A heterogeneous QUALIFLEX method with criteria interaction for multi-criteria group decision making

Abstract

Green supplier selection complexity involves such problems which usually need to offer the management of dependencies among criteria in the selection process. Meanwhile, heterogeneous contexts are adopted based on different criteria, which drives to propose a novel multi-criteria group decision making (MCGDM) method. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a new MCGDM approach for heterogeneous information and dependent criteria based on the QUALItative FLEXible (QUALIFLEX) method and Choquet integral. For managing dependency among criteria, a new graphical representation of criteria interaction is presented and the identification of fuzzy measure is then obtained considering group consensus reaching. The multi-criteria heterogeneous QUALIFLEX method with regard to dependency of criteria is finally applied to a green supplier selection problem and a comparative analysis is performed to illustrate its feasibility and effectiveness.