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1 Citations
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5 July 2023

As an essential part of modern intelligent decision-making science, multi-attribute decision-making problems can effectively select and rank all candidate schemes under multiple indicators. Because of the complexity of the real environment and the un...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,623 Views
21 Pages

Fuzzy-Set-Based Multi-Attribute Decision-Making, Its Computing Implementation, and Applications

  • Mateus Alberto Dorna de Oliveira Ferreira,
  • Laura Cozzi Ribeiro,
  • Henrique Silva Schuffner,
  • Matheus Pereira Libório and
  • Petr Iakovlevitch Ekel

23 February 2024

This paper reflects the results of research analyzing models of multi-attribute decision-making based on fuzzy preference relations. Questions of constructing the corresponding multi-attribute models to deal with quantitative information concomitantl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,162 Views
13 Pages

19 April 2024

Fuzzy multi-attribute decision-making is a hot research topic in which weight information is one of the conditions for forming a complete decision-making model, and it is also an important factor affecting the decision result. In most fuzzy multi-att...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
37 Citations
10,195 Views
27 Pages

Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Methods in Additive Manufacturing: The State of the Art

  • Yuchu Qin,
  • Qunfen Qi,
  • Peizhi Shi,
  • Shan Lou,
  • Paul J. Scott and
  • Xiangqian Jiang

7 February 2023

Multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) refers to making preference decisions via assessing a finite number of pre-specified alternatives under multiple and usually conflicting attributes. Many problems in the field of additive manufacturing (AM) are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,699 Views
10 Pages

13 March 2019

Information measures play an important role in the interval neutrosophic sets (INS) theory. The main purpose of this paper is to study the similarity and entropy of INS and its application in multi-attribute decision-making. We propose a new inclusio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,416 Views
31 Pages

17 July 2022

In recent years, research on applications of three-way decision (e.g., TWD) has attracted the attention of many scholars. In this paper, we combine TWD with multi-attribute decision-making (MADM). First, we utilize the essential idea of TOPSIS in MAD...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
2,451 Views
13 Pages

Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Based on Preference Perspective with Interval Neutrosophic Sets in Venture Capital

  • Yanran Hong,
  • Dongsheng Xu,
  • Kaili Xiang,
  • Han Qiao,
  • Xiangxiang Cui and
  • Huaxiang Xian

12 March 2019

Fuzzy information in venture capital can be well expressed by neutrosophic numbers, and TODIM method is an effective tool for multi-attribute decision-making. The distance measure is an essential step in TODIM method. The keystone of this paper is to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,295 Views
14 Pages

29 July 2020

The process of decision-making is subject to various influence factors and environmental uncertainties, which makes decision become a very complex task. As a new type of decision processing tool, the q-rung orthopair fuzzy sets can effectively deal w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,634 Views
20 Pages

21 June 2022

The objectives of flood control, power generation, water supply and ecology for reservoir operation are neither completely coordinated nor completely opposed, and its optimal operation and decision-making is very complicated. This study proposed a me...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,410 Views
25 Pages

24 March 2018

The bipolar neutrosophic set is an important extension of the bipolar fuzzy set. The bipolar neutrosophic set is a hybridization of the bipolar fuzzy set and neutrosophic set. Every element of a bipolar neutrosophic set consists of three independent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
76 Citations
5,086 Views
27 Pages

4 November 2018

As an extension of the intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS), the recently proposed picture fuzzy set (PFS) is more suitable to describe decision-makers’ evaluation information in decision-making problems. Picture fuzzy aggregation operators are of hi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,136 Views
20 Pages

11 September 2024

To solve complex multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) problems within a triangular dual hesitant fuzzy (TDHF) environment where the attribute weights (Aws) are either fully or partially known, a novel bidirectional projection method is proposed, na...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,194 Views
12 Pages

A Multi-Attribute Pearson’s Picture Fuzzy Correlation-Based Decision-Making Method

  • Yun Jin,
  • Hecheng Wu,
  • Dechao Sun,
  • Shouzhen Zeng,
  • Dandan Luo and
  • Bo Peng

21 October 2019

As a generalization of several fuzzy tools, picture fuzzy sets (PFSs) hold a special ability to perfectly portray inherent uncertain and vague decision preferences. The intention of this paper is to present a Pearson’s picture fuzzy correlation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,590 Views
22 Pages

4 July 2024

When information is incomplete or uncertain, Fermatean hesitant fuzzy sets (FHFSs) can provide more information to help decision-makers deal with more complex problems. Typically, determining attribute weights assumes that each attribute has a fixed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,588 Views
22 Pages

