Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
Volume 34, Issue 5, Pages 920-946Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/int.22081
Keywords
additive consistency; fuzzy preference relations with self-confidence (FPRs-SC); induced ordered weighted averaging (IOWA) operator; self-confidence levels
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [71471056, 71871085]
- China Scholarship Council [201706710084]
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Preference relations have been widely used in group decision-making (GDM) problems. Recently, a new kind of preference relations called fuzzy preference relations with self-confidence (FPRs-SC) has been introduced, which allow experts to express multiple self-confidence levels when providing their preferences. This paper focuses on the analysis of additive consistency for FPRs-SC and its application in GDM problems. To do that, some operational laws for FPRs-SC are proposed. Subsequently, an additive consistency index that considers both the fuzzy preference values and self-confidence is presented to measure the consistency level of an FPR-SC. Moreover, an iterative algorithm that adjusts both the fuzzy preference values and self-confidence levels is proposed to repair the inconsistency of FPRs-SC. When an acceptable additive consistency level for FPRs-SC is achieved, the collective FPR-SC can be computed. We aggregate the individual FPRs-SC using a self-confidence indices-based induced ordered weighted averaging operator. The inherent rule for aggregation is to give more importance to the most self-confident experts. In addition, a self-confidence score function for FPRs-SC is designed to obtain the best alternative in GDM with FPRs-SC. Finally, the feasibility and validity of the research are demonstrated with an illustrative example and some comparative analyses.
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