Decision-making Method for Clay-brick Selection Based on Subtraction Operational Aggregation Operators of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Values
Zhikang Lu, Jun Ye*Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Shaoxing University, 508 Huancheng West Road, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province 312000, P.R. China
Abstract
The subtraction operation of intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IFSs) has been scarcely used for practical applications since it was introduced. Therefore, it is necessary to propose an aggregation operator based on the subtraction operation of IFSs for engineering applications. Then, clay-brick selection is an important decision-making problem for better building construction. To handle the decision-making problem based on the subtraction operation of IFSs in an intuitionistic fuzzy environment, this paper firstly introduces an intuitionistic fuzzy subtraction operational weighted arithmetic averaging (IFSOWAA) operator and investigates its properties. Then, we propose the IFSOWAA operator-based decision-making method as a supplement for existing decision-making methods under an intuitionistic fuzzy environment. Finally, an actual example about a clay-brick selection problem is provided to show the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed method.
Keywords: Clay-brick selection, Decision making, Intuitionistic fuzzy set, Intuitionistic fuzzy subtraction operational weighted arithmetic averaging (IFSOWAA) operator, Subtraction operation.
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Article History:
Received Date: 08/08/2016
Revision Received Date: 25/09/2016
Acceptance Date: 31/10/2016
Electronic publication date: 30/12/2016
Collection year: 2016
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* Address correspondence to this author at the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Shaoxing University, 508 Huancheng West Road, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province 312000, P.R. China; Tel: +86-575-88327323; E-mail: yehjun@aliyun.com
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Decision-making Method for Clay-brick Selection Based on Subtraction Operational Aggregation Operators of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Values |