Title :
Fuzzy AHP with incomplete information
Author :
Sugihara, Kazutomi ; Ishii, Hiroaki ; Tanaka, Hideo
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Osaka City Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We deal with fuzzy comparison ratios which are more comfortable than crisp ones for expressing human´s intuition. The proposed method is the fuzzy extension of interval AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) which estimates the interval weights. It reflects human fuzzy judgments on the interval priority weights. Based on the given fuzzy pairwise comparisons, we can obtain the intervals with h-level sets. The fuzzy intervals are analyzed from two concepts called least upper and greatest lower bounds, respectively. In this sense, two models are similar to upper and lower approximations of rough sets. Since the proposed method resorts to LP, it can be applied to a matrix with some unknown elements. It can be said that the lower h-level value is, the wider the obtained interval width is
Keywords :
decision theory; fuzzy set theory; linear programming; operations research; fuzzy AHP; fuzzy analytic hierarchy process; fuzzy comparison ratios; fuzzy judgments; fuzzy pairwise comparisons; human intuition; incomplete information; interval AHP; interval priority weights; linear programming; lower bounds; matrix; multi-criteria decision making; rough sets; upper bounds; Educational institutions; Engineering management; Fuzzy sets; Humans; Information management; Information science; Least squares approximation; Level set; Physics; Rough sets;
Conference_Titel :
IFSA World Congress and 20th NAFIPS International Conference, 2001. Joint 9th
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7078-3
DOI :
10.1109/NAFIPS.2001.943656