Decision making with geometric aggregation operators based on intuitionistic fuzzy sets

Intuitionistic fuzzy geometric aggregation operators in the framework of Aczel-Alsina triangular norms and their application to multiple attribute decision making

In this paper, we investigate the multiple attribute decision making (MADM) problem based on the arithmetic, geometric aggregation operators and Hamacher operations with picture fuzzy information. Then, motivated by the ideal of traditional arithmetic, geometric aggregation operators and Hamacher operations, we have developed some aggregation operators for aggregating picture fuzzy information: picture fuzzy Hamacher aggregation operators, picture fuzzy Hamacher geometric aggregation operators, picture fuzzy Hamacher correlated aggregation operators, induced picture fuzzy Hamacher aggregation operators, induced picture fuzzy Hamacher correlated aggregation operators, picture fuzzy Hamacher prioritized aggregation operators, picture fuzzy Hamacher power aggregation operators. Then, we have utilized these operators to develop some approaches to solve the picture fuzzy multiple attribute decision making problems. Finally, a practical example for enterprise resource planning (ERP) system selection is given to verify the developed approach and to demonstrate its practicality and effectiveness.

The notions of fuzzy set (FS) and intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS) make a major contribution to dealing with practical situations in an indeterminate and imprecise framework, but there are some limitations. Pythagorean fuzzy set (PFS) is an extended form of the IFS, in which degree of truthness and degree of falsity meet the condition 0≤Θ˘2(x)+K2(x)≤1. Another extension of PFS is a q´-rung orthopair fuzzy set (q´-ROFS), in which truthness degree and falsity degree meet the condition 0≤Θ˘q´(x)+Kq´(x)≤1,(q´≥1), so they can characterize the scope of imprecise information in more comprehensive way. q´-ROFS theory is superior to FS, IFS, and PFS theory with distinguished characteristics. This study develops a few aggregation operators (AOs) for the fusion of q´-ROF information and introduces a new approach to decision-making based on the proposed operators. In the framework of this investigation, the idea of a generalized parameter is integrated into the q´-ROFS theory and different generalized q´-ROF geometric aggregation operators are presented. Subsequently, the AOs are extended to a “group-based generalized parameter”, with the perception of different specialists/decision makers. We developed q´-ROF geometric aggregation operator under generalized parameter and q´-ROF geometric aggregation operator under group-based generalized parameter. Increased water requirements, in parallel with water scarcity, force water utilities in developing countries to follow complex operating techniques for the distribution of the available amounts of water. Reducing water losses from water supply systems can help to bridge the gap between supply and demand. Finally, a decision-making approach based on the proposed operator is being built to solve the problems under the q´-ROF environment. An illustrative example related to water loss management has been given to show the validity of the developed method. Comparison analysis between the proposed and the existing operators have been performed in term of counter-intuitive cases for showing the liability and dominance of proposed techniques to the existing one is also considered.

Complex intuitionistic fuzzy set (CIFS) is a special intuitionistic fuzzy set where the membership and non-membership degrees are expressed by a complex-valued membership degree and can more easily describe the vagueness and uncertainty in the real world. Archimedean t-conorm and t-norm (ATT), as an important class of the t-norm (TN) and t-conorm (TC), have greater flexibility in the information fusion process. In this paper, we extend the ATT to CIFSs and present some generalized geometric aggregation operators, which can be used to handle the multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) problems. For it, we firstly define some new operational laws of the CIFSs based on ATT, then some weighted geometric aggregation operators based on proposed operations are proposed. Further, some desirable properties and special cases of them are studied. Finally, a decision-making approach is developed for the MCDM problem with complex intuitionistic fuzzy information. A practical example is given to show the availability and advantages of the proposed method by comparison with some existing methods. The proposed aggregation operators are more generalized than the existing ones to utilize the uncertain and imprecise information. Several existing operators are considered as special cases of the proposed one. Finally, the proposed method will offer various choices to the decision-maker to access the finest alternatives.