27 June 2018

Due to the increased complexity of real decision-making problems, representing attribute values correctly and appropriately is always a challenge. The recently proposed Pythagorean fuzzy set (PFS) is a powerful and useful tool for handling fuzziness...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,883 Views
26 Pages

19 July 2023

As an important branch of modern decision-making theory, multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) plays an important role in various fields. Classic MADM methods can provide a ranking of alternatives, and decision-makers need to evaluate the level subj...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,912 Views
23 Pages

27 July 2023

The overlap function is an important class of aggregation function that is closely related to the continuous triangular norm. It has important applications in information fusion, image processing, information classification, intelligent decision-maki...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,417 Views
34 Pages

12 September 2020

The probabilistic dual hesitant fuzzy sets (PDHFSs), which are able to consider multiple membership and non-membership degrees as well as their probabilistic information, provide decision experts a flexible manner to evaluate attribute values in comp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,739 Views
15 Pages

2 December 2018

For many multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) problems, linguistic variables are more convenient for people to express the attribute values. In this paper, a novel shadowed set-based method is proposed to deal with linguistic terms, where the lingu...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,014 Views
12 Pages

29 August 2025

Previous studies on decision strategies in multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) have primarily relied on computational simulations to assess strategy performance under varying conditions, with particular emphasis on comparisons to the weighted addi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,161 Views
15 Pages

20 April 2024

To address public participation-oriented, large group decision-making problems with uncertain attribute weights, we propose a multi-attribute decision-making method considering public satisfaction. Firstly, a large group is organized to provide their...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,479 Views
26 Pages

22 January 2023

In this article, the parameter of the decision maker’s familiarity with the attributes of the alternatives is introduced for the first time in dynamic multi-attribute group decision making to avoid the disadvantages arising from the inappropria...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,911 Views
18 Pages

25 August 2019

Combining the ideas and advantages of intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS) and hesitant fuzzy set (HFS), dual hesitant fuzzy set (DHFS) could express uncertain and complex information given by decision makers (DMs) in a more flexible manner. By virtue of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
4,736 Views
20 Pages

9 November 2017

A hesitant intuitionistic fuzzy linguistic set (HIFLS) that integrates both qualitative and quantitative evaluations is an extension of the linguistic set, intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS), hesitant fuzzy set (HFS) and hesitant intuitionistic fuzzy set...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,393 Views
20 Pages

19 October 2022

With regard to the interval number-based uncertain multi-attribute decision making problem, in which the attribute weights are unknown and there is no preference on decision-making alternative objects, this paper presents a new decision-making approa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,150 Views
27 Pages

This paper proposes a linear consensus protocol QuickBFT based on Vague sets and multi-attribute decision-making methods. QuickBFT simplifies the communication process based on the HotStuff protocol, reduces the four-stage communication to three-stag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
317 Views
33 Pages

26 January 2026

This paper proposes a novel method, the Convergent Radiation Algorithm (CRA), aimed at multi-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) in circular intuitionistic fuzzy settings. The approach is aimed at reaching geometric consensus among experts, with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,699 Views
17 Pages

23 October 2018

With respect to dynamic multi-attribute group decision-making (DMAGDM) problems, where attribute values take the form of intuitionistic fuzzy values (IFVs) and the weights (including expert, attribute and time weights) are unknown, the dynamic intuit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
2,527 Views
12 Pages

16 October 2020

Single-valued neutrosophic sets (SVNSs) can effectively describe the multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) problems which are characterized by incompleteness and uncertainty. Aiming at the MADM problem of SVNSs, a series of methods are proposed to s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,786 Views
20 Pages

The Interval Cognitive Network Process for Multi-Attribute Decision-Making

  • Xiuli Qi,
  • Chengxiang Yin,
  • Kai Cheng and
  • Xianglin Liao

19 October 2017

Aiming at combining the good characteristics of a differential scale in representing human cognition and the favorable properties of interval judgments in expressing decision-makers’ uncertainty, this paper proposes the interval cognitive network pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,757 Views
18 Pages

27 September 2024

To reasonably allocate emergency supply reserve warehouses and enhance the utilization efficiency of emergency supply reserves, this paper proposes a new optimization method for the site selection of emergency supply reserve warehouses based on gray...

