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Pythagorean 2-Tuple Linguistic Taxonomy Method for Supplier Selection in Medical Instrument Industries
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 16, Issue 23
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Supplier selection in medical instrument industries is a classical multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM) problem. The Pythagorean 2-tuple linguistic sets (P2TLSs) can reflect uncertain or fuzzy information well and solve the supplier selection in medical instrument industries, and the original Taxonomy is very appropriate for comparing different alternatives with respect to their advantages from studied attributes. In this study, we present an algorithm that combines Pythagorean 2-tuple linguistic numbers (P2TLNs) with the Taxonomy method, where P2TLNs are applied to express the evaluation of decision makers on alternatives. Relying on the Pythagorean 2-tuple linguistic weighted average (P2TLWA) operator or Pythagorean 2-tuple linguistic weighted geometric (P2TLWG) operator to fuse P2TLNs, the new general framework is established for Pythagorean 2-tuple linguistic multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM) under the classical Taxonomy method. Ultimately, an application case for supplier selection in medical instrument industries is designed to test the novel method&rsquo<br />s applicability and practicality and a comparative analysis with three other methods is used to elaborate further.
- Subjects :
- 0209 industrial biotechnology
Computer science
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Decision Making
02 engineering and technology
Fuzzy logic
Article
020901 industrial engineering & automation
Operator (computer programming)
Fuzzy Logic
Taxonomy (general)
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Selection (linguistics)
Industry
supplier selection
Pythagorean 2-tuple linguistic numbers (P2TLNs)
Taxonomy method
Pythagorean theorem
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Commerce
Linguistics
multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM)
Group decision-making
Equipment and Supplies
medical instrument industries
020201 artificial intelligence & image processing
Tuple
Weighted arithmetic mean
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16604601
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 23
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of environmental research and public health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....908c11346016bd95f656df8d8ea73e88