A novel aggregation method for Pythagorean fuzzy multiple attribute group decision making |
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| Authors: | Shouzhen Zeng Zhimin Mu Tomas Bale?entis |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Business, Ningbo University, Ningbo, People's Republic of China;2. Department of Basic Science, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China;3. Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics, Vilnius, Lithuania |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | induced ordered weighted average operator Pythagorean fuzzy set multiattribute group decision making ordered weighted average operator |
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