Article ID: | iaor20042417 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 145 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 329 |
End Page Number: | 342 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2003 |
Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
Authors: | Ribeiro Rita Almeida, Pereira Ricardo Alberto Marques |
Keywords: | fuzzy sets |
In the context of multiple decision making, we present an aggregation scheme based on generalized mixture operators using weighting functions and we compare it with two standard aggregation methods: weighted averaging and ordered weighted averaging. Specifically, we consider linear and quadratic weight generating functions that penalize bad attribute performances and reward good attribute performances. An illustrative example, borrowed from the literature, is used to perform the operators' comparison. We believe that this comparative study will highlight the potential and flexibility of generalized mixture operators using weighting functions that depend on attribute performances.