Multiattribute decision making based on nonlinear programming model, the Gini coefficient, and novel score function of interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy values

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new multiattribute decision making (MADM) method based on the proposed nonlinear programming (NLP) model, the Gini coefficient, and the proposed score function (SF) of interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy values (IVIFVs). Firstly, we propose a novel SF of IVIFVs to overcome the shortcomings of the existing SFs of IVIFVs. Then, we construct a score matrix (SMX) based on the proposed SF of IVIFVs and the decision matrix given by the decision maker (DMK). Then, we construct a NLP model based on the constructed SMX, the Gini coefficient, and the interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy (IVIF) weights of the attributes given by the DMK. After solving the constructed NLP model, we obtain the optimal weight (OW) of each attribute. Then, we compute the weighted score (WS) of each alternative based on the constructed SMX and the obtained OWs of the attributes. Finally, we rank the alternatives based on the obtained WSs of the alternatives. The proposed MADM method can overcome the shortcomings of the existing MADM methods in IVIF environments.