INTUITIONISTIC UNCERTAIN LINGUISTIC WEIGHTED BONFERRONI OWA OPERATOR AND ITS APPLICATION TO MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING

With respect to multiple attribute decision making (MADM) problems, in which attribute values take the form of intuitionistic uncertain linguistic information, a new decision-making method based on the intuitionistic uncertain linguistic weighted Bonferroni OWA operator is developed. First, the score function, accuracy function, and comparative method of the intuitionistic uncertain linguistic numbers are introduced. Then, an intuitionistic uncertain linguistic Bonferroni OWA (IULBOWA) operator and an intuitionistic uncertain linguistic weighted Bonferroni OWA (IULWBOWA) operator are developed. Furthermore, some properties of the IULBOWA and IULWBOWA operators, such as commutativity, idempotency, monotonicity, and boundedness, are discussed. At the same time, some special cases of these operators are analyzed. Based on the IULWBOWA operator, the multiple attribute decision-making method with intuitionistic uncertain linguistic information is proposed. Finally, an illustrative example is given to illustrate the decision-making steps and to demonstrate its practicality and effectiveness.     

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。     

Multi-attribute group decision-making methods based on q-rung orthopair fuzzy linguistic sets

With the continuous development of the economy and society, decision-making problems and decision-making scenarios have become more complex. The q-rung orthopair fuzzy set is getting more and more attention from researchers, which is more general and flexible than Pythagorean fuzzy set and intuitionistic fuzzy set under complex vague environment. In this study, the concept of q-rung orthopair fuzzy linguistic set (q-ROFLS) is proposed and a new q-rung orthopair fuzzy linguistic method is developed to handle MAGDM problem. Firstly, the conception, operation laws, comparison methods, and distance measure methods of the q-ROFLS are proposed. Secondly, the q-ROFL weighted average operator, q-ROFL ordered weighted average operator, q-ROFL hybrid weighted average operator, q-ROFL weighted geometric operator, q-ROFL ordered weighted geometric operator, and q-ROFL hybrid weighted geometric operator are proposed, and some interesting properties, special cases of these operators are investigated. Furthermore, a new method to cope with MAGDM problem based on q-ROFL weighted average operator (q-ROFL weighted geometric operator) is developed. Finally, a practical example for suppliers selection is provided to verify the practicality of the presented method, and the effectiveness and flexibility of the presented method are illustrated by sensitive analysis and comparative analysis.     

零模的直觉模糊不确定语言集成算子研究

基于零模与共轭零模算子,探讨了直觉模糊不确定语言变量运算法则,得到了基于零模与共轭零模的直觉模糊不确定语言加权几何算子,并给出了一种使用直觉不确定语言变量的集成算子的多属性群决策方法,最后通过Matlab软件分析了直觉模糊不确定语言加权几何算子的K值与语言术语下标间关系。为多属性群决策提供了有价值的参考,有效地解决了一类具有直觉模糊不确定语言评估信息的多属性群决策问题。     

基于勾股模糊语言幂加权平均算子的多属性群体决策方法

针对多属性群决策问题,采用能够方便专家参考语言集信息进行评价并且取值灵活的勾股模糊语言集进行了处理。首先,基于语言集和勾股模糊集的距离测度给出了勾股模糊语言数距离测度的定义与相关性质;然后,以勾股模糊语言数的距离测度作为幂均（PA）算子的距离度量,提出了勾股模糊语言幂加权平均（PFLPWA）算子用以对群决策过程中不同专家评价矩阵进行融合,并同时在融合过程中考虑专家评价的差异性;最后,基于PFLPWA算子构建了勾股模糊语言环境下的群体决策新方法,并通过案例分析检验了PFLPWA算子应用于群决策中的有效性和适用性。     

A group decision-making model based on incomplete comparative expressions with hesitant linguistic terms

As a result of uncertainty and complexity for environments of decision-making, it is more suitable for decision makers to use hesitant fuzzy linguistic information. In this paper, a novel group decision making (GDM) model based on fuzzy linear programming is proposed for incomplete comparative expressions with hesitant fuzzy linguistic term set (HFLTSs). We establish an equivalence theorem of additive consistency between 2-tuple fuzzy linguistic preference relation (FLPR) and corresponding fuzzy preference relation. Based on this framework, a fuzzy linear programming is established to address incomplete comparative expressions with HFLTSs. It is more important that the proposed fuzzy linear programming has a double action, finding the highest consistent incomplete 2-tuple FLPR and increasing inconsistent 2-tuple FLPR to the additive consistent 2-tuple FLPR based on given incomplete comparative expressions with HFLTSs. By this means, a novel GDM model is constructed based on importance induced ordered weighted averaging operator. Finally, an investment decision-making in real-world is solved by the proposed model, which shows the result of GDM is effectiveness.     

