scholarly journals Fuzzy Group Decision Making for Multiobjective Problems: Tradeoff between Consensus and Robustness

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Xiong ◽  
Xu Tan ◽  
Ke-wei Yang ◽  
Ying-wu Chen

Many decision making problems involve multiple decision makers and conflicting objectives. This paper refers to this kind of problems as group decision making for multiobjective problems (GDM-MOP). The task of GDM-MOP is to select final solution(s) from a set of nondominated solutions according to the decision makers' preferences. However, it is common that the preference could be imprecise. We study the GDM-MOP where preferences are expressed by fuzzy reference points, called as fuzzy GDMMOP (FGDM-MOP). This paper provides a decision support model to simultaneously consider two measures for FGDM-MOP: consensus measure and robustness measure. The former is used to reflect the acceptable degree of a solution by the decision making group, while the latter indicates a solution's ability to cope with any change on preferences. A multiobjective evolutionary approach is presented to solve the problem. Finally, a modified benchmark function is studied to illustrate the proposed approach.

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Guo

Hybrid multiple attribute group decision making involves ranking and selecting competing courses of action available using attributes to evaluate the alternatives. The decision makers assessment information can be expressed in the form of real number, interval-valued number, linguistic variable, and the intuitionistic fuzzy number. All these evaluation information can be transformed to the form of intuitionistic fuzzy numbers. A combined GRA with intuitionistic fuzzy group decision-making approach is proposed. Firstly, the hybrid decision matrix is standardized and then transformed into an intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrix. Then, intuitionistic fuzzy averaging operator is utilized to aggregate opinions of decision makers. Intuitionistic fuzzy entropy is utilized to obtain the entropy weights of the criteria, respectively. After intuitionistic fuzzy positive ideal solution and intuitionistic fuzzy negative ideal solution are calculated, the grey relative relational degree of alternatives is obtained and alternatives are ranked. In the end, a numerical example illustrates the validity and applicability of the proposed method.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zia Bashir ◽  
Tabasam Rashid ◽  
Mobashir Iqbal

Preference of an alternative over another alternative is a useful way to express the opinion of decision maker. In the process of group decision making, preference relations are used in preference modelling of the alternatives under given criteria. The probability is an important tool to deal with uncertainty; in many scenarios of decision making probabilities of different events affect the decision making process directly. In order to deal with this issue, in this paper, hesitant probabilistic fuzzy preference relation (HPFPR) is defined. Furthermore, consistency of HPFPR and consensus among decision makers are studied in the hesitant probabilistic fuzzy environment. In this respect, many novel algorithms are developed to achieve consistency of HPFPRs and reasonable consensus between decision makers and a final algorithm is proposed comprehending all other algorithms, presenting a complete decision support model for group decision making. Lastly, we present a case study with complete illustration of the proposed model and discussed the effects of probabilities on decision making validating the importance of the introduction of probability in hesitant fuzzy preference relation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Ze Cheng ◽  
Yucui Wang ◽  
Silu Cheng

A new fault diagnosis method is proposed for PV arrays with SP connection in this study, the advantages of which are that it would minimize the number of sensors needed and that the accuracy and anti-interference ability are improved with the introduction of fuzzy group decision-making theory. We considered five “decision makers” contributing to the diagnosis of PV array faults, including voltage, current, environmental temperature, panel temperature, and solar illumination. The accuracy and reliability of the proposed method were verified experimentally, and the possible factors contributing to diagnosis deviation were analyzed, based on which solutions were suggested to reduce or eliminate errors in aspects of hardware and software.


Symmetry ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 234
Author(s):  
Kaixin Gong ◽  
Chunfang Chen

As an effective tool to express the subjective preferences of decision makers, the linguistic term sets (LTS) have been widely used in group decision-making (GDM) problems, such as hesitant fuzzy LTS, linguistic hesitant fuzzy sets, probabilistic LTS, etc. However, due to the increasing complexity of practical decision-making (DM) problems, LTS still has a lot of room to expand in fuzzy theory. Qualitative uncertainty information in the application of GDM is yet to be improved. Therefore, in order to improve the applicability of linguistic terms in DM problems, a probabilistic uncertain linguistic intuitionistic fuzzy set (PULIFS) that can fully express the decision-maker’s (DM’s) evaluation information is first proposed. To improve the rationality of DM results, we give a method for determining individual weights in the probabilistic uncertain linguistic intuitionistic fuzzy preference relation (PULIFPR) environment. In addition, we present two consistency definitions of PULIFPR to reflect both the assessment information and risk attitudes of decision makers. Subsequently, a series of goal programming models (GPMs) are established, which effectively avoid the consistency check and correction process of existing methods. Finally, the developed method is applied to an empirical example concerning the selection of a virtual reality (VR) project. The advantages of the proposed method are demonstrated by comparative analysis.


Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (19) ◽  
pp. 2457
Author(s):  
Feifei Jin ◽  
Chang Li ◽  
Jinpei Liu ◽  
Ligang Zhou

The development of distribution linguistic provides a new research idea for linguistic information group decision-making (GDM) problems, which is more flexible and convenient for experts to express their opinions. However, in the process of using distribution linguistic fuzzy preference relations (DLFPRs) to solve linguistic information GDM problems, there are few studies that pay attention to both internal consistency adjustment and external consensus of experts. Therefore, this study proposes a fresh decision support model based on consistency adjustment algorithm and consensus adjustment algorithm to solve GDM problems with distribution linguistic data. Firstly, we review the concept of DLFPRs to describe the fuzzy linguistic evaluation information, and then we present the multiplicative consistency of DLFPRs and a new consistency measurement method based on the distance, and investigate the consistency adjustment algorithm to ameliorate the consistency level of DLFPRs. Subsequently, the consensus degree measurement is carried out, and a new consensus degree calculation method is put forward. At the same time, the consensus degree adjustment is taken the expert cost into account to make it reach the predetermined level. Finally, a distribution linguistic fuzzy group decision making (DLFGDM) method is designed to integrate the evaluation linguistic elements and obtain the final evaluation information. A case of the evaluation of China’s state-owned enterprise equity incentive model is provided, and the validity and superiority of the proposed method are performed by comparative analysis.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Huiyuan Zhang ◽  
Guiwu Wei ◽  
Xudong Chen

The green supplier selection is one of the popular multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM) problems. The spherical fuzzy sets (SFSs) can fully express the complexity and fuzziness of evaluation information for green supplier selection. Furthermore, the classic MABAC (multi-attributive border approximation area comparison) method based on the cumulative prospect theory (CPT-MABAC) is designed, which is an optional method in reflecting the psychological perceptions of decision makers (DMs). Therefore, in this article, we propose a spherical fuzzy CPT-MABAC (SF-CPT-MABAC) method for MAGDM issues. Meanwhile, considering the different preferences of DMs to attribute sets, we obtain the objective weights of attributes through entropy method. Focusing on the current popular problems, this paper applies the proposed method for green supplier selection and proves for green supplier selection based on SF-CPT-MABAC method. Finally, by comparing existing methods, the effectiveness of the proposed method is certified.


2015 ◽  
Vol 713-715 ◽  
pp. 1769-1772
Author(s):  
Jie Wu ◽  
Lei Na Zheng ◽  
Tie Jun Pan

In order to reflect the decision-making more scientific and democratic, modern decision problems often require the participation of multiple decision makers. In group decision making process,require the use of intuitionistic fuzzy hybrid averaging operator (IFHA) to get the final decision result.


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