Article ID: | iaor20053007 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 160 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 803 |
End Page Number: | 820 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2005 |
Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
Authors: | Cheng Ching-Hsue, Chen Ling-Show |
Keywords: | decision theory: multiple criteria |
In this paper we propose a new approach to rank fuzzy numbers by metric distance. For showing our method is a good ranking method, we give two examples to compare with other methods. The paper also develops a computer-based group decision support system, FMCGDSS, to increase the recruiting productivity and to easily compare our method with other fuzzy number ranking methods. The FMCGDSS includes three ranking methods: intuition ranking, Lee and Li's fuzzy mean/spread and our metric distance method to help manager make better decision under fuzzy circumstance. The result indicates that the new method is coincident with the intuition ranking and the Lee and Li's fuzzy mean/spread method on each type weight.