The induced linguistic continuous ordered weighted geometric operator and its application to group decision making

In this paper, based on the induced linguistic ordered weighted geometric (ILOWG) operator and the linguistic continuous ordered weighted geometric (LCOWG) operator, we develop the induced linguistic continuous ordered weighted geometric (ILCOWG) operator, which is very suitable for group decision making (GDM) problems taking the form of uncertain multiplicative linguistic preference relations. We also present the consistency of uncertain multiplicative linguistic preference relation and study some properties of the ILCOWG operator. Then we propose the relative consensus degree ILCOWG (RCD-ILCOWG) operator, which can be used as the order-inducing variable to induce the ordering of the arguments before aggregation. In order to determine the weights of experts in group decision making (GDM), we define a new distance measure based on the LCOWG operator and develop a nonlinear model on the basis of the criterion of minimizing the distance of the uncertain multiplicative linguistic preference relations. Finally, we analyze the applicability of the new approach in a financial GDM problem concerning the selection of investments.     

Multiattribute decision making based on power operators for linguistic intuitionistic fuzzy set using set pair analysis

The aim of the presented paper is to give a multiattribute decision making (MADM) method under the linguistic intuitionistic fuzzy (LIF) environment using the set pair analysis (SPA) theory. LIF set can express the qualitative information in terms of linguistic variables, whereas the connection number (CN) based on the “identity,” “discrepancy,” and “contrary” degrees of the SPA theory handles the uncertainties and certainties systems. On the basis of these features, we develop some series of linguistic CN (LCN) power weighted and ordered weighted geometric aggregation operator to aggregate the different LCNs. Several properties of the operators are also studied. Afterward, we present a novel MADM method to solve decision‐making problems under LIF set environment and illustrate with several examples to validate it. A comparative analysis is also presented to show the results.     

区间值比例二元组语言集成算子及其决策方法

结合区间不确定性语言集与比例二元组,提出区间值比例二元组的概念;基于得分函数与精确函数,给出了两个区间值比例二元组的比较方法,并介绍了区间值比例二元组与区间数之间的转换函数;在此基础上,提出区间值比例二元组加权几何算子及区间值比例二元组有序加权几何算子;针对不同语言标度的群决策问题,通过统一标度给出了相应的多属性群决策方法,并将其用于投资商投资过程中。     

一种基于区间灰色语言变量几何加权集成算子的 多属性群决策方法

针对属性值和属性权重均为区间灰色语言变量的多属性群决策问题,提出一种基于区间灰色语言变量的加权几何集成算子的多属性群决策方法.首先,给出区间灰色语言变量的定义和运算规则;然后详细介绍了区间灰色语言变量加权几何集成算子、区间灰色语言变量有序加权几何集成算子、区间灰色语言变量混合加权几何集成算子,以及利用这些算子进行群决策的方法;最后,通过实例说明了所提出方法的决策步骤,并验证了方法的有效性.     

基于广义直觉语言算子的多属性群决策方法

针对属性权重未知,属性值为直觉语言数的多属性决策问题,提出了一种基于直觉语言熵和广义直觉语言算子的群决策方法.定义了直觉语言熵,并利用直觉语言熵确定属性权重,提出了三种直觉语言算子:广义直觉语言加权几何平均(GILWGA)算子、广义直觉语言有序加权几何(GILOWG)算子及广义直觉语言混合几何(GILHG)算子.利用GILWGA和GILHG算子集结信息,采用基于直觉语言数的得分函数及精确函数进行方案排序与择优,最后通过一个算例说明了该方法的有效性和合理性.     

