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Novel Extension of DEMATEL Method by Trapezoidal Fuzzy Numbers and D Numbers for Management of Decision-Making Processes

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  • Ivan Pribićević

    (Simplify Outsourcing d.o.o. Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia)

  • Suzana Doljanica

    (Faculty of Applied Management, Economics and Finance, University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Jevrejska 24, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia)

  • Oliver Momčilović

    (Faculty of Information Technologies and Engineering, University Union-Nikola Tesla, Jurija Gagarina 149a, 11070 Belgrade, Serbia)

  • Dillip Kumar Das

    (Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Kwazulu Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa)

  • Dragan Pamučar

    (Department of Logistics, University of Defence in Belgrade, Pavla Jurisica Sturma 33, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia)

  • Željko Stević

    (Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of East Sarajevo, Vojvode Mišića 52, 74000 Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Abstract

The decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method is one of the most significant multi-criteria techniques for defining the relationships among criteria and for defining the weight coefficients of criteria. Since multi-criteria models are very often used in management and decision-making under conditions of uncertainty, the fuzzy DEMATEL model has been extended in this paper by D numbers (fuzzy DEMATEL-D). The aim of this research was to develop a multi-criteria methodology that enables the objective processing of fuzzy linguistic information in the pairwise comparison of criteria. This aim was achieved through the development of the fuzzy DEMATEL-D method. Combining D numbers with trapezoidal fuzzy linguistic variables (LVs) allows for the additional processing of uncertainties and ambiguities that exist in experts’ preferences when comparing criteria with each other. In addition, the fuzzy DEMATEL-D methodology has a unique reasoning algorithm that allows for the rational processing of uncertainties when using fuzzy linguistic expressions for pairwise comparisons of criteria. The fuzzy DEMATEL-D methodology provides an original uncertainty management framework that is rational and concise. In order to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology, a case study with the application of the proposed multi-criteria methodology is presented.

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  • Ivan Pribićević & Suzana Doljanica & Oliver Momčilović & Dillip Kumar Das & Dragan Pamučar & Željko Stević, 2020. "Novel Extension of DEMATEL Method by Trapezoidal Fuzzy Numbers and D Numbers for Management of Decision-Making Processes," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 8(5), pages 1-16, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:8:y:2020:i:5:p:812-:d:359297
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