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Uncertain group decision-making with induced aggregation operators and Euclidean distance
Uncertain group decision-making with induced aggregation operators and Euclidean distance

Author(s): Weihua Su, Shouzhen Zeng, Xiaojia Ye
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Keywords: interval numbers; Euclidean measure; IOWA operator; group decision-making; C44; C49; D81; D89;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, we present the induced uncertain Euclidean ordered weighted averaging distance (IUEOWAD) operator. It is an extension of the OWA operator that uses the main characteristics of the induced OWA (IOWA), the Euclidean distance and uncertain information represented by interval numbers. The main advantage of this operator is that it is able to consider complex attitudinal characters of the decision-maker by using order-inducing variables in the aggregation of the Euclidean distance. Moreover, it is able to deal with uncertain environments where the information is very imprecise and can be assessed with interval numbers. We study some of its main properties and particular cases such as the uncertain maximum distance, the uncertain minimum distance, the uncertain normalized Euclidean distance (UNED), the uncertain weighted Euclidean distance (UWED) and the uncertain Euclidean ordered weighted averaging distance (UEOWAD) operator. We also apply this aggregation operator to a group decision-making problem regarding the selection new artillery weapons under uncertainty.

  • Issue Year: 19/2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 431-447
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English
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