A PROMETHEE-FLP Method for Heterogeneous Multi-Attributes Group Decision Making

Heterogeneous multi-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM), which is an extension of the MAGDM problems, deals with heterogeneous information formats. In this paper, a new method is proposed for heterogeneous MAGDM in which five kinds of information formats, involving intuitionistic fuzzy sets, tri...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jiuying Dong, Shuping Wan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2018-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8438466/
_version_ 1818854612050903040
author Jiuying Dong
Shuping Wan
author_facet Jiuying Dong
Shuping Wan
author_sort Jiuying Dong
collection DOAJ
description Heterogeneous multi-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM), which is an extension of the MAGDM problems, deals with heterogeneous information formats. In this paper, a new method is proposed for heterogeneous MAGDM in which five kinds of information formats, involving intuitionistic fuzzy sets, triangular intuitionistic fuzzy numbers, trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy numbers, intervals, and real numbers, are used to represent the assessments of alternatives, the attribute weight information is incomplete and the decision-makers' weights are unknown. First, based on preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluation (PROMETHEE), the net flows of alternatives are obtained. The attribute weights are determined reasonably through constructing a multi-objective program which is transformed into a single objective program to resolve. A conversion formula is defined to transform the net flows into the individual priorities. Then, the complete fuzzy preference relation for each DM is generated. The group priorities of alternatives are derived by a fuzzy linear programming (FLP) model. Therefore, an effect index is defined to obtain the weights of DMs, which can be used to adjust the group priorities. The ranking order of alternatives is derived by the adjusted group priority. Therefore, a new PROMETHEE-FLP method is put forward for heterogeneous MAGDM. Finally, a bank recruitment case is analyzed to demonstrate the effectiveness and application of the proposed method.
first_indexed 2024-12-19T07:55:28Z
format Article
id doaj.art-eaeae3f1269d447cadd2b2e37acf2a3e
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2169-3536
language English
last_indexed 2024-12-19T07:55:28Z
publishDate 2018-01-01
publisher IEEE
record_format Article
series IEEE Access
spelling doaj.art-eaeae3f1269d447cadd2b2e37acf2a3e2022-12-21T20:30:02ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362018-01-016466564666710.1109/ACCESS.2018.28657738438466A PROMETHEE-FLP Method for Heterogeneous Multi-Attributes Group Decision MakingJiuying Dong0Shuping Wan1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6504-9700School of Statistics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, ChinaSchool of Information Technology, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, ChinaHeterogeneous multi-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM), which is an extension of the MAGDM problems, deals with heterogeneous information formats. In this paper, a new method is proposed for heterogeneous MAGDM in which five kinds of information formats, involving intuitionistic fuzzy sets, triangular intuitionistic fuzzy numbers, trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy numbers, intervals, and real numbers, are used to represent the assessments of alternatives, the attribute weight information is incomplete and the decision-makers' weights are unknown. First, based on preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluation (PROMETHEE), the net flows of alternatives are obtained. The attribute weights are determined reasonably through constructing a multi-objective program which is transformed into a single objective program to resolve. A conversion formula is defined to transform the net flows into the individual priorities. Then, the complete fuzzy preference relation for each DM is generated. The group priorities of alternatives are derived by a fuzzy linear programming (FLP) model. Therefore, an effect index is defined to obtain the weights of DMs, which can be used to adjust the group priorities. The ranking order of alternatives is derived by the adjusted group priority. Therefore, a new PROMETHEE-FLP method is put forward for heterogeneous MAGDM. Finally, a bank recruitment case is analyzed to demonstrate the effectiveness and application of the proposed method.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8438466/Fuzzy linear programming modelfuzzy preference relationheterogeneous informationmulti-attribute group decision makingPROMETHEE
spellingShingle Jiuying Dong
Shuping Wan
A PROMETHEE-FLP Method for Heterogeneous Multi-Attributes Group Decision Making
IEEE Access
Fuzzy linear programming model
fuzzy preference relation
heterogeneous information
multi-attribute group decision making
PROMETHEE
title A PROMETHEE-FLP Method for Heterogeneous Multi-Attributes Group Decision Making
title_full A PROMETHEE-FLP Method for Heterogeneous Multi-Attributes Group Decision Making
title_fullStr A PROMETHEE-FLP Method for Heterogeneous Multi-Attributes Group Decision Making
title_full_unstemmed A PROMETHEE-FLP Method for Heterogeneous Multi-Attributes Group Decision Making
title_short A PROMETHEE-FLP Method for Heterogeneous Multi-Attributes Group Decision Making
title_sort promethee flp method for heterogeneous multi attributes group decision making
topic Fuzzy linear programming model
fuzzy preference relation
heterogeneous information
multi-attribute group decision making
PROMETHEE
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8438466/
work_keys_str_mv AT jiuyingdong aprometheeflpmethodforheterogeneousmultiattributesgroupdecisionmaking
AT shupingwan aprometheeflpmethodforheterogeneousmultiattributesgroupdecisionmaking
AT jiuyingdong prometheeflpmethodforheterogeneousmultiattributesgroupdecisionmaking
AT shupingwan prometheeflpmethodforheterogeneousmultiattributesgroupdecisionmaking