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In this paper, a new decision making approach is proposed for the multi-attribute large group emergency decision-making problem that attribute weights are unknown and expert preference information is expressed by generalized interval-valued trapezoidal fuzzy numbers (GITFNs). Firstly, a degree of similarity formula between GITFNs is presented. Secondly, expert preference information on different alternatives is clustered into several aggregations via the fuzzy clustering method. As the clustering proceeds, an index of group preference consistency is introduced to ensure the clustering effect, and then the group preference information on different alternatives is obtained. Thirdly, the TOPSIS method is used to rank the alternatives. Finally, an example is taken to show the feasibility and effectiveness of this approach. These method can ensure the consistency degree of group preference, thus decision efficiency of emergency response activities can be improved.
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Xuanhua Xu is a professor at the School of Business, Central South University, Changsha, China. He received his Ph.D in School of Business at Central South University in 2005, Changsha, China. His current research interests lie in the field of theory & method for complex large group decision making, group decision support system, emergency decision for nature disasters, risk analysis and decision. His research results have been published in the Journal of Knowledge-Based Systems, Applied Mathematics, Systems Science and Information, Systems Engineering Procedia, Journal of Systems Science and Information, etc.
Chenguang Cai received the M. A. in engineering from Changsha University of Science and Technology in 2012, Changsha, China. Now, he is a Ph.D. student of School of business, Central South University, Changsha, China. Currently, his research interests mainly focus on theory & method for complex large group decision making, group decision support system, emergency decision for nature disasters.
Xiaohong Chen is a professor at the School of Business, Central South University, Changsha, China. She received her Ph.D in Tokyo University of Technology in 1999, Tokyo, Japan. Her current research interests include decision theory & method, decision support system, resource-saving and environment-friendly society. Her research results have been published in several journals, including Marketing Science, Decision Support Systems, Expert Systems with Applications, Chinese Economical Review, International Journal Production Economics, etc.
Yanju Zhou is a professor at the School of Business, Central South University, Changsha, China. She received his Ph.D in Beihang University, Beijing, China. Her current research interests lie in the field of supply chain management and decision. She has published many high-level papers in international journals, including Economic Modelling, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Applied Statistics, etc.
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Xu, X., Cai, C., Chen, X. et al. A multi-attribute large group emergency decision making method based on group preference consistency of generalized interval-valued trapezoidal fuzzy numbers. J. Syst. Sci. Syst. Eng. 24, 211–228 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11518-015-5274-0
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