Group decision‐making is a process wherein multiple individuals interact simultaneously, analyze problems, evaluate the possible available alternatives, characterized by multiple conflicting criteria, and choose suitable alternative solution to the problem. Technique for establishing order preference by similarity to the ideal solution (TOPSIS) is a well‐known method for multiple‐criteria decision‐making. The purpose of this study is to extend the TOPSIS method to solve multicriteria group decision‐making problems equipped with Pythagorean fuzzy data, in which the assessment information on feasible alternatives, provided by the experts, is presented as Pythagorean fuzzy decision matrices having each entry characterized by Pythagorean fuzzy numbers. A revised closeness index is utilized to obtain the ranking of alternatives and to identify the optimal alternative. The developed Pythagorean fuzzy TOPSIS (PF‐TOPSIS) is illustrated by a flow chart. At length, practical examples interpreting the applicability of our proposed PF‐TOPSIS are solved.
A Pythagorean fuzzy set, an extension of intuitionistic fuzzy sets, is very helpful in representing vague information that occurs in real world scenarios. The Dombi operators with operational parameters, have excellent flexibility. Due to the flexible nature of these Dombi operational parameters, this research paper introduces some new aggregation operators under Pythagorean fuzzy environment, including Pythagorean Dombi fuzzy weighted arithmetic averaging (PDFWAA) operator, Pythagorean Dombi fuzzy weighted geometric averaging (PDFWGA) operator, Pythagorean Dombi fuzzy ordered weighted arithmetic averaging operator and Pythagorean Dombi fuzzy ordered weighted geometric averaging operator. Further, this paper presents several advantageous characteristics, including idempotency, monotonicity, boundedness, reducibility and commutativity of preceding operators. By utilizing PDFWAA and PDFWGA operators, this article describes a multicriteria decision‐making (MCDM) technique for solving MCDM problems. Finally, a numerical example related to selection of a leading textile industry is presented to illustrate the applicability of our proposed technique.
27 December 2011 in Neural Computing and Applications