Multi-attribute group decision-making based on q-rung orthopair fuzzy Aczel–Alsina power aggregation operators

In this paper we introduce the concentration and dilation operators on interval valued intuitionistic fuzzy soft sets of root type which is a generalization of fuzzy set, intuitionistic fuzzy set, interval valued intuitionistic fuzzy set and intuitionistic fuzzy set of root type and establish some properties of these operators. We define Hamming distance between two interval valued intuitionistic fuzzy soft sets of root type and it is shown that it is a metric. A similarity measure based on this Hamming distance is defined and some properties are established. We also develop a decision making method based on the similarity measure of Hamming distance between interval valued intuitionistic fuzzy soft sets of root type. We develop an algorithm for the decision making problem and illustrate its working by means of examples.

<abstract><p>Soft set has limitation for the consideration of disjoint attribute-valued sets corresponding to distinct attributes whereas hypersoft set, an extension of soft set, fully addresses this scarcity by replacing the approximate function of soft sets with multi-argument approximate function. Some structures (i.e., possibility fuzzy soft set, possibility intuitionistic fuzzy soft set) exist in literature in which a possibility of each element in the universe is attached with the parameterization of fuzzy sets and intuitionistic fuzzy sets while defining fuzzy soft set and intuitionistic fuzzy soft set respectively. This study aims to generalize the existing structure (i.e., possibility intuitionistic fuzzy soft set) and to make it adequate for multi-argument approximate function. Therefore, firstly, the elementary notion of possibility intuitionistic fuzzy hypersoft set is developed and some of its elementary properties i.e., subset, null set, absolute set and complement, are discussed with numerical examples. Secondly, its set-theoretic operations i.e., union, intersection, AND, OR and relevant laws are investigated with the help of numerical examples, matrix and graphical representations. Moreover, algorithms based on AND/OR operations are proposed and are elaborated with illustrative examples. Lastly, similarity measure between two possibility intuitionistic fuzzy hypersoft sets is characterized with the help of example. This concept of similarity measure is successfully applied in decision making to judge the eligibility of a candidate for an appropriate job. The proposed similarity formulation is compared with the relevant existing models and validity of the generalization of the proposed structure is discussed.</p></abstract>

Information aggregation has been investigated and applied to many fields. This paper focuses on geometric aggregation operators under dual hesitant fuzzy environment. We develop some new geometric aggregation operators, such as the generalized dual hesitant fuzzy weighted geometric (GDHFWG) operator, the generalized dual hesitant fuzzy ordered weighted geometric (GDHFOWG) operator and the generalized dual hesitant fuzzy hybrid geometric (GDHFHG) operator. Some numerical examples are given to illustrate the developed operators. Finally, we give an application of our proposed operators to multi-criteria decision making with dual hesitant fuzzy information, a real decision making problem about human resource generalist selection is forwarded to show the effectiveness of our proposed method.

Induced aggregation operators are more suitable for aggregating the individual preference relations into a collective fuzzy preference relation. Therefore, in this paper, we introduce the notion of some new types induced aggregation operators, namely induced interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy ordered weighted geometric aggregation operator, induced interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy hybrid geometric aggregation operator, induced generalized interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy ordered weighted geometric aggregation operator and induced generalized interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy hybrid geometric aggregation operator. Furthermore, these operators are applied to decision-making problems in which experts provide their preferences in the Pythagorean fuzzy environment to show the validity, practicality and effectiveness of the new approach. We also study the applicability in a decision-making problem concerning strategic selection of the best information system and give an illustrative example to show the effectiveness of the developed methods and operators.

Methods for aggregating interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy information are investigated. Some operational laws of interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy numbers, score function and accuracy function of interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy numbers are intriduced. Based on these operational laws, some aggregation operators, including interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy ordered weighted geometric aggregation (IIFOWGA) operator and interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy hybrid geometric aggregation (IIFHGA) operator, are proposed. An approach to multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM) with interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy information is developed based on the IIFWGA and the IIFHGA operators. Finally, an illustrative example is given to verify the developed approach and to demonstrate its practicality and effectiveness.

