A novel approach to interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy soft set based decision making

The soft set theory, originally proposed by Molodtsov, can be used as a general mathematical tool for dealing with uncertainty. The interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy soft set is a combination of an interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy set and a soft set. The aim of this paper is to investigate the decision making based on interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy soft sets. By means of level soft sets, we develop an adjustable approach to interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy soft sets based decision making and some numerical examples are provided to illustrate the developed approach. Furthermore, we also define the concept of the weighted interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy soft set and apply it to decision making.     

不完备序区间值决策系统中的可信规则获取

以不完备序区间值决策系统为研究对象,其中不仅包含遗漏型未知区间值,而且属性值域为全序集.给出了未知区间值的三种形式及其填充式区间值的定义,引入灰的白化方法用以构建一个新的填充式不完备序白化值决策系统,并讨论其在优势和弱势关系下的可信规则获取.进一步研究了优势和弱势对象的约简以及其决策类的相对约简问题,给出了相应的判定定理与区分函数,为最终从不完备序区间值决策系统中获取最优可信决策规则提供了新的理论基础与操作手段.、     

区间信度环境下基于偏好熵的随机格序排列方法

针对偏好优劣关系的信度为区间值的决策偏好系统,运用熵理论提出了一种基于区间值分布偏好向量的决策分析方法。首先,将决策者对方案的偏好描述由:优于、劣于、等价和不可比这四种关系拓广为优于、劣于、等价、无法比较但有上确界、无法比较但有下确界、无法比较且有上确界又下确界、不可比七种偏好关系,并结合区间证据的概念和性质给出了决策偏好系统的区间值分布偏好向量与相对熵的概念、性质。然后,构建了基于偏好熵的证据推理非线性优化模型,通过求解模型,并结合优先原则和集结规则将个人偏好集结成群体偏好,给出了该决策方法的具体步骤,举例说明了方法的可行性。     

区间犹豫模糊ELECTRE多属性决策方法及应用

近年来,多属性决策问题一直是广大学者研究的重点,然而基于ELECTRE方法的区间犹豫模糊多属性决策问题的研究并不多见。因此,结合区间犹豫模糊集的信息表达优势和ELECTRE方法的思想,提出了一种区间犹豫模糊ELECTRE(IVHF ELECTRE)多属性决策新方法。首先构造了区间犹豫模糊决策矩阵,引入得分函数和可能度的概念,构造属性优势集和属性劣势集。然后通过设定阈值得到综合优先判定矩阵,从而得到各方案间的优先顺序。为了进一步得到各方案的整体排序,引入TOPSIS方法,通过计算各方案与正负理想点的相对距离来构造综合优先矩阵,从而得到各方案的总体排序。最后通过具体实例验证了该方法的可行性和合理性。     

A multi-attribute group decision-making method based on weighted geometric aggregation operators of interval-valued trapezoidal fuzzy numbers

With respect to the multiple attribute group decision making problems in which the attribute values take the form of generalized interval-valued trapezoidal fuzzy numbers (GITFN), this paper proposed a decision making method based on weighted geometric aggregation operators. First, some operational rules, the distance and comparison between two GITFNs are introduced. Second, the generalized interval-valued trapezoidal fuzzy numbers weighted geometric aggregation (GITFNWGA) operator, the generalized interval-valued trapezoidal fuzzy numbers ordered weighted geometric aggregation (GITFNOWGA) operator, and the generalized interval-valued trapezoidal fuzzy numbers hybrid geometric aggregation (GITFNHGA) operator are proposed, and their various properties are investigated. At the same time, the group decision methods based on these operators are also presented. Finally, an illustrate example is given to show the decision-making steps and the effectiveness of this method.     

基于区间粗糙直觉模糊数的多属性决策方法

研究了区间粗糙直觉模糊多属性决策。探讨了区间粗糙直觉模糊数的运算法则及其性质;定义了区间粗糙直觉模糊数的得分函数和精确函数,进而给出其排序方法;给出了区间粗糙直觉模糊数的变权算术平均和变权几何平均算子,并且建立了区间粗糙直觉模糊数的多属性决策模型;实例验证了所提出决策方法的有效性。     

Some geometric aggregation operators based on interval intuitionistic uncertain linguistic variables and their application to group decision making

With respect to multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM) problems in which both the attribute weights and the expert weights take the form of crisp numbers, and attribute values take the form of interval-valued intuitionistic uncertain linguistic variables, some new group decision making analysis methods are developed. Firstly, some operational laws, expected value and accuracy function of interval-valued intuitionistic uncertain linguistic variables are introduced. Then, an interval-valued intuitionistic uncertain linguistic weighted geometric average (IVIULWGA) operator and an interval-valued intuitionistic uncertain linguistic ordered weighted geometric (IVIULOWG) operator have been developed. Furthermore, some desirable properties of the IVIULWGA operator and the IVIULOWG operator, such as commutativity, idempotency and monotonicity, have been studied, and an interval-valued intuitionistic uncertain linguistic hybrid geometric (IVIULHG) operator which generalizes both the IVIULWGA operator and the IVIULOWG operator, was developed. Based on these operators, an approach to multiple attribute group decision making with interval-valued intuitionistic uncertain linguistic information has been proposed. Finally, an illustrative example is given to verify the developed approaches and to demonstrate their practicality and effectiveness.     

