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q-rung orthopair fuzzy set (q-ROFS) is a useful tool to express uncertain information. With the parameter q increasing, q-ROFSs have broader space for describing uncertain information than intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IFSs) and Pythagorean fuzzy sets (PFSs). This paper extends the superiority and inferiority ranking (SIR) methods to solve multiple attribute decision making (MADM) problems within the q-ROF environment, named q-ROF-SIR methods. In the q-ROF-SIR methods, the possibility degree (PD) for q-rung orthopair fuzzy numbers (q-ROFNs) is introduced to improve the preference intensity. Further, the q-ROF entropy weight (q-ROF-EW) method is constructed to determine the attribute weights suppose the weights of attribute are unknown. Finally, the effectiveness and applicability of the q-ROF-SIR methods are verified.
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This work is partially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61673320). The authors also gratefully acknowledge the helpful comments and suggestions of the reviewers.
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Zhu, H., Zhao, J. & Li, H. q-ROF-SIR methods and their applications to multiple attribute decision making. Int. J. Mach. Learn. & Cyber. 13, 595–607 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13042-020-01267-4
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