they are specifically important in many problems related to the fusion of interval-valued hesitant fuzzy information. This paper develops several novel kinds of power geometric operators, which are referred to as variable power geometric operators, and extends them to interval-valued hesitant fuzzy environments. A series of generalized interval-valued hesitant fuzzy power geometric (GIVHFG) operators are also proposed to aggregate the IVHFSs to model mandatory requirements. One of the important characteristics of these operators is that objective weights of input arguments are variable with the change of a non-negative parameter. By adjusting the exact value of the parameter, the influence caused by some “false” or “biased” arguments can be reduced. We demonstrate some desirable and useful properties of the proposed aggregation operators and utilize them to develop techniques for multiple criteria group decision making with IVHFSs considering the heterogeneous opinions among individual decision makers. Furthermore, we propose an entropy weights-based fitting approach for objectively obtaining the appropriate value of the parameter. Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed techniques.

scholarly journals Archimedean Muirhead Aggregation Operators of q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Numbers for Multicriteria Group Decision Making

Complexity ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuchu Qin ◽  
Xiaolan Cui ◽  
Meifa Huang ◽  
Yanru Zhong ◽  
Zhemin Tang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Number ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Aggregation Operators ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Intuitionistic Fuzzy Number ◽  
Fuzzy Information ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Multicriteria Group Decision Making

q-Rung orthopair fuzzy number (qROFN) is a flexible and superior fuzzy information description tool which can provide stronger expressiveness than intuitionistic fuzzy number and Pythagorean fuzzy number. Muirhead mean (MM) operator and its dual form geometric MM (GMM) operator are two all-in-one aggregation operators for capturing the interrelationships of the aggregated arguments because they are applicable in the cases in which all arguments are independent of each other, there are interrelationships between any two arguments, and there are interrelationships among any three or more arguments. Archimedean T-norm and T-conorm (ATT) are superior operations that can generate general and versatile operational rules to aggregate arguments. To take advantage of qROFN, MM operator, GMM operator, and ATT in multicriteria group decision making (MCGDM), an Archimedean MM operator, a weighted Archimedean MM operator, an Archimedean GMM operator, and a weighted Archimedean GMM operator for aggregating qROFNs are presented to solve the MCGDM problems based on qROFNs in this paper. The properties of these operators are explored and their specific cases are discussed. On the basis of the presented operators, a method for solving the MCGDM problems based on qROFNs is proposed. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated via a numerical example, a set of experiments, and qualitative and quantitative comparisons. The demonstration results suggest that the proposed method has satisfying generality and flexibility at aggregating q-rung orthopair fuzzy information and capturing the interrelationships of criteria and the attitudes of decision makers and is feasible and effective for solving the MCGDM problems based on qROFNs.

The distance measures and cross-entropy based on complex fuzzy sets and their application in decision making

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 3351-3374
Author(s):  
Peide Liu ◽  
Zeeshan Ali ◽  
Tahir Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Sets ◽  
Similarity Measures ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Cross Entropy ◽  
Distance Measures ◽  
Fuzzy Information ◽  
Information Measures ◽  
Entropy Measures ◽  
Magdm Problems

The information measures (IMs) of complex fuzzy information are very useful tools in the areas of machine learning and decision making. In some multi-attribute group decision making (MAGDM) problems, the decision makers can make a decision mostly according to IMs such as similarity measures (SMs), distance measures (DIMs), entropy measures (EMs) and cross-entropy measures (C-EMs) in order to choose the best one. However, the relation between C-EMs and DIMs in the environment of complex fuzzy sets (CFSs) has not been developed and verified. In this manuscript, the notions of DIMs and C-EMs in the environment of CFSs are investigated and the relation between DIMs and EMs in the environment of CFSs is also discussed. The complex fuzzy discrimination measures (CFDMs), the complex fuzzy cross-entropy measures (CFC-EMs), and the symmetry complex fuzzy cross-entropy measures (SCFC-EMs) are proposed. We also examined that the C-EMs satisfied all the conditions of DIMs, and finally proved that C-EMs including CFC-EMs were also a DIMs. In last, we used some practical examples to illustrate the validity and superiority of the proposed method by comparing with other existing methods.

scholarly journals Multiple Attributes Group Decision-Making Approaches Based on Interval-Valued Dual Hesitant Fuzzy Unbalanced Linguistic Set and Their Applications

