Multiple attribute group decision-making method using correlation coefficients between linguistic neutrosophic numbers

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Shi, Lilian^{; *} | Ye, Jun

Affiliations: Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, China

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. Lilian Shi, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Shaoxing University, 508 Huancheng West Road, Shaoxing 312000, China. E-mail: cssll@usx.edu.cn.

Abstract: Linguistic neutrosophic numbers (LNNs) contain three linguistic variables which can independently represent the truth, indeterminacy, and falsity degrees in the real world. Correlation coefficient is a useful tool in decision-making problems. Hence, this paper proposes three new correlation coefficients between LNNs. Then, a multi-attribute group decision-making (MAGDM) method is developed based on the correlation coefficients under LNN environment. Finally, an example about a decision-making problem is presented to illustrate the application and effectiveness of the proposedmethod.

Keywords: Linguistic neutrosophic number, correlation coefficient, MAGDM method

DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-171652

Journal: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 917-925, 2018