Linguistic continuous ordered weighted distance measure and its application to multiple attributes group decision making

This paper develops a new method for group decision making and introduces a linguistic continuous ordered weighted distance (LCOWD) measure. It is a new distance measure that combines the linguistic continuous ordered weighted averaging (LCOWA) operator with the ordered weighted distance (OWD) measure considering the risk attitude of decision maker. Moreover, it also can relieve the influence of extremely large or extremely small deviations on the aggregation results by assigning them smaller weights. These advantages make it suitable to deal with the situations where the input arguments are represented with uncertain linguistic information. Some of the main properties of the LCOWD measure and different particular cases are studied. The applicability of the new approach is also analyzed focusing on a group decision making problem.     

二元语义粗算子及其语言多属性决策中的应用

针对语言多属性决策,提出一种基于二元语言信息处理和粗糙集理论的求解方法。利用规范的语言评价信息建立决策信息表,提出了一种由属性依赖度和信息度来形成属性客观权重的方法,通过二元语义集成算子计算属性的主观权;根据决策者的偏好,将各属性的主客观权重信息集成,得到属性综合权重;将规范化的语言评价信息转化为二元语言形式,并与已有的信息集结算子合成,得到二语义粗算子;举例说明二元语义粗算子的应用。     

灰色关联投影下的模糊多属性群决策方法

针对属性评价信息为区间直觉梯形模糊数的多属性群决策问题,给出一种基于灰色关联投影的群决策方法。在规范化处理各决策矩阵的基础上,定义负极端决策矩阵及平均决策矩阵,根据各决策矩阵与这两类矩阵的距离大小确定决策者权重,由区间直觉梯形模糊数加权算术平均算子及决策者权重得到群体决策矩阵。由各方案与正、负理想方案的相对贴近度最小化确定各属性权重,以正理想方案为参考,计算各方案与参考序列关于每个属性的灰色关联系数,并计算各方案到正理想方案的灰色关联投影值,根据各方案投影值大小实现对方案的排序择优。将所给群决策方法应用到生鲜冷库空调系统选择决策问题中,算例分析的过程体现了该群决策方法有效性与可行性。     

Behavioral ordered weighted averaging operator and the application in multiattribute decision making

This paper introduces a new type of behavioral ordered weighted averaging (BOWA) operator, to incorporate decision maker’s gains and losses behavior tendency into the information aggregation process. The main characteristic of this BOWA operator is that it considers behavioral weights and ordered weights in the same formulation. We further provide a calculation method of the behavioral weights, in which various psychological preferences of different attribute types of the decision maker can be expressed intuitively. In addition, we discuss some particular cases of BOWA operator and its main properties. Finally, a numerical example is used to illustrate the use of the proposed method.     

The use of ordered weighted averaging method for decision making under uncertainty

A decision making under uncertainty (DMUU) prevails at the outset and often evolves into a decision making under partial uncertainty as information on the states of nature, for example, a probability distribution, is advanced. Many methods have emerged for solving the DMUU problems, which includes the classical decision criteria and the domain criterion. Yager (1988) introduced a new approach, the so‐called ordered weighted averaging (OWA) as a viable method for solving the DMUU problems. The OWA weights to be used in the aggregation are generated under the degree of optimism provided by a decision maker and then combined with the reordered payoffs to produce aggregated payoffs for each strategy. The reordering process, one of the characterizing features of the OWA method, enables us to perform various types of aggregations including maximax, maximin, and Hurwicz‐α index in conjunction with the generated weights. The OWA method obviously extends the Hurwicz approach by taking into account the tradeoffs among the entire payoffs while the Hurwicz approach considers a tradeoff only between the two extremes, the maximum and the minimum payoffs. In this paper, we examine the features of the OWA method in light of Milnor's set of requirements for reasonable decision criteria, thus providing a solid methodological foundation for the DMUU. The OWA method can also be used to solve a group DMUU problem by exploiting individual decision results in the situation when the use of a fuzzy majority is advocated.     

