FUZZY INDUCED AGGREGATION OPERATORS IN DECISION MAKING WITH DEMPSTER-SHAFER BELIEF STRUCTURE

José M. Merigó, Montserrat Casanovas

2008

Abstract

We develop a new approach for decision making with Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence when the available information is uncertain and it can be assessed with fuzzy numbers. With this approach, we are able to represent the problem without losing relevant information, so the decision maker knows exactly which are the different alternatives and their consequences. For doing so, we suggest the use of different types of fuzzy induced aggregation operators in the problem. As a result, we get new types of fuzzy induced aggregation operators such as the belief structure – fuzzy induced ordered weighted averaging (BS-FIOWA) operator. We also develop an application of the new approach in a financial decision making problem.

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M. Merigó J. and Casanovas M. (2008). FUZZY INDUCED AGGREGATION OPERATORS IN DECISION MAKING WITH DEMPSTER-SHAFER BELIEF STRUCTURE . In Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8111-37-1, pages 548-552. DOI: 10.5220/0001711105480552


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@conference{iceis08,
author={José M. Merigó and Montserrat Casanovas},
title={FUZZY INDUCED AGGREGATION OPERATORS IN DECISION MAKING WITH DEMPSTER-SHAFER BELIEF STRUCTURE},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2008},
pages={548-552},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001711105480552},
isbn={978-989-8111-37-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - FUZZY INDUCED AGGREGATION OPERATORS IN DECISION MAKING WITH DEMPSTER-SHAFER BELIEF STRUCTURE
SN - 978-989-8111-37-1
AU - M. Merigó J.
AU - Casanovas M.
PY - 2008
SP - 548
EP - 552
DO - 10.5220/0001711105480552