Pythagorean fuzzy interaction power Bonferroni mean aggregation operators in multiple attribute decision making

The power Bonferroni mean (PBM) operator can relieve the influence of unreasonable aggregation values and also capture the interrelationship among the input arguments, which is an important generalization of power average operator and Bonferroni mean operator, and Pythagorean fuzzy set is an effective mathematical method to handle imprecise and uncertain information. In this paper, we extend PBM operator to integrate Pythagorean fuzzy numbers (PFNs) based on the interaction operational laws of PFNs, and propose Pythagorean fuzzy interaction PBM operator and weighted Pythagorean fuzzy interaction PBM operator. These new Pythagorean fuzzy interaction PBM operators can capture the interactions between the membership and nonmembership function of PFNs and retain the main merits of the PBM operator. Then, we analyze some desirable properties and particular cases of the presented operators. Further, a new multiple attribute decision making method based on the proposed method has been presented. Finally, a numerical example concerning the evaluation of online payment service providers is provided to illustrate the validity and merits of the new method by comparing it with the existing methods.     

Intuitionistic Fuzzy Geometric Bonferroni Means and Their Application in Multicriteria Decision Making

As a useful aggregation technique, the Bonferroni mean (BM) can capture the interrelationship between input arguments and has been a hot research topic recently. Based on the classic BM, many BM operators have been proposed and developed, such as the weighted BM, the generalized BM, the intuitionistic fuzzy BM, and so on. However, these BM operators are all based on the averaging mean, which is one of the basic aggregation approaches and focuses on the group opinion and another basic one is the geometric mean, which gives more importance to the individual opinions. To combine with the geometric mean and the BM, in this paper, we propose the geometric BM, the weighted geometric BM, and the generalized weighted geometric BM. These new geometric BMs can reflect the geometric interrelationship between the individual criterion and other criteria and keep the main advantage of BM. Furthermore, we investigate the geometric BMs under the intuitionistic fuzzy environment, which is more common phenomenon in modern life and develop three intuitionistic fuzzy geometric Bonferroni mean operators, i.e., the intuitionistic fuzzy geometric Bonferroni mean (IFGBM), the intuitionistic fuzzy weighted geometric Bonferroni mean (IFWGBM), and the intuitionistic fuzzy generalized weighted geometric Bonferroni mean (IFGWGBM) and study their desirable properties, such as idempotency, commutativity, monotonicity, and boundedness. Finally, on the basis of the IFWGBM and IFGWGBM operators, we propose an approach to multicriteria decision making under the intuitionistic fuzzy environment, and a practical example is provided to illustrate our results.     

Pythagorean fuzzy multiple criteria decision analysis based on Shapley fuzzy measures and partitioned normalized weighted Bonferroni mean operator

Pythagorean fuzzy sets are powerful techniques for modeling vagueness in practice. The aim of this article is to investigate an effective means to aggregate uncertain information and then employ it into settling multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) problems within the Pythagorean fuzzy circumstances. To capture the nature of the reality, some special cases should be comprehensively considered. First, though correlation commonly exist among criteria, a deep insight should also be provided into some realistic situations, in which not all the criteria are interrelated to others. Besides, it is more reasonable to take the importance of the input arguments into consideration. Effected by aforementioned point, this article explores a Pythagorean fuzzy partitioned normalized weighted Bonferroni mean (PFPNWBM) operator with the combination of partitioned Bonferroni mean (BM) and normalized weighted BM operators considering Shapley fuzzy measure. Subsequently, in the context of partially known weight information, models are established to identify the optimal Shapley fuzzy measure. Moreover, integrated the PFPNWBM operator with the optimal Shapley fuzzy measure identification model, a Pythagorean fuzzy MCDM approach is designed. Finally, an illustrative example and detailed analyses are performed to demonstrate its feasibility and reliability.     

