scholarly journals A MAGDM Algorithm with Multi-Granular Probabilistic Linguistic Information

Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ju-Xiang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cross Entropy ◽  
Distance Measures ◽  
Cross Entropy Method ◽  
Linguistic Term ◽  
Probabilistic Linguistic Term Sets

The traditional multi-attribute group decision making (MAGDM) method needs to be improved to the integration of assessment information under multi-granular probabilistic linguistic environments. Some novel distance measures between two multi-granular probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs) are proposed, and distance measures are proved to be reasonable. To calculate the weights of the alternative attributes, the extended cross-entropy method for multi-granular probabilistic linguistic term sets is proposed. Then, a novel extended MAGDM algorithm based on prospect theory (PT) is proposed. Two case studies of decision making (DM) on purchasing a car is provided to illustrate the application of the extended MAGDM algorithm. The case analyses are proposed to illustrate the novelty, feasibility, and application of the proposed MAGDM algorithm by comparing the other three algorithms based on TOPSIS, VIKOR, and Pang Qi et al.’s method. The analyses results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm based on PT is superior.

scholarly journals A Novel Group Decision-Making Method Based on Generalized Distance Measures of PLTSs on E-Commerce Shopping

Complexity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Juxiang Wang ◽  
Jian Yuan ◽  
Jiajing Zhang ◽  
Miao Tang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Distance Measures ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Linguistic Term ◽  
Probabilistic Linguistic Term Sets ◽  
Generalized Distance Measures ◽  
Evaluation Information ◽  
Generalized Distance

In multiattribute group decision-making (MAGDM), due to quantity, fuzziness, and complexity of evaluation linguistic information on commodities, traditional distance measures need to be extended to the integration of evaluation information under a multigranular probabilistic linguistic environment. A more reasonable method is proposed to deal with the missing value in the evaluation information. On the basis of the generalized distance measures and filling in the missing evaluation information, some novel distance measures between two multigranular probabilistic linguistic term sets (PLTSs) are presented in this paper. Based on these distance measures, three extended decision-making (DM) algorithms based on TOPSIS, the extended TOPSIS, and VIKOR are proposed, which are MGPL-TOPSIS, MGPL-ETOPSIS, and MGPL-VIKOR, respectively. The case analyses on purchasing a car are provided to illustrate the application of the extended multiattribute group decision-making (MAGDM) algorithms. Then, sensitivity analyses based on PT are proposed as well. In particular, the extended TOPSIS method is presented. These results demonstrate the novelty, feasibility, and rationality of the distance measures between two multigranular PLTSs proposed in this paper.

A Novel Linguistic Group Decision-Making Model Based on Extended Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Term Sets

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (03) ◽  
pp. 379-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cuiping Wei ◽  
Na Zhao ◽  
Xijin Tang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Distance Measures ◽  
Linguistic Terms ◽  
Linguistic Information ◽  
Linguistic Group ◽  
Linguistic Term ◽  
Decision Making Model ◽  
Fuzzy Linguistic

Hesitant fuzzy linguistic term set (HFLTS) is a set with ordered consecutive linguistic terms, and is very useful in addressing the situations where people are hesitant in providing their linguistic assessments. Wang [H. Wang, Extended hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets and their aggregation in group decision making, International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems 8(1) (2015) 14–33.] removed the consecutive condition to introduce the notion of extended HFLTS (EHFLTS). The generalized form has wider applications in linguistic group decision-making. By introducing distance measures for EHFLTSs, in this paper we develop a novel multi-criteria group decision making model to deal with hesitant fuzzy linguistic information. The model collects group linguistic information by using EHFLTSs and avoids the possible loss of information. Moreover, it can assess the importance weights of criteria according to their subjective and objective information and rank alternatives based on the rationale of TOPSIS. In order to illustrate the applicability of the proposed algorithm, two examples are given and comparisons are made with the other existing methods.

scholarly journals Probabilistic Hybrid Linguistic Approaches for Multiple Attribute Group Decision Making with Decision Hesitancy and the Prioritization of Attribute Relationships

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 235
Author(s):  
Junling Zhang ◽  
Ying Hong ◽  
Xiaowen Qi ◽  
Changyong Liang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Distance Measures ◽  
Distance Measurements ◽  
Information Distortion ◽  
Multiple Attribute ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Linguistic Term

Focusing on ill-structured multiple attribute decision-making (MADM) problems, including decision hesitancy and attribute prioritization relationships, this paper investigates appropriate approaches for decision making. Firstly, we introduce the probabilistic hybrid linguistic term set (P-HLTS) for capturing probabilistic preferences about possible linguistic labels belonging to a wide range of hesitant linguistic term sets. Entropy and distance measurements for P-HLTS are developed without arbitrary complementing operations. To facilitate decision making with attribute prioritization relationships, we present a probabilistic uncertain balanced linguistic-prioritized weighted average (PUBL-PWA) operator and the probabilistic uncertain balanced linguistic-induced prioritized ordered weighted average (PUBL-IPOWA) operator. In terms of the strength of the above tools, we further construct two multiple attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) approaches under P-HLTS environments, namely, an approach for decision-making situations where attribute prioritization relationships are known in advance and the relative importance of decision makers (DMs) or decision-making units (DMUs) is not required for consideration, and second approach for decision-making situations where both attribute prioritization relationships and the weighted vectors of DMs or DMUs are explicitly unknown. In general, our proposed approaches are more flexible and practical when considering heterogeneous opinions, avoiding information distortion brought about by complementing operation-based distance measures. Furthermore, illustrative application studies are conducted to verify our developed approaches.

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