513 research outputs found
Algorithms for probabilistic uncertain linguistic multiple attribute group decision making based on the GRA and CRITIC method: application to location planning of electric vehicle charging stations
Electric vehicles (EVs) could be regarded as one of the most
innovative and high technologies all over the world to cope with
the fossil fuel energy resource crisis and environmental pollution
issues. As the initiatory task of EV charging station (EVCS) construction,
site selection play an important part throughout the
whole life cycle, which is deemed to be multiple attribute group
decision making (MAGDM) problem involving many experts and
many conflicting attributes. In this paper, a grey relational analysis
(GRA) method is investigated to tackle the probabilistic uncertain
linguistic MAGDM in which the attribute weights are completely
unknown information. Firstly, the definition of the expected value
is then employed to objectively derive the attribute weights
based on the CRiteria Importance Through Intercriteria Correlation
(CRITIC) method. Then, the optimal alternative is chosen by calculating
largest relative relational degree from the probabilistic
uncertain linguistic positive ideal solution (PULPIS) which considers
both the largest grey relational coefficient from the PULPIS and the
smallest grey relational coefficient from the probabilistic uncertain
linguistic negative ideal solution (PULNIS). Finally, a numerical
case for site selection of electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) is
designed to illustrate the proposed method. The result shows the
approach is simple, effective and easy to calculate
A MAGDM ALGORITHM FOR DECISION-MAKING PROBLEMS ON FUZZY SOFT SETS USING A COEFFICIENT CORRELATION AND AN ENTROPY MEASURE FOR DETERMINING THE WEIGHT OF PARAMETERS
In statistics, the correlation coefficient concept aims to show how strong the linear relationship between two variables is. Sometimes the data collected relates to everyday life problems whose value is uncertain. Therefore, the concept of correlation coefficient must be developed on the fuzzy sets and the fuzzy soft sets environment. In this study, a decision-making algorithm was designed on fuzzy soft sets using the concept of the correlation coefficient. The method used is MAGDM, where the parameter weights are determined using entropy measures. Using this method, the algorithm of our decision-making problem is more realistic and general. The final section gives an example of a decision-making problem and a numerical illustration using the designed algorithm
Decision making with both diversity supporting and opposing membership information
Online big data provides large amounts of decision information
to decision makers, but supporting and opposing information are
present simultaneously. Dual hesitant fuzzy sets (DHFSs) are useful
models for exactly expressing the membership degree of both
supporting and opposing information in decision making.
However, the application of DHFSs requires an improved distance
measure. This paper aims to improve distance measure models
for DHFSs and apply the new distance models to generate a technique
for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution
(TOPSIS) method for multiple attribute decision making (MADM)
Fuzzy Techniques for Decision Making 2018
Zadeh's fuzzy set theory incorporates the impreciseness of data and evaluations, by imputting the degrees by which each object belongs to a set. Its success fostered theories that codify the subjectivity, uncertainty, imprecision, or roughness of the evaluations. Their rationale is to produce new flexible methodologies in order to model a variety of concrete decision problems more realistically. This Special Issue garners contributions addressing novel tools, techniques and methodologies for decision making (inclusive of both individual and group, single- or multi-criteria decision making) in the context of these theories. It contains 38 research articles that contribute to a variety of setups that combine fuzziness, hesitancy, roughness, covering sets, and linguistic approaches. Their ranges vary from fundamental or technical to applied approaches
Probabilistic Single-Valued (Interval) Neutrosophic Hesitant Fuzzy Set and Its Application in Multi-Attribute Decision Making
The uncertainty and concurrence of randomness are considered when many practical problems are dealt with. To describe the aleatory uncertainty and imprecision in a neutrosophic environment and prevent the obliteration of more data, the concept of the probabilistic single-valued (interval) neutrosophic hesitant fuzzy set is introduced
A hesitant fuzzy SMART method based on a new score function for information literacy assessment of teachers
As two powerful and flexible tools for decision-makers (DMs) to
model the complex cognition, the hesitant fuzzy set (HFS) and
hesitant fuzzy linguistic term set (HFLTS) allow DMs to express
their opinions with several possible membership values or linguistic
terms on the objects over each criterion. The aim of this article
is to develop a novel score function of the HFS and HFLTS including
hesitant degree and fuzzy degree information. For this purpose,
the notion of fuzzy degree of the hesitant fuzzy element
(HFE) and hesitant fuzzy linguistic element (HFLE) is introduced
first. Then, considering both the hesitant degree and fuzzy degree
information in expressions, the new score function, namely the
