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Multi-criteria group decision making method based on generalized intuitionistic trapezoidal fuzzy prioritized aggregation operators

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In this paper, we investigate the intuitionistic trapezoidal fuzzy multi-criteria group decision making problems in which decision criteria and the decision makers are in different priority levels. Motivated by the idea of generalized aggregation operators and prioritized aggregation operators, we propose some new prioritized aggregation operator called generalized intuitionistic trapezoidal fuzzy prioritized weighted average operator and generalized intuitionistic trapezoidal fuzzy prioritized weighted geometric operator. Then some desired properties of the new aggregation operators are studied and their special cases are also examined. Further, we apply the proposed operators to construct an approach for multi-criteria group decision making under intuitionistic trapezoidal fuzzy environment. Finally, a practical study on introduction of talents is carried out to verify the developed methods.

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Acknowledgments

This paper is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 71331002, No. 71271072 and No. 71201145), the Doctoral Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (No. 20110111110006), the Social Science Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (No. 11YJC630283). The authors also would like to express appreciation to the editors and the anonymous reviewers for their insightful and constructive comments and suggestions, which have been very helpful in improving the paper.

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  1. School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, China

    Changyong Liang & Shuping Zhao

  2. Key Laboratory of Process Optimization and Intelligent Decision-Making, Ministry of Education, Hefei, 230009, China

    Changyong Liang & Shuping Zhao

  3. School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China

    Junling Zhang

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Liang, C., Zhao, S. & Zhang, J. Multi-criteria group decision making method based on generalized intuitionistic trapezoidal fuzzy prioritized aggregation operators. Int. J. Mach. Learn. & Cyber. 8, 597–610 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13042-015-0352-7

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