PLoS ONE (Jan 2021)

Multiple attribute group decision-making based on interval-valued q-rung orthopair uncertain linguistic power Muirhead mean operators and linguistic scale functions.

  • Yuan Xu,
  • Shifeng Liu,
  • Jun Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258772
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 10
p. e0258772

Abstract

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Fuzzy set theory and its extended form have been widely used in multiple-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) problems, among which the interval-valued q-rung orthopair fuzzy sets (IVq-ROFSs) got a lot of attention for its ability of capturing information denoted by interval values. Based on the previous studies, to find a better solution for fusing qualitative quantization information with fuzzy numbers, we propose a novel definition of interval-valued q-rung orthopair uncertain linguistic sets (IVq-ROULSs) based on the linguistic scale functions, as well as its corresponding properties, such as operational rules and the comparison method. Furthermore, we utilize the power Muirhead mean operators to construct the information fusion method, and provide a variety of aggregation operators based on the proposed information description environment. A model framework is constructed for solving the MAGDM problem utilizing the proposed method. Finally, we illustrate the performance of the new method and investigate its advantages and superiorities through comparative analysis.