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Eigen Fuzzy Sets and their Application to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Actions in Decision Problems

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  • Ferdinando Di Martino

    (Dipartimento di Architettura, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Toledo 402, 80134 Napoli, Italy
    Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca “Alberto Calza Bini”,Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Toledo 402, 80134 Napoli, Italy)

  • Salvatore Sessa

    (Dipartimento di Architettura, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Toledo 402, 80134 Napoli, Italy
    Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca “Alberto Calza Bini”,Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Toledo 402, 80134 Napoli, Italy)

Abstract

We propose a new method based on the greatest (resp., smallest) eigen fuzzy set (GEFS, resp., SEFS) of a fuzzy relation R with respect to the max–min (resp., min–max) composition in order to implement the actions of a decisor. Using information derived from judgments of the evaluators on how much a characteristic is improved with respect to others, we construct the fuzzy relations, RMAX (resp., RMIN), where any entry RMAX ij j (resp., RMIN ij ) expresses how much the efficacy produced on the i th characteristic is equal to or greater (resp., lesser) than that one produced by the j th characteristic. The GEFS of RMAX (resp., SEFS of RMIN) are calculated in order to improve the performances of each characteristic. In the wake of previous applications based on GEFS and SEFS, we propose a method to evaluate the tourism enhancement policies in the historical center of an important Italian city. This method is new and different from those known in the literature so far. It is applied to evaluate benefits brought about by locals in order to enhance tourism in a historical center Comparison tests show that the results obtained are consistent with those expressed by the tourists interviewed

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  • Ferdinando Di Martino & Salvatore Sessa, 2020. "Eigen Fuzzy Sets and their Application to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Actions in Decision Problems," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 8(11), pages 1-9, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:8:y:2020:i:11:p:1999-:d:442100
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