Generalized intuitionistic fuzzy Bonferroni means

Intuitionistic fuzzy set is a widely used tool to express the membership, nonmembership, and hesitancy information of an element to a set. To aggregate the intuitionistic fuzzy information, a lot of aggregation techniques have been developed, especially, the ones which reflect the correlations of the aggregated arguments are the hot research topics, among which Bonferroni mean (BM) is an important aggregation technique. However, the classical BM ignores some aggregation information and the weight vector of the aggregated arguments. In this paper, we introduce the generalized weighted BM and the generalized intuitionistic fuzzy weighted BM, both of which focus on the group opinion. Paying more attention to the individual opinions, we further define the generalized weighted Bonferroni geometric mean and the generalized intuitionistic fuzzy weighted Bonferroni geometric mean. Various families of the existing operators can be obtained when the parameters of the developed aggregation techniques are assigned different values. Finally, we propose an approach to multicriteria decision making on the basis of the proposed aggregation techniques and an example is also given to illustrate our results. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

The linear assignment method for multicriteria group decision making based on interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy Bonferroni mean

The interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy sets can easily handle uncertain information more flexibly in the process of decision making. Considering the interrelationship among the input arguments, we extend the Bonferroni mean and the geometric Bonferroni mean to the interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy environment and solve its practical application problems. First, we develop the interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy Bonferroni mean and the weighted interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy Bonferroni mean (WIVPFBM) operators. The properties of these aggregation operators are investigated. Then, we also develop the interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy geometric Bonferroni mean and the weighted interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy geometric Bonferroni mean (WIVPFGBM) operators and analyze their properties. Third, we utilize the WIVPFBM and WIVPFGBM operators to fuse the information in the interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy multicriteria group decision making (IVPFMCGDM) problem, which can obtain much more information in the process of group decision making. With the aid of the linear assignment method, we present its extension and further design a new algorithm for the application of IVPFMCGDM. Finally, an example is given to elaborate our proposed algorithm and validate its excellent performance.     

An additive manufacturing process selection approach based on fuzzy Archimedean weighted power Bonferroni aggregation operators

Selecting an appropriate additive manufacturing (AM) process or machine to fabricate an end-use product is an important issue in design for AM. One of many types of approaches for AM process selection is based on multi-criteria decision making (MCDM). Most of the MCDM based approaches have an advantage in taking into account the relative importance of performance parameter types and a few of them also consider the interrelationships of performance parameter types. Each of these approaches can work well in its specific context. They are however not entirely satisfactory, as they do not have the capabilities to reduce the influence of the deviation of performance parameter values on the decision-making result and to capture the risk attitudes of users in their decision-making models. In this paper, an MCDM approach based on fuzzy Archimedean weighted power Bonferroni aggregation operators with such capabilities is proposed for AM process selection. A fuzzy Archimedean weighted power Bonferroni mean operator and a fuzzy Archimedean weighted power geometric Bonferroni mean operator are firstly constructed. Based on these operators, an MCDM approach for selection of AM processes are then developed. After that, four practical examples are adopted to illustrate the developed approach and a set of sensitivity analysis experiments on the basis of these examples are carried out. Finally, qualitative and quantitative comparisons between the approach and the existing MCDM based approaches are reported to demonstrate its feasibility, effectiveness, and advantages.     

Pythagorean fuzzy Bonferroni means based on T-norm and its dual T-conorm

For multiple-attribute decision making problems in Pythagorean fuzzy environment, few existing aggregation operators consider interrelationships among the attributes. To deal with this issue, this article extends the Bonferroni means to Pythagorean fuzzy sets (PFSs) to provide Pythagorean Fuzzy Bonferroni means. We first extend t-norm and its dual t-conorm to propose the generalized operational laws for PFSs, which can be considered as the extensions of the known ones. Based on these new laws, Pythagorean fuzzy weighted Bonferroni mean operator and Pythagorean fuzzy weighted geometric Bonferroni mean operator are developed, both of them can capture the correlations among Pythagorean fuzzy input arguments and their desired properties and special cases are also investigated in detail. At last, a novel approach is proposed based on the developed operators with its effectiveness being proved by an investment selection problem.     

Interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy extended Bonferroni mean for dealing with heterogenous relationship among attributes

Owing to the information insufficiency, it might be difficult for decision makers to precisely evaluate their assessments in real decision‐making. As a new extension of the Pythagorean fuzzy sets, the interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy sets (IVPFSs) can availably provide enough input space for decision makers to evaluate their assessments with interval numbers. By extending the Bonferroni mean to model the heterogeneous interrelationship among attributes, the extended Bonferroni mean (EBM) was examined. Considering the partition structure of relationship among the attributes, we introduce the EBM into the interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy environment and develop two new aggregation operators, namely, interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy extended Bonferroni mean and weighted interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy extended Bonferroni mean (WIVPFEBM) operators. Meanwhile, some of their special cases and properties are also deeply discussed. Subsequently, by employing the WIVPFEBM operator, we propose an approach for multiple attribute decision making with IVPFSs. Finally, a practical illustration of the E‐commerce project selection problem is investigated by our proposed method, which successfully demonstrates the applicability of our results.     