Research on AHP with interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets and its application in multi-criteria decision making problems

This paper investigates an approach for multi-criterion decision making (MCDM) problems with interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy preference relations (IVIFPRs). Based on the novel interval score function, some extended concepts associated with IVIFPRs are defined, including the score matrix, the approximate optimal transfer matrix and the possibility degree matrix. By using these new matrixes, a prioritization method for IVIFPRs is proposed. Then, we investigate an interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy AHP method for multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) problems. In the end, a numerical example is provided to illustrate the application of the proposed approach.     

Extension of the TOPSIS method for decision making problems under interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy environment

TOPSIS is one of the well-known methods for multiple attribute decision making (MADM). In this paper, we extend the TOPSIS method to solve multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM) problems in interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy environment in which all the preference information provided by the decision-makers is presented as interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrices where each of the elements is characterized by interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy number (IVIFNs), and the information about attribute weights is partially known. First, we use the interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy hybrid geometric (IIFHG) operator to aggregate all individual interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrices provided by the decision-makers into the collective interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrix, and then we use the score function to calculate the score of each attribute value and construct the score matrix of the collective interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrix. From the score matrix and the given attribute weight information, we establish an optimization model to determine the weights of attributes, and construct the weighted collective interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrix, and then determine the interval-valued intuitionistic positive-ideal solution and interval-valued intuitionistic negative-ideal solution. Based on different distance definitions, we calculate the relative closeness of each alternative to the interval-valued intuitionistic positive-ideal solution and rank the alternatives according to the relative closeness to the interval-valued intuitionistic positive-ideal solution and select the most desirable one(s). Finally, an example is used to illustrate the applicability of the proposed approach.     

基于TOPSIS的区间直觉模糊多属性决策法

对基于区间直觉模糊信息的多属性决策问题进行了研究。给出了区间直觉模糊数之间的距离公式,并定义了区间直觉模糊正、负理想点,进而提出了一种基于TOPSIS的区间直觉模糊多属性决策方法。最后进行了实例分析。     

A group decision making approach based on aggregating interval data into interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy information

Group decision making is one of the most important problems in decision making sciences. The aim of this article is to aggregate the interval data into the interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy information for multiple attribute group decision making. In this model, the decision information is provided by decision maker, which is characterized by interval data. Based on the idea of mean and variance in statistics, we first define the concepts of satisfactory and dissatisfactory intervals of attribute vector against each alternative. Using these concepts, we develop an approach to aggregate the attribute vector into interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy number under group decision making environment. A practical example is provided to illustrate the proposed method. To show the validity of the reported method, comparisons with other methods are also made.     

Intelligent data analysis and model interpretation with spectral analysis fuzzy symbolic modeling

This paper proposes fuzzy symbolic modeling as a framework for intelligent data analysis and model interpretation in classification and regression problems. The fuzzy symbolic modeling approach is based on the eigenstructure analysis of the data similarity matrix to define the number of fuzzy rules in the model. Each fuzzy rule is associated with a symbol and is defined by a Gaussian membership function. The prototypes for the rules are computed by a clustering algorithm, and the model output parameters are computed as the solutions of a bounded quadratic optimization problem. In classification problems, the rules’ parameters are interpreted as the rules’ confidence. In regression problems, the rules’ parameters are used to derive rules’ confidences for classes that represent ranges of output variable values. The resulting model is evaluated based on a set of benchmark datasets for classification and regression problems. Nonparametric statistical tests were performed on the benchmark results, showing that the proposed approach produces compact fuzzy models with accuracy comparable to models produced by the standard modeling approaches. The resulting model is also exploited from the interpretability point of view, showing how the rule weights provide additional information to help in data and model understanding, such that it can be used as a decision support tool for the prediction of new data.     

Decision making in signal transmission problems with interval-valued fuzzy sets

This paper presents a decision rule based on the so-called interval-valued fuzzy method of approximate inference. Furthermore, a classical decision algorithm (the so-called threshold rule) is considered. On the basis of the results of a numerical experiment a comparison of effectiveness is made between the two decision rules in selected signal transmission problems.     

Incomplete decision contexts: Approximate concept construction,rule acquisition and knowledge reduction

Incomplete decision contexts are a kind of decision formal contexts in which information about the relationship between some objects and attributes is not available or is lost. Knowledge discovery in incomplete decision contexts is of interest because such databases are frequently encountered in the real world. This paper mainly focuses on the issues of approximate concept construction, rule acquisition and knowledge reduction in incomplete decision contexts. We propose a novel method for building the approximate concept lattice of an incomplete context. Then, we present the notion of an approximate decision rule and an approach for extracting non-redundant approximate decision rules from an incomplete decision context. Furthermore, in order to make the rule acquisition easier and the extracted approximate decision rules more compact, a knowledge reduction framework with a reduction procedure for incomplete decision contexts is formulated by constructing a discernibility matrix and its associated Boolean function. Finally, some numerical experiments are conducted to assess the efficiency of the proposed method.     

