Multiple criteria decision problems with fuzzy domination structures

Abstract

Abstract The concepts of domination structures and nondominated solutions in multiple criteria decision problems, which were introduced by Yu, enable us to tackle general situations in which there exists information concerning the decision maker's preferences. In many of the multiple criteria decision problems the underlying domination structures are not known precisely but only fuzzily determined. Yu primarily works with the case where the domination structure at each point is a convex cone. As a result, there exists a sharp borderline dividing all solutions into nondominated solutions and the others. This paper fuzzifies the concepts of domination structures and nondominated solutions to allow them to be applied to a larger class of the multiple criteria decision problems mentioned above. Introducing the concepts of fuzzy convex cones and fuzzy polar cones, it is shown how some of the main results obtained by Yu are extended.