Quantile induced heavy ordered weighted averaging operators and its application in incentive decision making

To integrate incentives into the information aggregation process in decision making, we propose a new type of aggregation operator, denominated as the quantile induced heavy ordered weighted averaging (QI‐HOWA) operator in this paper. A primary characteristic of this type of operator is that the quantile variable can be used not only to measure the relative performance of alternatives but also to facilitate the incentive preference expression of the decision maker. We further provide a calculation technology of the QI‐HOWA weights, in which various incentive preferences of the decision maker can be considered through parameter adjustment. In addition, we discuss certain properties of the QI‐HOWA operator and note the extent to which they are effective. Finally, a numerical example regarding the selection of optimal alternatives by incentive measures is provided, and the aggregations are compared with those of ordered weighted averaging and unweighted averaging operators to illustrate the validity of the QI‐HOWA operator.     

Some methods for strategic decision‐making problems with immediate probabilities in Pythagorean fuzzy environment

In this article, a new decision‐making model with probabilistic information and using the concept of immediate probabilities has been developed to aggregate the information under the Pythagorean fuzzy set environment. In it, the existing probabilities have been modified by introducing the attitudinal character of the decision maker by using an ordered weighted average operator. Based on it, we have developed some new probabilistic aggregation operator with Pythagorean fuzzy information, namely probabilistic Pythagorean fuzzy weighted average operator, immediate probability Pythagorean fuzzy ordered weighted average operator, probabilistic Pythagorean fuzzy ordered weighted average, probabilistic Pythagorean fuzzy weighted geometric operator, immediate probability Pythagorean fuzzy ordered weighted geometric operator, probabilistic Pythagorean fuzzy ordered weighted geometric, etc. Furthermore, we extended these operators by taking interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy information and developed their corresponding aggregation operators. Few properties of these operators have also been investigated. Finally, an illustrative example about the selection of the optimal production strategy has been given to show the utility of the developed method.     

New exponential operational laws and their aggregation operators for interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy multicriteria decision‐making

In this article, we define two new exponential operational laws about the interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy set (IVPFS) and their corresponding aggregation operators. However, the exponential parameters (weights) of all the existing operational laws of IVPFSs are crisp values in IVPFS decision‐making problems. As a supplement, this paper first introduces new exponential operational laws of IVPFS, where bases are crisp values or interval numbers and exponents are interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy numbers. The prominent characteristic of these proposed operations is studied. Based on these laws, we develop some new weighted aggregation operators, namely the interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy weighted exponential averaging operator and the dual interval‐valued Pythagorean fuzzy weighted exponential averaging. Finally, a decision‐making approach is presented based on these operators and illustrated with some numerical examples to validate the developed approach.     

A novel aggregation method for Pythagorean fuzzy multiple attribute group decision making

As an extension of fuzzy set, a Pythagorean fuzzy set has recently been developed to model imprecise and ambiguous information in practical group decision‐making problems. The aim of this paper is to introduce a novel aggregation method for the Pythagorean fuzzy set and analyze possibilities for its application in solving multiple attribute decision‐making problems. More specifically, a new Pythagorean fuzzy aggregation operator called the Pythagorean fuzzy induced ordered weighted averaging‐weighted average (PFIOWAWA) operator is developed. This operator inherits main characteristics of both ordered weighted average operator and induced ordered weighted average to aggregate the Pythagorean fuzzy information. Some of main properties and particular cases of the PFIOWAWA operator are studied. A method based on the proposed operator for multiple attribute group decision making is developed. Finally, we present a numerical example of selection of research and development projects to illustrate applicability of the new approach in a multiple attribute group decision‐making problem.     

Weighted‐selective aggregated majority‐OWA operator and its application in linguistic group decision making

This paper focuses on the aggregation operations in the group decision‐making model based on the concept of majority opinion. The weighted‐selective aggregated majority‐OWA (WSAM‐OWA) operator is proposed as an extension of the SAM‐OWA operator, where the reliability of information sources is considered in the formulation. The WSAM‐OWA operator is generalized to the quantified WSAM‐OWA operator by including the concept of linguistic quantifier, mainly for the group fusion strategy. The QWSAM‐IOWA operator, with an ordering step, is introduced to the individual fusion strategy. The proposed aggregation operators are then implemented for the case of alternative scheme of heterogeneous group decision analysis. The heterogeneous group includes the consensus of experts with respect to each specific criterion. The exhaustive multicriteria group decision‐making model under the linguistic domain, which consists of two‐stage aggregation processes, is developed in order to fuse the experts’ judgments and to aggregate the criteria. The model provides greater flexibility when analyzing the decision alternatives with a tolerance that considers the majority of experts and the attitudinal character of experts. A selection of investment problem is given to demonstrate the applicability of the developed model.     

