Hesitant fuzzy sets and their variants
Madineh Farnam; Majid Darehmiraki
Abstract
Complex nature of the current market is often caused by uncertainties, data uncertainties, their manner of use, and differences in managers' viewpoints. To overcome these problems, Hesitant Fuzzy Sets (HFSs) can be useful as the extension of fuzzy set theory, in which the degree of membership of an element ...
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Complex nature of the current market is often caused by uncertainties, data uncertainties, their manner of use, and differences in managers' viewpoints. To overcome these problems, Hesitant Fuzzy Sets (HFSs) can be useful as the extension of fuzzy set theory, in which the degree of membership of an element can be a set of possible values and provide greater flexibility in design and, thus, model performance. The power of this application becomes clear when different decision-makers tend to independently record their views. In most real-world situations, there are several goals for managers to achieve the desired performance. Therefore, in this study, a description of the solution of the Hesitant Fuzzy Linear Programming (HFLP) problem for solving hesitant fuzzy multi-objective problems is considered. In the following, the multi-objective and three-level supply chain management problem is modeled with the hesitant fuzzy approach. Then, with an example, the flexibility of the model responses is evaluated by the proposed method. The hesitant fuzzy model presented in this study can be extended to other supply chain management problems.
D- numbers and their variants
Payam Shafi Salimi; Seyyed Ahmad Edalatpanah
Abstract
Success in supply begins with the right choice of suppliers and in the long run is directly related to how suppliers are managed, because suppliers have a significant impact on the success or failure of a company. Multi-criteria decisions are approaches that deal with ranking and selecting one or more ...
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Success in supply begins with the right choice of suppliers and in the long run is directly related to how suppliers are managed, because suppliers have a significant impact on the success or failure of a company. Multi-criteria decisions are approaches that deal with ranking and selecting one or more suppliers from a set of suppliers. Multi-criteria decisions provide an effective framework for comparing suppliers based on the evaluation of different criteria. The present research is applied based on the purpose and descriptive-survey based on the nature and method of the research. In the present study, two library and field methods have been used to collect information. According to the objectives of this study, suppliers will be evaluated using two methods of fuzzy hierarchical analysis with D-numbers. In order to better understand these two methods, a case study is presented in which suppliers are ranked using two methods and then the results are compared with each other. For manufacturing companies, 4 categories of parts were considered and based on the classification, the suppliers of the manufacturing company were evaluated and analyzed. In the results of suppliers of type A and B components in hierarchical analysis, D and fuzzy methods have many differences in the evaluation and ranking of suppliers, and this shows the lack of expectations of experts in D and fuzzy analysis. On the other hand, in type C and D components, the classification and ranking of suppliers have been matched in two ways and shows that the opinions in the evaluation of these suppliers are the same.