Extension of the VIKOR method for group decision making with interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy information

The aim of this paper is to extend the VIKOR method for multiple attribute group decision making in interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy environment, in which all the preference information provided by the decision-makers is presented as interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrices where each of the elements is characterized by interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy number, and the information about attribute weights is partially known, which is an important research field in decision science and operation research. First, we use the interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy hybrid geometric operator to aggregate all individual interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrices provided by the decision-makers into the collective interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrix, and then we use the score function to calculate the score of each attribute value and construct the score matrix of the collective interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrix. From the score matrix and the given attribute weight information, we establish an optimization model to determine the weights of attributes, and then determine the interval-valued intuitionistic positive-ideal solution and interval-valued intuitionistic negative-ideal solution. We use the different distances to calculate the particular measure of closeness of each alternative to the interval-valued intuitionistic positive-ideal solution. According to values of the particular measure, we rank the alternatives and then select the most desirable one(s). Finally, a numerical example is used to illustrate the applicability of the proposed approach.     

Correlation coefficient of interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets and its application to multiple attribute group decision making problems

In this paper, we investigate the group decision making problems in which all the information provided by the decision-makers is presented as interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrices where each of the elements is characterized by interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy number (IVIFN), and the information about attribute weights is partially known. First, we use the interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy hybrid geometric (IIFHG) operator to aggregate all individual interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrices provided by the decision-makers into the collective interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrix, and then we use the score function to calculate the score of each attribute value and construct the score matrix of the collective interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrix. From the score matrix and the given attribute weight information, we establish an optimization model to determine the weights of attributes, and then we use the obtained attribute weights and the interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy weighted geometric (IIFWG) operator to fuse the interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy information in the collective interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy decision matrix to get the overall interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy values of alternatives, and then rank the alternatives according to the correlation coefficients between IVIFNs and select the most desirable one(s). Finally, a numerical example is used to illustrate the applicability of the proposed approach.     

区间直觉模糊判断矩阵群决策中的逆判问题

研究了区间直觉模糊判断矩阵的群决策问题.定义了两种区间直觉模糊集相似度公式,给出两种与决策群体意见一致性程度最高的理想区间直觉模糊判断矩阵构造优化方法.利用矩阵对不同专家判断矩阵中相同位置元素的一致性进行分析,并对不同专家的判断信息进行整体相似程度分析,最后通过算例说明了该方法的有效性和实用性.     

协调区间值决策形式背景的知识约简

知识约简是概念格理论的核心问题之一.主要讨论协调区间值决策形式背景的知识约简问题.首先从经典的协调决策形式背景出发,定义了协调区间值决策形式背景,同时给出了协调区间值决策形式背景上决策保序集的定义和判定定理,并进一步阐明了决策保序集和协调集之间的关系,然后通过定义辨识矩阵,给出了协调区间值决策形式背景的属性约简方法.     

基于区间犹豫模糊信息双向投影技术的双边匹配决策方法

近年来,双边匹配决策问题受到学者们的广泛关注,然而区间犹豫模糊信息双向投影技术的双边匹配决策问题的研究并不多见。因此,针对基于区间犹豫模糊信息下的双边匹配问题,本文提出了一种基于区间犹豫模糊信息双向投影技术的双边匹配决策方法。给出了区间犹豫模糊信息下的双边匹配问题的描述;依据双边主体给出的偏好信息构造区间犹豫模糊矩阵,运用双向投影法对区间犹豫模糊矩阵进行技术处理,构造双向投影矩阵;采用传统Topsis思想构造贴近度矩阵;在此基础上,构建了该双边匹配问题的优化模型,并使用组合满意度法对优化模型进行求解,从而得到了双边主体间的匹配结果;最后,通过算例说明了所提方法的有效性和可行性。     

Information granulation and uncertainty measures in interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy information systems

Information granulation and entropy are main approaches for investigating the uncertainty of information systems, which have been widely employed in many practical domains. In this paper, information granulation and uncertainty measures for interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy binary granular structures are addressed. First, we propose the representation of interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy information granules and examine some operations of interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy granular structures. Second, the interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy information granularity is introduced to depict the distinguishment ability of an interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy granular structure (IIFGS), which is a natural extension of fuzzy information granularity. Third, we discuss how to scale the uncertainty of an IIFGS using the extended information entropy and the uncertainty among interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy granular structures using the expanded mutual information derived from the presented intuitionistic fuzzy information entropy. Fourth, we discovery the relationship between the developed interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy information entropy and the intuitionistic fuzzy information granularity presented in this paper.