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Multiple-attribute group decision making for interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets based on expert reliability and the evidential reasoning rule

Neural Computing and Applications volume 32, pages 5213–5234 (2020)Cite this article

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This study proposes a novel fuzzy multiple-attribute group decision-making approach based on expert reliability and the evidential reasoning (ER) rule in an interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy environment. First, to determine the reliabilities of experts, an objective method is developed by combining the similarity between the assessments provided before and after group discussion. Second, the proposed approach extends the ER rule to the case where belief degrees are intervals and employs it to combine experts’ assessments. Hereinto, several optimization models are established to produce the aggregated assessments of the alternatives. Then, the overall priority degree of each alternative can be obtained according to the aggregated assessments and further utilized to yield a ranking of alternatives. Finally, a shopping center site selection problem is analyzed by the proposed approach to demonstrate its validity and applicability.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 71521001), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 71690235, 71601066, 71501056, 71501054, and 71303073), the Humanities and Social Science Foundation of Ministry of Education in China (Nos. 16YJA630017, 16YJA630075, 16YJC630093, and 13YJC630030), and the Foundation of North Minzu University (No. 2013XYS07).

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  1. School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Box 270, Hefei, 230009, Anhui, People’s Republic of China

    Haining Ding, Xiaojian Hu & Xiaoan Tang

  2. Key Laboratory of Process Optimization and Intelligent Decision-Making, Ministry of Education, Hefei, 230009, Anhui, People’s Republic of China

    Haining Ding, Xiaojian Hu & Xiaoan Tang

  3. School of Management, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, 750021, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China

    Haining Ding

  4. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6R 2V4, Canada

    Xiaoan Tang

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Ding, H., Hu, X. & Tang, X. Multiple-attribute group decision making for interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets based on expert reliability and the evidential reasoning rule. Neural Comput & Applic 32, 5213–5234 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-019-04016-z

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