Group decision making with heterogeneous intuitionistic fuzzy preference relations

A Hybrid Intuitionistic Fuzzy Group Decision Framework and Its Application in Urban Rail Transit System Selection

The selection of an urban rail transit system from the perspective of green and low carbon can not only promote the construction of an urban rail transit system but also have a positive impact on urban green development. Considering the uncertainty caused by different conflict criteria and the fuzziness of decision-making experts’ cognition in the selection process of a rail transit system, this paper proposes a hybrid intuitionistic fuzzy MCGDM framework to determine the priority of a rail transit system. To begin with, the weights of experts are determined based on the improved similarity method. Secondly, the subjective weight and objective weight of the criterion are calculated, respectively, according to the DEMATEL and CRITIC methods, and the comprehensive weight is calculated by the linear integration method. Thirdly, considering the regret degree and risk preference of experts, the COPRAS method based on regret theory is propounded to determine the prioritization of urban rail transit system ranking. Finally, urban rail transit system selection of City N is selected for the case study to illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the developed method. The results show that a metro system (P1) is the most suitable urban rail transit system for the construction of city N, followed by a municipal railway system (P7). Sensitivity analysis is conducted to illustrate the stability and robustness of the designed decision framework. Comparative analysis is also utilized to validate the efficacy, feasibility and practicability of the propounded methodology.

An approach to decision-making via picture fuzzy soft graphs

Fuzzy soft graphs are effective mathematical tools that are used to model the vagueness of the real world. A fuzzy soft graph is a fusion of the fuzzy soft set and the graph model and is widely used across different fields. In this current research, the concept of picture fuzzy soft graphs is presented by combining the theory of picture soft sets with graphs. The introduction of this new picture fuzzy soft graphs is an emerging concept that can be rather developed into various graph theoretical concepts. Since soft sets are most usable in real-life applications, the newly combined concepts of the picture and fuzzy soft sets will lead to many possible applications in the fuzzy set theoretical area by adding extra fuzziness in analyzing. The notions of picture soft graphs, strong and complete picture soft fuzzy graphs, a few types of product picture fuzzy soft graphs, and regular, totally regular picture fuzzy soft graphs are discussed and validated using real-world scenarios. In addition, an application of decision-making for medical diagnosis in the current COVID scenario using the picture fuzzy soft graph has been illustrated.