New q-rung orthopair fuzzy partitioned Bonferroni mean operators and their application in multiple attribute decision making

The q-rung orthopair fuzzy sets are superior to intuitionistic fuzzy sets or Pythagorean fuzzy sets in expressing fuzzy and uncertain information. In this paper, some partitioned Bonferroni means (BMs) for q-rung orthopair fuzzy values have been developed. First, the q-rung orthopair fuzzy partitioned BM (q-ROFPBM) operator and the q-rung orthopair fuzzy partitioned geometric BM (q-ROFPGBM) operator are developed. Some desirable properties and some special cases of the new aggregation operators have been studied. The q-rung orthopair fuzzy weighted partitioned BM (q-ROFWPBM) operator and the q-rung orthopair fuzzy partitioned geometric weighted BM (q-ROFPGWBM) operator are also developed. Then, a new multiple-attribute decision-making method based on the q-ROFWPBM (q-ROFPGWBM) operator is proposed. Finally, a numerical example of investment company selection problem is given to illustrate feasibility and practical advantages of the new method.     

Pythagorean Dombi fuzzy aggregation operators with application in multicriteria decision-making

A Pythagorean fuzzy set, an extension of intuitionistic fuzzy sets, is very helpful in representing vague information that occurs in real world scenarios. The Dombi operators with operational parameters, have excellent flexibility. Due to the flexible nature of these Dombi operational parameters, this research paper introduces some new aggregation operators under Pythagorean fuzzy environment, including Pythagorean Dombi fuzzy weighted arithmetic averaging (PDFWAA) operator, Pythagorean Dombi fuzzy weighted geometric averaging (PDFWGA) operator, Pythagorean Dombi fuzzy ordered weighted arithmetic averaging operator and Pythagorean Dombi fuzzy ordered weighted geometric averaging operator. Further, this paper presents several advantageous characteristics, including idempotency, monotonicity, boundedness, reducibility and commutativity of preceding operators. By utilizing PDFWAA and PDFWGA operators, this article describes a multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) technique for solving MCDM problems. Finally, a numerical example related to selection of a leading textile industry is presented to illustrate the applicability of our proposed technique.     

Multiple-attribute group decision-making based on power Bonferroni operators of linguistic q-rung orthopair fuzzy numbers

In this paper, a new conception of linguistic q-rung orthopair fuzzy number (Lq-ROFN) is proposed where the membership and nonmembership of the q-rung orthopair fuzzy numbers ( q-ROFNs) are represented as linguistic variables. Compared with linguistic intuitionistic fuzzy numbers and linguistic Pythagorean fuzzy numbers, the Lq-ROFNs can more fully describe the linguistic assessment information by considering the parameter q to adjust the range of fuzzy information. To deal with the multiple-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) problems with Lq-ROFNs, we proposed the linguistic score and accuracy functions of the Lq-ROFNs. Further, we introduce and prove the operational rules and the related properties characters of Lq-ROFNs. For aggregating the Lq-ROFN assessment information, some aggregation operators are developed, involving the linguistic q-rung orthopair fuzzy power Bonferroni mean (BM) operator, linguistic q-rung orthopair fuzzy weighted power BM operator, linguistic q-rung orthopair fuzzy power geometric BM (GBM) operator, and linguistic q-rung orthopair fuzzy weighted power GBM operator, and then presents their rational properties and particular cases, which cannot only reduce the influences of some unreasonable data caused by the biased decision-makers, but also can take the interrelationship between any two different attributes into account. Finally, we propose a method to handle the MAGDM under the environment of Lq-ROFNs by using the new proposed operators. Further, several examples are given to show the validity and superiority of the proposed method by comparing with other existing MAGDM methods.     

