Integrations of q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Continuous Information

Abstract

Yager's q-rung orthopair fuzzy sets (q-ROFSs), which extend Zadeh's fuzzy sets, use the membership and nonmembership functions to describe things’ vague characteristics, and the sum of the q th-power for the membership and nonmembership functions is less than or equal to 1. More recently, some scholars have proposed a series of aggregation operators to fuse q-rung orthopair fuzzy discrete information. However, so far, there is no research on aggregating q-rung orthopair fuzzy continuous information. Thus, we proposed q-rung orthopair fuzzy definite integrals (q-ROFDIs) to fill this vacancy. First, we further study the operations of q-rung orthopair fuzzy numbers (q-ROFNs) that are the core of q-ROFSs. We also introduce the limit of a q-ROFN sequence. Subsequently, we construct the q-ROFDIs step-by-step, give their concrete values, and discuss their integrability criteria from two perspectives. From the perspectives of modern analysis and the operational laws of q-ROFNs, we investigate the q-ROFDIs in detail, which are concise and considerably different from the investigative techniques of the previous research on aggregating continuous information. Finally, a practical example is provided to show the effectiveness, elasticity, and superiority of the q-ROFDIs via comparing them with the existing methods.