Novel ranking method of interval numbers based on the Boolean matrix

作者：Li, Deqing; Zeng, Wenyi^*; Yin, Qian^*

来源：Soft Computing, 2018, 22(12): 4113-4122.

DOI：10.1007/s00500-017-2625-4

• Interval number
• Possibility degree
• Possibility degree matrix
• Reciprocal fuzzy preference matrix
• Boolean matrix

In this paper, we first analyze several existing ranking approaches for a set of interval numbers which are based on the possibility degree matrix. We show by counterexamples that these methods are not appropriate to rank a set of interval numbers from two viewpoints. Furthermore, we investigate the relationship between the possibility degree matrix and the reciprocal fuzzy preference matrix and analyze the reason that leads to the irrational ranking result. Finally, we propose an improved ranking algorithm for a set of interval numbers based on the Boolean matrix. Two numerical examples and a practical application are provided to illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of our proposed method.

• 出版日期2018-6
• 单位北京师范大学