  • Article
  • Open Access
480 Views
28 Pages

19 November 2025

We address information fusion and spatial structure modeling in high-dimensional fuzzy multi-attribute decision-making by proposing a novel framework that couples Triangular Intuitionistic Fuzzy Numbers (TIFNs) with the Plant Growth Simulation Algori...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,349 Views
20 Pages

13 October 2024

In the traditional decision-making process for product form design, designers and experts often prioritize schemes based on their own knowledge and experience. This approach can lead to an oversight of user preferences, ultimately affecting decision...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,857 Views
13 Pages

20 February 2019

Multi-attribute decision-making refers to the decision-making problem of selecting the optimal alternative or sorting the scheme when considering multiple attributes, which is widely used in engineering design, economy, management and military, etc....

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,889 Views
26 Pages

22 November 2019

Q-rung orthopair fuzzy set (q-ROFS) is a powerful tool to describe uncertain information in the process of subjective decision-making, but not express vast objective phenomenons that obey normal distribution. For this situation, by combining the q-RO...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,182 Views
17 Pages

8 November 2023

This paper introduces a new concept called q-rung picture uncertain linguistic fuzzy sets (q-RPULSs). These sets provide a reliable and comprehensive method for describing complex and uncertain decision-making information. In addition, q-RPULSs help...

  • Article
  • Open Access
124 Citations
5,480 Views
24 Pages

18 May 2018

The proposed q-rung orthopair fuzzy set (q-ROFS) and picture fuzzy set (PIFS) are two powerful tools for depicting fuzziness and uncertainty. This paper proposes a new tool, called q-rung picture linguistic set (q-RPLS) to deal with vagueness and imp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,277 Views
23 Pages

14 July 2020

Intuitionistic fuzzy distance measurement is an effective method to study multi-attribute emergency decision-making (MAEDM) problems. Unfortunately, the traditional intuitionistic fuzzy distance measurement method cannot accurately reflect the differ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,442 Views
25 Pages

15 November 2024

The overlap function, a continuous aggregation function, is widely used in classification, decision-making, image processing, etc. Compared to applications, overlap functions have also achieved fruitful results in theory, such as studies on the funda...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,740 Views
25 Pages

25 April 2024

As the leading platform of online education, MOOCs provide learners with rich course resources, but course designers are still faced with the challenge of how to accurately improve the quality of courses. Current research mainly focuses on learners&r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,843 Views
20 Pages

25 March 2019

This paper focuses on multi-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) course in which attributes are evaluated in terms of interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy (IVIF) information. More explicitly, this paper introduces new aggregation operators for IVI...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,215 Views
23 Pages

7 December 2024

In multi-attribute decision making (MADM), complex situations often arise where decision attributes are interval-valued hesitant fuzzy numbers (IVHFNs) and the attributes are interrelated. Traditional decision-making methods may be ineffective in han...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,700 Views
27 Pages

17 October 2023

It is difficult to describe the hesitation and uncertainty of experts by single-valued information, and the differences in the importance of attributes are often ignored during the decision-making process. This paper introduces the probability and in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,053 Views
19 Pages

Cloud Platform Selection Using Extended Multi-Attribute Decision-Making Methods with Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Sets

  • Ivana Spasenić,
  • Danijela Tadić,
  • Milan Čabarkapa,
  • Dragan Marinković and
  • Nikola Komatina

16 June 2025

The selection of an appropriate cloud platform represents a highly important strategic decision for any IT company. In pursuit of business optimization, cost reduction, improved reliability, and enhanced market competitiveness, selecting the most sui...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,591 Views
13 Pages

25 December 2022

This paper analyzes the various properties of the positively correlated weights related to the subset of finite criteria in a multi-attribute decision-making problem. Given a finite number of criteria, the exact constraints of the positively correlat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,529 Views
21 Pages

5 August 2022

In the era of internet connection and IOT, data-driven decision-making has become a new trend of decision-making and shows the characteristics of multi-granularity. Because three-way decision-making considers the uncertainty of decision-making for co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
988 Views
22 Pages

12 August 2025

For interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets featuring complementary symmetry in evaluation relations, this paper proposes a novel, complete fuzzy multi-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) method that optimizes both expert weights and attribute...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,656 Views
16 Pages

25 February 2025

As a new type of rail transit vehicle, maglev trains have extremely high requirements for safety and reliability. With the gradual commercial operation of maglev trains, how to scientifically and effectively assess the safety and analyze the risks of...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
61 Citations
8,877 Views
15 Pages

16 January 2016

This paper presents an integrated multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) approach to aid selection of commercially available materials in the context of sustainable design. The MADM couples grey relational analysis (GRA) with an analytic hierarchy pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,798 Views
20 Pages

29 November 2023

Efficient routing in urban vehicular networks is essential for timely and reliable safety message transmission, and the selection of paths and relays greatly affects the quality of routing. However, existing routing methods usually face difficulty in...

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