A fuzzy inhomogenous multiattribute group decision making approach to solve outsourcing provider selection problems
Knowledge-Based SystemsPublished 16 June 2014
Deng-Feng Li, Shu‐Ping Wan
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A new fuzzy linear programming method is developed for solving fuzzy inhomogenous multiattribute group decision making problems with fuzzy alternatives' comparisons and incomplete weight information and the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified with an example of IT outsourcing provider selection.
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Considering various situations and characteristics of supply chain management, we regard the outsourcing provider selection as a type of fuzzy inhomogenous multiattribute group decision making (MAGDM) problems with fuzzy alternatives' comparisons and incomplete weight information. Hereby we focus on developing a new fuzzy linear programming method for solving such MAGDM problems. In this method, the decision makers' preferences are given through pair-wise alternatives' comparisons with fuzzy truth degrees represented as trapezoidal fuzzy numbers (TrFNs). Intuitionistic fuzzy sets, TrFNs, intervals and real numbers are used to express the inhomogenous decision information. Under the condition that the fuzzy positive ideal solution (PIS) and fuzzy negative ideal solution (NIS) are known, the fuzzy consistency and inconsistency indices are defined on the basis of the relative closeness degrees and expressed with TrFNs. The attribute weights are estimated through constructing a new fuzzy linear programming model, which is solved by the developed method of fuzzy linear programming with TrFNs. Through solving the constructed linear goal programming model, we obtain the collective comprehensive relative closeness degrees of alternatives to the fuzzy PIS, which are used to rank the alternatives. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified with an example of IT outsourcing provider selection.
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