Multifactorial decision making based on type-2 fuzzy sets and factor space approach

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Zhou, Lintao^* | Sun, Kaibiao | Li, Hongxing

Affiliations: School of Control Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, P.R. China

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. Lintao Zhou, School of Control Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, P.R. China. Tel.: +86 411 84706694; Fax: +86 411 84706405; E-mail: zltao@foxmail.com.

Abstract: In this paper, a new method for the representation of concept in factor space by using type-2 fuzzy sets, and the composition method of states of factors is developed. A general model of multifactorial decision making based on type-2 fuzzy sets is formulated, and the comprehensive evaluation problem based on type-2 fuzzy sets is analyzed. Finally, two applied instances are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.

Keywords: Factor space, type-2 fuzzy sets, multifactorial decision making, comprehensive evaluation

DOI: 10.3233/IFS-151995

Journal: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 2257-2266, 2016