多属性群决策的直觉梯形模糊数法

采用直觉梯形模糊数刻画专家的评价信息,提出一种新的多属性群决策方法.定义了直觉梯形模糊数的期望值、预期得分、有序加权集成算子和混合集成算子;建立了基于直觉梯形模糊数的多属性群决策模型;通过混合集成算子得到方案的群体综合评估值,根据期望值和预期得分给出群决策结果.实例分析验证了所提出方法的有效性.     

Partitioned Bonferroni mean based on linguistic 2-tuple for dealing with multi-attribute group decision making

In this study, a multi-attribute group decision making (MAGDM) problem is investigated, in which decision makers provide their preferences over alternatives by using linguistic 2-tuple. In the process of decision making, we introduce the idea of a specific structure in the attribute set. We assume that attributes are partitioned into several classes and members of intra-partition are interrelated while no interrelationship exists among inter partition. We emphasize the importance of having an aggregation operator, to capture the expressed inter-relationship structure among the attributes, which we will refer to as partition Bonferroni mean (PBM). We also investigate the behavior of the proposed PBM operator. Further to aggregate the given linguistic information to get overall performance value of each alternative in MAGDM, we analyze PBM operator in linguistic 2-tuple environment and develop three new linguistic aggregation operators: 2-tuple linguistic PBM (2TLPBM), weighted 2-tuple linguistic PBM (W2TLPBM) and linguistic weighted 2-tuple linguistic PBM (LW-2TLPBM). Based on the idea that total linguistic deviation between individual decision maker's opinions and group opinion should be minimized, we develop an approach to determine weight of the decision makers. Finally, a practical example is presented to illustrate the proposed method and comparison analysis demonstrates applicability of the proposed method.     

Some generalized aggregating operators with linguistic information and their application to multiple attribute group decision making

With respect to multiple attribute group decision making problems with linguistic information, some new decision analysis methods are proposed. Firstly, we develop three new aggregation operators: generalized 2-tuple weighted average (G-2TWA) operator, generalized 2-tuple ordered weighted average (G-2TOWA) operator and induced generalized 2-tuple ordered weighted average (IG-2TOWA) operator. Then, a method based on the IG-2TOWA and G-2TWA operators for multiple attribute group decision making is presented. In this approach, alternative appraisal values are calculated by the aggregation of 2-tuple linguistic information. Thus, the ranking of alternative or selection of the most desirable alternative(s) is obtained by the comparison of 2-tuple linguistic information. Finally, a numerical example is used to illustrate the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed method.     

基于直觉梯形模糊TOPSIS的多属性群决策方法

提出一种改进的逼近理想解排序(TOPSIS)方法,即直觉梯形模糊TOPSIS多属性群决策方法。首先,应用直觉梯形模糊数形式表示方案属性偏好和属性权重信息且专家权重完全未知;然后,利用直觉梯形模糊数间距离测度和期望值及直觉梯形模糊加权平均算子来确定决策者权重信息和属性权重信息;进而给出直觉梯形模糊环境下方案优选的算法;最后,通过算例进一步说明了该直觉梯形模糊TOPSIS方法的有效性。     

基于二元联系数集结算子的多准则群决策方法

定义了二元联系数的加性运算法则, 给出了几种新的算术集结算子, 即二元联系数加权算术平均(BCNWAA)算子、二元联系数有序加权平均(BCNOWA) 算子和二元联系数混合集结(BCNHA) 算子, 提出了一种基于二元联系数的准则权重信息不完全确定的群决策方法. 该方法利用BCNWAA算子和BCNHA算子对二元联系数准则值进行集结; 利用二元联系数准则值的方差和准则权重的随机性, 通过构建优化模型确定最优准则权重. 最后, 通过实例分析表明了该方法的可行性和有效性.

