In this paper, we first use a fuzzy preference relation with a membership function representing preference degree forcomparing two interval-valued fuzzy numbers and then utilize a relative preference relation improved from the fuzzypreference relation to rank a set of interval-valued fuzzy numbers. Since the fuzzy preference relation is a total orderingrelation that satisfies reciprocal and tra...

Using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) to solve complicated decisions often includes uncertainty, which could be tackled by utilizing the fuzzy sets theory. Type-2 fuzzy sets consider more uncertainty than type-1 fuzzy sets. These fuzzy sets provide more degrees of freedom to illustrate the uncertainty and fuzziness in real-world production projects. In this paper, a new multi-criteria ana...

Abstract We define $$2n+1$$ 2 n + 1 and 2 n fuzzy numbers, which generalize triangular trapezoidal respectively. Then, we extend the preference relation relative to rank numbers. When data is representable in terms of number, FMCDM (fuz...

According to behavioral momentum theory, preference and relative resistance to change in concurrent-chains schedules are correlated and reflect the relative conditioned value of discriminative stimuli. In the present study, we explore the generality of this relation by manipulating the temporal context within a concurrent-chains procedure through changes in the duration of the initial links. Co...

the influence of parasitoids on population dynamics is affected by host instar preference. the preference pattern of host instars is not fixed and is modified by the availability and relative abundance of host instars, intensity of defensive behaviors in a particular instar, and also maternal effects of the female forager. in this study, host instar preference of the thelytokous strain of lysip...

the purpose of this study has been concretized in terms of impact of mobileadvertising on the purchase decision of the consumer and aimed to answer toresearch questions: which is the underlying structure of criteria in mobileadvertising? and which criteria are important for consumers in evaluatingmobile advertising? a sample of consumers in taiwan was surveyed and usingfuzzy judgment to determi...

The paper introduces a new approach to preference structure, where from a weak preference relation derive the following relations:strict preference, indifference and incomparability, which by aggregations and negations are created and examined. We decomposing a preference relation into a strict preference, anindifference, and an incomparability relation.This approach allows one to quantify diff...

In this paper, we study group decision-making problems based on intuitionistic preference relations. By measuring the uncertain information of intuitionistic preference relations and the average similarity degree of one individual intuitionistic preference relation to the others, we propose a new approach to assess the relative importance weights of experts. The approach takes both the objectiv...