Complexity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaowen Qi ◽  
Junling Zhang ◽  
Changyong Liang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Aggregation Operator ◽  
Aggregation Operators ◽  
Hesitant Fuzzy Set ◽  
Linguistic Term ◽  
Multiple Attributes ◽  
Interval Valued ◽  
Power Aggregation Operator

Aiming at multiple attributes group decision-making (MAGDM) problems that characterize uncertainty nature and decision hesitancy, firstly, we propose the interval-valued dual hesitant fuzzy unbalanced linguistic set (IVDHFUBLS) in which two sets of interval-valued hesitant fuzzy membership degrees and nonmembership degrees are employed to supplement the most preferred unbalanced linguistic term, as an effective hybrid expression tool to elicit complicate preferences of decision-makers more comprehensively and flexibly than existing tools based on classic linguistic term set. Basic operations for IVDHFUBLS are further defined; also a novel distance measure is developed to avoid potential information distortion that could be brought about by traditional complementing methodology for hesitant fuzzy set and its derivatives. In view of the fundamental role of aggregation operators in MAGDM modelling, we next develop some extended power aggregation operators for IVDHFUBLS, including power aggregation operator, weighted power aggregation operator, and induced power ordered weighted aggregation operator; their desirable properties and special cases are also analyzed theoretically. Subsequently, with support of the above methods, we develop two effective approaches for our targeted complex decision-making problems and verify their effectiveness and practicality by numerical studies.

Interval-Valued Dual Hesitant Fuzzy Heronian Mean Aggregation Operators and their Application to Multi-Attribute Decision Making

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuqi Zang ◽  
Xiaodong Zhao ◽  
Shiyong Li
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Aggregation Operators ◽  
Hesitant Fuzzy Set ◽  
Fuzzy Information ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Dual Hesitant Fuzzy Set ◽  
Multi Attribute Decision Making ◽  
Interval Valued ◽  
Heronian Mean

The interval-valued dual hesitant fuzzy set (IVDHFS) can depict the imprecise, vague and indeterminate information and Heronian mean (HM) has the prominent characteristic of capturing the correlation of the aggregated arguments. In this paper, we investigate multi-attribute decision making (MADM) problems based on HM, in which the attribute values are assumed in the form of interval-valued dual hesitant fuzzy information. Firstly, we briefly present some concepts of IVDHFS and HM. Then, we propose the interval-valued dual hesitant fuzzy Heronian mean (IVDHFHM) operator and the interval-valued dual hesitant fuzzy geometric Heronian mean (IVDHFGHM) operator. We also prove that they satisfy some desirable properties. Further, we consider the importance of the input arguments and derive the interval-valued dual hesitant fuzzy weighted Heronian mean (IVDHFWHM) operator and the interval-valued dual hesitant fuzzy weighted geometric Heronian mean (IVDHFWGHM) operator, and then develop the procedure of MADM. Finally, an illustrate example is given to demonstrate the practicality and effectiveness of the new approach.

scholarly journals Pythagorean Fuzzy Dombi Aggregation Operators and Their Application in Decision Support System

Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arshad Khan ◽  
Shahzaib Ashraf ◽  
Saleem Abdullah ◽  
Muhammad Qiyas ◽  
Jianchao Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Fuzzy Sets ◽  
Aggregation Operators ◽  
Comprehensive Model ◽  
Fuzzy Information ◽  
Pythagorean Fuzzy Set ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Pythagorean Fuzzy Sets ◽  
Points Of View

Keeping in mind the importance and well growing Pythagorean fuzzy sets, in this paper, some novel operators for Pythagorean fuzzy sets and their properties are demonstrated. In this paper, we develop a comprehensive model to tackle decision-making problems where strong points of view are in the favour and against the some projects, entities or plans. Therefore, a new approach, based on Pythagorean fuzzy set models by means of Pythagorean fuzzy Dombi aggregation operators is proposed. An approach to deal with decision-making problems using Pythagorean Dombi averaging and Dombi geometric aggregation operators is established. This model has a stronger capability than existing averaging, geometric, Einstein, logarithmic averaging and logarithmic geometric aggregation operators for Pythagorean fuzzy information. Finally, the proposed method is demonstrated through an example of how the proposed method helps us and is effective in decision-making problems.

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