     

Fuzzy multiattribute group decision making based on intuitionistic fuzzy sets and evidential reasoning methodology

In this paper, we propose a new fuzzy multiattribute group decision making method based on intuitionistic fuzzy sets and the evidential reasoning methodology. First, the proposed method uses the evidential reasoning methodology to aggregate each decision maker’s decision matrix and the weights of the attributes to get the aggregated decision matrix of each decision maker. Then, it uses the obtained aggregated decision matrices of the experts, the weights of the experts and the evidential reasoning methodology to get the aggregated intuitionistic fuzzy value of each alternative. Finally, it calculates the transformed value of the obtained intuitionistic fuzzy value of each alternative. The smaller the transformed value, the better the preference order of the alternative. The proposed method can overcome the drawbacks of the existing methods for fuzzy multiattribute group decision making in intuitionistic fuzzy environments.     

加权犹豫模糊集的群决策方法

对于犹豫模糊元中的不同隶属度值赋予不同的权重,由此构造出一种应用范围更广、更符合实际需要的犹豫模糊集合 ----- 加权犹豫模糊集合.针对加权犹豫模糊集中的加权犹豫模糊元,定义了加权犹豫模糊集合和加权犹豫模糊元的并、交、余、数乘和幂等运算及其运算法则,并讨论它们的运算性质;同时,给出加权犹豫模糊元的得分函数和离散函数,进而给出一种比较加权犹豫模糊元的排序法则.在此基础上,提出两类集成算子:加权犹豫模糊元的加权算术平均算子和加权犹豫模糊元的加权几何平均算子,并针对专家权重(已知和未知)的两种情形,将加权犹豫模糊集合应用于群决策,给出两种基于加权犹豫模糊集合的群决策方法.最后,通过一个应用实例表明所提出的群决策方法的有效性和实用性.     

Interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy mathematical programming method for hybrid multi-criteria group decision making with interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy truth degrees

As an important component of group decision making, the hybrid multi-criteria group decision making (MCGDM) is very complex and interesting in real applications. The purpose of this paper is to develop a novel interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy (IVIF) mathematical programming method for hybrid MCGDM considering alternative comparisons with hesitancy degrees. The subjective preference relations between alternatives given by each decision maker (DM) are formulated as an IVIF set (IVIFS). The IVIFSs, intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IFSs), trapezoidal fuzzy numbers (TrFNs), linguistic variables, intervals and real numbers are used to represent the multiple types of criteria values. The information of criteria weights is incomplete. The IVIFS-type consistency and inconsistency indices are defined through considering the fuzzy positive and negative ideal solutions simultaneously. To determine the criteria weights, we construct a novel bi-objective IVIF mathematical programming of minimizing the inconsistency index and meanwhile maximizing the consistency index, which is solved by the technically developed linear goal programming approach. The individual ranking order of alternatives furnished by each DM is subsequently obtained according to the comprehensive relative closeness degrees of alternatives to the fuzzy positive ideal solution. The collective ranking order of alternatives is derived through establishing a new multi-objective assignment model. A real example of critical infrastructure evaluation is provided to demonstrate the applicability and effectiveness of this method.     

毕达哥拉斯犹豫模糊集成算子及其决策应用

针对毕达哥拉斯犹豫模糊多属性决策中,集成算子的重要作用以及集成算子不完善的情况,较为系统地研究了毕达哥拉斯犹豫模糊集成算子。为此,在毕达哥拉斯模糊数的运算和运算法则基础上,定义了毕达哥拉斯犹豫模糊有序加权平均算子（PHFOWA）、广义有序加权平均算子（GPHFOWA）和混合平均算子（PHFHA）,以及毕达哥拉斯犹豫模糊有序加权几何平均算子（PHFOWG）、广义有序加权几何平均算子（GPHFOWG）和混合几何平均算子（PHFHG）,并结合数学归纳法,分别给出了它们的计算公式,讨论了它们的有界性、单调性和置换不变性等性质。建立了基于毕达哥拉斯犹豫模糊集成算子的多属性决策方法,并应用算例和相关方法比较说明了决策方法的可行性与有效性。