Intuitionistic uncertain linguistic partitioned Bonferroni means and their application to multiple attribute decision-making

The Bonferroni mean (BM) was originally introduced by Bonferroni and generalised by many other researchers due to its capacity to capture the interrelationship between input arguments. Nevertheless, in many situations, interrelationships do not always exist between all of the attributes. Attributes can be partitioned into several different categories and members of intra-partition are interrelated while no interrelationship exists between attributes of different partitions. In this paper, as complements to the existing generalisations of BM, we investigate the partitioned Bonferroni mean (PBM) under intuitionistic uncertain linguistic environments and develop two linguistic aggregation operators: intuitionistic uncertain linguistic partitioned Bonferroni mean (IULPBM) and its weighted form (WIULPBM). Then, motivated by the ideal of geometric mean and PBM, we further present the partitioned geometric Bonferroni mean (PGBM) and develop two linguistic geometric aggregation operators: intuitionistic uncertain linguistic partitioned geometric Bonferroni mean (IULPGBM) and its weighted form (WIULPGBM). Some properties and special cases of these proposed operators are also investigated and discussed in detail. Based on these operators, an approach for multiple attribute decision-making problems with intuitionistic uncertain linguistic information is developed. Finally, a practical example is presented to illustrate the developed approach and comparison analyses are conducted with other representative methods to verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the developed approach.     

Generalized Bonferroni Mean Operator for Fuzzy Number Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets and its Application to Multiattribute Decision Making

The Bonferroni mean (BM) was originally introduced by Bonferroni in 1950. A prominent characteristic of BM is its capability to capture the interrelationship between input arguments. This makes BM useful in various application fields, such as decision making, information retrieval, pattern recognition, and data mining. In this paper, we examine the issue of fuzzy number intuitionistic fuzzy information fusion. We first propose a new generalized Bonferroni mean operator called generalized fuzzy number intuitionistic fuzzy weighted Bonferroni mean (GFNIFWBM) operator for aggregating fuzzy number intuitionistic fuzzy information. The properties of the new aggregation operator are studied and their special cases are examined. Furthermore, based on the GFNIFWBM operator, an approach to deal with multiattribute decision‐making problems under fuzzy number intuitionistic fuzzy environment is developed. Finally, a practical example is provided to illustrate the multiattribute decision‐making process.     

Some new Pythagorean fuzzy Choquet–Frank aggregation operators for multi‐attribute decision making

Pythagorean fuzzy set (PFS) whose main feature is that the square sum of the membership degree and the non‐membership degree is equal to or less than one, is a powerful tool to express fuzziness and uncertainty. The aim of this paper is to investigate aggregation operators of Pythagorean fuzzy numbers (PFNs) based on Frank t‐conorm and t‐norm. We first extend the Frank t‐conorm and t‐norm to Pythagorean fuzzy environments and develop several new operational laws of PFNs, based on which we propose two new Pythagorean fuzzy aggregation operators, such as Pythagorean fuzzy Choquet–Frank averaging operator (PFCFA) and Pythagorean fuzzy Choquet–Frank geometric operator (PFCFG). Moreover, some desirable properties and special cases of the operators are also investigated and discussed. Then, a novel approach to multi‐attribute decision making (MADM) in Pythagorean fuzzy context is proposed based on these operators. Finally, a practical example is provided to illustrate the validity of the proposed method. The result shows effectiveness and flexible of the new method. A comparative analysis is also presented.     

Multiple attribute decision‐making method for dealing with heterogeneous relationship among attributes and unknown attribute weight information under q‐rung orthopair fuzzy environment

A Q‐rung orthopair fuzzy set (q‐ROFS) originally proposed by Yager (2017) is a new generalization of orthopair fuzzy sets, which has a larger representation space of acceptable membership grades and gives decision makers more flexibility to express their real preferences. In this paper, for multiple attribute decision‐making problems with q‐rung orthopair fuzzy information, we propose a new method for dealing with heterogeneous relationship among attributes and unknown attribute weight information. First, we present two novel q‐rung orthopair fuzzy extended Bonferroni mean (q‐ROFEBM) operator and its weighted form (q‐ROFEWEBM). A comparative example is provided to illustrate the advantages of the new operators, that is, they can effectively model the heterogeneous relationship among attributes. We prove that some existing known intuitionistic fuzzy aggregation operators and Pythagorean fuzzy aggregation operators are special cases of the proposed q‐ROFEBM and q‐ROFEWEBM operators. Meanwhile, several desirable properties are also investigated. Then, a new knowledge‐based entropy measure for q‐ROFSs is also proposed to obtain the attribute weights. Based on the proposed q‐ROFWEBM and the new entropy measure, a new method is developed to solve multiple attribute decision making problems with q‐ROFSs. Finally, an illustrative example is given to demonstrate the application process of the proposed method, and a comparison analysis with other existing representative methods is also conducted to show its validity and superiority.     