<abstract><p>The study on N-soft sets (NSSs) has been significantly developed recently. Hybrid models such as fuzzy N-soft sets, Intuitionistic fuzzy N-soft sets, and hesitant fuzzy N-soft sets were introduced to combine fuzzy sets, intuitionistic fuzzy sets and hesitant fuzzy sets with NSSs. Related to the hybrid models, it was also constructed some complements, operations and related properties. This article aims to construct a new hybrid model called hesitant intuitionistic fuzzy N-soft sets (HIFNSSs) to combine intuitionistic fuzzy N-soft sets and hesitant fuzzy N-soft sets. Moreover, we generalise HIFNSSs to generalized hesitant intuitionistic fuzzy N-soft sets (GHIFNSSs) as a hybrid model between generalized hesitant intuitionistic fuzzy sets and N-soft sets. It was also defined some complements of GHIFNSSs, intersection and union operations between GHIFNSSs, and proved that the operations between some particular complements hold De Morgan Law. In applying a GHIFNSS, we provide an algorithm for decision-making problems and its numerical illustration.</p></abstract>

The basic notions in rough set theory are lower and upper approximation operators defined by a fixed binary relation. This paper proposes an intuitionistic fuzzy rough set (IFRS) model which is a combination of intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS) and rough set. We approximate an IFS by using soft binary relations instead of fixed binary relations. By using this technique, we get two pairs of intuitionistic fuzzy (IF) soft sets, called the upper approximation and lower approximation with respect to foresets and aftersets. Properties of newly defined rough set model (IFRS) are studied. Similarity relations between IFS with respect to this rough set model (IFRS) are also studied. Finally, an algorithm is constructed depending on these approximations of IFSs and score function for decision-making problems, although a method of decision-making algorithm has been introduced for fuzzy sets already. But, this new IFRS model is more accurate to solve the problem because IFS has degree of nonmembership and degree of hesitant.

An m-polar fuzzy set is a powerful mathematical model to analyze multipolar, multiattribute, and multi-index data. The m-polar fuzzy sets have appeared as a useful tool to portray uncertainty in multiattribute decision making. The purpose of this article is to analyze the aggregation operators under the m-polar fuzzy environment with the help of Dombi norm operations. In this article, we develop some averaging and geometric aggregation operators using Dombi t-norm and t-conorm to handle uncertainty in m-polar fuzzy (mF, henceforth) information, which are mF Dombi weighted averaging (mFDWA) operator, mF Dombi ordered weighted averaging (mFDOWA) operator, mF Dombi hybrid averaging (mFDHA) operator, mF Dombi weighted geometric (mFDWG) operator, mF Dombi weighted ordered geometric operator, and mF Dombi hybrid geometric (mFDHG) operator. We investigate properties, namely, idempotency, monotonicity, and boundedness, for the proposed operators. Moreover, we give an algorithm to solve multicriteria decision-making issues which involve mF information with mFDWA and mFDWG operators. To prove the validity and feasibility of the proposed model, we solve two numerical examples with our proposed models and give comparison with mF-ELECTRE-I approach (Akram et al. 2019) and mF Hamacher aggregation operators (Waseem et al. 2019). Finally, we check the effectiveness of the developed operators by a validity test.

Some induced geometric aggregation operators with intuitionistic fuzzy information and their application to group decision making

A recently emerged area of research named intuitionistic fuzzy hypersoft set (IFHSS) attempts to describe the internal limitations of intuitionistic fuzzy soft sets on multiparameter functions. A computation of such a type connects a power set of the universe with a tuple of sub-parameters. The strategy shows the allocation of attributes to their respective sub-attribute values in distinct groupings. The above features make it a unique methodical tool for handling obstacles of hesitation. The aggregation operators have an important role in the assessment of both types of potential and in identifying problems from their assessment. This research extends the use of the interaction aggregation operator to the interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy hypersoft set (IVIFHSS), which is an entirely new structure generated through the interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy soft set (IVIFSS). The IVIFHSS significantly condenses information that is inaccurate and imprecise compared to the frequently utilized IFSS and IVIFSS. Fuzzy reasoning is recognized as the prevalent strategy for improving imperfect data in decision-making processes. The core objective of the research is to develop operational rules for interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy hypersoft numbers (IVIFHSNs), which promote interactions. This research is designed to broaden the utilization of the interaction geometric aggregation operator in the framework of IVIFHSS. In particular, we propose a novel operator known as the Interval-Valued Intuitionistic Fuzzy Hypersoft Interactive Weighted Geometric (IVIFHSIWG) operator. The aggregation operator indicates industry professional support for the implementation of a robust MCGDM material selection technique in order to address this need. The practical application of the intended MCGDM technique has been introduced in selecting materials (MS) for cryogenic storage containers. The influence advocates that the anticipated model is more operational and stable in demonstrating anxious facts based on IVIFHSS.