Interval 2-Tuple Linguistic Distance Operators and Their Applications to Supplier Evaluation and Selection

Meng-Meng Shan, Ping Li and Hu-Chen Liu

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2016, vol. 2016, 1-12

Abstract:

With respect to multicriteria supplier selection problems with interval 2-tuple linguistic information, a new decision making approach that uses distance measures is proposed. Motivated by the ordered weighted distance (OWD) measures, in this paper, we develop some interval 2-tuple linguistic distance operators such as the interval 2-tuple weighted distance (ITWD), the interval 2-tuple ordered weighted distance (ITOWD), and the interval 2-tuple hybrid weighted distance (ITHWD) operators. These aggregation operators are very useful for the treatment of input data in the form of interval 2-tuple linguistic variables. We study some desirable properties of the ITOWD operator and further generalize it by using the generalized and the quasi-arithmetic means. Finally, the new approach is utilized to complete a supplier selection study for an actual hospital from the healthcare industry.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1155/2016/9893214

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