Paper Info
Title
A fuzzy inhomogenous multiattribute group decision making approach to solve outsourcing provider selection problems
Abstract
Considering various situations and characteristics of supply chain management, we regard the outsourcing provider selection as a type of fuzzy inhomogenous multiattribute group decision making (MAGDM) problems with fuzzy alternatives' comparisons and incomplete weight information. Hereby we focus on developing a new fuzzy linear programming method for solving such MAGDM problems. In this method, the decision makers' preferences are given through pair-wise alternatives' comparisons with fuzzy truth degrees represented as trapezoidal fuzzy numbers (TrFNs). Intuitionistic fuzzy sets, TrFNs, intervals and real numbers are used to express the inhomogenous decision information. Under the condition that the fuzzy positive ideal solution (PIS) and fuzzy negative ideal solution (NIS) are known, the fuzzy consistency and inconsistency indices are defined on the basis of the relative closeness degrees and expressed with TrFNs. The attribute weights are estimated through constructing a new fuzzy linear programming model, which is solved by the developed method of fuzzy linear programming with TrFNs. Through solving the constructed linear goal programming model, we obtain the collective comprehensive relative closeness degrees of alternatives to the fuzzy PIS, which are used to rank the alternatives. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified with an example of IT outsourcing provider selection.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1016/j.knosys.2014.06.006
Knowledge-Based Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
fuzzy linear programming,supply chain management,multiattribute group decision making,production operation,outsourcing provider
Data mining,Mathematical optimization,Fuzzy classification,Defuzzification,Computer science,Fuzzy set operations,Fuzzy transportation,Fuzzy set,Type-2 fuzzy sets and systems,Fuzzy number,Membership function
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
67
1
0950-7051
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
22
0.63
25
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Deng-Feng Li196846.12
Shu-Ping Wan2220.63