Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUZZY SYSTEMS
Volume 19, Issue 5, Pages 1300-1316Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s40815-016-0257-y
Keywords
Multi-criteria group decision-making; Hesitant uncertain linguistic Z-numbers; Linguistic scale function; Power aggregation operators; VIKOR method
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71571193, 71271218]
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This paper introduces hesitant uncertain linguistic Z-numbers (HULZNs) based on Z-numbers and linguistic models. HULZNs can serve as a reliable tool to depict complex and uncertain decision-making information and reflect the hesitancy of DMs. This paper focuses on the development of an innovative method to address multi-criteria group decision-making (MCGDM) problems in which the weight information is incompletely known. Handling qualitative information requires the effective support of quantitative tools, after which the linguistic scale function is employed to deal with linguistic information. First, the operations and distance of HULZNs are defined. Then, two power aggregation operators for HULZNs are proposed. Subsequently, a new MCGDM approach is developed by incorporating the power aggregation operators and the VIKOR model. Finally, an illustrative example of ERP system selection is provided for demonstration, and the feasibility and validity of the proposed method are further verified by sensitivity analysis and comparison with an existing method.
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