Generalization of extent analysis method for solving multicriteria decision making problems involving intuitionistic fuzzy numbers

Animesh Biswas () and Samir Kumar ()
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Animesh Biswas: University of Kalyani
Samir Kumar: Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College

OPSEARCH, 2019, vol. 56, issue 4, No 4, 1142-1166

Abstract: Abstract Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is a widely used multicriteria decision making method. Chang’s extent analysis method (EAM) is appeared as a very popular fuzzy AHP approach. The aim of this paper is to generalize the EAM in intuitionistic fuzzy settings for effective modeling of imprecision and uncertainty inherent in nature. In this paper, special triangular intuitionistic fuzzy degree of possibility is defined for comparing two or more triangular intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (TIFNs) and some relevant theorems are introduced generating intuitionistic fuzzy numbers as weights of criteria or performance scores of alternatives. Based on TIFNs, a conversion scale for linguistic variables is proposed for generating a triangular intuitionistic fuzzy preference relation. The EAM is then generalized in intuitionistic fuzzy settings by proposing generalized intuitionistic fuzzy EAM using TIFNs and its arithmetic for deriving crisp priority vector from the triangular intuitionistic fuzzy preference relation. The advanced approach is validated through two numerical examples.

Keywords: Intuitionistic fuzzy sets; Triangular intuitionistic fuzzy number; Analytic hierarchy process; Extent analysis method; Special triangular intuitionistic fuzzy degree of possibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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