A NEW METHOD FOR HANDLING MULTICRITERIA FUZZY DECISION-MAKING PROBLEMS USING FN-IOWA OPERATORS

We use fuzzy numbers to extend the traditional induced ordered weight averaging (IOWA) operator to present the fuzzy-number IOWA (FN-IOWA) operator, wherein fuzzy numbers are used to describe the argument values and the weights of the FN-IOWA operator, and the aggregation results are obtained by using fuzzy-number arithmetic operations. We also present a new method for ranking fuzzy numbers. Based on the proposed FN-IOWA operator and the proposed ranking method of fuzzy numbers, we present a new algorithm to deal with multicriteria fuzzy decision-making problems. The proposed algorithm can deal with multicriteria fuzzy decision-making problems in a more intelligent and more flexible manner.

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