- Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi
- Vol: 22 Issue: Special Issue
- A Novel Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method based on The Ranking Values of Interval Type-2 Fuzzy S...
A Novel Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method based on The Ranking Values of Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Sets: An Application of a Manager Selection for a Telecommunication Company
Authors : Nimet Yapici Pehlivan, Aynur Şahin
Pages : 290-296
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Publication Date : 2018-10-05
Article Type : Other
Abstract :Type-2 fuzzy sets (T2FSs), characterized by a fuzzy membership function, are much useful tool for representing the decision knowledge in the decision making process. Interval Type-2 fuzzy sets (IT2FSs) are the most commonly used T2FSs. In this study, a method based upon ranking values of IT2FSs is used to tackle multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) problems. First, some basic concepts and arithmetic operations for IT2FSs are presented. Then, three kinds of fuzzy ranking methods, proposed by [1], based on arithmetic average (AA), geometric average (GA) and harmonic average (HA) operators to compute the ranking values of IT2FSs are applied. Finally, the outcomes of MCDM methods based on the ranking values of IT2FSs are obtained and also compared with the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method based on Type-1 fuzzy sets (T1FSs) for a numerical example.Keywords : Multi-criteria decision making, Interval Type-2 fuzzy sets, Fuzzy ranking methods