Pythagorean fuzzy Bonferroni mean aggregation operator and its accelerative calculating algorithm with the multithreading

In this paper, we study the well‐known Bonferroni mean and develop its generalized aggregation operators in the Pythagorean fuzzy environment. More specifically, by considering the interrelationship between arguments with Pythagorean fuzzy information, we develop the Pythagorean fuzzy Bonferroni mean (PFBM) and some special properties and cases of them are also discussed. Furthermore, taking the multicriteria decision making environment into consideration, we extend the results of PFBM and develop the weighted Pythagorean fuzzy Bonferroni mean (WPFBM). Meanwhile, we also propose an approach for the application of WPFBM. However, during the application of the WPFBM operator, the calculation is very complex and time consuming. Hence, we introduce the multithreading into the application of the WPFBM operator and develop an accelerative calculating algorithm for it. To validate the performance of the accelerative calculating algorithm, we further design the corresponding experimental analysis.     

Multicriteria decision‐making approach based on gray linguistic weighted Bonferroni mean operator

The main purpose of this paper is to provide a multicriteria decision‐making (MCDM) approach that applies the gray linguistic Bonferroni mean (BM) operator to address the situations where the criterion values take the form of gray linguistic numbers (GLNs) and the criterion weights are known. First, the related operations and comparison method for GLNs are provided. Subsequently, a BM operator and weighted BM operator of GLNs are developed. Then, based on the gray linguistic weighted BM operator, an MCDM approach is proposed. Finally, an illustrative example is given and a comparison analysis is conducted between the proposed approach and other existing methods to demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the developed approach.     

Projection Model for Fusing the Information of Pythagorean Fuzzy Multicriteria Group Decision Making Based on Geometric Bonferroni Mean

As a new generalization of fuzzy sets, Pythagorean fuzzy sets (PFSs) can availably handle uncertain information more flexibly in the process of decision making. Through synthesizing the Bonferroni mean and the geometric mean, the geometric Bonferroni mean (GBM) captures the interrelationship of the input arguments. Considering the interrelationship among the input arguments, we introduce GBM into Pythagorean fuzzy situations and expand its applied fields. Under the Pythagorean fuzzy environment, we develop the Pythagorean fuzzy geometric Bonferroni mean and weighted Pythagorean fuzzy geometric Bonferroni mean (WPFGBM) operators describing the interrelationship between arguments and some special properties of them are also investigated. Then, we employ the WPFGBM operator to fuse the information in the Pythagorean fuzzy multicriteria group decision making (PFMCGDM) problem, which can obtain much more information in the process of group decision making. With the aid of the projection model, we present its extension and further design a new method for the application of PFMCGDM. Finally, an example is given to elaborate on the performance of our proposed method.     

Induced generalized hesitant fuzzy operators and their application to multiple attribute group decision making

In this paper, we develop a series of induced generalized aggregation operators for hesitant fuzzy or interval-valued hesitant fuzzy information, including induced generalized hesitant fuzzy ordered weighted averaging (IGHFOWA) operators, induced generalized hesitant fuzzy ordered weighted geometric (IGHFOWG) operators, induced generalized interval-valued hesitant fuzzy ordered weighted averaging (IGIVHFOWA) operators, and induced generalized interval-valued hesitant fuzzy ordered weighted geometric (IGIVHFOWG) operators. Next, we investigate their various properties and some of their special cases. Furthermore, some approaches based on the proposed operators are developed to solve multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM) problems with hesitant fuzzy or interval-valued hesitant fuzzy information. Finally, some numerical examples are provided to illustrate the developed approaches.     

Some geometric aggregation operators based on intuitionistic fuzzy sets

The weighted geometric (WG) operator and the ordered weighted geometric (OWG) operator are two common aggregation operators in the field of information fusion. But these two aggregation operators are usually used in situations where the given arguments are expressed as crisp numbers or linguistic values. In this paper, we develop some new geometric aggregation operators, such as the intuitionistic fuzzy weighted geometric (IFWG) operator, the intuitionistic fuzzy ordered weighted geometric (IFOWG) operator, and the intuitionistic fuzzy hybrid geometric (IFHG) operator, which extend the WG and OWG operators to accommodate the environment in which the given arguments are intuitionistic fuzzy sets which are characterized by a membership function and a non-membership function. Some numerical examples are given to illustrate the developed operators. Finally, we give an application of the IFHG operator to multiple attribute decision making based on intuitionistic fuzzy sets.