Abstract

A single-valued neutrosophic set (SVNS) is a special case of a neutrosophic set which is characterized by a truth, indeterminacy, and falsity membership function, each of which lies in the standard interval of [0, 1]. This paper presents a modified Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) with maximizing deviation method based on the single-valued neutrosophic set (SVNS) model. An integrated weight measure approach that takes into consideration both the objective and subjective weights of the attributes is used. The maximizing deviation method is used to compute the objective weight of the attributes, and the non-linear weighted comprehensive method is used to determine the combined weights for each attributes. The use of the maximizing deviation method allows our proposed method to handle situations in which information pertaining to the weight coefficients of the attributes are completely unknown or only partially known. The proposed method is then applied to a multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) problem. Lastly, a comprehensive comparative studies is presented, in which the performance of our proposed algorithm is compared and contrasted with other recent approaches involving SVNSs in literature.

Highlights

  • The study of fuzzy set theory proposed by Zadeh [1] was an important milestone in the study of uncertainty and vagueness

  • After obtaining information pertaining to the weight values for each parameter based on the maximizing deviation method, we develop a modified TOPSIS method for the single-valued neutrosophic set (SVNS) model

  • The concluding remarks and the significant contributions that were made in this paper are expounded below

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Introduction

The study of fuzzy set theory proposed by Zadeh [1] was an important milestone in the study of uncertainty and vagueness. Symmetry 2018, 10, 236 neutrality aspect of knowledge is the main distinguishing criteria between the theory of fuzzy sets, IFSs, and neutrosophic sets. The truth and falsity membership functions in a NS are analogous to the membership and non-membership functions in an IFS, and expresses the degree of belongingness and non-belongingness of the elements, whereas the indeterminacy membership function expresses the degree of neutrality in the information. This additional indeterminacy membership function gives NSs the ability to handle the neutrality aspects of the information, which fuzzy sets and its extensions are unable to handle

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