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Multiple Attribute Decision Making: Methods and Applications

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a classification of MADM methods by data type and propose a ranking method based on the degree of similarity of the MADM method to the original MADM algorithm.
Abstract: I. Introduction.- II. Multiple Attribute Decision Making - An Overview.- 2.1 Basics and Concepts.- 2.2 Classifications of MADM Methods.- 2.2.1 Classification by Information.- 2.2.2 Classification by Solution Aimed At.- 2.2.3 Classification by Data Type.- 2.3 Description of MADM Methods.- Method (1): DOMINANCE.- Method (2): MAXIMIN.- Method (3): MAXIMAX.- Method (4): CONJUNCTIVE METHOD.- Method (5): DISJUNCTIVE METHOD.- Method (6): LEXICOGRAPHIC METHOD.- Method (7): LEXICOGRAPHIC SEMIORDER METHOD.- Method (8): ELIMINATION BY ASPECTS (EBA).- Method (9): LINEAR ASSIGNMENT METHOD (LAM).- Method (10): SIMPLE ADDITIVE WEIGHTING METHOD (SAW).- Method (11): ELECTRE (Elimination et Choice Translating Reality).- Method (12): TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution).- Method (13): WEIGHTED PRODUCT METHOD.- Method (14): DISTANCE FROM TARGET METHOD.- III. Fuzzy Sets and their Operations.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Basics of Fuzzy Sets.- 3.2.1 Definition of a Fuzzy Set.- 3.2.2 Basic Concepts of Fuzzy Sets.- 3.2.2.1 Complement of a Fuzzy Set.- 3.2.2.2 Support of a Fuzzy Set.- 3.2.2.3 ?-cut of a Fuzzy Set.- 3.2.2.4 Convexity of a Fuzzy Set.- 3.2.2.5 Normality of a Fuzzy Set.- 3.2.2.6 Cardinality of a Fuzzy Set.- 3.2.2.7 The mth Power of a Fuzzy Set.- 3.3 Set-Theoretic Operations with Fuzzy Sets.- 3.3.1 No Compensation Operators.- 3.3.1.1 The Min Operator.- 3.3.2 Compensation-Min Operators.- 3.3.2.1 Algebraic Product.- 3.3.2.2 Bounded Product.- 3.3.2.3 Hamacher's Min Operator.- 3.3.2.4 Yager's Min Operator.- 3.3.2.5 Dubois and Prade's Min Operator.- 3.3.3 Full Compensation Operators.- 3.3.3.1 The Max Operator.- 3.3.4 Compensation-Max Operators.- 3.3.4.1 Algebraic Sum.- 3.3.4.2 Bounded Sum.- 3.3.4.3 Hamacher's Max Operator.- 3.3.4.4 Yager's Max Operator.- 3.3.4.5 Dubois and Prade's Max Operator.- 3.3.5 General Compensation Operators.- 3.3.5.1 Zimmermann and Zysno's ? Operator.- 3.3.6 Selecting Appropriate Operators.- 3.4 The Extension Principle and Fuzzy Arithmetics.- 3.4.1 The Extension Principle.- 3.4.2 Fuzzy Arithmetics.- 3.4.2.1 Fuzzy Number.- 3.4.2.2 Addition of Fuzzy Numbers.- 3.4.2.3 Subtraction of Fuzzy Numbers.- 3.4.2.4 Multiplication of Fuzzy Numbers.- 3.4.2.5 Division of Fuzzy Numbers.- 3.4.2.6 Fuzzy Max and Fuzzy Min.- 3.4.3 Special Fuzzy Numbers.- 3.4.3.1 L-R Fuzzy Number.- 3.4.3.2 Triangular (or Trapezoidal) Fuzzy Number.- 3.4.3.3 Proof of Formulas.- 3.4.3.3.1 The Image of Fuzzy Number N.- 3.4.3.3.2 The Inverse of Fuzzy Number N.- 3.4.3.3.3 Addition and Subtraction.- 3.4.3.3.4 Multiplication and Division.- 3.5 Conclusions.- IV. Fuzzy Ranking Methods.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Ranking Using Degree of Optimality.- 4.2.1 Baas and Kwakernaak's Approach.