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A Decision-Making Method with Grey Multi-Source Heterogeneous Data and Its Application in Green Supplier Selection

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  • Huifang Sun

    (College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China)

  • Yaoguo Dang

    (College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China)

  • Wenxin Mao

    (School of Economics and Management, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China)

Abstract

In view of the multi-attribute decision-making problem that the attribute values are grey multi-source heterogeneous data, a decision-making method based on kernel and greyness degree is proposed. The definitions of kernel and greyness degree of an extended grey number in a grey multi-source heterogeneous data sequence are given. On this basis, we construct the kernel vector and greyness degree vector of the sequence to whiten the multi-source heterogeneous information, then a grey relational bi-directional projection ranking method is presented. Considering the multi-attribute multi-level decision structure and the causalities between attributes in decision-making problem, the HG-DEMATEL method is proposed to determine the hierarchical attribute weights. A green supplier selection example is provided to demonstrate the rationality and validity of the proposed method.

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  • Huifang Sun & Yaoguo Dang & Wenxin Mao, 2018. "A Decision-Making Method with Grey Multi-Source Heterogeneous Data and Its Application in Green Supplier Selection," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-24, March.
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