VIKOR Method for MAGDM Based on Q-Rung Interval-Valued Orthopair Fuzzy Information and Its Application to Supplier Selection of Medical Consumption Products

Hui Gao, Linggang Ran, Guiwu Wei, Cun Wei and Jiang Wu
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Hui Gao: School of Business, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610101, China
Linggang Ran: School of Economics and Management, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing 402160, China
Guiwu Wei: School of Business, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610101, China
Cun Wei: School of Statistics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 611130, China
Jiang Wu: School of Statistics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 611130, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: The VIKOR model has been considered a viable tool for many decision-making applications in the past few years, given the advantages of considering the compromise between maximizing the utility of group and minimizing personal regrets. The q-rung interval-valued orthopair fuzzy set (q-RIVOFS) is a generalization of intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS) and Pythagorean fuzzy set (PFS) and has emerged to solve more complex and uncertain decision making problems which IFS and PFS cannot handle. In this manuscript, the key innovation is to combine the traditional VIKOR model with q-RIVOFS to develop the q-rung interval-valued orthopair fuzzy VIKOR model. In the new developed model, to express more information, the attribute’s values in MAGDM problems are depicted by q-RIVOFNs. First of all, some basic theories and aggregation operators of q-RIVOFNs are simply introduced. Then we develop the origin VIKOR model to q-RIVOFS environment and briefly express the computing steps of this new established model. Thereafter, the effectiveness of the model is verified by an example of supplier selection of medical consumer products and through comparative analysis, the superiority of the new method is further illustrated.

Keywords: multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM); q-rung interval-valued orthopair fuzzy sets (q-RIVOFSs); VIKOR method; q-RIVOF-VIKOR model; supplier selection; medical consumption products (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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