Visibility Graph Power Geometric Aggregation Operator and Its Application in Water, Energy and Food Efficiency Evaluation

Lihua Liu, Jing Huang and Huimin Wang
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Lihua Liu: Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
Jing Huang: Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
Huimin Wang: Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: In the real decision-making process, there are so many time series values that need to be aggregated. In this paper, a visibility graph power geometric (VGPG) aggregation operator is developed, which is based on the complex network and power geometric operator. Time series data are converted into a visibility graph. A visibility matrix is developed to denote the links among different time series values. A new support function based on the distance of two values are proposed to measure the support degree of each other when the two time series values have visibility. The VGPG operator considers not only the relationship but also the similarity degree between two values. Meanwhile, some properties of the VGPG operator are also investigated. Finally, a case study for water, energy, and food coupling efficiency evaluation in China is illustrated to show the effectiveness of the proposed operator. Comparative analysis with the existing research is also offered to show the advantages of the proposed method.

Keywords: visibility graph; power geometric operator; visibility graph power geometric operator; water; energy and food efficiency evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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