Some q-rung orthopair fuzzy 2-tuple linguistic Muirhead mean aggregation operators and their applications to multiple-attribute group decision making

Multiple-attribute group decision making (MAGDM) under linguistic environment is an important part of modern decision sciences, and information aggregation operator plays an import role in solving MAGDM problems. In this paper, an approach for solving MAGDM problem with q-rung orthopair fuzzy 2-tuple linguistic information is developed. First, the q-rung orthopair fuzzy 2-tuple linguistic weighted averaging (q-ROFTLWA) operator and the q-rung orthopair fuzzy 2-tuple linguistic weighted geometric (q-ROFTLWG) operator are presented. Furthermore, the q-rung orthopair fuzzy 2-tuple linguistic Muirhead mean (q-ROFTLMM) operator and the q-rung orthopair fuzzy 2-tuple linguistic dual Muirhead mean (q-ROFTLDMM) operator are proposed on the basis of Muirhead mean (MM) operator and dual Muirhead mean (DMM) operator. Then, an approach is developed to deal with MAGDM problem under q-rung orthopair fuzzy 2-tuple linguistic environment based on the proposed operators. Finally, a numerical example for selecting desirable emergency alternative(s) in the process of designing emergency preplan is given to illustrate the application of the developed method and demonstrate its effectiveness.     

Consensus reaching process for fuzzy behavioral TOPSIS method with probabilistic linguistic q-rung orthopair fuzzy set based on correlation measure

The paper proposes a consensus reaching process for fuzzy behavioral TOPSIS method with probabilistic linguistic q-rung orthopair fuzzy sets (PLq-ROFSs) based on correlation measure. First, the operational laws of adjusted PLq-ROFSs based on linguistic scale function (LSF) for semantics of linguistic terms are introduced, where the PLq-ROFSs have same probability space. In addition, we define the score function and accuracy function of PLq-ROFS based on the proposed operational laws to compare the PLq-ROFSs. Furthermore, we propose the probabilistic linguistic q-rung orthopair fuzzy weighted averaging (PLq-ROFWA) operator and the probabilistic linguistic q-rung orthopair fuzzy order weighted averaging (PLq-ROFOWA) operator to aggregate the linguistic decision information. Considering the inconsistency between the individual information and aggregated information in decision-making process and the demiddle of given linguistic sets tocision makers' behavioral factors, we define a new correlation measure based on LSF to develop a consensus reaching process for fuzzy behavioral TOPSIS method with PLq-ROFSs. Finally, a numerical example concerning the selection of optimal green enterprise is given to illustrate the feasibility of the proposed method and some comparative analyses with the existing methods are given to show its effectiveness. The sensitivity analysis and stability analysis of the proposed method on the ranking results are also discussed.     

Some q-rung orthopair uncertain linguistic aggregation operators and their application to multiple attribute group decision making

q-Rung orthopair fuzzy sets (q-ROFSs), originally presented by Yager, are a powerful fuzzy information representation model, which generalize the classical intuitionistic fuzzy sets and Pythagorean fuzzy sets and provide more freedom and choice for decision makers (DMs) by allowing the sum of the $q\mathrm{t}\mathrm{h}$ power of the membership and the $q\mathrm{t}\mathrm{h}$ power of the nonmembership to be less than or equal to 1. In this paper, a new class of fuzzy sets called q-rung orthopair uncertain linguistic sets (q-ROULSs) based on the q-ROFSs and uncertain linguistic variables (ULVs) is proposed, and this can describe the qualitative assessment of DMs and provide them more freedom in reflecting their belief about allowable membership grades. On the basis of the proposed operational rules and comparison method of q-ROULSs, several q-rung orthopair uncertain linguistic aggregation operators are developed, including the q-rung orthopair uncertain linguistic weighted arithmetic average operator, the q-rung orthopair uncertain linguistic ordered weighted average operator, the q-rung orthopair uncertain linguistic hybrid weighted average operator, the q-rung orthopair uncertain linguistic weighted geometric average operator, the q-rung orthopair uncertain linguistic ordered weighted geometric operator, and the q-rung orthopair uncertain linguistic hybrid weighted geometric operator. Then, some desirable properties and special cases of these new operators are also investigated and studied, in particular, some existing intuitionistic fuzzy aggregation operators and Pythagorean fuzzy aggregation operators are proved to be special cases of these new operators. Furthermore, based on these proposed operators, we develop an approach to solve the multiple attribute group decision making problems, in which the evaluation information is expressed as q-rung orthopair ULVs. Finally, we provide several examples to illustrate the specific decision-making steps and explain the validity and feasibility of two methods by comparing with other methods.     

