title: Hesitant fuzzy linguistic multicriteria decision-making method based on generalized prioritized aggregation operator.
abstract: Based on linguistic term sets and hesitant fuzzy sets, the concept of hesitant fuzzy linguistic sets was introduced. The focus of this paper is the multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) problems in which the criteria are in different priority levels and the criteria values take the form of hesitant fuzzy linguistic numbers (HFLNs). A new approach to solving these problems is proposed, which is based on the generalized prioritized aggregation operator of HFLNs. Firstly, the new operations and comparison method for HFLNs are provided and some linguistic scale functions are applied. Subsequently, two prioritized aggregation operators and a generalized prioritized aggregation operator of HFLNs are developed and applied to MCDM problems. Finally, an illustrative example is given to illustrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed method, which are then compared to the existing approach.
authors.affiliation: School of Business, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.
authors.forename: Jia-ting
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: School of Business, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.
authors.forename: Jian-qiang
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Business, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Business, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.
authors.forename: Hong-yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Business, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003657:Decision Making; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D017143:Fuzzy Logic; D008037:Linguistics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015203:Reproducibility of Results