- 4.2.2 Watson et al.'s Approach.- 4.2.3 Baldwin and Guild's Approach.- 4.3 Ranking Using Hamming Distance.- 4.3.1 Yager's Approach.- 4.3.2 Kerre's Approach.- 4.3.3 Nakamura's Approach.- 4.3.4 Kolodziejczyk's Approach.- 4.4 Ranking Using ?-Cuts.- 4.4.1 Adamo's Approach.- 4.4.2 Buckley and Chanas' Approach.- 4.4.3 Mabuchi's Approach.- 4.5 Ranking Using Comparison Function.- 4.5.1 Dubois and Prade's Approach.- 4.5.2 Tsukamoto et al.'s Approach.- 4.5.3 Delgado et al.'s Approach.- 4.6 Ranking Using Fuzzy Mean and Spread.- 4.6.1 Lee and Li's Approach.- 4.7 Ranking Using Proportion to The Ideal.- 4.7.1 McCahone's Approach.- 4.8 Ranking Using Left and Right Scores.- 4.8.1 Jain's Approach.- 4.8.2 Chen's Approach.- 4.8.3 Chen and Hwang's Approach.- 4.9 Ranking with Centroid Index.- 4.9.1 Yager's Centroid Index.- 4.9.2 Murakami et al.'s Approach.- 4.10 Ranking Using Area Measurement.- 4.10.1 Yager's Approach.- 4.11 Linguistic Ranking Methods.- 4.11.1 Efstathiou and Tong's Approach.- 4.11.2 Tong and Bonissone's Approach.- V. Fuzzy Multiple Attribute Decision Making Methods.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Fuzzy Simple Additive Weighting Methods.- 5.2.1 Baas and Kwakernaak's Approach.- 5.2.2 Kwakernaak's Approach.- 5.2.3 Dubois and Prade's Approach.- 5.2.4 Cheng and McInnis's Approach.- 5.2.5 Bonissone's Approach.- 5.3 Analytic Hierarchical Process (AHP) Methods.- 5.3.1 Saaty's AHP Approach.- 5.3.2 Laarhoven and Pedrycz's Approach.- 5.3.3 Buckley's Approach.- 5.4 Fuzzy Conjunctive/Disjunctive Method.- 5.4.1 Dubois, Prade, and Testemale's Approach.- 5.5 Heuristic MAUF Approach.- 5.6 Negi's Approach.- 5.7 Fuzzy Outranking Methods.- 5.7.1 Roy's Approach.- 5.7.2 Siskos et al.'s Approach.- 5.7.3 Brans et al.'s Approach.- 5.7.4 Takeda's Approach.- 5.8 Maximin Methods.- 5.8.1 Gellman and Zadeh's Approach.- 5.8.2 Yager's Approach.- 5.9 A New Approach to Fuzzy MADM Problems.- 5.9.1 Converting Linguistic Terms to Fuzzy Numbers.- 5.9.2 Converting Fuzzy Numbers to Crisp Scores.- 5.9.3 The Algorithm.- VI. Concluding Remarks.- 6.1 MADM Problems and Fuzzy Sets.- 6.2 On Existing MADM Solution Methods.- 6.2.1 Classical Methods for MADM Problems.- 6.2.2 Fuzzy Methods for MADM Problems.- 6.2.2.1 Fuzzy Ranking Methods.- 6.2.2.2 Fuzzy MADM Methods.- 6.3 Critiques of the Existing Fuzzy Methods.- 6.3.1 Size of Problem.- 6.3.2 Fuzzy vs. Crisp Data.- 6.4 A New Approach to Fuzzy MADM Problem Solving.- 6.4.1 Semantic Modeling of Linguistic Terms.- 6.4.2 Fuzzy Scoring System.- 6.4.3 The Solution.- 6.4.4 The Advantages of the New Approach.- 6.5 Other Multiple Criteria Decision Making Methods.- 6.5.1 Multiple Objective Decision Making Methods.- 6.5.2 Methods of Group Decision Making under Multiple Criteria.- 6.5.2.1 Social Choice Theory.- 6.5.2.2 Experts Judgement/Group Participation.- 6.5.2.3 Game Theory.- 6.6 On Future Studies.- 6.6.1 Semantics of Linguistic Terms.- 6.6.2 Fuzzy Ranking Methods.- 6.6.3 Fuzzy MADM Methods.- 6.6.4 MADM Expert Decision Support Systems.- VII. Bibliography.
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