Score-H&FD, is designed. Based on which, we extend the classical
SMART (simple multi-attribute rating technique) method to the
hesitant fuzzy environment. As a result, the hesitant fuzzy SMART
(HF-SMART) method is developed in this article. Afterwards, we
apply our proposed approach to assess and rank several teachers
concerning information literacy. Finally, sensitive analysis and
comparative analysis are carried out. The results show that the
proposed method in this article has substantial advantages and
applicability
A double interaction-based financing group decisionmaking framework considering uncertain information and inconsistent assessment
Financing group decision-making (FGDM), which is an important
stage of project financing, has unique characteristics: large investments
and long payback horizons. Its evaluation results are likely
to be distorted if we ignore the uncertain information and inconsistent
assessment during the decision-making process. In this
study, we propose a double interaction-based FGDM framework
under uncertain information and inconsistent assessment. We
modify the weight setting of evidence reasoning and aggregation
method of probabilistic linguistic term sets to process the above
two issues. The proposed framework is applied in a detailed case
study analysis to display its effectiveness and stability. We expect
the double interaction-based group decision-making framework
under uncertain information and inconsistent assessment to be a
useful tool to understand FGDM processes
Algebraic Structures of Neutrosophic Triplets, Neutrosophic Duplets, or Neutrosophic Multisets
Neutrosophy (1995) is a new branch of philosophy that studies triads of the form (, , ), where is an entity {i.e. element, concept, idea, theory, logical proposition, etc.}, is the opposite of , while is the neutral (or indeterminate) between them, i.e., neither nor .Based on neutrosophy, the neutrosophic triplets were founded, which have a similar form (x, neut(x), anti(x)), that satisfy several axioms, for each element x in a given set.This collective book presents original research papers by many neutrosophic researchers from around the world, that report on the state-of-the-art and recent advancements of neutrosophic triplets, neutrosophic duplets, neutrosophic multisets and their algebraic structures – that have been defined recently in 2016 but have gained interest from world researchers. Connections between classical algebraic structures and neutrosophic triplet / duplet / multiset structures are also studied. And numerous neutrosophic applications in various fields, such as: multi-criteria decision making, image segmentation, medical diagnosis, fault diagnosis, clustering data, neutrosophic probability, human resource management, strategic planning, forecasting model, multi-granulation, supplier selection problems, typhoon disaster evaluation, skin lesson detection, mining algorithm for big data analysis, etc
A systematic review on multi-criteria group decision-making methods based on weights: analysis and classification scheme
Interest in group decision-making (GDM) has been increasing prominently over the last decade. Access to global databases, sophisticated sensors which can obtain multiple inputs or complex problems requiring opinions from several experts have driven interest in data aggregation. Consequently, the field has been widely studied from several viewpoints and multiple approaches have been proposed. Nevertheless, there is a lack of general framework. Moreover, this problem is exacerbated in the case of experts’ weighting methods, one of the most widely-used techniques to deal with multiple source aggregation. This lack of general classification scheme, or a guide to assist expert knowledge, leads to ambiguity or misreading for readers, who may be overwhelmed by the large amount of unclassified information currently available. To invert this situation, a general GDM framework is presented which divides and classifies all data aggregation techniques, focusing on and expanding the classification of experts’ weighting methods in terms of analysis type by carrying out an in-depth literature review. Results are not only classified but analysed and discussed regarding multiple characteristics, such as MCDMs in which they are applied, type of data used, ideal solutions considered or when they are applied. Furthermore, general requirements supplement this analysis such as initial influence, or component division considerations. As a result, this paper provides not only a general classification scheme and a detailed analysis of experts’ weighting methods but also a road map for researchers working on GDM topics or a guide for experts who use these methods. Furthermore, six significant contributions for future research pathways are provided in the conclusions.The first author acknowledges support from the Spanish Ministry of Universities [grant number FPU18/01471]. The second and third author wish to recognize their support from the Serra Hunter program. Finally, this work was supported by the Catalan agency AGAUR through its research group support program (2017SGR00227). This research is part of the R&D project IAQ4EDU, reference no. PID2020-117366RB-I00, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/ 501100011033.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version
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