The Impact of the Intuitionistic Fuzzy Entropy-Based Weights on the Results of Subjective Quality of Life Measurement Using Intuitionistic Fuzzy Synthetic Measure

Abstract

In this paper, an extended Intuitionistic Fuzzy Synthetic Measure (IFSM) with intuitionistic fuzzy (IF) entropy-based weights is presented. This method can be implemented in a ranking problem where the assessments of the criteria are expressed in the form of intuitionistic fuzzy values and the information about the importance criteria is unknown. One example of such a problem is measuring the subjective quality of life in cities. We join the debate on the determination of weights for the analysis of the quality of life problem using multi-criteria methods. To handle this problem, four different IF entropy-based weight methods were applied. Their performances were compared and analyzed based on the questionnaires from the survey concerning the quality of life in European cities. The studies show very similar weighting systems obtained by different IF entropy-based approaches, resulting in almost the same city rankings acquired through IFSM by using those weights. The differences in rankings obtained through the IFSM measure (and only by one position) concern the six cities included in the analysis. Our results support the assumption of the equal importance of the criteria in measuring this complex phenomenon.

Keywords

• intuitionistic fuzzy multi-criteria methods
• intuitionistic fuzzy entropy-based weights
• Intuitionistic Fuzzy Synthetic Measure
• subjective quality of life
• European cities