Type‐1 OWA Unbalanced Fuzzy Linguistic Aggregation Methodology: Application to Eurobonds Credit Risk Evaluation

In decision making, a widely used methodology to manage unbalanced fuzzy linguistic information is the linguistic hierarchy (LH), which relies on a linguistic symbolic computational model based on ordinal 2‐tuple linguistic representation. However, the ordinal 2‐tuple linguistic approach does not exploit all advantages of Zadeh's fuzzy linguistic approach to model uncertainty because the membership function shapes are ignored. Furthermore, the LH methodology is an indirect approach that relies on the uniform distribution of symmetric linguistic assessments. These drawbacks are overcome by applying a fuzzy methodology based on the implementation of the type‐1 ordered weighted average (T1OWA) operator. The T1OWA operator is not a symbolic operator and it allows to directly aggregate membership functions, which in practice means that the T1OWA methodology is suitable for both balanced and unbalanced linguistic contexts and with heterogeneous membership functions. Furthermore, the final output of the T1OWA methodology is always fuzzy and defined in the same domain of the original unbalanced fuzzy linguistic labels, which facilitates its interpretation via a visual joint representation. A case study is presented where the T1OWA operator methodology is used to assess the creditworthiness of European bonds based on real credit risk ratings of individual Eurozone member states modeled as unbalanced fuzzy linguistic labels.     

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.     

INGIOWGA算子的多属性决策方法及其应用

研究了方案的属性评估信息以模糊语言形式给出的多属性群决策问题，在导出的有序加权几何平均（IOWGA）算子理论的基础上，给出了一种区间数广义导出有序加权几何平均（INGIOWGA）算子，利用广义的导出有序加权平均（GIOWA）算子，对专家所给出的对应于各方案的属性评估信息进行了集结，并提出了一种基于模糊语言评估和GIOWA算子的多属性群决策方法。利用该算法对X射线实时成像检测系统方案选择中的判断信息进行集结，并且通过算例说明了该方法的有效性和实用性。     

区间二元语义Bonferroni集成算子及其决策应用

区间二元语义值是一种常用的不确定环境下决策信息表达形式。考虑到决策信息的交叉影响作用,定义了区间二元语义值的Bonferroni平均算子以及相应的加权形式,在此基础上,给出了组合形式的区间二元语义值的加权Bonferroni平均算子的概念,并研究了算子的幂等性、单调性等数学性质,给出了基于C-I2TLWBA算子区间二元语义值的集成模型和决策应用。实例表明了该模型具有较好的有效性。     

Partitioned Bonferroni mean based on two-dimensional uncertain linguistic variables for multiattribute group decision making

The two-dimensional uncertain linguistic variables (2DULVs) add a self-evaluation on the reliability of the assessment results given by decision makers (DMs), so they can better describe some uncertain information, and the partition Bonferroni mean (PBM) operator has the advantages, which assumes that all aggregated arguments are partitioned into several subparts, and members in the same subpart are interrelated and members in different subparts are no interrelationships. However, the traditional PBM can only deal with the crisp numbers and cannot aggregate the 2DULVs. In this paper, we extend the PBM operator to deal with the 2DULVs and propose some PBM operators for 2DULVs. First, we introduce the concepts, properties, operational laws, and comparison methods of 2DULVs, and then we propose the PBM operator for 2DULVs (2DULPBM), the weighted PBM operator for 2DULVs (2DULWPBM), the partitioned geometric Boferroni mean (PGBM) operator for 2DULVs (2DULPGBM), and weighted PGBM operator for 2DULVs (2DULWPGBM). Further, we develop a method to solve multiattribute group decision-making (MAGDM) problems with the 2DULVs. Finally, we give an example to verify that the method based on the proposed operators is effective and influential.