Decision Making Methods Based on Fuzzy Aggregation Operators: Three Decades Review from 1986 to 2017

Abbas Mardani, Mehrbakhsh Nilashi, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas (), Siti Rahmah Awang (), Habib Zare and Noriza Mohd Jamal ()
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Mehrbakhsh Nilashi: #x2020;Faculty of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia‡Department of Computer Engineering, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran
Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas: #xA7;Institute of Sustainable Construction, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Sauletekio al. 11, Vilnius LT-10223, Lithuania
Siti Rahmah Awang: Faculty of Management, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Habib Zare: #xB6;Faculty of Economic, Management & Accounting, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
Noriza Mohd Jamal: Faculty of Management, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM), 2018, vol. 17, issue 02, 391-466

Abstract: In many real-life decision making (DM) situations, the available information is vague or imprecise. To adequately solve decision problems with vague or imprecise information, fuzzy set theory and aggregation operator theory have become powerful tools. In last three decades, DM theories and methods under fuzzy aggregation operator have been proposed and developed for effectively solving the DM problems and numerous applications have been reported in the literature. While various aggregation operators have been suggested and developed, there is a lack of research regarding systematic literature review and classification of study in this field. Regarding this, Web of Science database has been nominated and systematic and meta-analysis method called “PRISMA” has been proposed. Accordingly, a review of 312 published articles appearing in 33 popular journals related to fuzzy set theory, aggregation operator theory and DM approaches between July 1986 and June 2017 have been attained to reach a comprehensive review of DM methods and aggregation operator environment. Consequently, the selected published articles have been categorized by name of author(s), the publication year, technique, application area, country, research contribution and journals in which they appeared. The findings of this study found that, ordered weighted averaging (OWA) has been the highest frequently accessed more than other areas. This systematic review shows that the DM theories under fuzzy aggregation operator environment have received a great deal of interest from researchers and practitioners in many disciplines.

Keywords: Fuzzy set theory; fuzzy aggregation operators; multiple criteria decision making; ordered weighted averaging; PRISMA; systematic review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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